Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-12
WEDNESDAY, MAY = 1909 LAKE CITY

Of the composing room that the frin-
tiers are not III sympathy with the
striking pressmen and feeders. here IS
~ meeting of the local union of the IN
@terifational Typographical union lhis
afternoon and at that inc, isatt assert
ed, the matter of taking some step TO
force the strikers back to work, OF to
force them to meet their employers for
the discussion of the merits OF the cas-
Will be taken. Upon the question OF con-
seessions, an employer said today tina.
his firm and most likely every other
firm affected would be willing to meet
the strikers In the matter OF wages and
even for q. discussion OF the shop Jules.
That the result of such 81 conference
would be a compromise on the wage
scale satisfactory to both sides he said
is certain. On the question Of
switching and number OF feeders eir-
3ployea, lie said the employer would in
sist upon L material change in this
rule, ii ii were even considered then.
Regarding the claim Of the feeders
that switching would result in over
work. one OF the Oldest employing
printers in the city said today that Tor
physically and mechanically impossible
from the fact that a4fec1er cannot
work on more than one press at atlna
and that the rapidity OF the press is
such that the feeding of IT Is not
5iaborious, being q thousandfold more
.montonous than anything else. 10
switch a man from one press to another
is in reality a rest and not an added
task, he said, and the claim OF the.
feeders in this regard is 50 $unreason-
able as to need no answer. He asserts
that the only object Of the rule is to
overload shop with superfious begin
aners and TO increase the number Of
positions for feeders in the city
CONTRASTS WITH PRINTERS.
He said that as All Offset to this
claim the best example Is the lino-
type OPERATOR, who will switch from
ons. machine to another without hest
tation. only caring that for whatever
work he does he receives the wage
called for by, his scale. Tic employ
ers declare that the scale IN this CITY
Is as high as in other cities ana that
they have Sascertained this through =
wide correspondence.
Regarding the rule for double price
for overtime after midnight, the print
ers appear5 to be pre- ty.Well agreed that
| this rule Is quite fair, but as pertain
ing to tolidoNs. it's considered OBJ
5iectionable by them. To pay double
price for rush orders removes every
centSof profit, they claim. and the out
put is really produced at g loss, they
say5 VA mice and q half the profit
is very small, but they are willing TO
pay this as is done in the case OF all
printers
IRON WORKS GOING OUT.
The time set in the ultilnatum pre-
sented by lhe8structural iron workers i,e,l
three months ago expired today. The
demand Is for an increase Of wages
from 81 to $3.50 per day The hlsh
lfcost OF living and the fact tflaat tttles
are the poorest paid class of laborers
in the building trades. tnat men .pane
is a hazard gus one and tina insurance
cannot be8secured by them except
| tan 4exorbitant premium are set out
as the principal reas ons for the STRIKE
The men. in addition o8thls, declare
! that owing rs the climate conditions,
they are a. to Nork3 only SIX NOUNS
out, or the year.
The number of men affected is l5O,
| representing seven jobs now in the
lscourse Of completion, four Of them IN
l@this city. and three outside A. q y.
Mcdonald constructing the NJ clntyre
building in Main street and - aJeia
fsrsoii school, have granted the scale
| and the men on these contracts are
| ut work today. This is the single
Exception. The Minneapolis Steel &c
Machinery company, which is *puild on g. 9
at Garfield, ]. J. Burks, who Is
pullulng8 at tne filS ilduu lIooS -,
! i'll Murray. and the Oscar Daniels
| Construction company, building the
new smelter5 in Tooee. have all given
| the men negative answers to their de-
nand and construction is stopped on
| their work
A meeting of the union is to be held
| in Eastman's hall Friday at which
| the situation will be gone over. Q ffi-
| cials OF. the union say that they are
Sin substantial shape and can hold out
| for an indefinite time until their de-
l mandS are granted.