The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-09

and must necessarily remain closed IN
til the labor people at Butte see fit to
permit it to reopen"
McNuIty Not Coming.
In the same connection, w. r RAM
say. president of local No. 81, said yes
terday:
Il would not care to be quoted with
reference to the situation in Butte I'M
til 1 have looked into it more thor
oughly. The local union does not eK-
pect Mr.. McNulty TO come to Salt
Lake. He has not given US any in
formation on that subject, and / am
confident he IS not coming. AS soon
as Mr.. Sullivan arrives from San Fran
cisco IL is very probable that RegOtia-
tiOns between the linemen and the tel
ephone companies will be Fe0pened."
Definite information was given out
yesterday with refernce to the disap-
pearance of District President Louis
Lynn, who is now accused by the
members of his union with having Jug
gled his accounts with the result that
the union treasury is now from $50
to $500 poorer than it would have been
proiating the union funds to his own
use.
Rumor has it that Lynn is in Poca-
tello, but nothing further has been
learned regarding his whereabouts.
President w. T. Ramsay Of local No.
81 and a committee appointed by the
union Friday night are auditing the
accounts of the union, and will soon
know the exact amount of the short
age of the missing business agent
Lynn has been in bad standing with
the local union for several weeks, and
the discovery of his shortage was no
surprise.
High Times Cause Trouble.
Wine and women were the cause of
the downfall of the labor leader. To
Louis Lynn the telephone strike now
in progress meant one long carousal
Louis is known in almost every re-
sort on Commercial street as a good
spender. His debauches came early
to the ears of the board of trustees of
the local union, and the members be-
gan to investigate.
When Lynn went to Butte two weeks
ago President Ramsay acted in his
stead as financial secretary. Members
or the union who paid their dues to
Acting Secretary Ramsay complained
that they had not been given credit on
the books for dues paid i'm the past
stamps in their working cards showed
that their dues had been paid, but no
credit was given on the books for
money SO received.
No official action was taken in the
matter at that time, but a quiet sys-
TEN of checking was begun. In the
meantime Lynn was continuing his
high life. In a drunken brawl he
Knocked out a railroad man i'm
less time than it takes to tell it. For
this he was arrested and released on
bail, serving as a special police officer
the same day. Lynn learned that his
shortage had become known and made
arrangements to leave town. He did
not go as soon as he had intended,
however. A mysterious fire in his desk
i'll the Electrical Workers hall sup
pOSedly caused by a cigar stub in the
desk destroyed 500 worth of per cap
ita stamps, but did not burn the in
eliminating books which were saved
by the fire department.
Louis Lynn was last seen in Salt
Lake at the Salt Palace last Friday
evening. He did not return to the Or
pheum hotel that night and has not
been seen in Salt Lake since. On Fri
DAY afternoon he presented to the
union bill of S154 for his trip to
Butte. This Lynn said was due him
from the international union for ex-
penses incurred on the trip that had
not yet been paid. He said he had
taken the money from the funds of
the local to cover his expenses and
that the amount would be refunded by
the international union. If this is true
Lynn is only short about $50. 1t is
suspected, however, that he has al
ready collected from the international
union for his Butte trip.
At meeting of the local Friday even
ing board was appointed to audit the
books and a committee to look for
Lynn. The auditing board called in all
the working cards of the members to
ascertain in just what amount Lynn
had defaulted. These have been only
about half checked up. so that it is i'm
possible to tell accurately just how
much he got away with. The commit
tee that searched for Lynn visited all
the resorts on Commercial street that
Lynn frequented. but was unable to
learn anything of him. His personal
effects are packed up in his room at
the Orpheum hotel.
Held Many Offices in Union.
Lynn came to Salt Lake three years
ago from Chicago. He was employed
as lineman here and became a member
of the local union. On Jan. l. 1906, he
was chosen district president of the
union, and at about the same time was
made president of the local union. He
was succeeded by Robert Curry as
president of the union, and Lynn be-
came its recording secretary. Last No
vember he was made financial secre-
tary.
For his work as financial secretary he
drew IS a month. As district president
he drew 1915 a day and expenses when
actually engaged in union business. At
the beginning of the trouble between
the electricians and their employers
this spring Lynn was made business
agent for the local and was paid SO. IS a
day. He has not yet been deposed
from either office, although he will be
as soon as the auditing of the books