Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-30
PreSt. Cornelius Of Garments
Union Makes Statement Con.
tanning Proposition.
Mr.. CAL HoUN GIVES HIS SIDE.
Forced to Employ Other Men Bccau,c
Old Hands Have Refused Ia
Return lu Work.

San Francisco, Aug. 5o.-Shorly be-
fore midnight. President Cornelius OF
HE union issued a statement contain
Ing a proposition for setting the strike
by arbitration, iu which De recedcs
somewhat from his former unyleldng
attitude in respect 10 The demands for
increased wages and shorter hours,
IN this statement Cornelius says
that the carmen win return 90 work
with the understanding that they are
10 receive s. day and that the NUM-
Der Of hours which shall constitute a
day, and an other questions between
the men and the company shall be
left 10 joint arbitration committee
Tor settlement
President Calhoun also issued a
lengthy statement tonight the subs
lance Of which Is that the company
has now $500 men en- route from the
east. These men. says Mr. Calhoun,
are not an strlkebreskerS but that
many Of them are former employees
Of his. These. he proposes 10 organize
into carmens union.
one thousand blankets were taken I'm
10 the McAllister street car barn today
and the work Of preparing the principal
car houses for the housing Of the
strikebroakers who are expected 20
reach here Saturday. is being pushed
as rapidly as possible
An employe Of the company who to-
day switched a car from one side Of
the barn 10 the other. was attacked
by a crowd Of sympathizers tonight
as he was leaving the car barn at
Turk and Fillmore streets. He was
rescued by the police, but not until he
! had been quite severely beaten.
President Calhoun OF the United rail-
| roads ln his statement issued tonight
| says
The effort 10 incline the public
/ mind by Wild statements that We are
| bringing here rufhans and strike break
ers to night the followers Of union la
| Dor Is unjustihed. Nothing can be
/ further from the truth. We expect
/ to employ respectable men who viii
perform their duties with courtesy TO
! the public and who win recognize that
/ loyalty 10 their employers and obsery-
| ance OF thclr obligations Is not in
consistent with loyalty Ia unions
We would have preferred 20 continue
! the employment OF our former en-
| plOyes whom we al least had come TO
/ regard as our friends and In whose
welfare We certainly felt the sincerest
| interest By striking without confer
| ence or consultation with the officers
or directors M sif company ard. IN
| spite OF their urgent request. refusing
| 10 return 10 work we are forced 90
| employ other competent street railway
/ men,
III the members OF the present car
| mems union Will not work FOR the Uni
| ter railroads. the United railroads con-
ddently expects It's employees to form
carmeus union OF their own, There is
certainly uo reason why the employees
OF the United railroads should not have
union OF their own as well as the
| employees Of the Geary street and the
! California street OF the Union street
railroads should have a union Of their
/ own. which happens now TO be the
| case. The United railroads will not
object 20 us employees forming a union
| ana n win give TO such union the same
| cheerful. courteous and kindly recognt-
! tion that 90 has given to the carmen
| upi0n that once had some NJ Dos menu
| beers among the employees OF the COM
I p3uv. The only reason that there is
| not "a union among the employees or
| the United railroads now Is That the
| union with which the United railroads
dealt has caused its members 10 sever
| their relations with the company. But
we say % the union men Of san Fran
cisco that new union VIII take the
| place Of the old one. a union that We
| believe win observe It's contracts. and
union that We believe will be a credit
to uuionism throughout America, and
Z ore On which San Francisco union men
1 may Justly feel a pride.
1T should be specially noted mat the
original request for the union Which mas
/ nov So recklessly .epudiated its con-
tract has asked for an advance or "ag-
| 81 and a shorteuing Of hours 10 take ef-
/ fact as Of Sept ], GATE not yet
rea,bed There was no possible reason
| why the men should not have continued
/ "a work until Sept ], because from the
language Of their own demand. they
| ,nlv asked that an advance In wages
ana q reduction In hours should take
Mace ON that date. The recklessness
u-itb which their solemn contract with
The United railroads Was repudiated
ia further shown by the fact that theCal-
iforpia and Geary street lines are SIN
In operation. and there Is no more rea-
son vhy the lines OF the United rail-
roads should not have continued In
o.eration than there was for the con-
tIpuanoe OF the operation Of other lines,
ipor whose motormtn and conductors
has been superinp9scd by The strike the
enormous number OF additional passen-
gers who were formerly carried by the
United railroads We cordially COM
mend the continuance Of these lines m
operation. aud We regard Il as the one
redeeming feature OF this unfortunate
striko. but We insist that there is no
more reason for the operation Of these
lines Than there is FOR the operation Of
Inc lines Of the United railroads
"The companys attitude in the IN
terest ~ he welfare and convenience
of The public is stll that n Us former
employes viii resume their work, the
coWpany viii yet give them preference
I'M employment and vii act upon their
rs1uests promptly after they have
recognized their contract allegations
and resumed work. Unless this com.
..ny's former employees shall immeii.
etc'y return 20 work pending consider.
alton ~ their requests. this company
recognizes its duty 10 the public and
/ VIII Notwithstanding the strike. hav"
its cars manned hy other competent
union employees and In FOIL operation
within few days The situation VIII
then be that there viii be az least
two street railway unions On San Fran
! disco one among the employees of the
| United railroads and another among
the employees 81 the Geary and Calf
fornla street railways and possibly
sun another among the employees q the
Union street railway"
/
Will KEEP DMNy OPEN.