Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-09
THE MEN AND THE rRusr.
The situation Discussed BY the 10.
cal Paper az Murray.

Nothing but confusion comes ont Of a
disorcanized crowd OF poor men rum.
ming up against the prlcls OF a heart
less trust This has been the story of
strikes and labor union engIneerlne AIN
over me states reaeuted over and over
again ~ every labor struggle. There ars
tlues ana towns In Nevada, Idaho. Cali
norma ana other western States 90
say nothing OF the great East that are
snlOuldeflnB away under the bnghtug
effects o. strikes and with buf very
few exceptions strikes result In 80
10 no one. Capitalists come toeetber
and agree bot labOrers never AZ 49,
ingmen are the hardest element to ,s,
together and be agreed for twenty. f0ur
hours on concert OF action IN anv rsr.
tlcular They get confused and dlsarrsa
on triiilng details. and this lack al psr-
feet union gives their EMPLOYERS ad-
vantage every time when a snasmodc
pulse bursts.
II Is q hard thing TO SIT In judgment
on the ri-hts Of men and be iuet-- exc
act and equally Just There sre two
sides however TO every question IN
the first place, there can be no ouestlou
but what the men are Justly entitled
10 more pay for the work and the hind
Of work they do. Not only the men md
their sympathizers think so but Inc
foremen. superintendent aud manage
ment all agree SO.
But there was objection 10 the
method Of going AT Il and 10 the people
asking The Increase. IL was SAID that
II some Of the older men had made ihe
advance instead Of the younger ONES
they would have received more recogpl.
ton.
The whole thing was a wonderful
piece OF nerve. The men no doubt falt
they had grievances and that hey
were only put IN the waste basket. on
Tuesday the tappers on the day shift
just as the 3 o'clock shift was coming
on, sent a committee OF three who askad
the superintendent for an increase OF
IS cents all round. Hardly anybody
knew Of the movement except the tan
pres but when the committees demands
were given no consideration the entire
force 10 man laid down the work and
walked out. Everybody was taken oil
his feet by storm and no one wanted
20 stand In the way Of the other in what
might seem a possibility for an increass
IN their earnings. ~ was sp0ntAneous
movement and although one shift dd
not know what the other one was doing
they all seemed enflamed with the SANE
thought OF the Justice OF their denin nd
and lnstantaneously moved on Their
was no riot or cause for any alarm as
all were peaceful and good natuted
There was no need Of calling for armed
deputies, but the management only ok
erc!sc1 lis right IN asking for protec-
ton and this act need not necessarily
be construed as an indication Of dan.
| ger.
Wednesday morning about so OF hi
1 strikers went back 20 work on IN,
promise Of superintendent Tucker hai
| he would give them an answer 20 thelI
| demands on April i0;h. He desifot
/ this time IN which 20 communicate viii
I the operating committee Of the smeltel
trust al Denver, which alone has pow Yen
/ 10 make "A general increase 81 the Ger'
/ mania. The men are waiting upon OH
! answer They declare that unless N,
trust agrees 20 advance their wages 81
/ cents per day all round almost ever
one win cult, which VIII cause the plan
] 20 close down.
The services OF the state board o
| arbitration and Cancellation have beel
! offered each side In the case. but WI
/ hardly be accepted.-Murray Eagle,