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

men today. will lose enough money to
! pay the advance we have asked for q
! year 10 come. As everybody knows
/ the cost OF living Is greater now than
I Il has been and with the low wages we
/ are getting we find Il impossible TO i've
/ decently. In view 0f an the facts IN
/ the case we do not think we are asking
| anything unreasonable.
OFFICERS OK GUARD.
During last night three deputy
sherins with Deputy DoWse In
charge. mounted guard at the
| smelter and kept vigil Tor
| fear OF possible violence 10 the property.
| There were no officers there today the
principal fear being for a night inYa-
MEN ARE PEACEABLE.
There appears 10 be little cause FOR
alarm, however, as the employees are
about as peaceable a lot Of men as the
News" man ever saw under similar
circumstances
The only trouble that has occurred
Is the alleged gun play mentioned
above. end that Is now said 20 have
| occurred Tuesday night One OF the
men who saw Stroemness Immediately
]
that officer D0wse acted right enough
until he and Stroemness got beyond the
| limits OF the smelter yards when be
took the action referred 90. The ofii-
Ger himself emphatically denies the
charge made hy Stroemness while
there are many OF the men who say
they know the striker IS telling the
truth
PARTLY OPERATED.
The Germanla smelter Is being
partially operated, and most % those
who are al work are strike sympathiz-
ers. But they are simply working 20
carry out their agreement with the
company, and a Is expected that unless
me mems defnguds al 8oeeAe8lo thfsc
win quit next wte katfnd irtre' the smelt-
ers entirely idle.
AS TO MOTIVES.
And here Is where the strikers are
somewhat appre-enslve. claiming that
the only object which the company had
In asking a weeks time was to secure
other men to take the places Of the
present employees or prepare TO shut
down altogether for a while.
BLAME TUCKER,
The men do not hesitate TO blame
Superintendent Tucker for the present
trouble They say that for a long
time occasional requests FOR an increase
Of pay have been made Mr.. Tucker
has replied that he was poWerless TO
authorize a raise OF wages but that
he would bring the matter 20 the at
tention Of the operating board az Dem
yer. Nothing has been heard how
ever, either one way or the other and
the men conclude that their grievance
has been pigeon holed and has never
gone further than the superintendents
desk II is this superstition that has
caused the men 90 pursue a harsher
course. They all express a determine
ton. though, that no unlawful act shah
be committed by them pending a set
tlement and they are equally firm In
their stand for a higher rate OF COM
pensation. and Will they say resort
10 all peaceahle and lawful means 20
attain their object
Il is hoped that satisfactory conclu-
sion may soon be reached, as a very
protracted strike would materially in
jure the buslDess Of the little town OF
WANTS SETTLEMENT.
Manager Jones says q have re-
fefred the demands OF the men 10 the
operating committee OF the American
Smelling and Refining Company al
Denver, and shall await an expression
from that source before anything final
Is submitted for, while I have the au-
th0rlty. | would not care 10 take oc-
ton upon a matter 20 serious as a
general strike without first consulting
the c0mpany's committee at Denver"
Mr. Jones expects that the Denver
committee viii act promptly and that
the whole affair viii soon be amicably
settled.
DON'T BELIEVE IT.
The sheriff's Office Is very 10th 20 be-
lieve the charge made by the strikers
against Deputy Sheriff Dowse. as his
usual action while IN the discharge Of
his iuty Is OF very different character
from that reported In this case. His
fellow-ofilcers can not believe that he
made so great a departure from his
usual pentlemanly course