Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-03 | Page 3 | Striking Stonecutters Replaced

11 STRIKING STONECUTTERS STONECUTTERS REPLACED Up to noon today there was no special ape ape- cial feature to the stonecutters' stonecutters strike The fhe men wio wo walked out on Contractor Contractor Con- Con tractor Walker Valker at the McCune building have been replaced by other men an and 1 the work will be resumed as soon as the melting of the snow will permit it Mr Walker considers the matter as set- set tied Mr J Walker said Those who stirred up this trouble were cre members of the National Stonecutters Stonecutters' Stonecutters Stonecutters' Stonecutters Stonecutters' Stone Stone- cutters cutters' cutters cutters' union which has its headquarters ers In Washington t I got men to take their places at 1 I Id d day y out of the local Stonecutters Stonecutters' I I union anion which has no connection with the national union I told the men that I could not afford to go down in my pocket to pay them their extra 50 cents because I had already made my contract contract contract con con- tract with Dallas Hedges on the basis of U 4 4 a day to the man I told them that if they gave me sufficient notice hereafter I would be willing to pay them a day There are union men who travel around from place to place stirring up these strikes for higher wages and then go off some place else and leave the local men to fight it out When the matter has been settled they come back and reap the benefit We call them floaters and they are a pest The local men suffer for their trouble