The Labor enquirer., 1884-05-03
The j. ?. CUT.
Its Results Upon the Denver
Employees Of the
Company.

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Company.
The Men are Determined to Stand
Out for a Reinstatement Of the
Old Scale.
At 9 O'Clock on Thursday morning,
May 1, a printed notice was stuck up in
the Union Pacific shop, and in all the
various departments around the depots
and upper yards in this city, notifying
all employees that commencing with that
date the wages of all with the exception
of fremen and engineers would be re-
duced from 10 to Is per cent. As soon
as the notice was fully understood, nearly
every man and boy in the shops, and
the laborers in the yards and freight
depots daid down their tools and put on
their coats, comprising in all about 400
employees. EI.t.
A few active men began at once to
take steps for holding a meeting for the
purpose of obtaining an expression as to
what was the best thing to be done in
the premises 1t was soon decided that
meeting should be held, and Washing
ton hall, an Larimer street, near Twenty
eighth, was chosen as the place of as
sembling and o'clock p. m. set for the
hour. Promptly at 1, o'clock the i'm
mense crowd began to gather, and by
l:so fully 500 were present in the hall
the number swelling from that time
until o'clock by the additions which
came from the various departments
where the men had been little slow to
quit.
THE MEETING.
The meeting was of a secret character
no one being allowed to enter the hall
except those who had struck against the
reduction. The meeting was organized
by the election of a chairman and secre-
tary. There being no regular organiza-
ton among the men, the following pre-
amble and resolution were adopted as a
basis upon which to form and carry on
| their deliberations p,
Whereas, The general management of
the Union Pacific railroad has seen fit to
issue circular ordering cut of from 123
to 10 per cent IN the wages Of the me-
chanics and laborers in the embloy of
said Union Pacific company and,
Whereas, We realize that the old
scale of wages was low as we could, con-
sistent with our living expenses, work at
and maintain ourselves and families
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the employees of
the said Union Pacific railroad company,
in mass meeting assembled, do obligate
ourselves luulNluudlly duu SollcSblNoly
to refuse to do any work under the juris-
diction or upon the premises of said
Union Pacific company until such time
as the notice of reduction in wages is
withdrawn by the proper officers and the
old scale reinststed.
The motion to adopt was unanimously
carried, and was followed by round of
applause.
Remarks were made by dozen or so
of the gentlemen present and considera-
BILE enthusiasm was manifested, yet the
best of feeling prevailed and a determi-
nation to stand by the resolution just
adopted was contained in the remarks
made and visible upon the faces of all
present. Statements were made as to
the state of affairs in the various depart
ments, and a committee of one from
each department was appointed to in
vestigate and keep the meeting posted
as to what was going on.
At this stage about 200 men from the
South Park shops, on the West Side,
joined the meeting. The lateness of
their arrival was explained by the state
ment of their spokesman that the notice
of reduction had not been posted in the
Park shops until p. M, and the men
had stopped work at once and fastened
to Join their brothers, whom they had
been notified were holding meeting.
1t was suggested that it would be we'll
to reconsider the resolutions, so that the
South Park men could have an opportu-
nifty to discuss and vote upon them. On
motion-the vote whereby the resolutions
we're adopted was reconsidered. The
resolution was then read and a motion
to adopt was carried unanimously with
out debate.
Upon motion those present were re-
quested to sign the resolutions This
work was little slow, and owing to the
immense crowd it was impossible to get
the signatures of all during the short
time before the supper hour. However,
about 300 names were attached to the
document.
Several committees were appointed
and the meeting then adjourned to meet
at 7:3O p. NJ, at the same place.
IN THE EVENING