The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-02
KIDS STRIKE FOR
SHORTER HOURS
Walk Out in Body from Wa
SatCh School and Take
to the Hills.
JUSTICE M'CARTHYS QUEST
TRUDGES FOR MILES IN SEARCH
OF HIS SON.

over the hills and far away marched
forty or fifty pupils of the Wasatch and
Bryant schools yesterday morning in dou-
bic quick time as the result of a general
strike called by the leaders Of the stu
dents. The issue Of this strike was not
well defined the chief reason for the
trouble probably being the beautiful
weather of the day although the pupils
of the schools say they wished shorter
hours ana less work.
The strike was secretly planned several
DAYS prior to its actual contamination.
The boys of the two schools conferred and
decided To strike OE May day They met
on the school grounds just before school
was called and marched away in a body
They went TO Black mountain, trsmped
around through the hills and then went
up City Creek canyon.
Census of Strikers Taken.
The teachers Of the Wasatch. from
whose pupils the majority of the strikers
had been recruited held a consultation
Wnen they discovered the situation II
was found that there were eleven BOYS
from Miss Longacre's room, five from
MISS CdrneyS room, two from Miss
Crabbe's, three from Miss Tomlinson's
and two from Miss MelOy'S. as well as a
number from the lower grades, that par
tcipated in the Walkout- Superintendent
Christensen was notified by Principal Os-
car Van Colt and several tTuant Officers
We're sent on the trail Of the young strik-
ers, though they failed to land any of
the boys, who scrambled nimbly up the
rocks at the approach of the officers.
Some of the other pupils regretted the
fact that they had not Joined the strik-
ers in their May-day walkout One Of
them said 10 The Herald last night;
Wasn't a "Scab."
Il don't want you to think I'm a sCab
I gfvf1- r4-fsT 9TH
boys / would have been with them. but
| was late for school. and when ] got in
side the room I found out for the first
time that the others had struck
Murray Mccarthy and Ross Watt, two
eighth grade pupils were appointed by
the strikers as committee of mediation.
arbitration and Cancellation. They tele-
phOned to Principal Oscar Van Colt Of
the WaSatch and asked him whether or
not he was willing to arbitrate the mat
ter. Just what the terms of the agree
ment that was made We're has not been
made public Mt Van Colt saws he was
ienient with the boys.
At any rate, both boys returned to their
school work yesterday afternoon under
some sort of d tentative agreement. IL
is understood that the bows EXPRESSED
their willingness to waive the recognition
of the usi0u and the closed shop Tropo-
SitiOn i'm return for an amnesty prOcla-
nation by the principal for the other
strikers.
Guides Were Unreliable.
In the meantime. Chief Justice Nc
Carthy. father of Murray Mccarthy, was
securing the hills i'm search of his boy.
unaware that he had returned to school.
/ He searched the hills both mOrningg and
afternoon, but was unable to find the
boy due I'm part at least to the sym
/ pathy of his school boy guides for the
student-strikers. Eater IN the evening
Murray Mccarthy and all the other boys.
including Boyle and Leon Smith. said TO
have been the leaders I'm the strike move
ment. returned to their homes and their
parents converted stout sticks into eff
/ fective strike breakers. It was announced
by both sides that all Of the pupils would
{ return 10 work today.
/ Principal Van Colt said that the reports
/ of the strike had been exaggerated. and
that there were but four pupils from the
/ WasatCh who participated although
there were several from other schools.
/ The teachers of the various rooms i'm tha
NaSatCh, however supplied the figures
/ given above. which SHOW that there were
about thirty from the Wasatch who We're
in this strike.