Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-14
NOT VERY THREATENING.
Some Loud Talk By The Unemployed
PdTidsPi Yesterday,
nut the Mayors Firm Language aud
Their own Coed sense Prevailed
ATypicai Agitator.-rhe Petition.

Tho Nlw8 yesterday made mention
q .ue procession aud proceedings Of n
Considerable number o. unemployed
altn ia ,hia city. In addition to what
was reported up to the hour Of going
30 rrlsl thr history OF the unusual
cvout ttquius the statement that the
crowd yi,i,cd the bInyofs residence,
bJt flilius g. nud him there, they dis.
pCuul between four ani i've O'Clock,
nni oifly in the evoalns reassumbled
Ia ffoat Of th1 Cl,y hail whilo com.
miI,cc won't into the Mayors ofiics
and consulted with him on lheir con.
diti0l. They represented that they
hau teen Disseminated against Ia the
work going on At the Joint city aud
county building nnd asked that they
be given scratching u do.
Tho Mayor listened patiently and 70.
piled that there had been an effort
nc fairness In nll that had been done no
TAR as hs knew, but no was not In
position 10 give relief Immediately.
Ho intended going to Washington TO
urge the pass age OF the Increased bond.
lug bill which II successful would Of
coursu give relief. More than that he
could not promise.
QUO VI the delegation damaged the
cause hu represented by saying with
IN OATH, that uulrts something was
dOnu they would resort 10 violence.
That strain ui talk the Mayor quickly
aud tiltoiualiy stopped by declaring
that II anything OF the kind was at
tempted II would 20 hard with tho
men who INDUCED In the passtimc.
IL was evlduat that some VI those
who taxed tho most and the loudest
were not the ones vino were the most
needy or deserving. That there were
worthy men In the ctoWd-mcn who
have families 10 support and 10 whom
work would be a great boon-thufe Ia
no doubt, hut the uiilceta say there
were also a great many chronic idlera
] anu grumblus, who would almost take
/ mont VI a lablfiOus kind.
One Of tho loudest takers was
arrested and locked up on charge Of
attempting 10 incilo riot. lie gave
| tue name " william World. When
searched his ingtatllude was shown
| by the discovery OneIiis person OF an
| order Tor siK dAy6' work anu n ton OF
| coal given MIN yesterday by Select
man Bnmbcrger. lie also admittUd
that ho hat Iust quit work law uHyu
I age And that ho really had but little
csuse for complaint. Ga promising
that he would take no further part In
such demonstrations, be was allowed
10 10 unpunished.
A committee was finally appointed
10 draw up petition aud resolutions 10
present u the cry Council. The i0i.
! lowing was the result; Il was slgned
by between two hundred aud three
hundred men;
Petition OF tho citizens aud taxpayers OF
salt Lake city TO tho Hon, Il. \. Bt.kln,
/ Mayor, and tho city Council OF salt Lane
| city, by tho committee, As follows q.
| w. Billings, chairman, 7di west First
| South street; samuel Allen, $40 wost
! Third North street; w. Morgan, 10 Fifth
street, a. Jackson, 70 Peach street, John
Robinson, dji wOss Second North streets
Resolved, That we. tho undersigned
citizens and taxpayers OF Salt Lake city,
do hereby pray aud petition tho Hon. II,
] n. liaskin, Mayor, aud thD city Council
~ salt Lake CITY 10 furnish us with nj
least enough work 10 sustain ourselves
and families, A. No arc near now 10 star
walton aud must have it, and We further
pray aud petition that tho Honor
abl6 Mayor and city Council do
select aud appoint ono Of tho ave
men on the committee, with nu-
thorly 10 act as our representative Ia
Solectman Bamhergor's office, 30 that We
can be- suFo Of getting fair share Of the
work now given, and, therefore, DO u
Resolved, As We know that VIZ have
been unfairly doalt with, and as We know
that there IL work enough Ia salt Lake
| CITY 10 give us all show " ihlrly dealt,
! We hereby call the attention ~ tho hon-
Orablo Mayor and city Council TO imme-
diato action on this petition, as our motto
Is "Work or Bread.n
A. il. ELTON, Secretary.