The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-18
NO COMPETITION
FOR PLUMBERS
Men File Charges Against En-
pioyerS, Charging Unlawful
Combination in Utah.
FOLLOWS INJUNCTION SUIT
LATEST PHASE IN STRIKE AP-
PEARS IN COURT.

Asserting that the Master Plumbers as
ISOLATION of Salt lake has entered into a
combine to stifle competition and 20
charge eXtoruOnate Prices Tor plumbing
and steam fitting work in salt Lake, che
twenty-nine journeymen plumbers named
as defendants In a recent suit by the VIII
Rces Plumbing company tiled a sensa-
tional answer IN the Third district court
yesterday.
The VIII Rees Plumbing company
charged the Ell with interfering with
his work az a r~suls of the plumbers
strike, ana asked that an Injunction be
issued against them. The men named are.
Ralph Evans, Charles +. CrOmar, VIII
liam Latey. Farley Burt J. J. O'COnnor
Joln >. HighI'I ) ID. McAllister, Luke
Lolan. James GRAY. Earl GrirtOn, Her
bert CrOmar, James Clark, Otto Osbridge
charles Arnup, Stephen Dangerfleld, He
Der Jarman, Albert Simpson, Charles
Heesch, jr, Stephen Stanford. William
toVey, John Davidson, David Hurd, ROs-
eoe Anderson, Albert Green, Arthur Bur
rows. ATank Watson, John Walsh, Rod
ney Davidson and Willie Duncan
With the answer of the plumbers is a
general demurrer to the complaint of the
plumbing company, asking that the case
against them be- dismissed. They have
combined their suits and viii fight the
case in body. The men are members or
local union No. 10, United Association Of
Journeymen Plumbers, Gas Filters, Steam
Filters and Steam Filters Helpers of the
United States and Canada.
In the answer of the plumbers it is
GAINED tnat the VIII keeS Plumbing
company entered into an agreement with
other plumbers of the state, but espe-
claly Of Salt Lake City, whose object IS
the destruction. of private enterprise and
proper and legitimate competition, ana
in order to deprive the public Of bena-
fits from competition and Independent
service in the matter of plumbing and
. heating" 1t is claimed that they have
formed a criminal monopoly and it Is
asked that this be dissolved.
Pool Is Charged.
Il is further charged that the pool was
organized to fix prices on plumbing and
heating materials and work and ~ pre-
vent those not members from engaging
I'm this work I'm Salt Lake and to charge
high, eNnOTbitant and cXtUTtiOuata
prices, To carry out this scheme. it IS
charged, the Master Plumbers associa-
ton has fixed the limit to the quantity
OF materials for plumbing and heating
which are shipped in mere i'm order that
they can Increase the prices and hoid
them no.
IT, furtberance of this scheme. Il is al
legged that the plumbers association has
entered into "a combine with Crane x c..
and with the Joseph Nelson Supply COM
paEy. the two concerns " hich handle most
of these materials for Salt Lake, to fix
prices and not to sell materials to others
than members of the association of mas
ter plumbers. I'm this manner il Is
charged, the master plumbers keep the
defendants from entering the plumbing
business, as they cannot buy materials
from the iObbers, and thus competition is
ruined.
That the master plumbers have entered
into another agre auent to refuse employ
inert 10 members of local No. 70 ana
have followed them up and threatened
employers who ave given them work is
al OH Of
charge that in some cases men have found
work, but have been discharged owing to
the TIN eats AID boycott established by
the master plumbers as a means of pun-
ishing them for the strike i'm which they
asked for an increase in wages from S5.2U
10 S. a day.