The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-26
STIRRED UP
G. A. r. Event at Saltair Has
Been Cancelled.
SCORE BEACH PEOPLE
MANAGER MILLER SAYS IT IS A
MISUNDERSTANDING.

The G. A. r. veterans are exceedingly
wrought up over the TACT that after
spending considerable money in ad-
vertising G. A. r. day at Saltair Aug.
1. at the eleventh hour the contract FOR
the. event has been Cancelled and as a
consequence there will be no outing of
the veterans this summer unless the
committee in charge of the affair de-
cides to give a picnic at Lagoon.
The outing. which was to include with
the G. A. r. veterans Spanish and
PhiliDDine war volunteers and the
Black Hawk war veterans, had been
arranged for the benefit of the state
department with the idea in view of
raising funds to be expended in the en-
deavOr to bring the national G.. A r.
encamDment to salt Lake City next
year. AT a meeting of the committee
and the Women's Relief corps held in
this city recently it was decided to
make the event out at Saltair on the
nrst or next month an attractive one.
With this object in view Major Grant
was consulted and eventually it was
decided to give a reproduction of the
capture of Fort Sumter for the edifica-
ton of the crowds that would attend.
What the Veterans Claim.
AS soon as the programme was de-
clded upon, the committee, composed of
Major w. A. Stanton Z. G. Sleater. f.
ii. Clark and j. w. smith, interviewed
Manager Miller with the result that,
according to Major Stanton, Mr.. Miller
promised TO furnish boats for the affair
and at the same time fix them up 10
represent gunboats while he also offer
ed to erect canvas structure upon
the platform that stands out in the
lake to the west of the pavilion. This
stage was to be rugged up to represent
the fort, While a couple of pieces of
artillery that were to be secured from
Fort Douglas were to repOse inside the
mimic battlements to repel the attack
upon the flag. Mr.. Miller is said to
have also agreed to enlarge the band
for the occasion.
With this understanding the commit
tee went to work and made arrange
ments with General Passenger Agent
George w. Heintz of the Rio Grande
Western for the distribution down the
line of some artistic autographed adj
VertiSing matter which was accordingly
done. Five hundred dollars worth OF
powder and fireworks was also ordered
for the occasion. while free transporta-
the National Guard and others wb-
were to participate in the spectacle.
Called it Off.
On Tuesday morning the committee
went out to Saltair to secure a writer
contract from the manager for the
event. when. much to their surprise
after considerable evasion, he is sale
to have denied having made any sucl
offer to the veterans as above and re-
fused to sign any contract to that eff
feet, stating that he had merely made
the suggestion to them at the time FOL
them to carry out and that if he made
any such concession to them that every
organization that had booked a date
would look for similar attractions.
AS a compromise, however, he Offered
to advertise the day in the papers bu
as this had been already agreed to b!
Manager Bateman of the Salt Lake 4
Los Angeles railroad the committee die
not see where they would be benefited
thereby. The sequel to the affair wa.
that the veterans returned to town t
cancel the engagement while Nj
Heintz telegraphed to the Western sta
ton agents to head off the advertising
of cheap rates for the excursion. AnC
there the matter rests at present.
Major Stanton's Version.
In speaking of the affair yesterda!
Major Stanton said: This is not tn
I first time that Miller has done thi
same thing. He most assuredly tOlC
US that he would bear the expense o
| the rectiOn of canvas scenery for tn
display, and further would give us 81
for the first 1900 and S25 for every ad
| ditional thousand persons who visite'
| the lake on our day. He knew just a
we'll as we did that he had made tia
offer. and, acting upon the same, W
/ succeeded in getting Dittman to doubl
the usual bar percentage while Othe
/ privileges out there also volunteered t
help us out in the same fashion.
This is not the first time that W
have not got a square deal from tn
| SaItair people for last year they Onl,
gave us credit for 1000 people wheI
there were 1000 out there and thei
/ books up in the office today show tina
there were 5000 at the lake on tina
day. We have no grievance agains
Manager Bateman of the road for h
! has treated us all right and is anxiou
to have the affair settled, but in tn
face of the attitude of Miller We ar
J compelled TO call il off,
Manager Miller is positive In hi
denial of having offered the committe
any such assurances as they claim an
says they most surely misunderstood
! him. He says he could not have don
so as it would have been unfair to othe
organizations who had arranged fo
DAVIS AT the lake