The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-01-22
Midday Saw Portion of
Men Return to Work
and the Differences
Practically Adjusted.
GENERAL GOOD FEELING OVER
OETCOME-LABOR OFFICIAL
SAYS FREEDOM FROM TROo-
BILE FOR LONG TIME ASSURED

Practically every man will be back
ON the job this morning at McGill
and his name entered for pay ON the
time books of the Steptoe Valley
Smelling & Mining Co.
A few who left the camp the first
part of the week in anticipation of
"a struggle in which they did not care
To become involved and a few who
may elect to look for work elsewhere,
will alone be missing from the re-
sumcd tide of men and lunch buckets
going back to the places from which
they took a couple days vacation ON
their own volition.
This result was practically reach
ed yesterday afternoon about
o'clock, when the carpenters in ses-
sion at McGill decided that they
would accept the terms of the COM
pany and return to their employment.
These terms constitute eight hours
pay for eight hours work. The pipe
filters are understood TO have reach
ed similar conclusion last night The
iron workers returned 10 their jobs
yesterday afternoon, and so did most
of the individual union men of other
trades who had stopped work pend
ing a settlement. They will all be
back this morning.
The turn in the tide which brought
matters to head occurred yesterday
morning at 10 O'Clock, when the re-
port of the committee appointed to
solicit the support of union men in
the camp was received and demon
strated that there was a lack of SYM
pathy that removed the chance for
bringing about the general tie up
necessary to winning the contention
of those who had left their work.
This was emphasized by the atti-
tude of the iron workers. who
through their representative declared
that they did not believe the griev-
ance of the men who had walked out
to be well founded and that there
fore they could not give their sup
port and would return to work. They
did this. being accepted back on their |
jobs without discrimination. There
was also present in the meeting
strong tone of conservatism on the
part of many of the men who did not /
believe that the grievance as pre-
sented would have the support of the
parent organizations of the several
local trades unions.
With the withdrawal of the iron
workers from the movement. the lat /
ter was practically broken and 1t was
but the matter of a few hours until I
the realization came uppermost |
through the counsel of the conserya-
tives that the action. precipitated /
by the carpenters, had been the re-
suit of hasty judgment on the part
of the leaders and that IL would be /
we'll to retrieve the error as far as
possible without delay. Along this
line IL was freely declared that the
demand for nine hours pay for eight
hours work was one which union |
principles could not countenance in
the form it had been put. |
About McGill last night there was |
general expression of high pleasure
over the fact that conservatism had |
prevailed and that the men would
return to work. These expressions |
were practically unanimous In all de-
partments of the company plants and
among the people about the town.
Nowhere was there other comment to |
be heard. The incident being accept /
ed as closed. there was much praise
extended the electricians, the iron
workers and other conservative bod
les, including the operatives. for the
parts they had taken in holding the
situation level and aiding with the
final decision.
J. L. Muncey, financial secretary
and business agent of the Iron Work
ers union, the only outside labor of
fetal on the ground during the trou-
BILE, leaves this morning for his head
quarters in Salt Lake. Mr.. Munsey's
work while here was on the side of
conservatism and was important In
bringing about the final decision.
In his speeches In the meetings held
and In his work among the men he
did much toward preventing heat
and runaway conditions. Asked last
night as to his view of the situation,
he said
am leaving well satisfied with