The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah
Friday, December 11, 1936 (Vol. 134, No. 58)



Park City Strikers Will Ballot on Mediation Proposal of Governor — Vote of Miners Set for Friday On Truce Plan.  

Final decision of union miners in the Park City district on the proposals submitted to them following a series of conferences at the state capitol between mine officials and high union officers, with Governor Henry H. Blood acting as mediator, Wednesday, will be taken by ballot at Park City Friday.

Hiring Postponed.  

In the meantime, operators of the strike-closed mines have acceded to the request of Governor Blood to postpone for another 24 hours the acceptance of applications for workers to open the mines. This will make the deadline for hiring men Saturday at 10 a. m. if the unions vote not to accept the proposals submitted to them Thursday.

Montana Leader Carries Plan From Capitol to Mass Meet of Men.  

The proposals, details of which have not yet been made public, were carried to the union miners at a meeting held by them at the Elks hall in Park City Thursday afternoon by Reid Robinson of Butte, Mont., president of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, who attended the conference at the capitol Wednesday.

The meeting was originally called for Union hall, but with more than 400 men attending it was adjourned to the more commodious Elks hall.

Mr. Robinson said, after the meeting that the union members had voted unanimously to ballot on the proposals Friday, the hours of voting being set from 12 noon until 8 p. m.

He explained that the union constitution required that suitable notice of balloting must be given to members, which necessitated taking another day before definite action could be taken.

“The question on which the men will vote Friday,” said Robinson Thursday night, “will be whether they will accept or reject the proposal that has been submitted to them from the mediation conference at the state capitol Wednesday.”

Declines Comment.  

He declined to comment on the probable outcome of the balloting Friday, but declared all union men in good standing in the Park City local would be eligible to vote.

It was learned from relable sources at Heber city that members of the nonunion Park City District Mines Employes’ Welfare association would be ready to go to Park City to apply for work whenever the operators announced they were ready to accept applications.

James Ivers, general manager of the Silver King Coalition Mines Company at Park City, said Thursday night that operators in the district would accede to Governor Blood’s request and delay taking applications for miners until Saturday.

Paul H. Hunt of Keetley, manager of the Park Utah Consolidated Mines company there, said he had also been contacted from the governor’s office, and his company would join the other two in waiting until Saturday before accepting applications.

Gloyd M. Wiles, manager of the Park City Consolidated Mines, could not be reached Thursday night, but it was understood his company would follow with the others.

Men Reported Ready.  

At Heber City, J. L. Johnson, president of the welfare organization, said his men would make no attempt to go to Park City to register for work until present negotiations had been accted upon. He added, however, that 700 men from Heber, Kamas and adjoining communities were ready to go to work if union miners failed to accept the proposals Friday.

No change in conditions were reported from Bingham, where miners said to number 125 have been back to work in the U. S. mines for almost a week. No violence has been noted there.

Pat Doyle, captain of the union pickets at Bingham, asked for a complaint against Reuben Dean of Lehi Thursday, but on advice of J. Allen Crockett, assistant county attorney, the complaint was refused by Justice of the Peace S. J. Kenner.