The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-04
JOHN BERRY,

Gan AoC stay II. DO not say 10 arms
just now but to arbitration. 1 have
aided in obtaining freedom for 1000. 900
slaves and am now ready to do the
same service for 5O,OO0,OOO working
people. The money power like a great
anaconda, is taking everything in its
grasp and unless it is cut at once will
soon entangle and destroy the entire
people"
ATTACKING THE HERALD.
when The Herald says there is
plenty of work in this city and terri
tory at 81 per day it lies shrieked E.
w. Reese, as he jumped to the platform
and and, waved aloft a copy of this paper
When 1t says that the workingmen
Of this city do not care to work at
the wages named and would rather
be fed by the hand of Charity it lies
again Even after having said these
things the speaker neglected to read
the objectionable editorial, which made
no such statements as those attributed
to it,, but on the other hand merely
copied a news item from the Sandy
Independent The whole article was
distorted by Reese and the hearers
given to understand that The Herald
had willfully insulted and wrOnged the
workingnen of this city. The fiery
speech Of the fellow caused a great
deal of excitement and threatening
cries went up all over the crowd In
conclusion Reese exhorted his hearers
to in the future boycott the Rio Grande
Western for its stand taken in the mat
| ter of transportation.
Several other speeches were made.
the last by John Stubbs, and in the
opinion Of the leaders, the time being
ripe for
THE PROMISED DEMONSTRATION
and raid upon the Rio Grande West
ern officials, the call was made and in
the neighborhood of 600 people formed
in line. In the lead were thirty-eight
women, most of whom are members
of the relief corps. The now thor
oughly excited people marched west
to Second West on Third South thence
north to Second South and then direct
ly west to the Rio Grande Western
depot. Upon arriving there a commit
tee of four, composed of Messrs.
Stubs, and Jones and two of the
ladies, visited the offices of the Off
Gals in the second story of the build
ing, while the people below massed on
the east side of the depot and waited
for the. report which was not long in
coming. The committee made a, raid
upon the office of Superintendent Wei
by, but found that gentleman not in.
1 The members of the committee were
informed that the superintendent and
offices are in the depot building were
out. of the city and their return was
uncertain. Stubs and Jones wanted
to make speeches to the clerks in the
office, but they were informed that no
one present could remedy the wrongs
complained of and they must look else
where for assistance. Upon returning
to the crowd below, Jones mounted a
convenient express wagon and made a
report, in which he said that all of the
railroad officials were
CONVENIENTLY OUT OF THE CITY
and no one in authority was to be
found. The people had made their
! demonstration, however, and done all
in their power for the present. Stubs
had also crawled into the wagon and
/ called out that if the Rio Grande
Western acted wisely it would send a
train to the coal mines and offer no
resistance if it was captured by the
army 1t had been said that if the
Western put the men into Colorado 1t it
would be subject to penalty of 500
/ per head, but there had been no an
i swer received to the suggestion that
/ they be taken through to Kansas.
! This is not the way to proceed -
called out some one in the crowd. Tn
/ terview the Brotherhood of Railway
/ Trainmen." The idea seemed to please
I
was reformed, to take up the march,
no one knew just where. 1t was after
wards ascertained that none of the
| officers of the brotherhood could be
seen last evening, and a committee
will attend to the matter today. The
crowd continued it's march to the
! board of trade building and there halt
ed while another committee visited the
! offices of the passenger department Of
| the road but without success, for the
second time finding none of the Off
| Gals The report was made from an
/ other wagon in front Of the building
/ by Jones, who in conclusion, said
| the DAYS work must result IN
good This is only the sterling,
/ he declared Those brethren OF ours
! at Murray did not start on the junket-
| ing tour for nothing or for the purpose
! of making a short tour of the southern
part of the county. They are going or
| to Washington and they must ride Ii
would be impossible for them to march
! over the snow covered mountains al
! this time of the year. How we love
those railroads which we have built!'
! Meakin was introduced as
THE PLUMED KNIGHT"
and said he could hardly express his
sympathy for the depressed in whose
| interests the people had been working
! the enIlre Qdy. II was q lilOot SCi AOO@
problem now in course of solution. He
| then recited the Under Dog in the
Fight and subsidized, but not so Jones
who called upon the people to follow
| him to The Herald office and there ap-
! ply for work at 50 per day.
! Then came the extreme farcical part
! of the entire proceedings. With one ac-
cord and following Jones, Meakin
Stubs and Reese. the people marched
east to West Temple and thence up the
west side of the street to The Herald
corner Into the business Office, at the
instigation of Jones and his ilk, a great
crowd of men, women and boys surgeG
/ and demanded that they be given work
at 81 per day, accompanying their de.
mands with the use of foul and profane
| language The lone occupant of the
office had no work for such a gang anu
ordered the rabble out, with the state.
ment that if they had any redress tC
demand to ascend the stairs to tbs
editorial department For the thire
time Jones mounted the ever present
wagon and called out: Il would like
! to know whether or not the windows
of the editorial rooms of this paper are
/ open, SO that the sound of my voice
may be heard by the members of the
OF 1a