The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-11
HISTORY Of LABOR
TROUBLE At PARK
Men of District Demanding
Shorter Shifts Than Prevail
in All Cases.

The Park City Record has the follow
ing discussion Of the labor difficulty at
the Silver King of Park:
To the regret OF all Interested in the
welfare OF Park City and It's properties,
the Silver King Coalition property Is
practically closed owing to dssatisfac
tion among the mill men the first OF the
week regarding the number of hours they
were asked 10 work.
During the winter months the mill has
been running only one shift, and the en-
ployees worked ten hours without any
evidence of discomfort
Last Sunday, owing to improved condi
tions In the mine and the accumulation
of ore, another shift was put on at the
mill Then trouble commenced. for it
was thought by the men that when two
shifts were employed eight hours would
be the rule instead OF ten.
Demands Are Refused.
Tuesday the, men took the matter up
with Mil Superintendent John w.
Thompson, requesting that eight hour
shifts be given them. Mr.. Thompson re-
ported the pina matter to udT Smperintsndent ter
quests of the men. The men then de-
cided 10 walk out. Thursday the samp
Ter men walked out. AL the latter place
the men have never worked less than
ten hours since 1t started up in 1901.
The men at both mill and sampler have
no other grievance than believing the
eight hour law Is being violated They
work than at the King. conditions are
ideal and everything perfectly satisfac-
tory,
Practice Of Camps
There is not a concentrating mill in
the camp that is working less than nine
minds of those in charge Of the mills II
the eight hour law applies TO concen-
trating mills and samplers; This phase
has never been tested in the courts
Il
re tary OF the Iron Workers OF Salt Lake,
and NJ. p. Leake. representing the West
ern Federation of Miners. came up to The
tives of the miners union and milmen
had conference with Superintendent
Blood. The situation was discussed pro
and con. but no agreement was reached.
Tire men had no complaints whatever to
make OF the work or manag agernent OF the
property. All they insisted upon was
eight hours.
Offer of Superintendent.
Superintendent Blood offered TO put
the mill back to one shift and have the
men go to work under old conditions un-
ti General Manager Thomas IScarns
turned to Utah. when the matter would
be taken no with him; This proposition
day morning, when the milmen refused
10 accept the compromise. or the twen@
ty-five to thirty men who walked out.
only four or five OF them are married
meR-the majority OF them being young
men from 20 10 23.
Owing to the ore bins AT the mine and
mill being full. II is necessary to practi-
cally close the mine. and Yesterday the
following notice was posted:
Notice II Posted.
Silver King Coalition Employees: I'm
less notified individually and until FUR
ther notice, all employees of the Silver
King Coalition Mines company are laid
off.
SILVER KING COALITION MINES CO,
George d. Blood. Cen. Supt
This may mean the throwing out OF
employment temporarily OF over 500 men
which makes II truly regrettablc and
apparently unnecessary state of affairs.
"enerh' Wilt Aiah1scr heains is e%Pocteu
the month. and /, is quite likely that
present conditions will continue until his
arrval-when II is sincerely hoped that
an amlcable adjustment will be reached.