Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-28

Two attempts were made last evening
to wreck the street railway service
plant at the Second East street station
Of the Utah Light & Power company
by interference with the local plant. and
but for fortunate and timely discovery
much damage would have been done. a
reward Of $3.50 In each case is offered
by the Light and Power company for
the arrest Of the offenders, or for infor-
nation leading to the arrest Manager
Campbell says that the offending par
ties were thoroughly familiar with ey-
cry detail Of the system, and knew just
what TO do IN order to cause tie most
embarrassing trouble. Had they been
successful, Mr. Campbell states, they
knew just what would have been the
result AZ the same time the manager
stated emphatically his belier that the
act or acts were not perpetrated by
former employees Of the Utah Light and
Power company. These acts endan-
gered the lives Of the station operators,
and would have been likely TO burn out
the high tension line and transformers,
and put out OF service the rotaries from
which is derived big proportion OF the
electrical energy operating the street
car service. one Of the attempts con-
sisting In throwing a switch cutting out
the blast motor which II not discovered
would have resulted In the destruction
Of valuable machinery The strikers
deny emphatically being in any wg.y re-
sponsible for the above attempts TO
damage the cOmpany's plant as Wlll be
noted In a statement printed below
the generating plant OF the company
viii be carefully watched tonight, and
II any attempt is made TO do INJURY IL
will have to be 70 wires In unprotected
localities Not a few citizens laid IN a
supply OF Kerosene yesterday afternoon
fearing that something might happen TO
cut OF the incandescents, and there will
be a general preparation for tonight
However, the company does not antiC-
pate any more trouble A feature Of
t0days experience was the return to
work Of four strikers who concluded
that the treatment Of the company by
the union was not fair, Manager Camp
bell says that all the electricians need
ed can be had and vacancies are being
filled. The union has prepared the fol-
lowing card TO the public:
STRIKERS STATEMENT.
To the Public: Desiring TO present
the facts in the case as truthfullY as
possible, We make the following state
e., fla pnlIlg la YanaVl "a 10 A.
ent trouble with the Utah Light a.
Power company, realizing that public
opinion IL generally on the right snde,
and great factor In the settlement Of
any controversy affecting the pa bic
welfare and convenience.
To begin with those things most re-
mote relevant TO the present tro able
Trades unionism Is an accepted fac in
the worlds affairs and problems Of TO-
day. and Il Is unnecessary 20 argue the
truthfulness Of this assertion The
membership OF the electrical wot kers
has increased from 5000 TO $4,000 III the
last two years Our eighth bic nnlal
convention will be held IN Salt Lake
In September with delegates repre- vent
ing every town Of Importance In the
United States and Canada, Haw Iiian
Islands and Porto Rico. The J .Lne-
mems branch has been organized In
Salt Lake seven years, and now has
an agreement with the II. NJ Rel Tel
ephone company drawn up and 81 sned
In due form specifying certain rat - OF
wages and hours OF labor satisfa, itory
TO US, and most important and 81, milf
cant ~ all recognizing us as organ DICED
labor. We call the attention Of the
Utah Light & Power company to this
fact and that the r. NJ Bell Teller hon,
company is still doing business a BE-
fore. The staiionmen's branch va Is or
ganized three months ago, as wa thi
wiremens branch The static nmet
operate plants. the wiremen insta II al
tho electrical appartus. and the lire
mer follow the hazardous occur ation