Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-05-12 | Page 8 | Employers Begin to Lay off Men; Strike is Given as Reason

EMPLOYERS BEGIN TO LAY OFF MEN; STRIKE IS GIVEN AS REASON CHICAGO. May 12. Employers today began the execution of a new policy as to the teamsters' strike, men In various manufacturing industries being laid off because of the lack of business brought about by the strike. At the Employers' association It was said the number of men laid off because of dullness in trade and consequent lack of demand for certain cer-tain manufactured goods would run Into the thousands and would continue unless normal business conditions returned soon. Hundreds of wagons were sent oxit today to-day by strike-bound houses, advertisements advertise-ments for teamsters filled the newspapers and on every side there was evidence of aggressiveness on the part of the employers. em-ployers. The- edpartmeni stores particularly particu-larly caused large advertisements to appear ap-pear simultaneously in the newspapers announcing that men are wanted to "nil permanent positions" as teamsters. .Protection .Pro-tection was promised to prospective drivers driv-ers and the character of men the department depart-ment stores desire to recruit was Indicated Indicat-ed by the fact that references are required re-quired from applicants. Most of the advertisements ad-vertisements state that "union or nonunion" non-union" men will be accepted. Kinsley's restaurant famed as the scene of bsn-quets, bsn-quets, where Presidents and royalty have dined, has been turned Into a hotel where non-union colored and white teamsters are housed. It was stated authoritatively today thst next week the employers' association would make up a black list of all teamsters team-sters who have gone out on strike. These men. 4:0 In all, will be notified that they can come back to work any time during the week but if they have not returned by the end of next week they will never be reinstated under any circumstances. The black , list programme is said to be more complete and different than that which was, followed during the A. R. V. strike In 1S94. It was stated by the employers' association today that already 2100 positions posi-tions had been filled and that they were rapidly filling the others.