The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-26
STREET STRIKE
PARTIALLY
BROKEN
CREWS WENT TO WORK FOR
DOWNEY & BETHEL AND JACK
O'CONNOR THIS MORNING-PO-
LICE PROTECTION GIVEN.

The strike situation is improving.
Last night a committee representing
the strikers waited on A. H. Downey
of Downey & Bethel and presented
the claims of the strikers. 1t was
insisted that the contractors pay
$3.50 for the ordinary labor for
eight hours and s275 for the con-
crete tampers. The contractors did
not make any distinction in the class
of labor and made final statement
that $3.50 only would be paid. The
majority of the strikers refused this
offer but this morning a crew was
secured for the south end concrete
mixer. This was moved to a new
location further south and about /
o'clock it started up with a crew. The
contractors represented to Mayor Gel
latly that the men needed protection
and as a precaution against molesta-
ton an officer was detailed to remain
at the works during the day.
Last night the electric wires con-
Meeting the rock crusher were cut
and had to be repaired this morning
before work could be started
c. L. Filigno, secretary of the Spo-
kane Industrial Workers of the
World, has been in the city since
Saturday and has organized the To-
cal workmen. He is very rabid in
his utterances and has kept labor
matters fermentej in this city. Ac-
companying Filigno from Spokane
was the man who was arrested yester-
day and given a $50 fine for his i'm
passioned utterances. The authori-
ties here state that should these men
continue causing trouble that they
will be put on the train and sent out
of the city.
O'Connor & Parrish also had a
crew ready for work this morning
and it is thought that in the course
of several days the labor conditions in
this city will be at nomal again.
The work on South Wenatchee ave-
nue. as far as the concrete work is
concerned is almost completed. Two
weeks more will finish all the side
walks. The rock crusher is behind
in it's work and both night and day
will be employed in grinding out the
crushed rock for the streets.
Mayor Gellatly was also waited on
last night by a committee from the
strikers but as long as there are nc
disturbances and it is simply diff
ference in price between the con.
tractors and the working men, has
refused to interfere in the difficulties
r. H. Bethel has gone to the
Sound The most of the men have
grievances against him and it is like.
ly that Mr.. Downey will personally
have charge of the balance of the
work.
Frank Henry, Maurice Daloisio and
Ed Ryder, committee representing
the strikers and having the strike In
charge, stated to the Daily World
this morning that the demand of the
strikers was that concrete and ham
mersmen be paid $275 for eight
hours work and that muckers and
graders be paid $3.50 for the eight
hours. They also say that when the
contractors state in print that they
have offered these wages that they
are not stating the facts as the work
men are ready and have been ready
at any time to go to work under the
above conditions. Under the old ten
hours system the concrete and ham
mersmen were given s2.75 and the
muckers and graders $3.50, and it is
the demand of the strikers that they
be paid the same wages for eight
hours as they have been for ten
hours.
The members of the committee
state regarding the outside agitators
who have been in the city for the
past several days that these men have
nothing to say regarding the conduct
of the strike and that all matters
pertaining to the strike are settled
directly between the men themselves.