Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-06-15 | Page 2 | Strike at Tucker Virtually at End

ISTfiIKE IT TUCKER VIRTUALLY AT END Construction Company Officials Offi-cials Say That Work Is Pro-gressing Pro-gressing Favorably. NO MORE MEN NEEDED Steam Shovels on JLast Lap and Work Will Be Completed Com-pleted on Time. According to officials of tho Utah Construction company, tho Btrike situation situa-tion at Tucker has ceased to bo a serious seri-ous handicap to tho progross of work on Soldier Snmmit detour. Equally positive, and to tho contrary, is the contention of lenders of the I. W. W. that the striko is still in fall switijj and in proving effective in hindering tho prosecution of tho work. The 'fact remains that work is going ahead in mot of the camps, according to reports from Tucker, and mon are arriving thero seeking work all tho time. Laborers are going out of Salt Lake- singly, in pairs and in squads. One tram carried forty mon yesterday, who had been hired horo by sub-contractors who aro in tho city hunting men b So far as can be Joarnod, not many of the L W. 'W. aro making stronoiona efforts to roach tho camps. A report from Tnckor Inst night was to the effect ef-fect that between fifteen and twoniy men participated in the street mooting moot-ing of tho agitators thoro yesterday afternoon and "evening. The mon arc" still camped on rented ground back of the Bchool house in Clear Creek canyon. can-yon. How Tests Are Made. Tho question was raised as " to whether or not tho I, W. W, might not hire to tho contractors hero in order to bo sent back to tho striko territory under tho guiso of workers. A. II. Christcnflon. in charge of tho Salt Lake offico of tho construction company, and supervisor of tho work on tho do-tour, do-tour, scouted tho idea. "How can you bo sure that nono of tho I. W. W. aro includod among the mon you aro hiring?" was asked. "Thoro Is nothing easier," answered Mr. Christonson. "All we have to do is to look at their hands. Thoro are no full-fledged T. TNT. W. with work-callouses work-callouses on their hands. All wo havo to do is to seloct men who ar.o actually workers and who boar tho evidence of it in their toil-worn hands. Thoy aro the mon with whom wo have -built the road thus far and with whom wo will finish it." I. W. W. Are Silent. In answer to the question ns to whether or not somo of tho I. W. AV, woro getting themselves emplo3'cd as laborors in order to bo shipped 6nck to tho striko center, local officials of that organization, wero unwilling to commit themselves Jnst night. Thoir refusal to say anything, however, was accompanied accompan-ied in each instance with a suggestive smile. Mr. Christonson said last night that tho work was so nearly completed that it would not bo necessary to bring tho working force up to tho former number. num-ber. Ho said that every steam shovel was now on its last lap and that under such conditions fewer mon are needed than would bo tho case if the work were in a preparatory state. Ho seems confident that tho completion of tho work before the closo of the summer, as planned, will not bo intertcred with by tho strike. More Men Arrested. Special to The Tribune. PEOVO, Juno 14. Sheriff Henry East brought down soven more loaders of the I. W. W. last night and lodged them in tho county jail here. Thoy wore arraigned this morning chargod with stealing a ride on tho train and wore sentenced to ten days oach in tho county iail. Shoriff East is having considerable con-siderable annoyanco with tho Industrial Indus-trial Workers, "who aro serving time here or aro awaiting trial. They complain com-plain one day that they aro not getting get-ting enough to eat and then the next time Sheriff East goes into tho jail he - - will find a lot of their previous meals piled up on the rubbish heap. Ho says that threo of the men hold here arc hardened criminals, but J. T. Morgan, who is allcgod to bo a leader and officer of-ficer in tho T. W. W., is an cxccllont prisoner.