Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-13 | Page 5 | 115 Stonecutters Are out on Strike

115 STONECUTTERS ARE OUT ON STRIKE But Little Question That Differences Will Bo Settled at an Early Date. Both the Salt Lake and Mid vale stone yards of the Consolidated Stone com-pnu' com-pnu' were closed yesterday, sixty-live stonecutters from the local plant having .ioinod in a sympathetic strike with the fifty employed in Midvalc. Tt was stated at the local qfiiccs of the com-pany com-pany that while nothing new devclopod yesterday, it is probablo that the trouble trou-ble will be settled by arbitration. Managor Elias Ashton of the stone convpuny said yesterday that the contract con-tract with -lames Stewart & Co., contracting con-tracting company, would not bo affected affect-ed as, by a contract provision, no time lost on account of strikes is counted. Work at tho quarries continues as usual. The stonecutters went on a strike Tuesday because it was claimed that two employees were discharged without .iust cause. Ouorgu Curley, superintendent superinten-dent of the Midvalc plant, expressed the opinion that tho trouble will be .settled .set-tled satisfactorily soon.