Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-25
President Snyder OF Local Union
Denies Rumors Printed
As Facts.
MEETING OF THE FEDERATION
Effort Made To Can out All Masons In
Salt Lake and Ogden
Tomorrow

Judging from the talk that was ny
ing around In some trades union circles
Sunday. II seemed evident that a gem
eral paralysis of building operations
was threatened in this city. due to the
plastercrs' strike Of Saturday. II was
claimed by men friendly to the plaster
ers that the bricklayers, fathers and
other trades unions would Join the plast-
erers' and tie up building operations
over the entire town. Color was lent
10 this claim by rather wild state
ments In one OF the morning papers to-
day and by the fact that only half the
pricklayers showed up this moring. for
WORK at the Kearns' building How
ever the last fact was due TO Its being
a public holiday. and not because of
any sympathy with the striking union.
Inc trouble, as was noted I'm sat
urdaNs News, began with the union
plasterers on the Lillard building, at
the corner OF Fourth South and Main
streets refusing to work with nom
union helpers who we're paid 80 30 per
day. whereas union plasterers command
s4bO per day. The plasterers also COM
planned that such helpers as were
union men were being discharged for
less costly non-union help. So they
struck.
MEETING OF COUNCIL.
At a meeting saturday night. OF the
building Trades council, II was de-
termined. II possible, to induce the
bricklayers to unite ia general
sympathetic strike. and get the
ogden unions to Join also. So a Joint
meeting was held Sunday between
union representatives OF the two
cities In which, II Is claimed an
agreement was reached which would
a n
ever, all expectations OF general
sympathetic strike have been wet
blanketed by the positive refusal of
the bricklayers to engage in any such
performance. This union does not be-
long to the federated trades. but pre-
serves its own autonomy, though OF
course on general principles there is
more or less sympathy with fellow
craftsmen in all aims and purposes
calculated to affect favorably laborlng
Interests. But like the brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers. the Brick
layers union is very conservative The
Wild appeals OF zealots. light headed
enthusiasts. professional agitators and
trouble makers do not induce them
10 take radical action or do things
they might be sorry for. The brcklay-
ers move slowly and thoughfully. and |
President +. L. snyder Of the union |
told News reporter this noon, there |
never was any suggestion made among |
the bricklayers Of a strike sympathetic |
or other wise. Both Mr., Sns der and |
Contractor George Cushing n veteran |
bricklayer himself stated that the |
reports I'm a local morning daily re-
lative to the bricklayers striking were |
entirely wrong.
INDEPENDENT UNION
Both Prest synder' and Mr.. Cushing
called attention 10 the fact that the
Bricklayers' union is an Independent
)rga nization. In no way dependent up
IN the Federated Trades or the Build |
ing Trades council. This strike OF the
plasterers is no affair OF theirs, and
neither believed Il would amount to
much Mr.. cushing doubted II even
he carpenters would mix up in 1t. He
believed so per cent OF the carpenters
n Salt Lake are not working at pres
mt, and N those at work should go on
! sympathetic strike, their places would
Do filled with very little effort. Car
Jenters are not even needed on cement
work. really. as good cement workers
an make their own crihbing-that Is
he woodwork holding up the cement
Until II is sufficiently hardened to stand
So that IL the carpenters
hould engage in any very unlikely
trike the cement men could go right
m.