Show LABOR LADO TROUBLES I I DUE IN SPRING Spirit of Unrest Bids Fair to Break Loose Sooner Or Later M MEN N SEEKING HIGHER WAGES Increase lIt In time the Co o t or of LIving Is As s ActIon 1 ne JIll b I Unions Unions Spring labor troubles are arc casting their shadows upon time the wal The strike or of orthe tIme the was the tho harbinger an and this baa followed b by the demand deman of oC the tue carpenters for tOl an Increased ed seil scale Tile Tho who are more or less affiliated wIth the plumbers ae arc not In ill the best of mood and It Is rumored that the they 1150 also will a asic le for Cor n a beter better ment In the lie mater of oC Ad ni nil or of this Is producing nn an agitation ton tion amon nIl all of thc building trades unions a spirit or of unrest which bids tall fair to break lance sooner or toted The contractors are arc up In the all air and bids on structures ao are being held up because of oC the tho uncertainty In re me gard to prIces which will to be paid for tor labor Architects are aro complain complaining ing bc because the they cannot prompt InE bids and unless the lie bul bull Is seIzed b by tho thio hors there promises to ho be more or orless orless less of oC a chaos In building circes circles when tho lie real work worl begins In the spring In III ot of time tho fact that the cl city Is confronting probably the tho greatest buIldIng season In Its Is the lie con are arc according to tothie the thie men who lio follow closely the trend mend or of labor mid Industrial conditions There seems t ti he 10 10 leo dIsaffection workingmen bitt tIme the on the pent part of bl there is a very apparent feelIng that thc they should obtain more money for Cor their work worle INCREASE 1 IN LIVING COST The Increase In the lie cost of oC lIving Is tIle tho common argument advanced b by tie the nn nian behind the tho hoe or theo tho brush or thee the trowel or whatever It might be I It Is that In the lie thelast last te fees years ear the cost or of the nece caries saries ot of life has hns a advanced many mony told fob more than Is with the thea a advance vace In Ill wages Time he of east elst easterIe erIe ern mechanIcs which has been velY very has hns had I a effect upon the sItuation They caim that they have hae been heen accustomed to bu buy ever every everythIng thing much more ch cheaply ph In the great centers Qt population than In Salt Lake Ind anil that the Wes wages have been the thc same practIcally Another class which according to a a contractor of oC natIonal reputation Is that hInt whIch Is ha In n a city there thele Is great grent building They are disaffected w milO o arc amO al always ways was trouble according to the contractor and always cau cause e an upheaval of oC In industrial conditions I It Is expected that the acton actIon of the carpenters In regard to nonunion men wi 0 be followed b by tho ho other unions doing away entIrely with the open shop This Is iii bound to cause al all sorts of complications because of the tact fact that lint whIle the unions are aTO very el strong In tho 1110 city the are about bal balanced balanced et l by men and shops whIch Time The trades council counci time the boss work workmen men loon and tho ho contractors are m anxious to Lo bring al all matters up at the earlest earlIest posSible moment s so that lint everythIng la lila bo be definitely In conjunction wih the tho weather nn mid so that lint the tho gat great building enterprises planned ma may 10 be to n a conclusion without serious labor disputes |