Deseret Evening News | 1908-01-29 | Page 1 | Cheyenne Shops Are Closed Down

SHOPS ARE CLOSED Mere Merc Handful Left Lef to Work Few Days So Quit CITY IS WONDERING W DEEPLY Jai Under i Co So SIC t Is II U l tu x peeled Cuve Ga Order Ordery y Special to 10 the NoI Cheyenne onne Wyo 0 Jan Jai 29 President of lt tho timo Union Pacific today tolor or ordered dered the discharge ot of forty machin machinists Istl and Ild seventeen s car workers at this point This rhuis now cuts the th Union Pa Pacific Pacific force down to a ii I mere handful of ot men leon m n who arc are allowed to work only ani three days dt s per week wOok arid and Id as aR they cannot live hivo on this all al must ru t of ot necessity seek Heel employment elsewhere resulting In II practically closing tho shops at lt this point Tho The Union Pacific Is under unter contract with tho tue city of Cheyenne to tu keep not loss ise than ono thousand men In tho the shops In return for concessions granted tho company bs by 1 them In this tho way a of ot free water closing of ot streets building of at viaducts Inducts etc ete and Ind the tue Ih city will wi probably call cal tho tha tit railroad com corn company company pany patty to In tho the court The ac as Inn tion ton of o President Molder Mohler lohler has hM cast a n gloom over oer Cheyenne business Interests und and people aro are wondering whet what the tho end will wil be