The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14
CONTRACTORS
WILL DISCUSS
STRIKE TODAY
Meeting to Be Held in Salt
Lake at Which the Situa-
ton in Tucker Will Be
Considered.
MORE MEN NEEDED TO
CARRY ON THE WORK
i. w. w. Agitators Declare
They Will Continue Inter-
ference Until Their De-
mands Are Met.

With the dove of peace lowering over
the strike district at Tucker, and
sufficient force Of deputy sheriffs to
insure its not being frightened into
flight, the scene Of official operations
was shifted TO Salt Lake last night,
when a. II. Christensen, head of the
Salt Lake Office of the Utah Coustruc-
of the work Oh the Soldier Summit de-
tour. came TO Salt Lake, accompanied
by several of the sub-contractoTs.
1t is understood that a conference
viii be held today between the officers
Of the construction company and as
many Of the contractors as can be pres
ent together with Rio Grande officials.
to determine a line of action. 1t is
acknowledged that men are much need
ed While there were eleven steam
shovels operating in the several camps
yesterday. they cannot long continue
to run without larger forces OF men
to handle the work that necessarily
precedes aud follows the operations OF
the shovels, There is some question
as to whether or not the work will
he closed down entirely until arrange
ments for fresh start can be effect
ively planned.
Threats of /. w. w.
Tn the meantime, local leaders of
the I. w. ". declare that the deter
mination of the strikers is urfagging.
Few of the !. ". W. returned to the
strike district yesterday. There is a
tendency on the part OF the strikers
to wait for the next move OF the con-
tractors. No lack of confidence is eX
will be able to cope with any arrange
ments made by the company and con-
tractors and force a settlement accord
iug to the terms demanded.
AT the l. w W. heedquar rters last
night a report was current that strike
was imminent In the camps Of the Utah
Construction company at Helper and far
ther east, Jack McCllntock, an /. w. w,
speakef who figured In the agitation at
Tucker, returned from Helper yestcr-
day He said that the fight had only be-
gun. Among other things, he said;
We are accused of having precipi
tated tho strike with only loo men. II
we did that II speaks we'll for our ef
fectiveness. We can easily command
1000 men for use In the Tucker strike
4 n q l.
They have learned how to win by
going to jail and will cheerfully take
the Jail route to victory. II we could
call the strike with $50 men, as we
have been accused OF doing. we ought
to be able to win IT with 1000 or more
men. During the strike we propose
TO see that all the men avoid acts
of violence as far as It Is in our
power to do 80.
To Eliminate |. w. w.
It is understood that efforts will be
made by both the company and the sub
contractors to avoid employing men who
belong TO the l. w W. The attitude Is
taken that the agitators must be pre-
vented from securing new foothod in
the camps AT present the applications
OF men for work at the camps are not
numerous and campaign for securing
1aborers IS imperative Most of the old
man who quit work TO avoid trouble and
for fear of being styled "soabs." II Is
thoupht will remain away from the camps
for the same reasons Some OF them OBJ
iect to working under guards. Several
-, the sub contractors, who are In town
for the acknowledged purpose OF employ
i. rnan axnressed confldence last night
that enough help would soon be secured
TO make Il possible to proceed with the
work Blasting along the line OF con-
struction was resumed generally yester-
day. IL is said, and gave an air OF in
creased activities to the work