The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-30
STATEMENT ISSUED
\ BY REALTY MEN
Association Makes Reply to
Answer of Building Trades
Council.
CEMENT FINISHERS AND
HELPERS ISSUE CIRCULAR
Joint Protest Meeting of Labor
Organizations Is Also
Held.

On account OF the comment which has
been made regarding the action OF the
Salt Lake Real Estate association recent
| ~ in advertising In eastern ana London
publica tIops the lack OF laborcrg in THIS
city. members or the associat tiun, at the
regular semi monthly meeting Wcdnes-
day at the COMMERCIAL club. sent out n
statement OF the situation from their
| point OF view. The communication.
which is sell explanatory. follows:
Replying TO TIC contentious Of the Salt
Lake Building Trades council as pub
! llshcd In the local papers the salt Lake
I Real Estate association takes the stand
/ that the Building Trades council has
practically proved the claims OF the Real
Estat" association. which will leave 1t
To rhc judgment of all fair-mindcd pco-
| pie. T.. \. Dunshy secretary ot the
| Building Trades council, in the local pa
pers states in effect that zoo carpenters.
IscvcntNfivo plumbers. half the painters.
practically all the cement workers and
one-half the iron workers and hosting
fchginccrs are out OF work. The salt Lake
Real Estate association claims lf this IS
J all the unemployed mechanics that there
arc in Salt Lake City at this time of wear.
when everything is frozen UP and all
building is at stands,lll. that when the
building season opens I'm the spring with
all the construction which is IN sight for
The coming year. all the idle men which
the Building Trades council claims now
are unemployed viii he employed and
hundreds more Will be needed
Skilled Laborers Needed.
Several members of the Real Estate
associa don have had the experience dur
Ing the year Of 400 OF having Il num-
Der OF buildings held up by reason OF
scarcity Of labor. and that many houses
which could have been built were not
started by reason Of this condition.
Every one who can see ahead At all
win 10 doubt admit that the outlook FOR
building for The coming year OF 1910 Is
far ahead OF tho outlook one yC3r ago.
Our contention OF lack OF labor was
not based on the conditions IS they cX
ist In mid winter but during the build
Ing season.
The cement workers Wednesday got up
= statement upon the same subject. which
they are sending TO the following papers:
Organized Labor. san Francisco: Chi
caSo Daily Socialist; Social Democratic
Herald. Milwaukee: New York Gail. and
Reynolds Newspaper OF London. the lead
ing labor publication In England. The
statement follows:
Cement Workers Protest.
The Real Estate association recently
advertised for skilled workmen to come
leading promises "f high wages and
plenty OF work. Tho rate OF wages in
some trades has been been advertised as
50 . day above the union scale Not one
real estate booster in line city would
enter iu1o contract 20 pay the wage.
The police arc picking up Idle work
memcn every day. who are broke. ana
when there Is no vacancy in the chain
gang. they are given 'floater and told
TO get out OF town.
There al" many more men than jobs
here now. and all cement workers arc
urged 20 keep away from Salt Lake.
''E. G. RUEENDALL. Secretary,
Cement Flnishers and Helpers
Local union No. ISL, United Brother
mood OF Carpenters and Joincrs OF Amer
ics, held meeting in the Federation OF
Labor hall "Wednesday evening protest
ing against the action of, the Salt Lake
Real Estate association lin sending ont
circulars asking for more laboriug mcn
to come TO this city. NJ this meeting
IL WAS decided 30 seek legal advice and
trr ~ possible to secure an injunction
them from Further advertising in this
manner.
Joint Protest Meeting.
\ Joint protest meeting was held We'd
ucsdav afternoon. AT which were commit
tees from the painters, ne-cuttcrs. iron
workers. cement finisherS. sheet metal
workers. carpenters and plumbers. and
against the action OF the Real Estate as
SoCiatlon.
Each of the organizations represented
at Tic joint conference was instructed 80
send a communication To its national
headquarters stating that no additional
labor is needed in Salt Lake city and a
communication To the same effect will
bc forwarded To Samuel Gompcrs. prcsi-
dent of the American Federation OF La
Dor
Mr., WlkS. OF the carpenters SAYS that
last summer some buildings were held
up for a while. hut that this delay vas
caused through lack OF material, and 10.
scarcity of labor.