Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-06
Western Federation of Miners
Has Lifted Ban Against
Thirteen Leases.
WILL ACCEPT ToNoPAH SCALE
Mine Operators Stand Pat and win
Not Grant Advance in
Existing Scale.
lpollcck snecial wlreD

Goldfield, Nevada. March 6.-The
Western Federation OF Miners yester-
day decided to accept the Tonopa8
scale. The Mine Operators associa-
ton will stand pat on It's scale, refus-
ing to grant the advance and against
it the strike is stil in effect. The
Goldfield stock market was lively last
night with higher prices as a result of
yesterdays developments.
The strike called by the Western
Federation of Miners in Goldfield Is
broken, declares the Goldheld News.
and the greatest gold camp on earth
is now In a fair way to recover from
the last, desperate blow inflicted by
the demagogue- ridden organization.
which proved a boomerang blow, and
one from which the federation can
never recover.
Figures obtained from William Erb.
secretary of the Mine Operators as
ISOLATION evidence clearly that the
strike is over and that, while the num-
Der of miners now employed is still
less than that required to fully operate
all the mines and bring back the camp
| to its old standard of production. the
| way is now clear Tor resumption
| throughout the camp.
II any error occurs I'm this tabulation
| atism, for under the classification of
| miscellaneous leases, the estimate
| seems entirely too low. Mr.. Erb en-
| ploylng 16 miners ON his own properties
! alone.
10 the list given below will be add
! cd several hundred names early next
| week for extensive preparations arc
| being made to resume work. many men
| now being employed retimbering, un-
| watering and in other ways getting in
| readiness for an extensive campaign.
| Included In the list given below are
| non-union miners. members of the now
| Nevada Miners union and federation
! members who have by accepting the
| now scale. severed their relations with
| the federation. OF the 30 men em-
| ployed on the Little Florence at least
| half were former members of the West
| ern Federation. Following is the list
| which is not only conservative, but
| doubtless contains many omissions:
| Godfleld Consolidated Mines compa-
| ny. 445; Combination Fraction, 80; Lit
| Tie Florence 30: Daisy, 20. Diamond
field Black Butte, "a: Atlanta leases
las; Nevada Goldfield, 40 Western
ore Purchasing, 20; Goldfield Belmont
IS: Kendall. 10; Miscellaneous leases
l25; total 02s,
Mr.. Erb emphatically denies that any
negotiations with the federation arc
now In progress. and says that none
viii be considered. as the fight is won
! He reports that there are less than 1O(
federation miners employed in the dis
trict who are not working under the
operators rules. and that the majority
of these are operating leases OF theh
own He says further that the own
ers of one or two small properties. who
have not joined the association have
signified their desire 10 come in
There are other evidences of the
crumbllng of the federation and th'
termination of the strike. it lies il
the breaking away of the town worker!
from the I. w. w. w. r. NJ hybrid
Practically all tho BARRIERS have with
drawn affiliation, and the bartenders
IL In number have pulled out anC
formed union OF their own. As these
allied trades We're assessed eNtortion
ately for strike benefit money, theu
loss is a severe body blow.