The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
CARPENTERS ARE
WELL SATISFIED
International President Says
Outlook for Future Is Prom
iSing and Worst Is Over.
PREPARE FOR CONVENTION
MANY HUNDRED DELEGATES
EXPECTED IN SEPTEMBER.

II don't believe In strikes. never did.
Strikes are the last resort, after every
other means has failed"
This is the way William D. Huber puts
the policy of the International carpen-
ters' organization. William D. Huber is
the general president of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America. Furthermore he is the sew
enth vice president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. So whatever Mr.. HUI
Der says ought to carry good deal of
weight
Mr. Huber. and Frank Duffy. the gen.
eral secretary and also the editor of the
official organ, The Carpenter, were in
the city few hours yesterday. Last
evening Mr.. Duffy took the o'clock
train for Ogden. but today he will re-
turn and address a meeting in Fedora
ton of Labor hall at 2 o'clock. Mr..
Huber left last evening for Los Angeles
whence he will go to San Francisco and
take prominent part In the dedication
of the new labor temple in that city.
which will occur on Sunday, the 18th of
the present month. II had been Mr.. HUI
ber's intention to remain in Salt Lake
a few days. at least. but his engage
ments are so pressing that they keep
me on the jump" all the while.
To Arrange for Convention.
The chief mission of Mr.. Huber and
Mr. Duffy is To arrange for the great
convention which will be held in this
city, beginning Sept. p. Mr.. Duffy, on
his return from Ogden, will attend to
the details, such as making arrangements
for halls, seeing to it that accommoda-
tons for delegates are not lacking, an<
all the little odds and ends that are in
cidental TO big convention. 1t is eX-
pected that there will be in Salt Lake
between 600 and 700 delegates. 1t is ex-
pected, too, that the convention will eX-
tend over a period of week The local
unions have made and are making every
effort to entertain the international dele
gates and the announcement Is that they
are meeting with every encouragement.
There will be no lack of 'doings" when
the men who saw the wood and drive
the nail gather here in September.
Things Are Better.
At the Cullen hotel yesterday there was
an informal luncheon given by the 10
cal carpenters in honor of their distin-
guished visitors. Owing to the brief time
remaining before train departure there
was no ga attempt At fOrm piy but every
Bill and Bill was off again.
Before Mr.. Huber left however, he had
time to say this, in addition to the words
quoted at the beginning of this ar
ticie;
1.-THE carpenters have approximately
10000 men. The last report, | think,
showed 10000 in good standing. Good
standing means paid up membership. Aft
er six months members are suspended
who are delinquent The organization
has 1889 unions.
THE depression in financial and bust
ness circles struck the carpenters, as it
did everybody else. Our trade suffered
most in the larger cities. Chicago, Phila-
delphia, Boston and Baltimore felt the
brunt. But / am happy to say that the
outlook now is favorable. Things are
picking up all over and l think there
will be a general, steady revival all along
the line"
Only One Lockout.
Have you any strikes on, Mr.. HUI
ber?"
NO. We have no strikes. There is
a lockout in Duluth and that is the
only case where we are having trouble
The organization does not believe in
strikes. as 1 say. except as a last resort.
We believe in adopting the arbitration
plan as far as we can ! will tell you
something. During the last five years
the carpenters have had approximately
a thousand strikes-the average Is about
200 every spring. Ninety-nine per cent
of these have been won by the carpen-