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Show THE STRIKE EXAGGERATED. Only About Thirty 'ar,aterm Out Who Krtu to Work With "Scabs." Ill au iutervlew with President Cowles, of the carpenter's union, a Times reporter learned that the local strike situation had been greatly overestimated. over-estimated. Tho uuion ha about only thirty men out on strike. Otherwise everything is moving along in good shape. Seven contractors were settled with yesterday. Tho worst feature of the situation is the two mills the Sierra Nevada and tho Salt Lake building build-ing company. The non-union men at the Sierra Nevada mills who struck with tho unionists for union prices and shorter hours hate returned to work. The union men are still out. The situation situa-tion at tho Salt Lake Building company's com-pany's mill is unchanged. The union carpenters are lighting Contractor MoWn-gor on tho Crane building and two cottages whieh he is croctiug, and D.iust A Co. The rest of the contractors have all yielded to the demands of the carpenters, and working work-ing uoue but uuion men. The carpenters called out tho plumbers plumb-ers from Dutist A Co' work this morning, morn-ing, as they would not work with nonunion non-union men. They also called out the innsons at McGregor's cottages. At a mcetiug of the trades council on Tuesday Tues-day all the trades agreed to stand by the carpenters and would call out any men at any time it was deemed advisable, advis-able, such as brick layers, mono masons, ma-sons, painters, and so on. Tho carpenters carpen-ters apprehend very little trouble with any of the contractors outside of those above mentioned. The carpenter's union has elected an additional walking delegate, Harry Willard. who is doing good work. Ho took in twenty new applications yoater-day, yoater-day, The union issued tho following call last night: There will he a I'Hiclsl mmtin of the mem-bt mem-bt of Crpiitr' Union Nu. 0, tn the federal fed-eral cotirtrwui, this eventriK, Friday, Miy I, ISUO. Business of Important- to every menilier to be conslilmyil, Come without tall. A. II. Cowus, l'retlilenl. J. M. Connors, HerreUry. - - . |