Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-27
STRIKE MAY B||
DECIDED TODAY
! Plumbers and Masters to Hold 4 Did
Conference on Subject
This Afternoon.
SAID 10 BE CRITICAL STAGE f:
Both Sides Have Cards Up Their Fl''llIss
Sleeves. TO Play in Case AS
Negotiations Fail

After being prolonged for nine weeks.
Y the plumbers strike is expected 70
\ reach the critical stage this afternoon.
Il will either be settled at the confer
cnce which is to take place between the.
masters and the men orsit will be de
clared off for good, aud the men
through their head organization, VIII
establish a cooperative shop, and com 4
L pete for the business of the city, This
in substance was the word given out
this morning by Farley Burt, business
4 agent Of plumbers, Union No - OF Salt
& j Ike City. Mr.HBurt said that this final
meeting which has been arranged after
$ repeated efforts to reach an under
standing. will be attended by the fot-
lowing members of the union: Vice
President C. n. Cron,ar, Seay ] J .
4 DGonnor. e. q. Harris and Earl Gr1r-
ton The committee of the masters wflcS
will meet the men VIII probably con
i sist6 of the same cominittee who have
acted before, which includes members
OF several of the leading firms OF the
city.
at is stated that If a co-opcrative
plumbing shop is established II Will
have all the men behind it who are our
on strike, and they will go In to gss
the business. This may mean chenper
prices to the general public. both fos
labor and supplies 1t is also promised
chat IL such q E.lop Is opened 1t will be
\ Gig enough to take care Of a great deal
Of the business Of tho city. a,.
Il MIR. Burt said this morning that
while he renlized that the public 81 3
rather opposed to the men in the pres
%ent dispute regarding the demand OF
SO instead OF $3.50 per day. exorbitant.{ u
few of them realize that the WORKING
year of the plumber is usually about
eight months only. and he is fortunate
indeed If he is able to get nine months
work. 81 He said that he considered that
much Of the work now being done by 4
non union men in the city was dearer
at 30 per day thanif Sc were paid for
union men, as many of the n-unl0n
men are incompetent.
MASTERS SIDE.
The master plumbers say they have
done their best to meet the demands,
I shortage in building material which has
made progress slow on some Jobs. which
4 has allowed them to catch up. Still i'm
several places things are reported to be
dragging, while some firms who are
& building cottages report that there has
been no delay to speak Of,
Mr. lRees OF the Rees Pluming COM
pany said today that there are between
4 40and so men at work In the city, and
there has been hue little delay in local
work. With the busy season a pproacll-
ing more men will be needed, probably.
+ 30 more men, and in order to get them
the employers called In their imported
men and laid the matter before them
and those of them who like the city,
z and the prospects. has<i promised. Mr.,
Rees says to write back to their friends
Z IN the east and induce some Of them$toa
+ come west. So that the masters ex-8
\ pect plenty of men to meet all the de-
inands in the autumn.
the meeting this afternoon should
settle the strike this, of course, will
not be necessary, but as there seemed
to be little disposition on either part
to yield, the results of the conference
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