The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-16
UL.T!MATUM TO
STRIKERS GIVEN
Electricians Must Return to Work
by tuesday Morning.
WILL BE THEIR LAST CHANCE
OTHERWISE THEIR POSITIONS
WILL BE DECLARED VACANT.

Il a meeting OF the Contracting
Electricians association yester-
u Gay afternoon the members of the
.rganization drafted an uItinlatum TO
ill., striking wiremen. notifying them
that if they JAILED to return 20 work
under the old regime by Tuesday
morning next, their positions would
De- declared vacant and filled by other
nsn. The contractors propose 10 give
tse strikers a last chance TO return to
U1rk. bat if they don't, they propose to
fight them TO finish, backed bv the
u0n-union men now at work, who. in
the licut OF the action taken bv the
non-union cooks and walters, are them
selves dgitatfng the matter of OrganiZ-
ng q union for their own protection
r. this is done the warfare in electrical
criss VIII devOlve itself into a TRAN
g1hr affair.
The meeting at which the ultima tum
aas adopted was held in the Office If
the salt Lake Electric & Supply com
p8ny, and all the contractors werA
present. Il was the unanimous opinion
% the meeting that one more chance
should be afforded the strikers to re-
turn to work. and as a result the fol-
lowing notice to the union men was
adopted
Notice to the Union.
We feel it our duty to explain the
reasons why we refuse compliance V1,u
the demands of our employees who are
now out on a strike TO enforce them.
'Frst-They demand mot requestl
$3.50 per day, for days work of eight
hours. This rate is excessive, consId-
ering the class of work performed in
comparison with other trades. For IN
stance the electric light lineman re-
ceives SO per day of nine hours. His
occupation is an exceedingly danger
GUS one, as he is constantly working
amid high tension live wires, and
should he, by accident, lose his balance
while upon pole, and try to save him
self by grasping these wires, he would
meet instant death.
"Second--The union says 'appren-
tees should not so on construction fix
turc or repair work outside Of shop. ex-
cept under the supervision of a Jour-
neyman who is responsible for work
done
This simply means that two men
must DO the work that could. i'm many
instances. be performed by one.
Resist the Demands.
"We have banded together to resist
compliance with these unreasonable
demands, and viii fight the proposition
to the bitter end
Applications for work are being
made daily by non-union men, but as
ne have all the men we require at
this season Of the year, we are com
pelled TO decline their services.
II the men now out do not report
for work Tuesday morning next at s
o'clock, under the old conditions. their
places viii be declared vacant
lSignedD ,R. W. NICOL, Pres.
"C. 3. Hawley. Sec"
Some of the contractors were in favor
of having the ultimatum go into effect
Monday morning and bring matters to
an issue Immediately, but it was de-
cided to give the men until Tuesday to
consider the matter. The contractors
believe that the majority Of the strlk-
erS will look favOrably upon the
chance to return to work
While no definite action has been
taken, the non-union men now work
ing I'm the places left by the strikers
are considering the matter of organic
ing a union themselves, il is said. Their
purpose is to protect their own inter
eSts.