Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-10


meeting of the Western Federation OF
Miners In Denver. Mr.. Brady endeav-
ored TO shoulder the responsibility for
the strike upon three Pinkerton deteo-
lives who had become member of tho
seven Iroughs union for no other pur-
pose than 10 cause trouble and create
trouble with mine operators.
There had been talk Of a strike for
some time before / left camp to at
tend the Federation conventions" said
Mr.. Brady, but had always worked
against 1t and up to the time l left,
had been successful In staving IL Off
knew, however that traitors were at
work i'll the ranks, but l was unable to
spot them While j was In Denver
succeeded In doing this, I met there
FORMER employee Of the detective
agency. who IS a good union man, and
he gave the whole snap away. | have
the names of three men who are MEM
bers OF our union and who are also
regularly employed by the Pinkerton
detective agency at Denver, l likewise
have the numbers by which they are
known at the agency It will not take
long after / get home TO ruin their
usefulness among union men. They
will be fired from the organization, ami
have not a doubt that the strike Will
be called off at once.
THE strike is absolutely Illegal.
The constitution of the federation
provides that a strike can be declared
only at special meeting Of the local
meeting and then by a three fourths
vote. The Seven Troughs strike was
declared ut a regular meeting and By
bare majority of one vote. Then,
before n strike can be put In force
1t must be sanctioned by the executive
committee o: the federation. which
was not done In this case. The whole
fW1eS hoe, hAn a
when I reach home I shall simply call
for the resembling OF every action per-
tanning ia the strike."
How about the wage scale?"
There VIII be no trouble about the
scale. / have opposed from the first
the demand for straight IS scale
and I know that when the union
thoroughly understands the situation
a large majority will be with me If
the properties were all paying mines.
II might be different--thev could ar-
ford to paw s. n dav. But SO long as
the camn Is IN the DEVELOPMENT stage,
1t is asking too much. T shall present
for a rafif'ca ton n scale of $3.50 n day
for all drifting anti outside work and
IS q dav for raising and sinking. That
is a fair scale under existing condi-
lions
"Then. too. there has heen n good
deal Of talk about union opposition to
the change room. I want to say that
all conservative. sensible unioi men
| favor the change room. No honest
man can have any possible objection
| TO u.
"The whole trouble has been caused
nv that psrnicious outside influence,
| The paid detective, whose sole aim in
life is 10 stir up the strife that makes
his Occupation secure. IT has been
| the most insidous, telling evil witN
which the labor unions have had to
! contend. have in my rocket evil
dence that not less than 81 Of these
hired trouble breeders are MT this time
| scattered among the unions OF Utah.
| one of them. detected in some OF his
dirty work. was run out OF Bingham
| only short time ago. II I am not
greatly mistaken. more Of them will
be hitting tho trail from various min
inr Gamma within the next ten DAVIS.
Heretofore II has been .. difficult
matter to place them. They have
been regular members of the unions
and have done enough work in the
mines to avert SUSPICION