Salt Lake Herald | 1908-03-28 | Page 6 | Strikers' Position Stated

STRIKERS POSITION STATED Federation of Labor Pledges Its Support to Rio Grande Machinists I I H D Robertson representing the ma mo machinists union reported at the meeting of the Federation of oC Labor lat last la t night that the Rio Grande machinists had been com compelled compelled to reject the proposition offered by bythe bythe bythe the railroad company because Its terms would have meant the doing away with the union so far ar as railroad work worl was concerned concern d The moral and financial sup support support support port of ot the federation was iras pledged to the striking machinists The matter of ot feeding United States State army recruits at a Japanese restaurant was again discussed It was decided to ask Senator Smoot to take steps to put an end to the giving of such contracts to aliens Carl Ostby and A H Niece were elected delegates to the convention called for tor April 6 at which a state federation of la labor labor labor bor is to be formed torme J C recording secretary resigned and Allen H Burt of the street railway union was chosen in his place Mr who represented represented represented I the union Is going into business for tor himself