Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-29
ORGANIZATIONS
IN MASS MEETING
Utah Federation OF Labor Elk
tends Support to Street.
car Strikers,
MEN EXPORTED TO KEEP CALM
Secretary Advises Against Any 11asty
Action and Tells Auditors GO BE-
have as Gentlemen

AT o 20 p m yesterday the union orr
CARNATIONS comprising the Utah Fed
grafton of Labor held meeting at Fed
Grafton Hall, for the purpose of airing
the general sentiment: on the strike
situation, The haul was packed 10 the
doors with union men, standing room
being a a premium. Every union In
the City was represented, and even the
electrical workers of Ogden had rep
reseptatlve present at the gathering
The meeting was presided over by
President Il, j. Waiqulst, Of the Utah
Federation of Labor. IL was anthusl~
astie from the start The first sneak
er was C. o. Pratt, chairman Of the ex-
eeuttve committee of the international
organization, who outlined the position
OF the stTeetcar men, and explained the
reasons for the stand taken by them
He claimed the car men, had done all
5p lNelf power 10 avert the strike, and
that the whole of the RESPONSE biIlty for
the action taken was on the should.
ers OF che company.
v, Lynn, President of the electrical
workers union, WAS the next sneaker
lif outlined the position Of the organ
4efl liGlt "AiIAl " AlG represented. and Hald
unless an understanding favorable 10
the men was he'd by 7s5J Muliuay morn
ing the electrical workers would 20 ont.
The number Of men affected BY the
strike OF the electrical workers would
he 81 IN Salt Lake CRY. and SlS In Og-
den,
BEHAVE AS MEN"
u. l. Elton. secretary Of the fedora
tlFll, aQNlsep tne men TO behave as men.
aud not to take any hasty action III
Is marc 10 see other men step In and
taht your places, bat II is up 10 you to
90 your duty and that Is not to cons
init any act unbecoming a. gentleman"
the brotherhood of Carpentera
Though its president expresseq absn-
Ute sympathy with any movement
looking TO the advancement OF me
ldppThg man, The Speaker said ne had
Two daughters attending high school
ana tomorrow morning they would have
10 Walk four miles to school and me
girls themselves said tli~y would not
llde with ''seabs' and that was hts
septlIneni' too He said the sentiment
or lne pubic Is with the streetcar
men, and if they would stand together,
ccfnniIt no Violence and not ger cold
fight.
one man said he walked up from
2zS2 south Third East a feat which took
ular occasion his wife did not resp0nd
20 has invitation to accompany him 10
Town. W
on motion OF D. l. Elton a committee
81 three was appointed by the chair
10 draft resolutions setting forth he
position OF the Federation OF Labor
with reference TO the action Of the
sIreetcar men in calling a strike. The
chair appointed as such committee, d.
!: Elton r, y, Currie and c. L. De- |
IruaS, VINO then retired for the pur-
pose OF drawing up the resolutions
During the absence OF the Committee
~ D. bohe OF the cearmakers made a |
HUE lalk, assuring the car men Of the |
support moral and financial Of his
organlzations and Wm- Randall. in be- /
nan OF the car men, accepted the Of .
fsTs OF the other unions and thanked /
Them for their support.
Doc Bostwick, a street car COM
uWctoF. made the chief tank in behalf
OF the car men, saying there was some-
talng more back of the strike than the
mere matter of wages. He said when
lHp forces of the blue and the gray
a.ashea arms on the field Of Appomat-
OK the actual struggle seemed like
olute CONFLICT, but the principle back
or Inc night was what Urged the men
on 10 that conflct-the principle of
union and liberty. And that, said the
sileaker' IS the principle back of the
ktTGDT
men are marked for slaughter said
the speaker, -but they are NOT the only
ones Interested; every other union or.
Ralllzatlun may come TO the game con-
dtion, and IL Is The duty of all or
ganlzationS to stand gether for union
ana Tor right and for principle, even IL
II lakes your blood TO do It,"
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
The committee on resolutions then
reported the following resolution az
being the sense OF the Federation of
Labor on the strike
lnasmuch as the employees of the
Utah Light q Railway company have
Deell forced by the arbitrary aeiion OF
the company 10 take a stand for right
ana justice, therefore be il
Resolved, That We. the Utah Fed
ration of Labor, do hereby pledge our
moral and financial support to the
improves OF said company until such
time as the company shall see hI To-
Zeal Justly with their employees, and be
I further
Resolved, That we request all lovers
d justice and equality that they take
-ogIllSance OF the action of the Utah
federation ut Labor and refrain from
supporting this money grabbing, blood
ess corporation, which opposes The
lsht OF the t0ller to fair days pay
OF a fair days labor and we further
Resolve, That a copy OF these res0-
utlons be spread upon orr lnlnu cs, and
hat copy Of the Same be given 10
he public press for publication, also
hat copies of the same be sent 10 thU
honorable mayor and city council, J
D. /. ELTON,
X. T. CURRIT-,
q, l.. DoTRUAN,
Committee on Resolutions,
Tie resolution was unanimously Q
.dopted by a rising vote. The meet q
ne then adjourned, the men forming Z
j parade and marching up State street
Q North Temple and back down Main h
meet 10 Third South, thence back TO o
he Federation hall, whore The process m
lon dsbanded, 3
The Utah Federation of Labor Is 4
ompTised OF the following orgnniza-
i !, = ANA lsaIinated CgirPeGters a. +, G
Amagamated Sheet Metal q
.orlsers, Bridge and Structural Iron a