Show GERMANIA STRIKERS ISSUE Th A STATEMENT TATI Smelter Men len Present Their Case in iii an all Address to the tile Public Say Cost of Living Has Advanced So They Cannot Live on Present Wages Situation Unchanged The German Genna smelter strike is th still Jn in n the same condition C that It has bas been from the start The large majority of men Then are yet out and anet nd the smelter is suf silt suffering fering damage by lose of money oney and Injury to lUr It plant Hardly more than thann n of the total number necessary sari sary for operation o is employed But two furnaces are running while the other two that have been working are frozen frown up and a few men were clearing cleaning them yesterday so that at this rate it would require ten days or possibly two weeks to finish There has been no DO n disorder about the smelter The men have been calm and peaceful They show no DO disposition to be riotous but even the most conservative of them admit arnIt that a 8 spark might set off a ablaze ablaze ablaze blaze among the workers For this rea reason reaBOn son BOn those tho e who are careful reful ul and more in intelligent intelligent Intelligent have advised the men inert to keep away from the yards Even those who tho are at work do not hang around when I they go off oft shift Crowds though smaller than thai formerly continue to col colHt 1 Ht At t at the chang of each ea h shift but no M hard words have bove been spoken for there is 19 i at this time no disposition to toca ca e violence violen e eThe The new features of the situation yesterday were Ute the issuance of a state statement statement ment to the public by the strikers and andt thir t ir offer otIer of a statement to The Her Herald Herald ald aId in corroboration of its accounts of the strike Notwithstanding the fact that Sheriff and Superintend Superintendent ent Tucker have denied the truth of The Herald reports of the lead leaders leadeM leaders ers eM of these theBe OO men voluntarily signed a statement which declares l t The Herald has ha told the truth in all essen emen essential till particulars Charles I Olsen Olson who is the most in influential of the leaders leader wanted to cir the statement and have all of or the men sign it but he was asked not notto notto notto to do so o by a a representative of Tho Thu Herald The men who had already signed i ned it had done so eo o with great pleas pleasure ure lire ind and as their opinion was general it was vas useless u elea to secure eure ure more signatures Strike Leaders Meet The leaders le of the strikers held a meeting at the home of Charles L 01 Ol Olson son on to take preliminary measures to t form lorm a union They realize that they must have an organization If they are tt t contact tie the properly and in 11 iw Il orderly manner They agreed to call calla a public meeting to be held eld at the Mur Murra Murr r ra y opera house this evening at 8 S o dod They also ateo decided to issue an address to the public that their side of ot which amount will no more than make our our wages correspond with witti wl r the in rn increased creased cre s d cost of living U IL ILIn In making this Uris demand we declare that it Is Impossible for us to continue to work at the present scale of wages and unless we shall receive a satisfactory tory increase by the of April 1900 we shall all be compelled to quit work until such time as we are paid a scale justified by the present large profits of our employer and demanded by the increase of the cost of living Will Keep the Peace We pledge ourselves each with the theother theother theother other to keep the peace in case we are forced to cease work and we will pro the property of our so far as lies in our power Being united by common interest we will be governed in our future course by the vote yote of the majority of those whose names are ari hereby appended and we will abide by all the rules and reg adopted at meetings duly called of our number m III We make this statement that there may be no cause or excuse to misjudge us And we sign our names hereto as asa asa a pledge that we will act In unison and stand together in our efforts to secure tt which is just so that we may not become the white slaves of the smelter trust There does not seem to be much that this statement will be signed by not only those ien who refuse to togo togo togo go to work now but by those who are areat areat areat at work Strikers Are Determined Those Those men who are tending the big hot furnaces down at the smelter seem as determined to go out if their wages are not raised as those tho who refuse to return to work They have been promised by Tucker that he give them theman themi theman an answer to their demands on April 9 He desired this time in which to communicate with wit the operating com corn committee of the lter trust at Denver Demer which alone has power to make a gen gem general eral oral increase at the The Themen Themen Themen men are waiting upon this answer anwer They declare that unless the trust agrees arees rees their wages wa ea ii 6 cen par J da day all af round roti every evary on of them wilt which will cause the thee plant to close flown The services of ot the state board of ar arp and conciliation have been difficulty might be known as as they the v anted to be wholly within the law decided to consult con Judge O 0 W TV J 0 era r Accordingly Ollon was ti d to come ome to Salt L Lake kand and lay la the i tarts before the attorney att that he might I fare are a statement that was lawful ni nl that showed Mowed lawful purposes purpose It b I i been signed by b a few f men nd will 11 l J brought up at the meeting this even een eveni evento i j 5 to be signed by the remainder It r ads as follows Statement of Strikers The undersigned ned employees of the A American Smelting S Refining com corn for JP the Pun e of informing the public of the true conditions with which JIT We V are urr and awl to make clear tn th thc ju justice tice of our demand for hitcher hiMer t ages as U well eU as U for the purpose of a ting in harmony In our efforts to bet tf tr the condition Jue this at n nt or of grievance and of our demands I Ve P Io are engaged In an occupation Bratly detrimental detriment to hearth het th owing to fumes fumea and ga ses and It Is ls w on nt that is very and re grets the outlay of great physical t Aaa A 4 cons consequence we cannot r tUt ur nr u f our ly without frequent n t Liking a layoff layo In order to retain CJU eGr r health Hence the amount that we for wages is 1 redUced by the of time Cost Co t of Living Higher Eigher The cost COItt of living bas h increased from 2 to 5 25 per p cent above th the prices aid aJl heretofore The of our called the smelter rust we are Informed has been verY to V the stockholders holders as it AWlS t eld to Itself and does doea fer from not nut auf to o thus being able arbitrarily fix Its own scale of ofin harges Its busIness is very active be ing tory lory larger than at any in the his Uh of the state and It Its profits are that It can well afford to share I rne POrtIon of fits Us Its good fortune with I e whOM brain rin and muscle muncie make it uto to conduct Its affairs We s e have hae d L therefore made a n demand do nl nOW ares ages J rv demand an increase in or of 35 cents per day all ail around I 1 1 i offered each sid in the case Manager Jones replying for the smelter said that the matter had been referred to the th operating ti committee at Denver Denyer They have heard nothing of the offer and they do not understand what it could mean meanS Secretary S Daveler said yesterday that he had mailed a copy of the law on the subject to a workman named John Johnson Johnson Johnson son the only one of whom the board i I knew know Johnson has said saAd nothing about it to the other men lIt Of course we will be willing to do anything that is fair said one of the leaders yesterday but I cant speak for all aU the men as to whether or not they the would submit their case I to the board beard bon rd I dont even know anything about bout the board If they would act fairly and anti squarely the men would be willing g to submit the case to arbitration |