The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15
WORKERS MARCH IN
A PROTEST PARADE
Socialists Join in DemOnStra-
ton of Sympathy With
Hartman Line Strikers.
WILL START NEWSPAPER
Candidates Pledge Them
selves to Stand by Party Re
gardless of Endorsements.

As protest against the bringing I"
Salt Lake of strikebrcakers 20 work on
The Hartman lines. organized labor pa
radcd last night 70 show sympathy with
the striking shop workers OF the various
roads Nearly all Of the unions were
rcpresented. though some were out IN
greater force than others. In Few in'
stances the representation was slight.
|, was essentially "a Socialist parade.
Banners bearing Socialist notices ana
slogans were carried 10y the union he"'
ms well as by the large number o' 81
cialists. who helped TO swell the pro-
ccssion. of
Tho parade formed at Federation W
1.ahor hall and marched up Main street
around ihe Brigham Young mon tllnenl'
and thence TO the Salt Lake theatTr;
whore a benefit entertainment was heio
for the strikers. .;,-
in the parade were tranSparehEv,i'yIs
bearing such notices as: Let rs D.
vaukoeizc Salt Lake. ''To the ITO
J,cer Belongs All Wealth aud = lie
Union Men Election Day. and many
others OF similar purrort.
Socialist Activity.
The Socialists arc conducting
strenuous campaign. No' "u'4 -, -
ensroetic canvass being made. but meet
ingt arc held wherever there - an oP-
norfunitv in halls or on the stree,s'
Today there will bc two meetings ln.'
nortant from the Socialist standpoint. !.
ono of these viii be in the First Metn-
od;s, church al o clock in the even
inc. The pastor Of that church. he';
Francis Burgette Short. has eNtenhe"
k.aE-n
AN invitation 10 candidates VINO nav
message 10 the people to aodre1S T's
congregation. The speakers WIZ ~
Henry ~. Lawrence, Socialist canaldate
,nr Io,,,terp, commissioner. and Murray
r King. The subject Will be ne '9o'
c;sIis, Side of Current Problems.
The other meeting Will be- AT fe1era-
zion Of Labor hall. also at CLOCK
and there Harry Mckee, national so
I,ajist organizer. will talk ON the sig
nificarre OF the Present Rniroad
strike" Mr.. Mckee is .lnst rom tle
chief scene of conflict III Iailtorn,a'
where he Was in touch with lne WI
ingneu' : side of the argument, co,-
Ieciion will be taken AT the latter meet
;r, - bs couallv divided between the
striking workmen and the Socialist
camuaiqn fund. James \. Smith' "nV
is managing the Socialist campaign: VIII
preside,
Pledged 70 Socialism.
Tho Socialist campaign committee,
candidates and district chairmen at
meeting Thursday evening, appointed
committee TO prepare 4 statement 10,
nuhlicaticn over the signatures ol All
the candidates recommended and IN
Jorsod hv the Socialists on July ~ III
convention and later by tho salt Lake
Federation of Labor. The committee
prrformcd its duty and the statement
which was "'That however Endorsed or
supported by others, they would staua
sauarelv on the Socialists platform
and pledged to comply with the CON
sti,utioual requirements of the party.
This was signed by w. +. Ramsey,
Henry ". Lawrence. Homer T. Burt,
" III. Knsrr aud Alfred Sorcnson, the
entire Socialist ticket.
VIII Have Newspaper.
vi meeting held last night it was
determined that the Socialists and or
panized labor would have an organ III
Salt Lake CITY. The first steps were
taken in that direction by the organlza-
ton of 4 company which will he lncor-
porated under the laws OF Utah, with
q capital Of $4,000 In 81 shares, AT
the meeting last night $3.50 WAS sub
scribcd ard il was decided not 10 be
gin pHsldiInHN uHtil lHe tultN Sl''n &c
taken up. something which TO those
present appeared 10 be matter Of but
few weeks. Officers and directors
elected were: James a. Smith, presi
dent; 4. II. kempton. vice president
VI. T.. King. secretary and treasurer
aud these with the following constitute
the directorate: \. n. Kemptou, John
Berger. W. l.. Lemon. Robert Lcggctt
Robert Starrett and Louis Broiie.
The labor interests are represented il
the directorate James \. Smith is pres
ilcnt of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen: j l.. DonneIly Is vice uresi
dent of the Federation OF Shop En-
plovecs of the Denver & Rio Grande
and Robert Starrctt and Louis Brodi,
are trustees Of tho central labor union
IL Is expected TO publish the first
number Of the new paper on the frs
OF the wear. II VIII be called the Inter
Mountain Worker and will be pubIishe,
bv the Workers Publishing company
ms the new company viii be known i
will consist AZ FIRST Of eight pages ant
viii devote itself strictly TO the inter
ests OF the workingmen of the inter
mountain states
The establishment of the paper ma,
alreadv been recommended by the stat,
federation of labor at its last meeting
which was held At Ogden. at which tim,
the Socialist ticket was iudorsed.