The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-20
BUTTE STRIKE FAILURE
RsRETURN TO WORK
ATTEMPT OF |. w. w. TO TIE UP
MINES PROVED UN.
SUCCESSFUL

efforts on their part to further pro
long the layoff would meet with fail.
ure, the leaders who had endeavoreG
Butte such as failed in Seattle had
meetings calls at which the strike
was officially declared at an end, says
the Anaconda Standard of the 18th.
Long before the two miners or
CARNATIONS, the l. w. w. and the
Metal Mine Workers had taken this
action, men were clamoring at the
various mine offices for permission to
go to work. One mine office reported
late in the afternoon that there We're
several hundred men in line waiting
their chance to get back on the pay
roll.
Small shifts started in the morning
and met with no resistance on the
part of those who a few days ago
had threatened any man seen going
up the hill with a bucket. 1t took
but a casual glance to show that such
an effort again would meet with dis
approval on the part Of those who
have been placed in charge OF the
maintenance of law and order. Larger
shifts were put on last night.
No Interference.
Street cars carried the men to the
hill without interference. Throughout
the mining district there We're no
signs to indicate that such a thing as
a strike was in existence. The back
bone of the walkout had been taken
out of the whole affair by the action
of the various crafts unions. which
refused to strike or give their en-
dorsement to strike at this time.
BY early afternoon the lines of men
seeking employment grew longer and
it was then that meetings of the few
faithful ones were called, the hopeless
situation canvassed and the vote to
go back passed in each case. Last
night the l. w. w. and Metal Mine
Workers halls practically were de-
serted.
Today it is expected there will be
as full shifts at work as there We're
before the walkout. All of the mines
that were operating when the strike
was declared will be running today.
Conditions on the hill are fast re-
suming the conditions that existed
under the restricted production that
was being carried before the strike
started. At this time the Anaconda
company is working around 74OO men,
divided into 1000 for the day shift
and $3.50 for the night shift. The day
shift includes many craftsmen who
do not work on the night shift, so 1t
is the largest numerically.
About so per cent of the regular
day shift reported for work yesterday
morning, including practically all the
engineers, electricians, mechanics and
craftsmen, and many men We're at
the mine offices making inquiry for
the night shift last night and this
morning. 1t Is estimated that a two
thirds return of the mine workers
will be reached today and by the last
of the week full quota will be avail
able under the conditions that will he
maintained in the mines for the pres
ent.
Similar conditions existed at the
North Butte mines, Mr.. Braley re-
porting that several levels were work.
ing full handed yesterday with many
inquiries being made as to work on
the night shift last night. He believ-
ed that by tomorrow morning there
would be enough applications from
the mine workers to man all the pro-
perties to the extent that 1t Is desir-
able to operate them at the present
time.
w. c. Sidernf, manager Of the w.
A. Clark properties, reported practlc-
ally full crew at all the mines under
his charge, yesterday morning and
contemplated surplus of appl1ca-
lions within the next few days
Full Crew Reports.
At the Black Rock mine a full crew
reported for work and all the men
wanted were available for the morn
ing shift yesterday morning. All day
there were a great number of rustlers
at the yard gates making inquiry as
to whether they would go to work,
and the management reported that
plenty of men had applied for the
night shift last night to fill all re-
quirements
At the Colorado mine of the Davis
Daily company repair work was under
way and the mine was not ready for
underground workmen yesterday
morning, but there were plenty of
men on hand ready to go to work on
the morning shift. This property ex-
poets to start up again this morning
with a full crew, sufficient applica-
tions having already been made to
more than fill the present require
ments.
At the East Butte, Manager Rohn
said that the smelter and concentra-
tor had been down during the strike
and that full crew were required to
start these so that 1t would be ne