The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-17
SMELTER TOWN
REMAINS QUIET
Not the Least Sign of Excite
ment at Reduction Works in
Bingham Junction.
ARE UNI LOADING ORE CARS
REPORTED THAT FIFTY-EiGHT
GREEKS ARE AT WORK.

For a town where there are LOO men
on strike, Bingham Junction is about the
most quiet hamlet on the map. One can
not get up even a dog fight, and Tom
Robinson didn't bring in his unbusted
hroncho yesterday, so, as the ponce re-
Ing
Deputy sheriffs Anderson and Beck
stead with their specials have the situ-
alton in hand IT'S like a prayer meet
ing" said Anderson. It's like district
school only cuieter." said Beckstead.
The Greeks and Austrians are indulg-
ing their passion for bicycle riding.
Passing strange it is that these classes
have so great a fondness for the bicycle,
but il is a fact, nevertheless. 1t is safe
so say that there were more than one
hundred bicycles on the main street OF
ridden by Greeks and Ausrians-mostly
by Greeks; the Austrians are enjoying
themselves with the accordion and the
dance.
The Mems Side.
The general committee representing the
men who are on strike at the United
States Smelling, Refining 4 Mining COM
pany's plant. yesterday, through
spokesman, gave out verbal statement,
The substance of which Is:
For a long time there have heen ru-
mOrs in circulation to the effect that
there was to be an increase in pay. In
order that the advance might be applied
10 all departments interested, petitions
requests were sent III nN TIE SAluSQ
men-that is the bOilermakers. machin-
lists, pipe-fitters and blacksmiths. The
request was for increases ranging from
20 to 80 cents per day.
Willing TO Arbitrate.
( Last Friday we called on Mr. Rhoades.
She general manager. Our conference
was pleasant and highly satisfactory to
fus. Mr.. RhOades pointed out to US that
he was without power to act, and told
us that he would like to have US meet
Mr. Prosser, the highest official of the
company in this region. We met MIR.
iProsser At his request we deferred ae-
ton for approximately fOrty-elSht hours
xN eSy&ey tSyat be. Voigt1t coGsUl6 With big
people in Boston. Everything looked IA
Vorable, so we took it.
ION Tuesday. at o'clock in the fore
noon. we met Mr.. Prosser again. He
showed us a scale of wages that was
unsatisfactory TO US, although it provided
for an increase for certain classes of la
Dor of from 10 TO % cents The day-this
increase would affect not more than
twenty-five men Mr.. PrOSser told us
that the scale he proposed was the com
pany's proposition and we could take IT
or leave 1.-THE refused to treat with
us
After that. we considered it a case
of being a man, a mouse or long-ta1led
rat. We walked out. A committee wait
ed on the company officials and made
the offer to send firemen and engineers
into the plant for each shift to keep the
steam up, the pumps alive, 10 guard
against fires. The offer was refused.
Before our men quit work every fur
mace was cleaned up. The charges were
drawn and all was made as tidy as we
could make IT. We realize that the Unit
ed States eompany's plant is bread and
butter for us and our families, and we
would go to any length to protect the
works from harm. We have made every
man a peace officer individually, and
there has not, nor will there be, ! think,
any disorder; we will make it a point
10 dueli any disturbance. YOu see no
drunkenness, no tumult, no heated ar
gnments? No. Well, we will try to keep
bingham Junction in that state of quie-
tude.