The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
6200 MEN ARE NOW IDLE IN UTAH STRIKE Present Signs Are That This Number Will Be h.
 creased Soon

Bingham, Utah, September 2o.-Sixty- two hundred men now comprise the army of mine workers made idle by the strike in the mines here Wednesday. Present signs are that this number will be in creased unless settlement of difficult ties is brought about within the next few days The scenes this forenoon were practically the same situation as when the strike was called, and there appears 10 be little prospect of an agreement between miners and operators soon
 Forty-five hundred of the idle men are strikers. The remaining number of 17Oo were forced to leave their work when the concentrating mills at Garfield were com pelled to close last night This was done for lack of ore.
 The Greek and Cretan miners. wno un- til yesterday were fortified in trenches overlooking the mines. have remained true to their promise to Governor Spry to give up their stronghold but have not relaxed their vigilance on the mines. Pick cts patrolled the roadways leading to the mines last night, and early this morning several shots were exchanged with deputy sheriffs who attempted to cross the highways leading into the mountains.
 Many of the American miners and machinists who were In most part op- posed to the strike have left the camp and are taking no part in the strike.
 A donkey engine guarded by 20 dep- uty sheriffs moved from the foot of the mountain to the top level of the Utah copper property early in the day. The strikers were passive. The strikers are leaving the camp in large quotas.
 The first move toward manning the Utah copper property, whose 2S00 em- ployes went on strike for higher wages was made this afternoon when 20 men white and Japanese. were escorted by deputy sheriffs to the companYs hotel near the mines. The strikers viewed the non-unionists with apparent indiffer- ence
 Earlier in the day there was move ment of trains over the tracks on the Utah copper under guard.
 There was no shooting in the Bing- ham district today.
 Salt Lake City. Utah. September 20.- Charles II. Mover president of the West ern Federation of Miners. announced to- day that the federation may call out the union men employed at the Nevada Cor properties at Ely, Nev, the Ray Con A solidated at Kelton, Ariz., and the Chine at Santa Rita, N. M., which are con trolled by the Utah copper interests.
 ID. c Jackling manager of the Utaf Copper companys properties, refuses tc recognize the union in Utah and we set no reason why union men in other states should work for him. the president said
 President Mover said the miners al Ely, New, were ready to go out at q moments notice. The Nevada Consol. dated mine employs about s50o men. Al the Chino. Santa Rita, N. NJ. 5e mer are employed and the Ray Consolidated has several hundred. The Nevada Con solidated and the Chino. like the Utah copper mine of Bingham, are worked witt steam shovels at the surface and most of the labor remains unskilled.
 General Manager of the Utah Copper Company D. c. JaclSlng returned to his office here today Soon afterward he said:
 'erhe strikers at Bingham do not rep. resent the sentiment of the majority"
 He added the men who wanted to work would be given employment.
 Soon as arrangements are made tc give the employees proper protection, he said. "the men would 'be put in tho mines"