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Show STiilt AFFECTS ELEGTRiCWORK One Hundred Members of Electrical Elec-trical Workers Union Walk Out for Higher Wages DEMAND AN INCREASE OF SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS DAY Reported That Dig Contract a( Fort Douglas Has Deen Tied Up. Electrical workers to tho number of about 100. members of tho international Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, local union No. 35-i, walked out Tuesday In a strike which will afreet all oxcopt two shoos in tho cltv. The o.xcentlons arc tho Electrical Engineering and Construction Con-struction company and tho Universal Electric company. In tho case or tho latter company, the new wage scale was signed a few minutes after the men had walked out. Tlio demands of tlio union arc set forth In a circular which was sent to tho employing em-ploying oh-olriclans about March in of this year. TI1I3 provides for eight hours' work, minimum wage for Journeymen, $l.f0 a day; time and a half for overtime; over-time; wagea lo bo paid weekly, 110 con- iriimvr 10 nave more man ono apprentice appren-tice for oach two Journeymen, nnd the union shop to be recognized by contractors. con-tractors. Affects Fort Douglas. It Is said that tho largest Job tiod up Is at Fort Douglas, whero about forty-two forty-two men were on tho payroll of the company com-pany Saturday night. The Covey apart-ments's apart-ments's pob and the Moylc garage Job are also said to bo tied up by the local electricians. Tho Utah hotel, the New-houac New-houac hotel and tho Keanis building arc not afrected by the strike, as the work has not reached tho electrical singe. C. B. llawlcy. manager of the Inter-mountaln Inter-mountaln Electric company, which om-ployn om-ployn about sixty electrical workers, said Tuesday that ho knew little about the strike until the mon failed to show up for work Tuesday morning. Sayo It Is Surprise. "Wo lcceivcd a letter from the local Electrical Workers' union dalcd March 15 some lime ago, hut paid little attention atten-tion to it." said Mr. Hawley. "The first Intimation that wo had of anything wrong was when some of our men failed to show up for work this morning. Our company has a contract at Fort Douglas, and about forty men are employed. Of that number I do not know how many went to work Tuesday morning. I don't suppose there were many, however. "As I have not given tho matter serious seri-ous consideration I am not prepared at the present time lo givo an opinion as to whether or not the demands of the local union are justified. All our firm can do is to await developments." Tho Independent Electric company, by its manager, Lon J. Haddock, asserts that It is not handlcappod by the strike of the electrical workers. Of the number of men employed by this concern only one walked out and his place was taken In a half-hour or so by another workman, work-man, Mr. Haddock said. |