The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-04


There were some changes in the local
situation yesterday, and while the rail-
ways made a decided gain in getting
trains through, the strikers claim that
this is offset by more men coming out
| and joining hands with them in the
movement.
| While the Union Pacific was moving
trains north and south as well as the
Garfield beach trains, the men were
doing missionary work and striving
hard to advance their cause.
The railway officials seem quite con-
| fident now that the older 9rganiza-
tons will not make the cause a COM
mon one. Should they do so the best
posted men agree that it would force
la speedy settlement on some sort of
basos, as there are not qualified men
enough in the country to operate the
roads if all went out.
| When the lodge of firemen at Ogden
wired Sergeant for authority to go
out they all but told him that if
he did not give the assurance asked
for they would kick the B. of L. F.
charter out of the window. Strong
talk, but their actions since show that
they meant just what they said, as
they went out to a man on their own
responsibility, as did the members of
the Salt Lake lodge. Such moves will
doubtless have a tendency to make
Sergeant take some action.
The B. of L. E. and o. R. C. men
have also wired the situation to their
headquarters and have asked for in
structions.
The local members of the American
Railway union have wired the grand
|
B. of l.. E., B. of L. F., o. r. c., o. r.
T., and the Trainmen and push the
| matter to a speedy termination. The
members of some, of those organizations
make ne clsiTa thak Deos should ere
this Rave cAlled upon all she oIher
Grand officers ana tpAn il Hdui have
! beeu plain sailing an around. out as il
L now. they are AFRAID 10 oreah loose
from the constitutions and bylaws
governing them, not knowing if they
would again be restored to grace should
the grand officers conclude to expeI
! them for their actions.
THE USUAL MEETING.
The meeting of railway men held
yesterday afternoon at Armstrong;
hall. corner of Fourth West and Sec
ond South, was one of the largest yet
held, and much earnest work was
done. Fully 300 railway men were in
Union Pacific and Rio Grande Western
were appointed to go among the crowd
and invite all persons who were not
railway men, or belonging to organized
labor, to vacate the hall A number
did so, and among them were some
deputies who wished TO see, hear,
take notes and report
The chairman explained that it
was not the intention of the meeting to
bar out anyone friendly TO them. but a
/ such times IL was vitality necessary TO
insure their own protection, and for
that reason none should be offended.
To-day the railway men do not intend
to observe the glorious Fourth as do
those who have no cares. 1t was so de-
cIded at the meeting. They claimed
that the railroads would not let up
| fighting them because it was its
Fourth and they would in turn line NJ
! in defence of the position they have as
! sumed IN the Pullman boycott-victory
would be Fourth enough later.
Addresses We're made cautioning the
men to refrain from drinking and doing
any acts of violence-they had not been
guilty Of any yet. They should be
proud of their orderly conduct, and the
| public must admire them for it.
A prominent mining man in this city
sent word quietly to the American Rail
way union that when they needed
|
up TO his office and draw for 81 600
| applause.
Resolutions of hearty sympathy from
other organizations were read, amid
applause.
A list of the ''scabs' was prepared,
but will not be made public until such
time as the cases may be looked into
and passed upon: as they did not wish
! TO possibly put the brand upon some
| innocent man. II was reported that
| already a number of men who went TO
work As such reconsidered and quit
upon learning where they were at
A number of the Organized Railway
/ Conductors when called upon to state
what action the conductors would take,
said that as yet they could not give
assurance of going out, but pending
certain negotiations, they would only
take their trains out with regular
brakemen, or men on the old extra list.
but not with ''scabs," (Applause).
IMPORTANT TLEGRAMS.
The following kilograms on the situa-
ton were received as follows:
Evanston, July 8, 1894
Old organizations partly out Fire
men unit. Solid front Cheyenne to
Salt Lake.
Laramie, July 3, 1894.
We are all out solid with firemen
and trainmen. VIII stay with Debs'
orders.
Rawlins, July 3. 1894
Heard from Lima, La Grande, Evans
ton, Salt Lake, Glenn's Ferry. Laramie
Land Rawlins, firemen all out, commit
t tee Brotherhood of Locomotive FIremen.
f Terre Houte, July 8, 1894. ,
t I have no authority to sanction mem
Ebers of the brotherhood striking ex-
cent in accordance with provisions of
the constitution and bylaws. The
; brotherhood as an Organization is not
involved in present controversy.
F. P. SARGEA1NT.
Il The American Railway union mem
.bers at this point wired Pocatello to
find out what the situation was re-
garding injunction proceedings, and in
turn received the following:
Pocatello, July 8, 1894.
+ We are all out. No injunction.
A resolution of thanks was voted
Nick TFewick and Joseph Lapsley for
the prompt and efficient service rend-
the dead, line" at the Rio Grande
: Western depot, in the way of procur-
ing his imnaedia tie release.
SJ.5 B. Rawlings was present, and he
was requested to state his connection
with railway service now or in the
past, as many did not know whether
he was entitled to seat in the meet
ing, whereupon he explained to the
satisfaction of all that he had been
twenty-five years in the service-was
an old telegraph operator, and had
done his part in a strike of that order
He was allowed a seat.
Considerable warmth was manifested
over the alleged action of the Western
Union in this city in holding tele-