The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-24
Will Not Take Them Back.

The reply of the repTesentativ OF
the express companies was brief II
was: Our position TO the reinstate-
ment of the men viii be the same four
years from now as it is today We will
not take them back under any Circum-
stances
This brought the conference to a
close and all parties concerned in II. i'm
mediately left the city hall
The spread of the strike today was
not as large as was anticipated, 1t be
ing understood in many quarters that
there was still a possibility Of peace
being reached Four hundred and six
ty-two drivers employed by twenty
eight firms belonging to the Lumber
mems association went out today In
each case the men were ordered TO
make deliveries to bOycOtted houses
and the usual strike followed Other
firms to the number of hfty-f1Ve belong
ing to the LumbeTmen'S exchange viii
make similar requests of their men to
morrow, and by night it IS expected
that the full number of 1000 drivers
employed by these lumber concerns
will be on strike
A meeting of the United Employers
Association of Wood Industries, which
is composed of five associations en-
bTacing 135 firms owning lumber yards,
planning mills, sash and door factories
etc was held today and it was decided
to call upon their drivers TO make de
liveries This viii force out 1900 addl-
tionaI men
Edward Hines. president of the AssO-
citation of Wood Industries. said tonight
that the members of the Organization
proposed to stand together and when
asked If peace was in sight, said:
Peace, 7 am not looking for peace
7 am in this thing now to fight It out
We may just as well have II over once
for all The Employers Association OF
Wood Industries is affiliated with the
Chicago Employers association which
has been fighting the strike thus far.
and of course we viii work in con-
junction with them. The reason that
more men did mot go out today was
because some of the orders to the
boycotted houses had to be taken in
rotation. and it so happened that most
Of the orders today were for firms not
involved in the strike. The orders that
were given for deliveries to strike
bound houses were met by the team
Sters with refusal to do the work, and
the men were. Immediately discharged
Will Start Today.
Mr. Hines said that he would start
to haul lumber in the yards the first
thing tomorrow morning, but that as
soon as 1T was necessary To make out
side deliveries he would lead the cara
vans Of wagons in person
With the union drivers employed by
the lumbermen'S association on strike.
it will be only q matter of a short time
until outside unions viii become in
vOIved Just as soon as the building
material on hand now has been used
up and an attempt is made to make
deliveries with nOn-uniOn drivers, the
other labor unions employed on the
work will order their men to refuse to
handle uOn-uniOn material Unless the
strike is settled within a short time
the carpenters. stonemasOns and other
affiliated organizatiO are bound to
become involved
The possibilities for increased riotinc
are vastly enlarged by the spread of
the strike 10 the lumber district The
territory which generally goes under
this designation extends along the
river from east to west about three
miles. and for mile to the north and
south Of the stream.
The Mob District.
II IS district noted for the fierce
mobs which have marched through If
during former strikes. and is the place
which invariably caused more trouble
than any other paIt of the city. The
citv officials and Sheriff Barrett feel
weIl-nigh hopeless of being able to
maintain order in the lumber district
and at the same time protect wagons in
the downtown streets as they have
been doing thus far i'm the strike. Tt
would require a force of at least , 900
men to eheetuaIIy patrol the lumber
districts alone. and this number the
city and county have not TO spare It
has therefore been determined that 1T
the first outbreak Of rioting 2 cali will
he made on Governor Deneen for mill
-ary assistance.
Sheriff Barrett said tonight. At the
first outbreak Of trouble which In arx
vav approaches the rioting We have
had I shall call for troops. ] viii do
everything in my power to maintain
order. but the minute it gets beyond
me [ will apueal to the governor. and
The troops viii be on the ground within
less than two hours
Troops Are Ready.
The troops which will be first or
lered out if the necessity arises com
pose the First brigade Of the Illinois
Guard. commanded by Briga-
Tier General MOuIton- Il comprises the
First, Second. Seventh and Eighth regi-
nents of infantry. the last being a
,olored regiment, and the First regi-
HtilL Vi ID NetllS al an dboul 4-JVu men
viii be called out. Every preparation
las been made for a prompt response
~ the national guard, and large con-
;iEnment OF riot cartridges has been
received. These differ from the or
linary rife bullet in that they contain
-hree buckshot each In place of the
;ingle steel bullet.
Adjutant General Scott was in Chi
ago for a few hours tonight looking
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