The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-17

One hundred and twenty-five machin-
lists, blacksmiths. boilermakers and
helpers employed in the Rio Grande
shops at Salt Lake, Bingham and Bling
ham Junction put away their tools at
10 o'clock yesterday morning and
ceased work in response to the tele-
graphic strike orders issued by W. ].
McQueeney.
There was no demonstration when the
men ceased work. Some of them went
to the foremen of their departments
and said that they wanted to tell them
that they had appreciated the faVors
shown them in the past, but that in
view of the attitude of the railroad
company there was no alternative.
On leaving their work the men went
directly to their homes. No picket line
was maintained and no attempt was
made to dissuade the foremen OF the
shops nor the apprentices who remain
ed at work from continuing in the
company's employ.
In the afternoon a joint meeting was
held by all of the shOpmen in the Rio
Grande employ at the Federation Of
Labor hall Following the main meet
ing the separate unions met in the dit
ferent halls in the building. Subcom-
mittees were appointed to carry on the
business of the strike and to look after
the interests of the unions in Salt
| Lake committee on publicity. con-
sisting OF A. Z. Jarman, d. A. Camo-
mile and j. NJ. Mckinley, was instruct
ed to prepare a statement to be IS
sued to the public this evening, giving
the official reasons for the calling of
the strike on the part of the labor lead
ers.
All Along the Line.
In addition to the Salt Lake shops
and the Burnham shops in Denver,
where 300 men struck. the following cit
! les are affected: Pueblo. Grand juno
ton, Salida, Alamosa, Leadville, Min
turn, Gunnison. Chama. Ridgway, in
! Colorado, and Ogden, Helper, Thistle,
Bingham, Tucker and Green River in
Utah.
| Machinists. boilermakers, blacksmiths
! and helpers in all of these trades, pipe
men and apprentices went out regard
| less of whether they were affiliated
| with the organiza tions or not. Some Of
/ the carmen went out and il is expect
| ed that all of them will strike later.
! In all about $500 men win be in
| velved, it is said. The company's Off
| Gals say they will fill the places OF
| the strikers as rapidly rs possible.
! They believe that with the .lrge
number of men out of employment they
/ will have no trouble in getting enough
| experienced men to keep repairs So
| ing for at least two weeks. when they
! believe they Will have all positions I'LL
| ed.
| 1t is said they have secretly beer
| hiring hundreds of men in the east for
| several weeks in anticipation of strike
/ order. Leaders of the men state thai
all of the employees would rather 90
| elsewhere than work under the rules
forced on them by the company.
Result of New Rules.
The union leaders assert that IheVe
will be no violence of any kind by tins
workers.
Briefly, the new shop rules will re-
| suit in the abolition of the nins-hOU
day, the doing away with al "vertimc
for Sundays and holidays, 4 .~raduai e
| scale Of wages, refusal to recognize
men as union men or members OF or
ganizatioSfs, the payment of all EN-
ployes according to individual merit
| regardless of maximum or minimum
scales. and the right to change the
shop rules at will
| All of the Gould roads probably viii