The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-02

dUstry In the northwest CepcnGcnt on
TIC movement OF supplies is seriously at
4 fcctcd by the strike of the railroad
swi:chmcn. which began at O'Clock
last evening.
H Il is estimated that upward Of $1,000
men arc idle tonight on account OF the
strike order. thousands of freight hand
Icrs and teamsters arc losing time be-
cause of the freight blockade. and a con-
tiuuauce of the strike for several days
will throw additional thousands out of
work.
The railroad yards in all terminaI
cities are filed with stalled freight
trains and an attempt to move a few by
the aid Of the offlce mon drafted as
swiichmen is making no impression.
Bringing in New Men.
The railroad managers committee an
ncuuced today that they were bringing
10 ST. Paul new switchmcn TO take The
places Of the strikers.
To this President Hswley of the
swifchmeu's Union Of North America
said:
CAN right, Let them come, we will not
object -
Business men generally are beginning
10 feel the result OF. the strike. The first
to be affected were the wholesale and
commission houss.
Wholesale grocerS report that nothing
is moving. The commission houses are
doing nothing and their customers in
ne small towns who get their supplies
from day 10 dav VIII soon be unable TO
II s., IL l.,
Widespread Effects.
I Some of the larger commission houses
( today reduced their working forces and
! will make further reductions If the strike
r long continues,
tonight and it is estimated that JoOU
men employed in them are idle.
A continuation of the strike Will
| throw out 800 more employed IN the
coopcrage and allied trades.
In South St Paul. where the stock
yards are situated, only 200 head Of cat.
tie were received today. The daily av.
eragc is 1900. Manager Bangs of Swift
. Co.. said that the question of reduction
in the packing house force depended eh'
tircly on the duration of the strike.
'Alf we cannot get stock, we will have
IN Close he said He would not say
how long the plant could run on the pres
cnt supply of STOCK.
In the iron range in the northern part
4 of Minnesota. small towns Will soon be
4 facing a famine unless food stuffs can
N be seut in. In Superior. three hundred
Il mon were laid cfG in the Great Northern
Il railway shops.
Will Affect the Mines.
u Mines will be affected By stopping
~ freight traffic. On the orc docks at
y Duluth and Superior, within forty. eight
" hours, 10000 men will be out Of work,
:, and the general business loss will run
! into thousands of dollars.
~. Paul and Minneapolis are the dis
X X frlbutlng points for the entire North.
n vest covering Minnesota. northern
" Wisconsin, northern Iowa. North and
!. south Dakota, Montana. Idaho and
y large part of Washington and Oregon,
ri in all cities in these states the strike
q VIII RE felt; The most serious effect
VII be. IN Montana, particularly IN
y Butte, Anaconda aud Great Falls where
y copper mines aud smeltcrs arc situ-
Br] ated
b In Montana and eastern Idaho freight
orl traffic is tied up. About sixty freight
h'1 trains are stopped as the switchmcn arc
+ aau control Of all terminal points.
i q Ibis territory is taken care of by
w. Jsnd Chicago, Milwaukee G. Puget Sound
nej jEnllroads, Unless tho roads can carry
AAleoal and orc to smcltcrs. operations
s,lnust cease. The smeltcrs viii be hit
II yhrst, as their coke supply is limited
Mines may he able 10 continue opera-
iiona for n while and store the orc in
pms and on the dumps, but not for
ruHcry long.
Jp' Butte May Suffer Most,
II Butte IS absolutely dependent on the
!, |. ..htf1,eperarion IN Of the mines nnd smeltcrs.
~5,1N non they stop, everything stops. All
arc imported Many big min.
ruang companies run company stores. \
10 lniinnr's credit IS good thcro as long
ans - nc works. When ne is out OF work.
oss Ihis credit stops.
% Smelters in Anaconda employ $500
:, imeu. There also are large smelters ut
Falls, employing 5000 men, who
o. That all hopes of speedy settlement
t,tpl the strike are goue is Indicated by
'i lIse departure for Washington tonight
q iwsXea Martin 4. Knapp of the interstate
uill u q, kss".nimer"e s.. commission and United
: R'l''al,es Labor Commissioner Meill
ar Knapp said he could do poth.
te' fkhhg? ng' oftcr his services. and chat at
j {sn's tmc ihcy were moi wanted.
according &c statement issued TO.