Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-26
UNION MEN TAKE
THE KEARNS JOB
Jones Company Forced Out With
Union Votes at Polls
As Big Stick.
WILL SEEK AN INJUNCTION.
Dick Jones says lie Was Betrayed by
portions sabl 90 be- Brewing.

The FIRST big gun n the great labor
night which threatens Salt Lake was
fired this morning when union men took
charge of the iron work on the Kearns
building. under the authorization OF
j. j. Dwycr. a partner in the Jones
company which has the contract for
the work. The matter has been brow
ing FOR "a month. and the action OF
this morning is the first step taken by
organized labor 10 unionize salt Lake
The building trades council. IL is UNI
dertood. is behind the movement aud
there is not O. man iu the city who
carries card who is not backing up
The night
says Jack Munsey TO Tom Kearns.
You have got 90 come through"
Says Tom kearns To Jack Munsey.
Where do you got on atf"
Says Jack Co Tom This job has
got to be- unionizcd or we viii bury you
and AN of yours next fall"
And that rs the reason why this
morning the work Of erecting the steel
work on the Kearns building was turn
ed over TO Union men, taking the con-
tract away from the Jones company
There are many things below the sur
face Dick Jones, the manager OF he
Jones company. claims that he has bee n
A'.NN % y w. anu AAAN fANA ~ At|A t'AH
WHERE DWYER COMES IN
y j. Dryer has been backing the
Jones company. according Co Mr.. Jopcs.
furnishing oue-half Of the operating exc
penscs and sharing Ia the profits, And
also. according TO Mr. Jones. he sold
out the contract ON the kearns build
ing supcrlnduccd by representations
from Tom Kcarns, In an endoavor TO
square things up with the union men
who represent "a number OF votes in
salt Lake whenever there is an election.
Mr.. Jones says that Dryer had no right
90 take the action which he has and
there is 70 bee a great battle In tbs
courts
The Jones company has installed.
on the Kcarns building, a great plant
which Is worth sac 600 There are all
sorts OF booms and derricks, cables
and stringers, much OF the steel has
been lowered into advantageous posi-
tious and everything is Ia readiness
TO push the installation Of the steel
week ago the Jones company was
offered SIS profits on the keurns
building sob TO turn u over 20 me
union men. Dick Jones absolutely re-
fused canning that he had brought
good men from an over the world TO
Salt Lake 10 work ON his contracts
and that az "a matter Of principle he
deprive his men Of work. The Jones
company has the Hotel Utah contract.
and number OF others. tied down
fast and claims TO bp I'm the inter
mountain country 10 stay And not
only that. but the company intends TO
keep an open shop and hght 90 through
on that line "if 70 takes all summer
UNION MEN IN CHARGE.
This morning at o'clock. when the
employees OF the Jones company went
60 work on the kearns building. they
found the excavation and an OF c.
fixtures I'm possession OF 30 mus
union men They were aggressive uI.
threatened TO throw any man w.
did not have e card OF the Job. Jaco
Munsey. business agent OF the Struc-
tural Ironworkers' union. was there
directing operations and there We're
"a bunch OF men ready 70 enforce any
thing that was specified by the men In
charge
Manager Dick Jones Withdrew his
men and let the insurgents go ahead.
The union men are operating today ON
the building. using the equipment Of
the Jones company. The Jones COM
many will seek an injunction against
the union men, and there promises %
De an sorts Of trouble In the near tu-
turc
Mr. Jones had little to say. other
than that Mr. Dryer had betrayed him
ON the Kearns building contract He
said that Dwycr had no right 10 sell
tho contract. and intimated that Tom
Kearns had got to- Dryer from
political point ~ view lie said that he
was going 10 fight the matter all the
way through and that the courts would
decide who was In the right
Mr. Dwycr could not be- found today.
He was not on any of the works nor
I'm his office. His representatives, were
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