White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06

Orlovich made his escape after the
shooting, and although search has
been made, and trains watched
by the officers, no trace of him
has been discovered. He Is implicat-
ed in the case by the dying state
ment to the officials, of Malovic, who
accused him of the shooting.
volve thousands of dollars expense
to again pump the water out of the
flooded portions of the mine. Since
the flooding of the mine following
the fire last year, the pumps and
bailers have been constantly at work
and although the 1400-foot level was
reached the country had not been
drained to that level.
Particular stress had been laid on
the opposition to the strike of the
steam shovel men, who had signed
acceptance with the company of the
wage scale recently ordered. How
ever, they went out to a man, on the
order issued from the national head
quarters, rather than lose thier
cards.
Wednesday night there was a
meeting at MeGill, of the Mill and
Smeltermen't union, at which Pres.
Meyer and Messrs. Wilde, Mich
olson, Miller and others were pres
ent and spoke. About every mem ber
of the organization was present, and
it was voted that the question of a
strike at the works at McGill, be left
subject to the will of President Moy-
er. The following is a copy of the
resolution adopted:
Whereas, The Lane Miners
Union, No. 251 of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners, the Associated
Union of Steam Shovelmen, the In
ternational Association of Machin-
lists, the Boilermakers and the Black
smiths organizations are now on
strike in this district, therefore be it
Resolved, by the McGill Mill and
Smeltermen's Union No. 233 of the
Western Federation of Miners, that
We pledge ourselves to support the
said strike, with all our means, and
We hereby place the union in the
hands of the w. F. of NJ, in their
fight, and pledge ourselves to strike
when called upon by the representa-
tive of the organization
With the strike order in effect
Wednesday, all ore trains stopped
running, and since Wednesday fore
noon no ore has been sent over the
road to McGill. the last shipments
being the cars that were loaded pre-
yious to Wednesday morning. and
filling less than two trains. The sup
ply at McGill was sufficient to keep
Friday night, by which time all the
eight sections at the mill were
down. AS fast as the jobs in the op-
Grating department were concluded
the men were laid off, and those
desiring were given their time
Notices were posted to the effect that
those employees who did not call for
their time beyond September 3Oth
could remain in the company houses,
otherwise, If their time was taken up
in full, they were no longer in the
employ of the company and would
have to vacate at once.
Throughout the week the best of
order has prevailed, and the deputy
officers appointed for any emergency
have had little to do so far as pre-
serving peace and protecting proper
ty is concerned A minimum num-
ber of deputies has been appointed by
Sheriff Grain.
! Following the statement in last
Sundays News by General Manager
Lakenan that If the wage scale re-
Gently increased by the company, was
not satisfactory, he would be glad
to meet representatives from the
several departments and crafts for
further consideration of the subject,
committee from the machinists
waited on him Monday, and an
amicable agreement reached.
At the smelter there Is concentrate
enough on hand to keep this depart
ment in operation for about ten days,
before 1t will become necessary to
draw the fires. Not all the workmen
employed at the mill are idle. as II