If the parade represents the sentiments of the union, the proposal of the operators will be overwhelmingly defeated in the secret ballot which is being taken today from 12 noon to 8 p.m.
The demonstration today followed a closed meeting of union members last night when the proposals were presented by Reid Robinson international president. Union officials and mine operators refused to divulge the nature of the poropsal, but it is definitely understood that the operators presented a proposition the same as was submitted before, viz.: 25 cents a day pay increase and no discrimination because of union activities. In the latest move, however, the operators recognized the union as a bargaining agency.
Tom Costas, who is secretary of Park City local No. 99 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, was referred to in a Deseret News story last night inadvertently as secretary of the employe’s association. The confusion resulted from letters sent by the mining company operators to Mr. Costas as secretary of the committee representing the employes of the various mining companies. These letters contained the original proposal of the mine operators.