Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-02

local lodge No. 81, Of the Intcrnation-
Z AZ Bfidg d Structural Ironworkers are
the PRINCIPALS, has something of a new
phase in labor strife. since there Is
mel thefsa strike, nor a lock- gu t--simplv
( a refusal OF the union men to work at
the. preferred wage scale, and the en-
ployment of Japs and Greeks az COM
mon laborers by the contractors until
Il the arrival of skilled men from the
east.
SUMMARY OF SITUATION
The situation summed up is that the
f. union demands q wage scale of 5GA
cents per llo.tr; the contractors refnse2
to pay more than 80 cents per hour
4 and have carried out their declaration
the employment OF chear, labor, I'm x
III the arrival of force OF Worknen
8 from the east, sonle&of whom are due
IN the city today and the remainder
within q few tla VS.. TX
Work was to have been begun by the
4 Minneapolis Steel & Machinery CON
$pa1ly two weeks ago, but the8union
men refused TO begin until assuSed Of.
their demand for u wage of 56M sent II
per hour. The company refused 10
accede to the demand aud since thu
have succeeded only In working ony
full day and several half-days with a.
small e force ESof workmen. until this
morning.
The promise of a4figlt IS manifested
In the cmphatically hopeful feeling on
both sides, j. H. Holstrom, supern-5
&tendent for the construction company
3 expressed himself as well pleased this
morning 5l.,nn,s with The outlook and was
conildent thai Work would be carried
on continuously now without any seri-
&ous hindrance. IL u. MunscS business
agent for the union, was equally con-
fident that the terms Of the union
will he met and the union workers.
placed on the job. This, Mr.. Mum
seN believes will be accomplished and.
brought about By the arpusul of pub.
5lic sympathy.
TO ~ News, reporter this mcrninr:
superintendent Holstron said:
HOLSTRoM's VIEW.
We have got fairly well started
without any trouble We have about
G5 1nenSat work. and will put on more
las we can get them. or course. this
is not skilled labor, but that is not
required at the present stage of the
work. We have a number of men on
the Way from the cast. ana some Of
them should arrive here today. With
these west&ill be able 10 get along
ALI right. IS.
we do.not anticipate any trouble.
There's no need for it. There is no,
strike. II is simply that the union.
here demands 56h cents per hour.
while we feel that we can't pay any
more than 80 cents, the regular scale
If any Of these men want to come 10
work at the wages we offer we will
be glad to have them"
THE IRoNWoRKERs, SIDE.
Mr.. Munsey. on his side. declares that
The contracting firm had two months
previous notice of! the increase in the
wage scale. and insists that the wage
asked for is the recognized scale now.
Asmeeting of the executive COMMITTEES
Of the union was held this forenoon at
Which the matter of the employment Of
the laps and Greeks was gone over and
a line of action laid out. Following
the meeting, Mi, Munsey said:
It is an outrage that JaDs and,
Greeks should be employed on a public
building, such rs the Commercial club
Is to be. and @e hope TO win in our
demands pytarousing the public scnti-5
.)ncnt. We nre asking nothing but what
is right, and we will be able to present
this to the business men of the city
We are sure to get their help. and in
that way Win our # ght. 55is
we are in q Iigllt noyy, but il is go-8
ing to be a peaceable one. and there
is no danger Of amy violence being
used have cautioned our men
i be prevented by force from working"
INTERMEDIARY SOUGHT.
Following The rncetiag OF The union.
men d committee called oil Fisher Har-
Ills and thcr n,smbers Of the Com
nercial Cub to gnlist their activities in
bringing about Il settlement with the
5contractns4Erm that would result III
the discharge of the foreign labor and
fthc employment of the. union men.
Although All immense crowd conere-
gated about the vicinity of the new
building carly this morning after work
was begun, it soon dwindled away, and
during the forenoon, there We're not
more than 50tloungers about the place.
At noon a few more gathered, but there
was no demonstration, although few
union men approached some OF the.
workers in an attempt to induce them
TO leave the job. During the noon hour
the union men gathered in little knots,
expressing their Indignation. When
one would get too excited or condemna.
tory in his announcement Of the con-
tractors who would hire laps, he was
cautioned by the more cool-headed, and
the conversations generally We're car
ried on in low tones.
Whats the use of doing anything,
or starting anything? You'd only get
plugged by some of these deputies.
well. Iwisli one of those beams
would fall on a Jap and kill him.
Gee. ii takes 20 or 30 OF those fellows
To do what two or three OF us could
The above were some OF the running
comments among the .onlookers. Al
noon the deputies and specials We're
still on the ground. but found no oc-
casion for. Interference.
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