Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-17
U. P. MEN TO STRIKE.
Fully Three Thousand WOTkmen
Involved in The TTOublo.
CAUSE OF THEIR GRIEVANCE
A Disastrous Earthquake Visits tho
ISLAND Of Zantc.-Matters
In Seryia.

,n,ong tho boiler makers, pattern
makers, blackamiths and mouiueis J."
The shops along the entire line oil the
Union Pacific System. The uonO'o
has arisen concerning tho reduction Of
the standard time working day. Last
year the company agreed to 70 reduce
the working force as TO permit tho men
TO work nine hours u day Instead oil
eight. The company began vloltting
the agreement in January aud the men
have been unable to bring about n
feetofation. Fuily 5000 men are in-
voiyed In the shops at Omann, Denver,
Sat Lake, Cheyenne, Ogden, Port
land, Kansas city, Rawlina, Lara
ME and round house points.
The men arc said - be thoro'
ughly organized and united.
AT a meeting OF shop mon at Denver
yesterday tho conservative element
Ifedomlnated and II wa, resolved TO
send request to the oilicers OF the
order at Omaha 10 have the strike d,-
layed TIL the committee from Denver
could reach there.
READY 10 STRIKE.
DENvER, April 1.-THE shopmen
OF the linton Pacific here are ready -
20 out M soon ~ they receive orders
from Omaha. They number 200. The
knights Of Labor tnis morning posted
notice Of the strike In the shops
guaranteeing support 10 all who stand
with the union IN the struggle. IL Ia
signed by the executive board OF the
Union Pacific employee, district
assembly SO, knights OF Labor.
OMAHA, Neb., April l7.-Six hun
dred men employed In the Union Pa
clflc shops, struck here ut noon. The
men who went cut were machinists,
boiler makers, blncksmiths, mouldefs
and pattern makers. The employees
cinim that the company has acted In
bad faith concerning the fulflllment Of
an agreement entered Into, 10 allow
the force OF men employed 10 reduce
itself wien time was below the stand
nrd Of nine hours n day. Ii IL claimed
that the company, instead OF allowing
the force OF men employed to reduce
itself, actually has kept up "a full quota
OF men, and In some shops, Omaha
included, has increased the force. The
company has not only increased the
force, but reduced tho standard Of nine
hours to eight for working day on
January 10Th OF this year. The em-
ployes claim to have written agree
ment signed by Genl. Manager Dlckin.
sou and Assistant Supt. Mortaheimer,
that while the men are working eight
hours, II 10 understood the places OF
the men who leave the service will not
be filled except when absolutely neces-
sary IN order to carry on work 20 ad-
vantage, There being no Intention Of
doing anything that might be- con-
strued as bad faith or standing in the
way Of this plan, taking out naturally
anu speedily, rs soon ~ the force has
been reduced sufficiently TO establish Il
standard of nine hours. The aggTioved
employees claim that no effort has
been made by the company TO live up
TO the terms Of agreement and that
while they are working on an eight
hours basic, other roads are paying the
same rate VI wages anu WORK their men
ten hours day.
The executive board representing
the employees has bepn endcavorlug 10
persuade President 3. II. IL. CLARK
AID j. IL. Mcdonnell, the general
master mechanic OF the Union Pacific
system to modify their views concern
Ing the Interpretation Of the agree
ment 10 reduce tho force anu increase
the working hours from eight 10 nine.
The officials have held several confer
encea with the committee, but We're
unable to arrive at "a aatis uctory agree
ment and the strike today was the
result.
J. II. Mcconnell, superintendent Of
the motive power, In an interview
said the difficulty was not meter OF
wnges or hours tfwOrk but simply the
refusal OF the company to sigu the new
contract submitted by the men fegu-
lnting the conditions under which
they should work. The first PROPOSE
ton was submitted to him, which he
refused to sign.
10 was then taken 10 CLARK who also
declined. One Of the primary obi O.
tiOns to tins contract demanded that
when necessary 10 reduce expenses and
the men were obllgoi 10 work eight
hOure, the company should not employ
any new boiler makers, machinisle,
blacksmiths or mOulderr. The men
finally withdrew this proposition and
presented another, which provided
that when working eight hours day
the company should not employ any
u, the above named craftsmen until
after 10 per cent OF the force had been
discharged. This, Mcdonnell stated
would prevent interested men Will,
working eight hours, Thereby prac
ucally taking tho contract OF hirinI
the men out OF the compnny's hands.
super niendent Mcconnell woult
hotsay JuIt how many men would be
Affected.
KNIGHTS REFUSE no STRIKE.
Omaha--The knights Of Labor II
'he shops refused to strife, ~ a bulletin
was posted by the executive cummitte,
Of District Assembly 50, ordering then
10 remain al work, ~ by htrikinl
they would violate their contract
There are only few knights anon
them. The men In the company,
shops at North Platte have also struck
Chicag0-rhe following additioua
sdviGes have come 10 the Associate,
Press concerning the Union Pacific
Hrike; Az Cheyenne, Wyoming
$50 men went cut at half pms
steven. They were satisfied viii
heir wages, which were highe
han elsewhere but win stand by tn,
nher men. At Laramie, wyo., III,
men are waiting for orders fton
Omaha. IL 10 Understood here tn,
trike ism sympathetic one IN con
ptctlOn with the strike on the Santl