The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-04
FILL PLACES
OF STRIKERS
Electrical Contractors Hire Many
Non,u1i0n Men.
REGULAR WORK is CONTINUED
BARRIERS ENGAGED IN WORK OF
CONCENTRATION.
REGULAR WORK is CONTINUED

The positions in the electrical supply
,,rsee left vacant by the strike of the
..ada wiremen were nearly all filled
-ssfe-dav by non-union men, and il
,ss stated that the work in the shops
-.rf ON as usual, with the execution
.rs little inconvenience to the con
,.,.tors -aused by the "greenness" Of
Tho new men. who were. Of course. not
smiIfst with the ways and methods
~ the shops. one union striker. acting
--74r the sanction of the union. re-
.a-7aI t1 work under the old regime.
IA this fact is looked upon by the
.-rfr4et1rs rs n sign that the union is
..askanIug and viii capitUlate within
.ss next few days Contractors
,t-aateH to publish the records Of the
.,oa which they claim viii show that
IS composed largely of ''scab- men
v1o have worked their way into
,s.on. and several of the shops have
5..Hrad their intention of not allowing
,te strikers to return to work. even
though the difficulty is adjusted.
Claim Places Easily Filled.
according To- the statement of the
..rtra.turs yesterday. they found
work when they opened their business
houses yesterday morning, and they
ftd uu trouble getting men to fiji the
places of the strikers when they needed
theDL
.Of course" said one Of the con
tractors this strike inconvenienced us
SINE and having 10 hire men who are
Green Iu HE work has added some to
f6e inconvenience. but then, we have
baer able 90 get enough men who are
ezperienced n the wiring business to
keen from losing any work that comes
along By the time the rush i'm business
comes ON. these UnSklled men viii be
sufficiently trained to handle any bust
ness We have, NJ we can get along
without the unto IHen as well as with
them"
One Man Returns to Work.
81 the salt Lake Electrical Supply
company's house one striker was given
permit by the union to return to his
work. because. according to the YER
sion of the union. he occupied The po-
yltiuu of wholesale salesman, and was.
therefore not one of the Inside Wire
men, and did not have their grievances.
Several prominent contractors declare
that they will not only not recognize
the union. but VIII not allow a striker
10 go to work FOR them again. no nat
ter what adjustment is made. One
contractor even went so far as to say
that any striker who entered his door
looking for a job would be invited to
make himself scarce.
The contractors claim that the union.
while it has some good union men, is
composed largely Of men who learned
tneir trade working as "scabs' during
the strike here several years ago, and
they term il a 'Scab" union.
We cont object TO recognizing a
union said enc, of the contractors. I
but ne will not recognize a uniou
controlled by 'scabs,' and do not pro-
pose 10 be dictated to by any such"
The strikers say lhey intend to re-
main Hrn upon .heir demands, and
express themselves ass confident that
they Fi.l win in the end
BARRIERS Are Active.
The committee appointed by the reor-
gsuized union of BARRIERS WAS busy
Yesterday, and last night they reported
twenty new names added to the list
of applicants for membership. There
are ten more shops in the city to visit,
which will be visited today, and re-
port viii be made to the union at a
meeting in the Federation of Labor
hail Wednesday evening. The commit
tee SAYS that most Of the rlen are an
lous 90 see the union succeed, but some
O. the proprietoTs are fighting il
strongly.