The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-19
UNION. LABOR IN
LARGE PARADE
Holds Meeting of Protest in Be-
half of Disaffected Laundry
Employees.
SPEAKERS URGE WORKERS
TO STAND TOGETHER
President Meyer of Western
Miners Federation Pledges
That Body's Support.

About 1000 union workers, repre-
senting several lines of industrial pur-
suit, including about 800 laundry work
ers, paraded Saturday night as pre-
hminary to we'll attended meeting
at the Federation of Labor hall, the
purpose being to protest in behalf oil
the disaffected laundry girls and other
laundry employees.
The parade was headed by the Salt
Lake Federation of Musicians banu,
and +. W. Butler Of the central com
mittee Of the A. r. of l., as marshal
J. F. Munsey Of the building trades
council was chief aide. The line formed
at the hall, marched up Main street
to the monument and countermarcneu
to the hall L..
Tho meeting was presided over by
ters' local, The first speaker was W.
n. Knerr, secretary Of the laundry
workers local, who reviewed the causes
Of the present trouble, and urged unit
ed action on the part Of the laundry
employees in standing for what lhey
consider their rights.
The Misses Selling and Hurley OF
ST. Louis, Mo, representatives OF the
| garment workers OF that city, at the
| present on strike, were introduced, ana
In telling Of their troubles in the east
urged the local laundry girls to stand
| together and solicit the help OF all
union workers in support Of their fight.
Reviews Unionism.
W. g. Dalton gave a brief review OF
| the history of unionism in this coun-
| try and set out his reasons for belleV'
| ing that until n radical change occurs
| in the principles of government the
people Of the United States Will not
be able to enjoy the benefits Of truly
| "frce' government. He spoke OF the
legal phases OF differences between
employer and employee, and IN closing
urged the laundry workers to stand to-
gcther in their protest against the con
ditions they are fighting,
A. j, Weber dwelt on the results
that the women ought to be able to at
tain in n state such as Utah where they
have been given the right Of suffrage
and its principles IN general, and urgec
a city-wide campaign on the part OF
the laundry workers in making tho
public acquainted whit the facts OF
their trouble with their employers.
The last speaker of the evening wa:
Charles II. Meyer, president of the
| Western Federation of Miners, who ar
rived in the city from Butte at
clock in the evening and marched
with the union men and women in theil
parade. Mr.. Moyer, who is on one OF
his regular visits Of inspection to the
mining districts Of this and other west
ern states, is Just recovering from al
attack of pneumonia and was not OIL
the programme for an address. He wa!
introduced by Mr.. Weber, however, anc
took occasion to compliment the unioI
men and women of Salt Lake on then
protest against what they consider al
| infringement of their rights and urged
that they keep the fight up until they
win recognition.
Pledges Miners Support
Mr. Mover referred to a recent pro
test demonstration held in Denver anc
told of the good results for the work
ing classes which had followed the
protest. He urged all union worker!
to stand by the laundry workers ant
pledged for them the support of Tho
union miners of the Western Fedora
tion in the stand they have taken.
Mr. Mover said he would stay in this
city and be at the service of the laun
dry workers in helping them toward!
better organization if they wished it
President Graham of the luterna
tional Laundry Workers organization
will arrive in this city Monday to hell
the local workers.