The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-14

Shelters of American Com
pany Open With Force Suf-
ficient to Operate.
DEPUTIES ARE WITHDRAWN
NO LONGER NEED FOR EMERG-
ENcY PEACE OFFICERS.

The Murray smelter of the American
Smelling & Refining company resumed
operations at o'clock Monday morning
with more than 300 men reporting for
work. The majority of these were
Greeks. The Austrian laborers, for the
most part, remained away at that shift.
but a large number reported for work at
o'clock. Nearly all the regular en-
ployes were at work before the day was
over and it is expected that this morn
ing the entire force will report.
A special street car, carrying deputy
sheriffs, reached Murray before o'clock
Monday morning and was met by Mi
chael Mauss, the marshal, and fifteen
deputy marshals. The officers were
armed with rifles borrowed from the Ma
tional Guard. They scattered in squads
throughout the portions of the town fire.
quented by the foreigners and several
were stationed at the gates of the
smelter.
All Is Peaceful.
Although trouble was expected Monday
morning from the radical element. every
thing progressed peacefully Crowds of
foreigners that had assembled in groups
quickly melted away at the sight of the
armed officers The men who reDorted
Tor the morning shift at Z o'clock were
checked in at the gate window as rap
idly as they came and then the gates
were locked.
The deputies during the day patroled
rifles swung across their shoulders Many
OF the Austrians who had held off in the
morning and who had intended not to
return to work. but to use their influ-
ence in keeping others away. at sight
or the armed authorities lost courage and
went to their dwelling places or to the
saloons. Later, they avowed that they
did not want to remain idle and had
only stayed away until they were sure
that the smelter was surely going to
open.
Mayor Brown Active.
Mayor Charles Brown mingled with the
foreigners during the morning hours He
pointed out the reasonableness of return
ing to work and securing their old places
IN the smelter before it was too late
before others were brought ia. The may
or has gained the confidence of the men
and they nave decided that whatever he
says is right.
Only two of the eight furnaces were
operated Monday. These had been kept
fired during the time the smelter
was closed. The five other furnaces are
cold. and many men are now at work
with chisels and bars cleaning out the
Stag, with which the furnaces not in
use have become like rock. 1t will be
nearly two weeks before all the furnaces
will be ready for use. All of the roast
ers in the smelter were in use Monday
The roasters are in three long tiers or
sets.
Places Are Ready.
Even had the full force of men reported
Monday there would not have been work
for all of them; but the company is ready
TO put them all back to work today
Those who are not employed at the regu-
lar smelter work will be given places
about the premises. in cleaning up ana
getting things in readiness for work when
the smelter starts full blast While it is
expected that the smelter proper will be-
gin running in all departments within
two weeks. it will be month before il
entirely RECEIVERS from the three DAVIS
idleneSs caused by the strike
The deputies remained at MURRAY until
$50 o'clock in the afternoon and then
they were released from duty The dep
uty SheriffS were commanded by Deputy
Sheriff White. Ten regular deputy sher
ifs were on hand, and twenty-five spe-
Gals were also on duty.
Marshal Michael MauSs said Yesterday
that the strike was over and that no
trouble was anticipated from any source
He said that while he and his deputies
had been on duty night and day ever since
the strike started, there had been no ser
iOus trouble and that there had in that
time been only two arrests. A Greek and
an Hawaiian got into argument" over
the strike, and to make sure that they did
not come to blows, Marshal Mauss arrest
ed them.