The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-24

Again have the members OF the
local Board Of Fire Underwriters for
nally declared that they will enforce
the nonintercourse clause Of the con
stitution Of the Board Of Fire Under
writer's of the Pacific, regardless of the
action of their chiefs in assembly at
San francisco. The general board re-
Gently suspended the clause. pending
negotiations, but 1t is understood that
the real reason for the action was the
fear of prosecution under the Califor-
MIA statute which prohibits the boy
cotting of any person or corporation.
Utah has no such law and the local
agents are determined not to give up
their strongest weapon in the struggle
with the non-board companies. This
Is the second time q vote has been
taken on the same question and for
the second time has the determination
to stand by the non-intercOurse clause
been expressed most forcibly. For a
While it looked very much as though
the local board would be forced to ac
cept the action of the general agents
at San Francisco and retire from their
position, but a dispatch received from
headquarters advised them to use their
own discretion In the matter and the
vote Just taken is the exercise of that
discretionary power, All policies
written by union agents are now
passed through the local branch of the
Board of Fire Underwriters of the
Pacific whether or not they have the
non-intercourse endorsement. This is
in accordance with adViceS received
from San Francisco.
Says 1t Is Illegal.
Regarding this endorsement, the at
torney of the Home and Phoenix, two
of the outside companies, has just
given an opinion which is to govern
the future actions Of the general and
special agents of the companies. In
that opinion the attorney says: .'For
another and most serious reason, the
courts would decline to assist COM
pany Represented in the Board of Fire
Underwriters of the Pacific. in escaping
liability by means of any such en-
dOrSement as is proposed. The scheme
of the Board of Fire Underwriters as
disclosed by its printed circular, is to
monopolise for its members the bust
ness of fire insurance of the state OF
California, to establish rates for such
business and crush out competing COM
panieS. A large majority Of all the in
suranee companies have in that as
ISOLATION combined together for that
purpose. In pursuance of that scheme
it proposes to institute what, in pOpu-
lar language, is known as a boycott.
In legal language the scheme is an I'M
lawful conspiracy"
Are Still Negotiating.
No further move has been made by
the building inspector to compel the
removal of the half ruined structures
on the old Smith corner, recently dam
aged by fire, and it is probable that
after all the owner will be allowed to
make the necessary repairs. provided
they are of most substantial nature.
Should Mr.. Folsom still hang TO his
original decision, however, Mr.. Walker
will ask for a. board OF arbitration and
power to determine just what sail be
the future course of both the Inspector
and Mr.. Walker. The latter gentlemen
are now negotiating, or, at least,
counter propositions have been made
and are now under adVisemoF. 1t is
probable that the matter wall be set
tied on Monday or Tuesday.
When questioned as to what would
be his course in the event nf the
buildings being ultimately condemned.
Mr.. Walker yesterday afternoon stated
he would not now erect a block on the
site, but on the other nand would de-
molish the structures already there
and put up high board fence around
the corner In his opinion the times
are not propititiouS for the con5truc-
ton of the building which the location
Of the corner would demand. for the
simple reason that there are already
half dozen good office buildings in
this city which are not half occupied
and the erection Of another would but
rob the owners of the former of the
revenue they are now receiving.
Adjustment Not Completed.
The adjustment of the losses on the
Lipman & Wallerstein and the CLASSIFY
stocks is still in progress and it is
hardly likely that settlements will be
effected for the next several days.
The inventories are completed but it
is the figuring out Of the values Of the
goods and the casting up of the
columns of figures which consume the