The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-03
SIXTY MEN INDUCED ]
TO QUIT THEIR JOBS
Employees of Contractor on
Commercial Club Building
Lay Down Tools.
PRESIDENT HALLORAN
TAKES HAND IN MATTER
No More Work Will Be At
tempted Till Board of
Governors Acts.

Sixty men employed by the Miune.
apolis Steel and Machinery company ON
the new Commercial Club building omit
work at / clock Wednesday aud with 4
out assigning any reason left the prem.
iscs Shortly before the men, com posed
Of Japanese. Greeks, Ausirians. Italians
and a few American workmen, walked
of the Job. one Of their number was
seen TO pass rapidly among them.
speaking to the men in their own Ian
guaec. after which they quietly left the
premises. There were six workmen left
on the premises ut work, the maioritv
Of these being Americans, under the pro-
lection Of fifteen deputy sheriffs. Nons
of the men who left is a member OF
the Structural Iron Workers union.
which has declared the new scale of
wages 10 be $3.50 per day Of eight hours.
and members Of which have not gons
10 work on the building due TO the fact
that the Minneapolis Steel and Macbin-
cry company refused to pay the new
scale.
At Scene Of Strike.
Wednesday forenoon, J. Il. Munsev,
business agent for tho Iron Workers
union, called upon Fisher Harris at the
Commercial club for tho purpose of dis
cussiqg the strike situation. after which
President 1falloran, Fisher Harris. John
Dcrn aud other influential members of
the Commercial club went to the scene
Of the strike President lIalloran was
closcted with a representative of the
James Stewart company, the general
contractors Of the building, and dis
cussed the situation relative TO settling
the strike.
When asked by representative of
The Tribune regarding his interview.
President Halloran said: 81 have
asked Stewart & Co, TO suspend opera
iions on the building until the strike
sltua ton can be thoroughly discussed by.
the board Of governors. "A meeting of
which have called for Friday
Il understand that the James Stew
art company has a right under its con.
tract with the Minneapolis Steel and
Machinery company TO take over the
| lattcr s contract and proceed with the
erection Of The building IN order to save
time. The Stewart company may do
this When VIC gave the contract to the
Stewart company it was understood that
there was TO he no labor trouble. In
the conversation ! had today with a rep-
rcscntative of the Stewart company
was given 10 understand that the trou-
bic was practically settled. y
Says Company Was Notified.
j. +. Munscy. business agent for the
uuion. said: Local union No. 27 OF
the international Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers notified the Minneapolis
I Steel and Machine company last JAM
| nary that the new scale Of $50 per
day of eight hours was 10 take effect
on May II. Our international will not
stand for the open shop idea, which ia
the policy of Superintendent j. f.. Hol-
strom of the Minneapolis Steel com.
pany on this Job No. there has been
no violence. and there Will be no vio-.
lcnce, although l understand that ona
of the non-union men, Iyer Carson, whu
! was working on the job. WAS arrested
today for carrying a gun. We expect
to win this strike through the sympathy.
of the public, as our demands are Just
The scale paid al the present time IN
Salt Lake City is the lowest in the
United States for ihe most hazardous'
work in the building trades. If we
get in 200 days in the year it is a big
year for us. on account of the seasons.
In the last ten days the steel company
has not raised two ton of steel and we
have been instrumental in taking over
100 men off the iob -