Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-05

80 rrri cel out Of hereV"
~, ~" stroemness, one. Of the Ger
i smdter strikers at Murray will
a., mad Deputy sheriff powse used
n... words 10 him and at the same
,rs drew o. revolver
n root run." answered the striker
- chan the officer held the revolver up
ts mans face and added a Kick TO
" o5monitlon. This Is the statement
= peter stroemness, and he says he Is
ming 10 make oath as 70 its truthful
rg
,rv weapon at any time during the
is.s,rcs Of his duties at the smelter
s.-,e me present difficulty; so the
,,sle must be IT'S own judge as 20 the
,wNmlness OF ialglty Of the accusa-
IN, made hy Peter Stroemncss.
M ibe strikers are willing 20 take
M word " their companion and are
ysrv much aggrieyed at the officer for
what they say was an action entirely
rrealsd for and unnecessary because
ne man gave no pr0yocation for the
assault
Previous 70 the meeting today o group
q be men were talking over the mat
isr outside OF the home OF Mr. Charles
O,sr bright young man, who boy
common consent seems TO have been
selected as their leader In the hour OF
thclly why we We're much sur
tripi said one OF the men, 'at the
ee.Ioa Of Mr D0wse and his attitude
towards ne men al on times during
Na trouble lie commenced az us IN
Mastering way and has kent IL up
eyH since lt looks 90 us as u the COM
tany s making ID interesting for the
JGcH Otherwise he would not be 50
brlWgt5 against MS.
'sfthf VERY 'disagreeable man con-
fedM WIN this affair is Dan Pheiau,
general imemau who has charge OF the
lgh. shin. IN any one OF the men at
nnp,s 10 talk with him. even for In
tmllon De threatens him with arrest
ui even orders the officers 20 put the
nan IN charge without the slightest
word o. explanation except curses.
Altogether different men are Lewis
Powell day foreman, and Arthur Short,
BE assistant They are reasonable and
We can get along with them nicely.
Sheriff H0Wells treated US very nice
y and appears TO want to be fair to-
wards u.s.
CONTINUE WORK.
Alta meeting Of the strikers held to-
Day Ii was decided that an those OF the
men who desired 20 do so could work out
ne seven days which they agreed TO
Vik pending en- answer from the oper-
al1g committee in Denver
We want DO place ourselves right
ar1 then we win have something TO
sand upon" said Mr. Olsen. I'VE
agreed TO wait seven days and we viii
az so Our cause Is a Just one ana we
e9 noi hesitate 90 make our demands,
ltlsnlch as our requests have been
ignored or eydded for two months
llst our meeting today was for the
lllo'e Of bringing the men into some
tlIi OF equalization, as we have had
llhe whatever heretofore. II Is our In
ttluoh 10 maD out a plan Of action 10
lF pursued after next Wednesday. pro-
denied"
WHAT THEY WANT.
Ihe strikers demand an increase in
l4 Of IS cents per day. The wages
Wv! w, az present and those asked are as
.-o"s The FIRST column showing the
y i,.''ynl scale per day and the second
la' desired prices.
's ..llh p. d.. ....., $40 Sl.75
'-..ssoteakers. swampers.
p .les'eis and car men,. 100 1.S5
;. '''' ''', ..,.s., 100 2.25
4,'s GOO o, ,.,, ,,.,... 2.40 2.75
), ' ls are the most important places
olel lhe changes are asked. there
IN. o.hef lab1rers who are paid var
~, amounts. Al the copper works
W. are The wages
Ber..s. '''''' 90 .""..,, $500 S2S5
se.5sd 49, 900 TO-. .,.,. Les POI
'i''DeIs "r,. ." 1,50 l,S5
TIE FORCE
mere have been az work AZ the
,..ll is ABOUT five hundred men alto
49, 49, ana these are al! affected by the
isis5 NJ humber Of men has been
,ef az wy out 800 Is nearer the num-