The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-03

STRIKE SPREADS
Men on the First Presbyterian
Church Quit Work.
ALL OPPOSED TO PLAHER
UNION WoRKMEN SAY MA
CHINE INJURIES THE STONE.

Because Of the discharge Of the union
stonecutters employed on the federal
building. as a result of their Objec-
ton TO the use Of a stone planer. the
union cutters employed on the new
Presbyterian church walked out yes
terday The stonecutters propose 10
take their grievances before the COm-
mercial CLUB.
The men declare that they objected
10 the use of the planer because il
injured the stone il is used upon. and
also Injuries the stOnecutting trade.
/ IL is their contention that they did not
threaten 10 stike, but We're simply
making an investigation 10 substanti-
ate their claims against the use of the
planer, when they were discharged i'm
order 20 stop the investigation. They
assert however, that they will continue
the investigation and prove their
claim that the planer Injuries the stone.
and viii leave &c to the Commercial
: club to see that they get their rights.
When the plauer was sent here for
use the union cutters appointed a COM
mittee. consisting of II. Clark and
. Charles Friday to make investigations
Ina regard 20 the plauer and take the
matter up with the construction COM
pany and superintendent Dorsey Ash.
/ Ina speaking of the matter yesterday
/ Mr.. Clark said.
Did Not Threaten to Strike.
I'VE did not threaten 10 strike, but,
being given proof that the planer in
/ jured the stone, We simply went 20
+ the officials in charge ana objected to
/ the use of it on that ground and be-
cause it took work away from legiti-
/ mate stonecutters and did il i'm man
ner that ruined the stone. We told
them that we could prove our asser-
; tiOns that the plaucr caused the sur
/ face of stones it was used on to peel
! on, but they informed us that no proof
/ that we might produce would influence
/ them to dispose Of the planer.
/ I'VE didn't threaten to strike, but
: they simply discharged as, as / be-
ieve TO stop our Investigation about
/ the planer. This, however, they viii
not do, for we have written 20 San
/ Francisco for samples of stone trimmed
by a planer and we propose TO prove
that the machine ruins the stone.
when the planer is used on a stone
so much pressure is required to shave
the stone off that It cracks and dis
] iutegrates the surfaces of the stone 10
! a depth of an inch or two. After the
. stone Is put I'm place this surface be-
gins to peel off and the appearance
of the stone and building is ruined.
/ OF course with the planer the work can
be done much more Cheaply and with
greater rapidity. but what gain is there
I'm this If the building after being erect
ed is to be spoiled by the stone al
peeling of and the projections dropping
or.
"PIaners have been used In other
/ places and architects who have used
them will back us up IN the statement
/ that they ruin the stone. In places
where plauers have been used they
have been done away with on this ac-
count. We can prove our assertions
with samples of the stone, and this we
] propose to do. We DO not want TO
/ create any dissensions or strikes, but
we insist that a machine that ruins
| building stone should not be used"
Mr.. Campbell. who has the cOnstruc-
ton work in charge, denies the claims
Of the stOnecutters that the use of the
plauer ruins the stone. He stated that
If the plauer were used properly 10
| would do no more harm to the stone
than the cutting of it by hand. He
asserts that the stOnecutters are sim
ply actuated by prejudice against ma
chine work because it does the work
of so many men and of course leaves
that much less work for the cutters
90 do by hand. He has a force of local
cutters at work and states that a large
number of them win be kept at work
even after the plaueT is put into opera
ton
The cutters employed on the Presby-
terrain church walked out yesterday
morning and informed Mr.. Campbell
who has charge Of the work there, that
they quit because he discharged the
union men employed on the federal
building. Mr. Campbell gave them their
time and Immediately employed local
stOnecutters and put them to work on
the building. He states that there are
plenty of local men to do his work
and il doesn't matter what the out
side union men do.