Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-29

twisted and there was dust scattered
over all workings and Implements
Fifty dollars would cover the damage
and the work OF today was not in
terrupted.
TATE'S STORY.
''The explosion was something ter
rinc," said George Tate, who Is the
carpenter foreman OF the James Black
Masonry & Contracting company. OF
st. Louis, which has charge OF all the
work on the Hotel Utah with the ex-
ception of the foundation and structur-
al iron work, and who lives In the
Templeton block, directly across from
the hotel property. Il didn't know
what to make of II for tinc, thought
| II might be an earthquake, or any old
thing. There were two of them, COM
ing in quick succession. l got on my
| clothes and came down to the street
Then / realized that there was some
thing doing over on the works / have
| no particular love for dynamite so
| Kept away, There seemed to be a lack
! of light in that southeast corner and,
as ] sized 1t up. there had been wire
| cut"
Investigation failed to show anything
wrong with the wires this morning
sUPT. JoNEss VERSION
Richard D. Jones, who is at the head
of the Jones company. and who has had
4 very big hand in the erection OF the
great st. Francis hotel, the Call build
ing, and other huge structures in the
earthquake city. gave his opinion
that the explosion this morn
ing was due to members of labor or
Ganization who We're disaffected,
We are running an open shop on
this job" said Mr.. Jones. I'VE are
paying the scale TO iron workers and
more than the scale to those who earu
the money We employ everybody who
comes along, if he is a mechanic. and
We do not care whether he carries Il
card or not. If he shows that he is
there he gets more than the scale
We have so men at work and we don't
care who they are provided they deliver
the goods,
HIS REASON FOR TROUBLE.
I'VE have had trouble in a small
way ever since we entered into this
work in Salt Lake, 1t all comes of
the big fight against the American
Bridge company from which we got
tho steel contract for this building IN
Salt Lake. We have the contract for
the Kearns building and number of
others and we have $4,000 tons OF steel
on the road exclusive OF the Hotel Utah
and KcaIns building material. We
are here to stay and we are not going
to let anything like little dynamitlnS
stop us. A union man can get job
with us as we'll as any one else, pro-
vided he can do the work. We play
no favorites and pay the money, but We
must have the work done. And that
is all there is to it,
MEN ATTACKED.
Dick Jones. as he is popularity
known, then told of an attempt to do
bodily harm to himself. his brother. and
Frank Carricll, a brother in-law, three
weeks ago. when only the possession OF
a gun prevented a possible fatality. A
livid three-inch scar on his left cheek
was exhibited as a relic of the nights
engagement. He said that they were
attacked on the way to their home. 6SS
Eighth East. by two men who boarded
Wandamere strcetcar after them and
followed after them after they had
alighted- In the fight which followed.
in u dark corner. Mr.. Jones was slashed
with knife and the thugs were driven
off only after several shots were taken
at them by Carrick.
Before that time the James Stewart
company, which has the contract for
the foundation OF the Hotel Utah. had
trouble by having derrick wires cut
which precipitated the whole structure
to the ground and which caused an es
tinated loss of $1,000.
The contracts on the Hotel Utah are
vested In the James Stewart company
who have the foundations; the Jones
company. who have the structural steel
work and the James Black Masonry
and Contract company of st. Louis.
who have all the building, with the
above exceptions and that Of the fur
nishlngs.
The property OF the Hotel Utah is
now patrolled by day and night watch
men and there are special detectives
on the job outside of these. The police
department. is eXerting itself in every
way to trace the perpetrators of the
latest outrage,
UNION LEADERS STATEMENTS.
John Munsey. business agent of the
Structural Iron Workers union. was
much disturbed over the occurrence.
"The union is not in any way account
able for anything like this he said.
"The union wouldn't stand for 1t and
IL is against any of our tenets. We do
not believe In practises OF that sort and
IL ANYBODY affiliated with 1t is diScoy-
cred he will no longer be a member
OF our body We believe In unionism
but we believe in settling disputes in q
sane way
II understand that the Jones people !
are but agents OF the American Bridge |
company. who have always been unfair
to organized labor. Dick Jones has a !
splendid reputation in San Francisco !
and has been friend or union labor.
But 1t seems that he Is otherwise here
Even at that we would not counten
anoe for q minute any overt acts OF |
violence