The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-19
Boss BARRIERS ofthe City Arrive at
An Agreement.
CAUSED A LIVELY DEBATE
SOME HELD OUT FOR s O'CLOCK
CLOSING. e
Peters Threatened Not to Shut His
Doors Until. IL O'Clock if His
Brethren Didn't Fall Into Line
and standfast Went Him One
Hour Better.

The tonsorial artists had a warm
meeting yesterday afternoon in the
barber shop of Hartenstein on Main
street. There were no razors nor knives
flying in the air but many g. sharp
word was turned loose. In fact the
past few days have BEEN warm ones
for the BARRIERS, notwithstanding the
cold weather. That of yesterday was
not the only meeting. There have been
several of them. 1t was the climax
which came at Hartenstesus.
These gentlemen have been discuss
ing the hour of closing their shops in
the evening. A difference of one hour
has caused a whole lot Of trouble. Dur
ing the early summer an agreement
was reached by which the shops closed
ht o'clock in the evening except on
Saturday. At that time the doors have
been bolted and locked against pro-
crastinators. The dallying wretch who
failed to get in before that time had to
let his hair continue to. grow for twelve
hours or get his wife to cut it.
Resumed Old Custom.
But it has been the custom in Salt
Lake to keep shops open until s p. m.
idu ing the winter When the agree
ment to close at 7 o'clock expired on
them, at once kept OPEN an hour later
They We're going to follow the old
custom.
/ At once the journeygnen BARRIERS
held a meeting to discuss the question.
They didn't want to work until 5,
which usually means O'Clock, for the
many persons who rush in just before
closing time are seldom through with
for an hour later. The journeymen
bad ricin of oh Cr%sarf
dances and church socials which they
wanted to attend. during the winter.
Consequently they framed a petition
addressed to- the boss BARRIERS asking
them to close at o'clock during the
winter as during the summer. Many
boss BARRIERS signed the agreement
but nine of them remained out.
A meeting of the gentlemen who
have shaved so much and SO many
that they have became proprietors was
held Tuesday evening. They talked
long and loud but no agreement was
reached; an adjournment was taken I'M
til yesterday afternoon at Harten-
STEMS shop. There a. most mysterious
meeting was held, the door of an inner
room was locked and every man who
came had to give four countersigns
before he was admitted.
Directors Were Silencsd.
There were several objections to the
Z o'clock closing scheme. Several boss
BARRIERS argued that there were hun
dreds of men who quit work at 6
o'clock and who did not have the time
TO get shaved before.
Why" said one of the DIRECTORS,
I'VE are cutting our own threats. Hun
dretis of men would shave once a day
if they could do so after dinner. Closing
at o'clock keeps them from shaving
more than twice "a week"
But that argument didn't carry
much weight against the threat of two
or three boss BARRIERS to keep open till
10 o'clock if anyone dared to remain
open till o'clock
IF you keep open till s o'clock" said
Barber Peters, pointing his finger at
the objectors I'll keep open till 10,
till II o'clock"
TN raise you" said Frank Stand
fast. IF you don't close at 7 o'clock
I'll keep open till 12.''
That frightened the gentlemen who
wanted to remain open till O'Clock.
All of them agreed then and there to
close at and most of them signed an
agreement to that effect
AS a consequence you must continue
to get around by o'clock, by 11:30 at
night on Saturdays, and you can't get
shaved at all on Sunday