Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-13
BAKERS STRIKE
AND HIGH PRICES
Claim That Latter viii Obtain If
The Former Act
NOT VERY MANY WILL QUIT
Canvass Of city Bakerlers and State
ment by Manager Mueller of fhe
Hoyai-The Exact situation

Notwithstanding the cheerful intlma-
tlon Of a probable strike Of bakers this
morning at the Royal bakery. the men
had not Quit this noon. The Royal
employs is men and the boss baker
this morning declined TO say anything
further than that there would be no
strike, The iourneymen themselves
were non.committal, and all they would
state was that perhaps three or four
men might 80 out. The only place
where there seemed any likelihood Of
trouble was at the Royal, and Mr.
hiueler's statement OF the situation Is
appended later on There will be no
general strike, as was also intimated
as probable At scrace's bakery six
men are employed averaging nine
hours labor and earning SIG to slS per
week, There Is no overtime, and the
men do not work on holidays. Bale
bakery Is purely family affair MEM
bers OF the family doing all Of the
work, and they work as suits them
and not the union. At the Deseret
bakery there Is hut one baker with
helper working from five to seven
hours a day the journeyman getting |
~ per day, and he has his holidays. |
AZ Brazier's bakery there are two |
bakers working 10 " hours; they |
have their holidays. and average SIS |
per week. The Templeton bakery has |
four bakers; but az these are personal |
" interested for the most part IN the |
business, they largely regulate their
own movements
The Bakers union stand affects |
practically only Mueller and he claims
that his men do not work over 10 |
hours. The union demands of en-
ployere; Ten hours to constitute q
days work. with half hour inter-
mission for lunch; six days to consu-
tute weeks work. not less than SIG |
a week as wages for every hand In |
the bakeshop, with additional pay OF |
40 cents for overtime; holidays on
Christmas, Labor day and Fourth Of
July.
MR.. MuELLER's STATEMENT.
The statement furnished by MIR. |
Mueller liz as follows.
There has been great deal said |
about the Royal In regard to the strike
the wages paid. the hours, etc, In or
der NOT 70 mislead the public | make
the following statement: The Royal
Baking company Is corporation, and OF
which am the president. but receive
no salary. II Is separate concern from
The Royal Bakery and Cafe. and does
a Wholesale bushes only The Royal
Bread Is manufactured by this cor
poration. The Royal Baking company
has been doing business for the past
three years. and has never paid div
idond up to date; In fact, since -four
advanced so much we have run on a
loss fof about four months We were
forced TO buy some machinery so as TO
tighten the work OF the men, and, In
fact TO save labor as II was too expen
alive 10 manufacture bread altogether
by hand, and under the present clrcum-
stances as far az can see, We are stlll
compelled TO put In more machinery In
order to save expense II the present
price OF flour remains and the bread
bakers Keep on demanding higher
wages and shorter hours than they are
getting from us, the price II bread must
20 higher. This cannot be done az the
grocer now receives very small profit
~ handling bread. On the other hand.
very housekeeper and servant girl is a
competitor TO our business.
II deny that our men have TO work
0pR hours; while they work
. hours on some days they work
horter hours on other days, and Il does
lot amount 70 over 10 hours a day. II |
las been my effort 10 do as well as I
an for all my employees and as nv
BUSINESS advanced | have advanced
hem accordingly ] give them good
uarters TO work In, good light, pure
u, shower baths etc. In all the large
lilies bakers have TO work all night
fhile In my place they work In the
ay time only, with a few exceptions
'elow Is n schedule OF the wages paid
0 our bread bakers.
Max Schmltz, i2S. Fritz Wheeler.
Is; j. Huebler, si7; ]. Kratzer, SIS, n
,ratzer, SIS; +. Scharger, sll: Rups
Iedrick, sii; Allen Williams, sl4, II
nedden, 81; ]. Langenbucker, Sc. The
vo last are boys ,
CAKE BAKERS. I
Henry witrock, $40, and board, John
ussell, SIC and board; ID. snedden. :
z and board, helper; ]. snedden, 81 {
nd board, helper.
GEO. MUELLER.
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