Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-15
4 statement Issued by a Labor oon'
ference Concerning the home'
stead Strike.
WAGES ACTUALLY PAID THE
lAsoRERs.
roOirIbutlous Requested for the A'u
Of the sirikers.-Enthuias'
tic Meeting.
AmnisAmsied Assoriation and FEEDER
nted Labor Council.


- bstwe.u the AmalgamAted hsso.
'i.,Ion and the executive council Of the
amsrican Federation Of Labor ended
this evening. ,.,.
The American public reoiting the TACT
AZ the Homestead strike anu Hhuhg
,hat the workmen are not receiving ~
hlgh wages an generally hnpposeu'
Whlls there are 1891 men employed,
biftern OF whose average wages are
,epui $3.50 per day and furty.siN aver
ace between 81 and s. per day, there
lfp il77 who average from sl.BD tosx
And los who receive fourteen cents
40 hour or lees. The statement says
ibfrc are less than 800 persons IN the
NH and there are not u dozen skilled
vofkmen who can perform the WORK
teoulrpd, The situation " such, thcy
ny. that they cOnhdontiaily assert
mai at no time curing the struggle
were the prospects OF victory ms bright
- they are row.
This manifesto closed with request
ilf
CONTRIBUTIONS TO NDTIfE STRIKERS
and advise the workmen not to come
l. Homrsleai or Pittsburg for employ
nsnl IN the pending dispute I. settled.
They requested that all contributions
b sent 10 PRECEDENT Waihe Of the
Amalgamated Association,
The document IN signed by Samuel
Gomfeu ami Others OF the eNecuti We
council OF the Amer can Federation
Il Iai0r, Hoihc and others for the
Amalgrmated Association. Hugh
O'Donnell, John McLurkie aud others
| hi the advisory committee.
coNriDNNr Oh VICTORY.
HOMESTEAD, Ang. ia mass.
n,sllng tiiis afternoon aroused all the
ksuttnthutlAsul among the lockout
m.h and fifteen hundred who crowd
tilD the rink cheerrd thcnselves
islfp over tho uttorhrces OF their
l,Ai,n, aud tonight confidence IN
yelaiy prevails.
Ths..dTe'ses were made by presi.
dent campers, Secretary T.. j. Me.
Gcnsd the Brotherhood OF Carpon.
~, AID several other prominent labor
ksitr.
Faux Chill, non.unioD man was
tinektd nnd
BADLY BEATEN
lJ three strikers this evening, and
Tisivnrda ESQUIRE Coffner fined him
Sand costs, Ia default OF which he
viii be confined In the lookup for torty-
ssbl hour.
BAYoNETrED IN THE LEG.
Samuel Roger, n drunken striker,
Who attempted 10 pass n guard on sem
ny duty last night, was bnyonctted In
TIE ley and received painful but not
isrlous injury. He was arrested and
hfen into camp.
oumr IN PITTsIuRd.
This was tho quietest Sunday Pitts.
bury has known since the labor trou-
tls. No event OF importance has
occurred nj any Of tho steel mills. Tho
sl;ikeH ut the Thitty-thiTd street mill
VIII hold a meeting tomorrow to decide
GU what shall be- done for the relief OF
those In need. They deny that the
tieAAlng oil Of tho strike In to DO con-
tieiet.
Daily Mortality From Cholera.
TEnERAS, Aug. lI.-The daily
mortality in TabIiz IN estimated AZ
5000. Tho cholera epidemic exists
Were with great severity. The gov
tnor and wealthiest inhabitants have
hsd and the town IL deserted. The
mortality la Teheran Is about l5O
VAly. There have been no deaths
Anong the Europeans here, and the
eloisia cases are only mild.