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Show up and agitate a reduction of hours of labor and an increase in wages when he was an employer. But it was his principle he said and he believed in the carpenters demanding more wages and shorter hours. Ho desired to co-operate with them as it was mutually beneficial to both contractor and carpenter, as he claimed. Tho proposition for the advance ad-vance in wages and tho reduction in hours has caused alarm, and let it cause alarm, he said. Tho most dangerous element to the laboring man, he claimed, was not capital, but tho fellow-workman who worked by your side at the' bench. He was the greatest enemy of the laboring labor-ing man. Of course all men were not such, but the speaker had reference to the man who sneaked around and tried to get your situation by undermining vou by working for less money. Mr. Devine urged the carpenters, like capitalists, to pool their issues, and it would be to the interest of the organization, organ-ization, if not individually. "How do you stand?" asked Chairman Chair-man CowlS. "Are you in favor of nine hours, instead of ten, to constitute a day's work' Are you iu favor of an advance ad-vance in wages? If so, let it bo known by a rising vote." Every carpenter iu the hall roso to his feet, .and then there was great applause. Just before the meeting meet-ing closed the chairman announced that a mass meeting would bo held in some large hall within a week to decide ou some action to tako when tho carpenters carpen-ters demanded their increase. After the open meeting was ad-jouned ad-jouned the union initiated its new members. mem-bers. Workmen are looking forward to May 1st with considerable anxiety. They deem their demand as just and fair, and arc acting in unison with the Federation Fede-ration Trades of America. The Building Trades committees of Salt Lake also held a meeting last night in the Scott-Aucrbach building and discussed dis-cussed the situation. It was decided that the motto '-united wo stand, divided di-vided we fall," holds good, and that what affected one branch of the building build-ing trade affects it all. It was not definitely defi-nitely settled that all branches would go out, if one of them went on a strike, but at the same time the following scale of prices was named as the union rates for tho coming season : Carpenters, per day of 9 hours J 3.50 Plasterers, per day of 8 days 4.1)0 Brick and stone lnasous.per day of 9 hours 4.00 Stone euttets, per day of 8 hours. 4.00 Painters, per day of 8 hours (formerly) $3 for 10 hours 3.00 Plumbers, per day of 9 hours 4.00 Hod carriers and laborers will receive from $2.75 to $3, according to tho number num-ber of hours they work with the mechanics me-chanics in any of the above trades. LOOKS LIKE A .STHIKE. Salt Lake's Carpenters Preparing for a Reduction in the Hours of Labor. A ROUSING MEETING HELD. Over Fifty Carpenters Join the Union and Will Ask for Nine Hours for a Day's Work. Commencing the first of next month the carpenters of Salt Lake City will demand $3.50 a. day for nine hours work. If. their demand is not acceded to by the contractors and builders there will bo a general strike among thoso tradesmen, and from present indication indica-tion -and encouragement from other trade unions , they will be helped through the tight,. Last night about 100 carpenters of tho local union of tho Brotherhood of carpenters and joiners assembled in the Temple of Honor hall to discuss tho advisability of asking for an increase in-crease in wages and a reduction in tho hours of labor. The meeting was an open one aud A. D. Cowles presided over the gathering. Those who made speeches were W. A. McKenzie, R. G. Slcater, president of the federation of the trades council. Major Bynou aud James Devine. The union has fifty applications for admission to membership and at the meeting last night about thirty were initiated into the organization. After the chairman made a few introductory intro-ductory remarks aud saying what was the object of the meeting, tho first speaker, Mr. W, A. McKenzie, was presented. pre-sented. . Mr. McKenzie in his remarks said that as tho carpenters were the last to ask for an advance in wages and a reduction re-duction in tho hours of labor their re quest could not be considered unreasonable unrea-sonable and that up doubt it would be granted by the employers, provided the . men stuck- together to the end, as many of tho builders in town had said to him that it all .depended on that. Tho speaker further said that the increase in-crease asked was uot so great as that of the men in Chicago to begin with, and considering the cost of living here it was a long way under the price demanded de-manded in the eastern cities, as most of the places asked for 40 cents per hour. He also said that If any trouble ensued here it would no doubt have a depressing depress-ing effect on the Salt Lake boom, and the blame must be put whero it belonged, namely, to tho employers, as they were without a reasonable excuse of any kind for refusing this really moderate demand. Ho further fur-ther said that ho wished it placed upon record that ho was opposed to any arbitrary or violent measures being resorted re-sorted to by the men of the unions, aud challenged anyono to say that he had ever used ono unkind or abusive word in all of his dealings between employer or employee. That the men would win ho did not for a moment doubt, but that it would not do for thorn to be caught napping in this, as vigilance was what was needed, and a firm determination to secure se-cure their just rights. Tho speaker dwelt upon the various phases of tho labor problem in its intricate intri-cate workings, for a short time, and then concluded by thanking tho men for their quiet aud respectable bearing during the long agitation of this measure meas-ure now before our people of Salt Lake City. Iu speaking of the matter It. G. Slcater Slca-ter said that the carpenters were asking for nothing unjust, aud it was a foregone fore-gone conclusion that they would get their demands if they stuck together. It was important that they should stand up for their rights. At present it was a question between capital and labor," la-bor," but if the laboring men would stand solidly together they could get any reasonable, demand that they might make. In Utah the laborers lire conservative, con-servative, he said, aud have worked ten hours loug enough. He was of tho opinion that a carpenter or, in fact, any other laborer could perform as much work in nine hours as in ten if the. laboror was a workman. He stated that ho had always contended for that principle. While house rent, living liv-ing and real estate had advanced to a great extent the carpenters' wages were still in the same old rut as they were years ago. What was needed was for the men to stand shoulder to shoulder to shoulder and they would gain their point. It was not the carpenters alone who were interested in tho outcome of the proposed demand, but all trades-uuions trades-uuions were interested and would spend their last dollar to see that they got their just demands. Mr. Sleater concluded his talk by saying that the laboring class would soon he a power in congress. Major Bynou was next introduced aud stated that the carpenters alone could adjust their own differences, as thoso opposed to their demands which will go into effect Mav 1, would in a few days hide their heads aud tell you that they knew that the carpenters would win the light, and that thev themselves had always been iu favor of granting to the union its demands. Iu alluding to capital and labor tho major told the carpenters that thev had their capital in their muscle and "brain and could sell it at their own price. James Devine, a contractor, but also a carpeuter, made tho assertion that it might seem singular that he should get |