Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-17
Is the Number Within the Ranks
OF Organized Labor
In City.
CEMENT MEN ARE IN DEMAND
cntlook at This Time OF the Year Is
That Conditions Are Worse
Than In 1909.


q, least 1000 idle men within the ranks
az organized labor In Salt Lake and
more than that number In the unskile1
trades. was the statement made Tues
dav night by representatives OF tho
building trades council. That the mum
ber OF idle men is increasing almost
( daily and will continue TO do 50 from
NOW on during the winter. was the fur
Their statement.
Speaking Of the local labor situation
lack Munsey. OF the building trades
j council, said
The lists of idle men I'm the different
Il unions embraced I'm the trades council
show conservative estimate Of at
least 1000 There are l6 trades repre-
scented in the council, and each union
is carving a list OF idle men that will
vary from 20 10 200 and in one or two
instances the figures will go to $50 men.
There are several reasons Tor this Dur
ing the past two months there has been
II a large influx Of workingmen and skill
d I'd laborers attracted here by the false
reports of the scarcity Of LABOR. Build
ing operations are on the wane. and
Il each few days see the completion OF
building that has been under con-
struction during the summer. but there
Il are practically no new buildings being
started TO offset this, and consequently
the idle list is being constantly added
Il no."
CARPENTERS IDLE
J. G wilkes. business representative
Of the combined carpenters unions. ami
also representative Of the building
| trades council. corroborated MIR. Nun
sey
The large number OF idle men" Mr..
wilkes said. lis particularly noticeable
| in the carpenters trade. There are more
. men and Ia less work by 40 per cent than
at this time last year. ] was going
| over our records one day last week,
| and il showed that on that day we had
800 more idle carpenters than on the
similar day Of the previous year. OF
course last year there was a great deal
Of mill work going on IN the surround
ing towns. and there is but little Of
that this year. For this reason the
carpenters are forced to remain in |
town. There is comparatively little |
building going on now and there seems |
TO be but little contemplated. "
AMONG THE TRANSMITS
There are few idle men of the COM |
mon aboring or unskilled class. accord. !
ling 10 Investigations Of The News to- |
Iday al the headquarters of the Saliva |
Iiion Army at 10 Orpheum avenue. the |
Volunteers of America at 11s east First |
usouth, and at the Salt Lake Charity |
association at IL east Fourth South |
|ustreet
Capt N W. Edison Of the Volun-
lteers Friendly Inn said. Right |
Inow there Is plenty Of work for these /
woo want work. We have more calls
pr men than we can supply. We have
Fearly 100 laboring men staying with |
hftf 10 ia
IbedS are given free TO those who can
pot paw Our charge is 10 cents for a
PED or ti.25 week for a room. which
Lheap rate many take advantage OF.
pnniless man comes to us we give
I'm % cent supper at a neigh boring
sstaurant: a bed. breakfast next morn
ns, and II he gets out and rustles we
Re here 20 help him; otherwise we
Va MIN pass on. The work they arc
allied for most is as concrete men,
york
Our monthly rent is $3.50. and is a.
afd Item to meet sometimes
Occasionally the men are arbitrary
yesterday a man was offered 30 Genes
N hour and refused 10 take the Job be-
ause he could not get 81. The worth
e's ones 20 off and sleep In box cars
ABOUT the parks in the summer time,
la are later run out OF town
our dispensary handles from Is 10
persons week. II is headed by two
NtorS and one trained nurse. Mrs
orence Rohler. who has been with
s three years"
MORE IDLE MEN.
AdJutant Fred Braun OF the Salvation
rmy said; Last year at this time
nere were no idle men with us. but
ney have been increasing the past
Ho months We have capacity for l2S
eh mere, with about 20 regular lodg-
~ These are mostly men who work az
staurants and other places where
ney receive from s. 70 IS a week. Dur
s me last seven days we have had
oout Is applications for work They
~ Ike sacking lime. or hide house
Ork as the job lasts perhaps only for
lew hours, ana they spoil their
uunes In another month house clean
s VIII pick up and there will be pen-
70 40 The men get about $3.50 a
we charge from 10 cents to is cents
oeds We require all to battle and
considerable fumigating before let
them in. Rooms rent from 81 10 |
20 week. II II were not for dona-
sns' we could not be able to meet our |
P.nses ~"
hundreds OF men working on the
roads when they get out OF work
- 10 salt Lake to take advantage