The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-15
STRIKE CLOSES
JUNCTION PLANT
More Than Thousand Men Are
Out at United States
Smelling Works.
PROPERTY IS PROTECTED
MEN OFFER TO SAFEGUARD
PLANT I'M EVERY WAY.


Yesterday forenoon tie company Off
Gals and the representatives of the men
met in conference Soon after the con-
ference the compaDys bulletin was post
ed At noon a general strike-that is to
say, walkOut of men-occurTed. Thence
forward until early evening the men left
their work and none other appeared 10
take their places.
Will Protect Property.
From the men comes the accepted offer
of an engineer and fireman and pumpman
to protect the company's property against
fire or other visitation.
In addition to the smeter employees.
half Of whom are whites and the other
half Greeks and Italians and AustTians.
large number of railway employees viii
be affected by the strike It is estimated
that forty railroad men have already felt
the effects of the walkout. and that more
will come in for layOff before the settle
ment comes-a settlement is the hope Of
all who are interested
That which interfeTes with operations
at Bingham Junction interfercs with
Bingham City and, also in a greater or
lesser degree. has a bearing on the work
ing of the Murray smelters.
Men Appoint Committees.
The men, apparNntly, are prepared to
maintain their position. At a meeting
last evening they appointed a general
committee. and subcommittee will be
appointed later. The men viii conduct
their campaign after the manner of the
modern-day union striker-organiz
for him is the first essential The Utah
Federation of Labor win hold a special
meeting at which the Bingham Junction
situation will be discussed.
The smelling plant of the United States
Smelling. Refining Mining company az
Bingham Junction is closed Between
LOO and LOO men are idle: There is no
the most peaceful and peaceabIe that has
ever occurred in this region.
The company has posted a scale of
wages which. in substance. il is claimed.
is an increase of p cents day: the de-
mauds Of the employees are for. approx
mately. a J0-cent increase There is no
bitterness between the company and the
emplOyes-the differences resulting in the
walkOut are business propositions moth
ing more. nothing less, so it is said by
both sides
Men authorized to speak for the com
pany say that they will pay no more than
the scale posted, the schedule herewith
published: the men say they will not re-
turn to work at the rates set forth in
the bulietins-that is all there is to the
Bingham Junction situation up to this
time.
Long Under Consideration.
Property at Bingham Junction is safe.
The men, before leaving their work. f.
charges. This offer was accepted and the
places where white hot masses We're are
now only spaces of dismal cold and black.
The men. before leaving their work also
cleaned up the disorder, if there was any.
about the smelter, the yards; everything
is tidy and neat.
The men employed by the United States
company have had the question Of . strike
long under consideration. As has been
noted from time to time. there have been
meetings Of the men and the postpone
Of he hon fri
have taken place.
George ". Heintz, high official of the
company. last evening said:
The strike was a complete surprise TO
us. We had idea that the men would
go out. especially after the morning con-
ference. which all Of US took as augCTinS
FOR peace and harmony. If so you might
call II. You may say that the company
will not pay any more wages than those
posted in the schedule. We do not eN-
Dect any violence: the c0mDary's property
seems to be amply protected by the dep
uty sheriffs who are on the ground.
Yesterday. before the strike. the COM
pany caused this statement to be sent
out:
The Company's Statement.
about the time that the men at the
American Smelling & Refining companys
plant struck on Tuesday. the officials Of
the United States smelter at Bingham
Junction received two or three petitions,
/ asking for increase in wages. These re
Z
view of the industrial activity in this
neighborhood the entire scale was revised
In some cases. the men who had asked for
more money were given II, and on
the other hand. some demands were I'M
just and could not be acccded TO. Also.
many men who had not petitiOned were
/ given an increase
After these changes were decided On.
but before they were put into effect, sew
eral more petitions We're received from
other departments. The scale agreed
upon was again considered, but no
changes were made This scale was put
into effect May 10 Upon the announce
ment of the scale, a few of the dissat-
isfied workmen started to leave the plant.
but the officials of the company per-
suaded these men that it was better TO
return to work, which they did
Hold a Conference.
''rhe United States Smelling Refining
& Mining company invited the men TO ap-
point committee to discuss the matter.
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