The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-15

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.,le business Of this city is almost
\ completely paralyzed, and while
.tosinlsy men are standing a loss of
$4,000 a day. the striking freight
..gars and the railroads are in
Il -so,l, and announce their determine
q <.r IN fight TO a finish over the ques-
of onc-Laf a cent per hour per
or total of $500 for every
-.rtv-four hours, this being divided
E ooa side between twenty-four rail-
.,5. and on the other between 10000
4 sl
3 The situation tonight is more serious
H sar At any time since the commence
.s-t Of the trouble. and at no time
since the Ualkout have the points at
.gus been so obstinately maintained.
r.rse times today the freight handlers
4 srt comm tees to meet the general
~,raeers. and three times they came
.ck without results. The first call
r,s made without giving warning TO
Al managers. and when the commit
To arrived they were unable to find
mi Of them. for the reason that the
-lragers were having a meeting Of
a4ir own and were not at their offices.
Conference without Result.
The second call produced more effect,
O. several of the committees saw the
managers but nothing definite resulted.
The last committees were sent out by
President Curran of the Freight Han
dlers at the demand of the teamsters,
who wanted something attempted
toward a settlement This time the
committees were started so late in the
afternoon that II was a foregone con-
ealsion that they would not find many
dthe general managers at their offices.
All the committees reported. as be-
fore that they had failed of any result.
The committee that went to the Mil
yankee & St Paul road came back
barring the informa ton that they had
keu refused admission and were in
hrmed that their former employers did
not care to receive them; that they had
/ an the men necessary in their business,
and that hereafter no Populations
would be received from employees who
had gone on strike. The officials of the
mad declared later that they would
naintain this position.
After this had been reported at the
headquarters of the strikers. President
CuTsn announced that the fight was
on 10 q finish and that hereafter when
The railroads had any overtures TO
make or wished to do any business
with their employees they would be
compelled 10 transact such business
through the officers of the Freight
Handlers union. Both sides now de-
clare that they have reached the limit
and that absolutely nothing will be
conceded
The men demand 1715 cents, and the
managers say that they will not under
any circumstances pay more than Il
cents.
The railroad warehouses, ordinarily
hive of industry. were almost as quiet
today as on Sunday. At a distance
from each warehouse was a company
o. piekets, posted to keep freight from
entering or leaving the sheds. Nearer
me depots were guards of police, on
osiy 10 protect the men in the ware
lalSes and TO quell any disturbances
witch might arise.
eangs Of non-union men broaght into
NE city TO take the places of the strik-
es lounged about the warehouses or
O. DO.
Loss a Million a Day.
Wholesale houses made practically no
attempt 10 send out freight or to re-
give IT, The strike has cost them
-h1reds OF thousands OF dollars al
laay, and they stand to lose millions,
s-luld the conditions which obtained
1ls morning continue. The loss in
wages 10 the striking freight handlers
anu ther sympathizers, the teamsters,
lne railroads and other lines OF
o-sluess Is roughly estimated at con-
s.elIaoly over $1.O0o0OO a day. The
NCSSduon Is admittedly very grave.
commission merchants in South Wa
s. street declared that the usually
MINATED market is dead. In times OF
,s'l'efcal peace the street is one OF
-s most congested in the world. To-
20! IN front of many of the stores
go was not wagon and scarcely a
bos oyX or barrel Of produce. Some
~. Few berries. brought by boat
49,. @''AiSan and Wisconsin. but
49,, We're about the only fresh ar
~ thirty cars of highly perish
rl5 SUN We're reported on the tracks
80. many more cars contain com
t-eS which VIII last but a few days
my two carloads of freight were
IL Tor promptly. These contained
me-. me- poultry. 1t was said that the hui
rs-.'y, society would not allow them to
it..su and permit was secured tc
az Them TO South Water street.
o. "n'.eSaie house had a carload
Ella beaches on rail. The team
he r.-u~ei TO haul anything from
ss,,- railroads.. The dealer thereupor
$50 Jae car around the lake tC
No. Joseph. Mich. where the consign-
NJ Vas t-ansferred to a boat anc
>''7a here this morning.
Humane Society Intervenes.
e.. securing the release of the chick
NJ. an agent of the humane society
brought into use He went q
1ent Cu-ran, accompanied by rep