Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-26
WILL PUSH THINGS" HARD.
tbs Result is It Looks Like a Big Fight
Is to be Precipitated on the First
Of January.
THEY WANT "PAID UP CARD MEN,
Some Caustic Comment on the Situa.
tion - What a "Scab" is
General Situation.

The International brotherhood OF
Electrical Workers is going to make
one more effort to unionlze the electri-
cal shops Of Salt Lake. Despite the
defeat of last summer when the local
lodge lost heavy percentage OF its
members during the process. local
union No 1854, /. b. Il. w. is coming
back with one more attempt.
With this object in view the follow
Ing notice has been sent to number
OF shops in this city.
"On or before Jan. /, 1904. paid ND
card men must be installed In your
wiring departments or some arrange
ment made thereof or some action will
be taken by the Local
Local. 1854. I. b. r.. w.
-. sCHLUTER.
Rec. Sec.
Z. S. Answer II see fit."
Those shops which have been consld-
cred union establishments take this
notice TO mean that even the helpers
must be card men. AS there Is not n
shop IN sal, Lake that employs solely
union men the outlook promises to be
interesting.
Whiie the managers of the various
electrical establishments in this cItv
were not backward In discussing tho
situation this morning none was anx-
io1s to be quoted in cold print.
,, ohe OF the most prominent men said:
VI course VIII give IN to the union
every time. 1t Is nothing out OF NV
pocket. IL wages are raised IL ls the
GEAR public who pays, not me. Then
me best workmen are to be found In
the ranks OF the union"
rms last sentiment Is different 10
tnat expressed BY r. w. Nicol presi-
dent or one OF the largest supply firms
IN utah. In reply to IA number OF
questions put by the News" he said
Ihere was a time when | was az
strong a union man as there was any-
mhere; IN those days the best men be-
Ionged 10 the union and skilled labor
was considered. Now anyone. provld.
ing he Is good fellow, can get n card
irrespective Of his qualifications az n
Warkman. lie joins the union and gets
the schedule pay. IL you do get poos
cara man nowadays he will not stav
put moves on. II you happen 10 get
soou card men from the east they vii,
De called out on strike as has been in,
stanced here more than once.
we had a strike last summer. Az
,hat TIME | made arrangements with
We reuerated Trades In regard 10 some
y, my men who did not belong to the
union. what was the result? Juat n.
soon as these men asked to he admit
yea they were turned down. This action
no sickened the rest OF tha
boys that they quit the union. W.
nave ten OF them with us now who
were members OF the union but bavo
nad enough. They call them scahs
! want to differ with them A scah
III my opinion, Is man who Is a trail
tor, do not think that a man who
sthyS WIN strike and then when IL
ne has fought the fight and has bad ali
ne wants OF the union can DO called !,
scab" w oa'eo
According to the story told by n for.
,ner member OF the union the local
lodge is very bitter against Mr. Mol
Tor the reason that he has established
a schooi for electricians, which is AT
fenced by about 80 young men two
nights week. Among the studenta
nre zen members OF the union. 1t is a
unique school. for any man who 10 an
sent and no excuse taken, is dockad a
days pay. in this ihanneh the men
are taught everything 10 be known nor
only IN wiring, but IN the setting nm of
and other branches ~ tba
work. In this manner force OF men
IS educated which has In. it's ranks
numbers who are better than soms
union men, Under such conditions
strike would be hardly a good move
especially In the face OF the fact that
The firm pays $3.50 a day against ths
union schedule OF 1926.
Another ex-union man said 10 tina
News" The union Is all right In its
way. | believe In unions, but at the
'ane time ! believe In living and Ter
living. Just so long as the Salt Lake
boys were In II It was all right. but
.hese fellows who are not married and
lrift Into town ana commence 10 stir
Up trouble are too much for me- No
nan should look upon his employer as
his enemy and seek to get him in n
light place and then put on the screws
stayed with the unuion through tina
asst strike and then when It was over
quit. II you will believe me some OF
he boys had the nerve to tell me that
cauld not quit the union even II
wanted TO do so. / know that the
public Is getting pretty tired OF this
perpetual fuss, and to illustrate
ose In point, one Of the biggest wir-
nB contracts this month was awarded
o non-union shop for the simple rea-
ION that the contractors did not want
o take any chances on the union"