The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
HERALD REPUBLICAN
FALSEHOOD NAILED
Hartman Line Strikers Deny
Solicitation or Offer of
Brides for Votes.
FREE IN THEIR ACTION
Speakers at Mass Meeting Ad-
wise All to Vote as Anerl-
cans Should.
FREE IN THEIR ACTION

When ]. Z. Cameron in his capacity
ns chairman. Of the Oregon Short Lane
federation called mass meeting "i 'he
striking Hartman system employees ana
svnpathIzcrs to order last night In aFio"
hall. he put a taboo on me o'S''N'
OF local politics saying:
1T is reported that some Of our lean-
ers are irving TO lead their ioi'VWe,s
into some political party; iheFe
be no politics here ton,snt; sns,,,,,, ,,bscrved
bv All The speakers until Charles !.
Nicholson OF the Denver y Ei0 o,son Srdnon
federation, was reached; X, SiscYssing Ms the
Inndin afiidavIt which he repndiaten,
lie explained some of the inciGen.s Gn
which LundiI,s aindavIit, M 'Is,- "nS nf bIa com
mitfoe To the different candidates TOT
office. , h.for,
He said this committee weni oetSpe
The nominees not as members OF ths So
cialist party bur as individuals 10 learn
their attitude in the matter or ,he en-
ployment or labor on mublciPai n
No Bribes offered.
eve went before the candidates as
rontiemenT said he. "and NC were r.
',civsd and treated as gentlemen. No
one offered us bribo OF money OF po-
sition for our influence in securing voiSs
for them as was sta,g9 IN inc a, h,,t
some OF my men III the Denver & klo
I;rsn,e shops seem 10 have had revela.
tion that all the committee got sloo
EACH
Mr.. Nicholson defended the character
of ]. L. Donnelly In the warmest terms
and called him IAN honest man and a
true Socialist.
"Thcy have got 20 show me. exclaimed
Mr.. Nicholson. Il believe Mr.. Donnelly
is an honest man. for / have seen him
in places where lc has been lrltu ana
has not been found disloyal.
Continuing. Mr. Nicholson emphasized
the fact that tho committee mat went
before the candidates went merely as IN
the subject Of employing none but Amer
Jean laborers on all city work. either
direct or BY contract. and that 'hera
Was not the least suggestion or an offer
of money or place
Vote as Americans.
lie made an eloquent plea 10 the voters
To- GO TO the polls tomorrow and vote as
their conscience dictated as American cit-
i5ens.
the Lundln AFFIDAVIT Mr. Nicholson spoke
the federation system OF railway en-
ployccs.
The Hartman system. nc said. was only
asking for what the Denver & Rio C.randr
already had. The formation OF n fedora
ton was purely a business proposition and
IL saves millions or dollars annually 10
tho workmcn by enabling them TO get
their agreements with the companies as
federation instead ot rs Individual
crafts
lie recounted how ne ns head OF the
Denver & Rio Grandc fedora tion had Sc
cured The clgithour law. The first idea
of n federation on the Denver & Rio
Graudc he said. grow our or tho ten
months strike on that road which result
cd in bringing all the men together and
killing the jealousy existing between th"
various crafts. THE strike on tho Harri-
man system t. going 10 be WON hc as
serted. The railroad has got the number
or mon employed they say they have, but
they are not mechanics.