Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-19
THE STREET CAR STRIKE
The Company Man the Car, with
New Men.

4
Inc CONDUCTORS and motorme,
continue firm In the po.,tion ar, !,
assumed at the strike, and 40 doe.
me management Of the compapY,
New men are being hired and
: taught and the company have
several applications, 50 they saw. for
every vacancy. m
Inc streets are all quiet, and the
strikers have almost entirely ceased
10 labor with the new men to per.
suade them to quit.
Last evening there wa. n u-,ces-
son Of the lAbot organizations Of
The city, which embraced about 500
men who took this niethVd OF show
ing their sympathy with the striker.
Alta meeting Of the strikers held
Yesterday afternoon, the following
was adopted;
WHEREAS That In view of the
current report that the street ear
employees union expect and intend
through their organization 10 take
advantage Q. the street railway CON-
Iany and to control the affairs Of
The said conf any, and
WHEREAS, IL is stated by the re-
preSentatives OF the said street car
company that they do not object 10
the request Of the employees to be
relieved OF the cleanIng OF the cars,
as IL wa. the intention Of the com.
pany so TO do, had the employees
awaited the action Of the company
In that difeetion, but by their pre-
mature REQUEST they have forced 1
the issue: Whether the employees,
orsaniss.io5 OF the street railway
company shall control the az |
fairs Of the company; that in or
der 70 retain control Of the |
affairs OF slid company the Officers |
have perempio rily refused 10 meet
a committee OF the employees who
were sent , then, by their ofganiz' !
alton fot the purpose Of amicably /
adjusting the difference between
employer and empl0ye rather than
by their minutest act 10 attempt TO
control its sGairs, and
WHEREAS, The company claim
that they have been led TO believe
that the employees organization only
await the success Of this unimport-
ant movement 10 ask for an advance
Of wages, which, IL not granted,
they Will again ot,ief q sltike.
WHEREAS, We, the employees OF
the said company, In the nirst posi-
iive and eoleIi.n manner, disclaim
say such intention aud declare il -
be In our opinion a subterfuge under
which a denial Of a simple act Of
justice is made and an attempt TO
impress the public unfavorablF with
Us, Now, therefore, be Il
Pesoicsd, That the members Of
the Street Car Employees union
hereby appeal to the general public
to inquire into the facts Of the situa-
ton before deciding rs 10 the merits
1f our efforts TO secure simple
Justice
ResOlUed, That In order TO quiet
any apprehension that the en- 4:
Dloyees' union, through its organizl-
Ion does now or ever has designed
- control the Affairs OF the street
e@r company in Relation to an adj
vance Of ways, we, the present
OF the salt Lake City
Street Car company, are ready -
ign 4 contract that We agree TO
work for our present wages for one
rear from this date, or during the
ine We may elect TO remain in The
nDloyment OF said company.
Res0ioed, That We are now asking
Iud always shall ask for what Is
imDly Just - ourselves - working I
nen, and we shall bold ourselves In ,
eadiueSs at all times 10 submit the
1stice Of our claims 10 a discrimi-
latiug p,'bllc, and We hereby guar
.n,S TO the company - well % 10
he public that we shall at all times !
= guided by the most sacrc | cor
idena,ion for the interest Of the |
tree { railway company as well ss q
Dr rhs safsiy, CJT.ii0rt and con- .
eDience OF the public.
Eesoiced. That n copy Of this pre-
mble aud " 0lutiOn u pr enlC !, {
Trough lis Officers, 10 the comp any ] !
nd aiSo that they be pIblishci in y
arh Of the daily newspaper. ~
fSigued1 JAMES T.. MALIS, JR., ;
Prrst. b. Of T. l.. 5. G. L. n
WALTER G. FARRow, a
Acting Secretary. !
This morning four more cars were a
ut on than were running yesterday, 4
lakiny eight, IN IN all. The COM
any have ben running twenty y
wen c9s, hence there are only n
loe more to man. Ia
The secretary Of the company h
ated to a NEWS reporter shortly II
Ter nopn y day that the men were \
i'll firm and were being p2id or Il
n answer 10 que. lions he stated I
lat strikers who would quit the q
MON would undoubtedly 1 { given a
ok again. He also stated that as "a
on as the new men became suf-
rienuy acquainted with their n
OK. n double shift would be put g.
4. The impression was conveyed 4
: what the gentleman said that the :,
,mpany expected b have enough n
sw men qualified to run n double 4
hit in n few days, and that the L
was Indifferent Pc to n
neiher or not the strikers broke n
way from the union and returned h
work. Unless they do this II Is 4
Understood none Of them will b. a
ken lack.