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Show A & A & A A A A A A MEN STRIKE i ANNOUNCED ' Considerable Labor Trouble J Looked for by Associated I Industries Members j II MORE FIRMS SIGN I ! OPEN SHOP CARDS 1 ! Union Craftsmen Hold Meet- I ing to Discuss General m& Situation H W. P. Parry, in charge of the jH construction of the Speery flour jflfl mill, Twenty-ninth street and Pa ill cific avenue, reported late this i'H afternoon that 100 workers of the Ml i Speery plant had walked off the ' Ml I A delegation from the Carpen- PI i ters' union visited the plant just mil j before noon, it was stated, and the oil j men left Immediately. KM I No demands, as far as could be VrH I ascertained, have been made by yl t the striking craftsmen. jl H About 100 men ot the uuiiaing trauei. j walked off the job at the Globe mills. ' j" in West Ogden this morning when the i 1 company posted notices that hereaftei j'f It wouWl operate under the American JB -plan of the Utah Associated Indus li L-J4-Iw'-iru?lr constructiranineV"v " 'I 11 jiu charge of the work, at the plant, do !' clared pie men made do demands ant gave no intimations as to the cause o ;. ; the walkout. I i Reason for Strike. ' H i Striking employes assei't that tin H walkout was caused by the company':. 'WM , adoption of the "American" plan of la- I bor, and that ncno of the men would work under the "open shop" system Information from the offices of Ihe (Sparry lrIour and Milling company if Unit no break has yet occurred at tho ipIafiL, but that a walkout is expected jat any moment. rl j A strike at this mill will influence 'j approximately the same number o) ! men as the Globe. trouble has affected. j Trouble Expected. f' hH Y. R Bossner, secretary of tin ' Utah Associated Industries, said con j siderable labor trouble was anticipatec (before the American plan of employ ment is Instituted. He said cards an JH nouncing the adoption of the "Ameri-j "Ameri-j can" plan of employment were being sent to each member of the Associat-ed Associat-ed Industries in this state and said that about 43 local concerns would be bH displaying cards before tonight IH Following the walkout at the Globe Ml mills, there was a meeting of union men of the building trades in the of HI fice of the union business agent under the Keed hotel. HI "So far as were are concerned the 91 position is the same," said MY. . HI Kawson, manager of industrial reUi- HI tions of tho UtahAssociatcd Indus- Hl tries, "and so, far as we know tho strikes are protest against the 'Ameri- 111 1 can' plan of employment. We have- ' not heard from any source that any 11 I material changes have been made cr attempted by employers under our or- rangement, in the wages, or hours, or j conditions of the people in their cm-, tM ploy. The strike, so far as we are jjH ' concerned, is a. protest against our LH alms, and wo mean to stand by them jH in the interests of the employers, tu" workers and the public." |