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Show TRUTH 2 1st between the president of the Coun- cil and the Mayor. The coldness began last fall, when Mr. Cottrell did his utmost to put the Mayor and the administration in a hole over the Sunday closing law. Mr. Cottrell, before the election, succeeded in making himself very troublesome, and he has not yet been forgiven. Cottrell will probably do what he can to block the Mayors plan for the removal of Chief of Police Hilton and for the appointment of a competent head of the department in his place. The indications are strongly indicative that the removal of the Chief of Police will be made a Mormon and Gentile fight. It ie expected the Mormon element in the Council or at least a portion of it will stand by Hilton and use every possible means to keep him where he is, notwithstanding that the Mayor has removed him, and the Gentiles will strain their utmost to accomplish his removal. This is a very deplorable condition, but it is a condition and might as well be understood and met. ' - W y LLETP Big Annual FOR ONE WEEK. Your Choice from Our Entire Stock off Mens and Youths Suits, Overcoats, Ulsters and Mackintoshes, at City Attorney Nyes appointment of Walter Shoup as his assistant was Mr. Shoup is a bright very good. young lawyer and will fill the position with credit. City Recorder Nystroms appoint- ment of Jack May and Walter Meeks as clerks of the new city courts was all right. They are both capable and SPOT CASH ONLY. trustworthy young men. 1 III The Republican committee of the first precinct is urging Mayor Thompson to appoint W. H. Wilkinson to the position of parkkeeper in lieu of C. E. Erickson, whose term has expired. It is urged against the reappointment of Erickson that he had not been a good in the party worker, and that contest ErickMayoralty son affiliated with the Democrats, and that since his appointment to his present position he has Ignored everybody in the First precinct but Councilman Hewlett. On the other hand, Wilkinson is indorsed as an ardent Republican, who in and out of season worked for the success of the party. Thomp-son-Barn- es No Such Values Ever Offered Before. See Show Windows. Sale Commences FRIDAY, JAN. 17, and Continues until THURSDAY, JAN. 23. DOOR8 TRADES UNIONS CORNER. Communications to this department are requested. Make them short. Sign name and address. Send to Truth, care this department, rooms 11 and 12 Central block. West Second South street. ur . la-j- ed 8 O'CLOCK. CEO. MULLETT & GO. Acocrding to the statute the Mayor is not obliged to present charges against Chief of Police Hilton to have him removed, the only cause required 1. Compulsory education. to be assigned is "for the good of the 2. Direct legislation. members some of the service," but as 3. A intimated workday. that Council have of the they legal eight-hoheara should 4. have Chief the Sanitary inspection of workshop, thought the mine and home. ing, would it not be advisable for the 5. Liability of employers for injury to Mayor to make charges against be should reasons he health, body or life. Chief, giving why of the contract system removed? The responsibility of retain- in6. allThe abolition work. public would officer then ing an incompetent 7. The abolition of the sweating sys- be shifted from the Mayor to the Coun- 8. The municipal ownership of street for cars, water, gas and electric plants public distribution of light, heat and The Mayor will not make any changes ower. of telegraphs, 9. The nationalization in his official family until the Hilton :elephones, railroads and mines. 10. The principle of referendum in all matter is disposed of. eglslatlon. 11. The abolition of convict contract in competition with honest industry. One of the most original experiments in the settlement of wage disputes between capital and labor has begun in Salt Lake Typographical union adoptcommittee an arbitration Brooklyn by ed at its regular meeting, Sunday, Janto refuses of five men. If either party uary 5th, the following: abide by the committees decision it Resolved, That Salt Lake Typographwill lose $10,000, already put up as a ical union No. 115 disapproves of the forfeit. The firm that is having the dispute methods used by the editor of the Utah with its employees is that of Wichert Labor Journal to secure advertisements & Gardiner, shoe manufacturers in East for said publication. New York. In one department seventy Resolved, That we request, that this men and women are affected by a the records of method of making lasts, resolution be entered in and Trades Federated given to the the and the employees demand an increase repress. of 1 cent a pair. This the firm has One of the publications which gave fused, and both sides have fallen back to the foregoing was the statement rise this on an unique agreement. Under made in the initial number of the "Laname to arrangement the workmen are to the effect that if the two of the members of an arbitration bor Journal, come around and didnt jnerchants committee, the firm to name two others, write the would-b- e repfor "ad. a nice these four to select the fifth. names of the the of resentative labor, recalcitrants would be published. This announcement, really, was the prime There is one kind of "strike" that the one which precipitated a very vigorous kick upon .the part of the many memcapitalist dont orkick on the ofopening oil an bers of the Federated Trades, as they the ore an tapping body of objected to being considered as even gusher. new-ly-patent- OPEN AT or quasi sponsors of w'hat was termed to be a species of mild blackmail. Although at that time the champions for the decency and respect of the Federated Trades ware outnumbered by a few votes to withdraw recognition from the Labor Journal, the editor thought it would be wise to veil the evident threat of the first announcement, and in the last number of his paper attempts to do so. Here is the effort:' Dont buy from merchants who do not advertise in the Utah Labor Journal. This is the paper of organized labor, and wrhy should not the merchants advertise in it if they want your business? .They get $240,000 a month out of labor in Salt Lake and ought to be willing to reciprocate to the extent of advertising in the Journal. If they dont, it is equal to saying: We dont want your patronage. Act accordingly. It is the opinion of the members of the printers union, and no dangerous ground is tread when the assertion is made that there are many others in the various unions affiliated with the Federation of the same mind, that there is a right and wrong way to solicit the support, respect and confidence of the business men of the community, and that the method of the Labor Journal is one of the wrong ways. Whenever a merchant, or any other individual, makes it a part of his business to fight labor and its Interests, then will labor be justified in using the most drastic measures in overcoming the opposition. But ito denounce or threaten a firm or individual because he does not see fit to invest in your good thing is so unfair and unjust that to lend support to such a procedure is equivalent to denying a man the right to think in such matters for himself. And that is proof of which is the fact that he still continues to use it as an adjunct in the publishing of his paper. This remark must also have been considered humorous by the council, for when brought to its attention the matter was considered of such little importance-sha- t a motion to withdraw the privilege of using the name of the Federation by the Labor Journal was voted down. And thus do w'e have another exemplification of the old adage: When some one smotes you a smote on of your directory, turn em the other. one-sid- e Labor unions are a necessity. This is now' an accepted fact. But labor unions should not run away with the idea that because of this conceded fact they are the only necessity. Those with whom they necessarily deal are somewhat of a necessity, too, and in all matters involving regulation of industrial affairs, this point should receive proper consideration. The effort to raise sufficient funds to relieve the distress of Mrs. Coates and her nine children, whose husband, a carpenter, recently died, Is meeting with splendid success. The $200 mortgage will be raised and a respectable sum In addition will be obtained for the wridow. The committee is still at work. It is rumored in labor circles that the Highland Boy smelter at Murray and whatever is is mighty poor policy, let it contemplates a reduction of the wages come from whom or where it will. of the carpenters in their employ, the ' reduction to take place next week. The company, it seems, has been given to Whats in a name? Authorities dif- understand that but little opposition fer. As an illustration of this, witness would be met with from the local carthe remark of the editor of the Utah penters union. In this both the "inand the company are likely to Labor Journal regarding the use of the formant be very much mistaken. Business name of the Federated Trades of this Agent Strickland has the matter in city, viz.: To hell with it! But the hand, and the true Inwardness of the gentleman was evidently joking, in scheme will soon be developed. an, un-Ameri- |