The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-04
This Is Charge Made by John
W. M'Nary, Lessee of the
Place.
ACTION Is DENOUNCED
AS BEING HIGH HANDED
DOinss at SaItair May Be Aired
in Courts at an Early
Date.

'I consider the action OF ], T.. Lang
ford vice president OF the Saltair Beach
company, who on last Saturday night
without any legal authority, discharged
my help, disorganized my crew and prac-
tlcally ruined my business at the resort
as n piece OF contemplate. high-handed
injustice. | will be at the beach on
Tuesday next il ] have to be carried out
there on a strctcher and my attorney Will
hc with me-" said John w. McNary In
his room at the st Cecil hotel SUNDAY
afternoon. Mir. McNary had been speak
ing OF the action of Mr., Langford In tax
ing over the ship cafe, the cafeteria ana
the restaurant at the lake, and In dis
charging the help.
Asked as TO his connection with the
business, Mr.. McNary said:
"Whilc ! was in Los Angeles ! received
r letter from Mr.. Langrord in which
he made me a proposition BY Its terms
he was TO grant TO me the concession
at the beach and L was TO furnish the
equipment for the ship cafe, the CAFE
leria and the restaurant, was to pay
Mr. Langford 90 per cent OF the gross
proceeds of the business
Building Up Business.
After I had furnished the equipment
and has gathered q crew of help from
such cities as Los Angeles San Fran
cisco and Denver, 1 furnished the en-
ployees Of the beach company with lpeir
meals at cost. This was merely done as
an accommodation 10 Mr. Lanslord
Everything was running smoothly and
was building up good business iheh
] got sick and was unable TO go 10 inc
beach.
~ had an efficient crew of help, man
ager. head waiter, steward. chefs. ana
In fact. the business was running smooth-
II and II was no, absolutely necessary
for me to be there But my manager
did not bring me any of the receipts from
the business while ] was sick and was
unable to go out tn the beach. Mr..
LangforGi. and 5. Simpson. my manager,
called AT my room Saturday morning.
but ! was TOO sick 30 sec them re-
fused 10 talk business and they Wen.
away ;old Mr.. Langford that | would
be at the beach Saturday night II posi-
BILE. but was unable 10 get there;
THE news was brought to me Setur-
into the ship cafe and had discharged the
crew He said that he was going TO close
the place was told also that he then
ordered Manager simpson To pay Din
When he discharged the help. something
like eleven walters asked for their wages
and he refused to pay them am told.
Action to Be Taken.
II have invested in the equipment out
tlere, something like $4,000; | have S,,,, given
money To pay no bills without my seeing
the bills first. ] am not incensed AT the
fact that Mr. langford ordered TIE pili
Of the creamery company paid | told
the Jensen representative 10 bring the
bin To me on the first OF the month. But
/ do not believe that Mr. Langford should
have attempted to dispossess me la such
Il high handed manner. The receipts for
any days business will average S325. For
instance or June % the receipts were
s347 25. ] have received no receipts for
Friday or Saturday and do not expect
10 receive any today.
'T do not for n moment recognize any
authority on the part of Mr.. Langford To-
do as he has done. and j want to stale
right now that | am going 10 consult my
attorney in regard 10 having every one
connected with the handling of that
money and the disposition Of it at the
was no earthly reason for Mr. Lang
fords action The PAYDAY of my help is
on the 20th and the 5th OF each month
and there was plenty OF money with
which 10 meet my obliga ations. ] am sure
that the action of Mr. Langford is mere
" an attempt to grab paying business
for the season really opens on July l."