Montana labor news., 1934-08-02

PARK CITY NOTES

meeting Saturday, July q, 1884 at the
Elks' Hall, and one Of the largest mem
bership in the past six months were
present.
Three new members were admitted to
the union.
The main topic OF the meeting was
the report Of the Negotiating Commit
tee, who have been holding meetings
with the management OF the Silver
King Coalition Mines Co. for the past
three weeks, regarding wages and
working conditions.
Friday, July 10th, 1884, Mr.. R. c..
jacobson, Government Mediator Of the
National Board, called President P. M.
Peterson and Secretary McQuillan, of
the Local Union to Salt Lake City to
make arrangements for a meeting on
Saturday morning with the manage
ment Of the Silver King Coalition Min
es Co. at their offices in the Kearns
Building, Salt Lake City. Arrange
ments for the meeting was made for
9 o'clock a. m. Saturday, July 81, 1884
Those present at the meeting Sat
urday morning are as follows Mr.. R.
&c. Jacobson, Government Mediator of
the National Labor Board; Mr.. VIM.
Kneer, Chairman of the Industrial
Commission; Mr.. F. Z. Morris, Fed
eral Labor Compliance Officer of the
N.R.A.; Mr.. James Robinson, Secretary
and Treasure of the international I'm
ion OF Mine, Mill, Shelter Workers ;
Mr.. Thomas Kearns, President Silver
King Mg. Co.; Mr.. w. Mont Ferry,
Vice President and Directing Manager
of the Silver King Co.; Mr.. M. J.. Da-
ley, General Manager of the Silver
King Mg. Co.; Mr.. NJ. G. Heightsman,
General Superintendent Of the Silver
King Co.; Mr.. Con O'Neil, General
Foreman OF the Silver King Co.. Mr..
James Ivers, Treasure of the Silver
King Co. and a committee Of seven re-
presenting the Park City Mine and
Mill workers Union No. 90.
The meeting was called to order at
9 a, m, Saturday morning by Mr.. ia
cobson, President, P. M. Peterson act
ing as spokesman for the Miners and
Mr.. w. Mont Ferry, acting as spokes-
man for the Silver King Co,
After a gcaeral discussion, which
lasted for more than three and one
half hours, Mr.. Jacobson remarked
and comented, both the Employers and
the Employees, as to the questions
dealt with. He said it was one of the
best meetings he had held, in all his
time as a Mediator and believed that
if such procedure were conducted ir
future conferences, as were held to-
day, in his mind he could not see why
employee and employer could not settle
their differences satisfactory to both
parties concerned with out taking dra-
site actions.
Both, Mr.. Ferry, and Mr.. Peterson
stated their sides frankly and fairly
coming right to the point and handled
one question at a time.
At the close Of the meeting, Mr.
Ferry was asked to submit the ques-
tons involved in writing, so that they
could be taken back to the Local Unior
for their approval, which he did, anC
are as follows:
Dear Sirs:
Complying with your understanding
on experimenting our letters to you o.
the 18th inst; you are advised as fol
lows;
l. The management is willing t.
abide by the bargaining and negotat-
ing provisions of the MIRA. both a,
to spirit as we'll as to the letter of tht
law.
2. While the company will not dis
criminate against the men who do no.
choose to belong to the union, it doe.
fully realize that employees who are
union men may be properly chosen a.
representatives Of our workers; hence
the management is willing to meet anC
discuss with them at reasonable time.
matters of mutual interest.
3. The management will accept in.
dividual assignments from union due.
and fines to a reasonable limit PEI
month, subject to revocation of sucl
assignment by the individual concern.
ed.
4, The management is now at worl
on a wage scale plan which is des.
igned to automatically regulate wages
in accordance with company receipt.
from sales of product and hopes tC
succeed in working out a feasible anC
satisfactory arrangement.
The matter is somewhat involved
hence requires considerable time. A
report concerning the question will BE-
RENTED to your committee not latel
than August 10th, 1884, and as mucl
earlier as is practical.
Yours Truly,
w. Mont Ferry
The officers and Committee of the
Local Union have labored hard to gain
these points with the management, il
order to avoid a strike in this district
and feel well paid for their efforts
Now it is up to the rank and file OF
this local organization to make the
Park City Mine and Mill Workers I'm
ion No. SO one of the Jest organiza-
tons in this State, and the writer feels
assured they will take advantage OF
this opportunity.
The International Committee are
real busy laying plans for a HOT
TIME IN THE OLD TOWN on Labor
Day and expect to pull off a huge
loo1ot-a..o, n tbot Iota