| Show J AMERICANS BREAK ff t. t V r I HOUR EIGHT 1 LAW J COMPLAINT AGAINST A tt CONTRACTOR i ff t J f. f D D. I Hanley an I ey Nl Member em b er 0 of f f Local Combine Named J I V J. J as Defendant r-r r 1 I F. F OVERTIME ON CITY WORK Y t V Kearns City Officials Are RefI Responsible Re Re- I f-I for Opposition to tc W Union Labor e Sj STATE LA LAW IS IS S VIOLATED I t J J. J lJ N t. Spalding Stands With 1 Gang Against Union Principles t c The American administration I tion is not only permitting its contractors to violate the state eight hour law but the inspectors S tors of the city board of works are watching watching- the violations I A complaint was sworn to yesterday against James D. D Hanley who has a large force of men curbing and guttering the t lie e East Side cross streets from Brigham I street to Third j 11 11 have to toi f. f Wv X J. J i. i i ri l for fora u uN g e cB j. j liis or this emet ement m t. t of oi law 1 jg at I i 1 th the tAte t m member uber of ot the s fr h- h combine and a ator A tor to t h. eY I funds j Th 4 il ts s T JV g. pass d. d A na of ih mo or i wEe t to 1 1 et a J f Vi tha P Ta l A AP I Eli se ai Of tt r 1 Feder ol of il J 5 ago against ns rall r c fIfthe ci cit tg o t ran jE tJi J r lato the e t tate fe lYo j was wasen en i be or fL w vy jjr J fi fa I pl pl g dM g and paid TJ 1 e. e I T t tip jt Jf J las as ben e n W tt is t t e oJ 9 i t or w do o li S cont 31 v vr I 1 I tott f t ker es ou I of i. i board boar j r s Ff t wt th tor Cy td Other th r con coil I j tractors praetors w e c m min n r- r lf lr f day I h law JaV allow il I Y o. o Ithe AmI American T py 1 The t olt no ao lo j I Ti tn f t or f 1 at ie board of of- Ii 11 fai 1 1114 in tb r tin J. J t ti t t l. l U t i ot 1 U ward ard t ty l' l 1 Ta a h ct city y co in- in inI I I- I JU iUs It f fl l r 1 fIr i u ii a th t top t cr I f e C 1 f 1 v one One- lOt lr t I vitt J Jt u days das a 8 7 1 rth m ph f l l lT T n 1 party c ct 1 j. i J. J Y Fla 1 e i COMPLAINT AGAINST A CONTRACTOR CONTRA TOR TORI I i Continued Fri From r Page e One inta I f I administration would ha have hav allowed It I I Last Laal evening Arthur Roe swore oro to tim tho complaint against Hanley The rhe complaint charges that Jaunts James D D. Han llan- IC loy 10 on October 1 27 7 7 wa was guilty of or violating vio yb- lating hutin time Iho hour eight law as an follows That the said ald Id James Jame D. D Hanley being then and l there then a 8 contractor upon a public work carried on by hy Fait alt Lake city a municipal corporation to lo wit upon the guttering and curbing of or certain tam tain public street street-s of or the the- the the-eaid ald city It did then tI and antI there require and contract with one Joseph to work vork upon the Mid said work and undertaking longer than eight hours in the said calendar cal cal- day dar such ork work for tor a longer perIod period per per- iod lod than eight hours not being then and there In a a. case of emergency nor normade normade made mode necessary h by Imminent danger to life and property properly The particular piece of or work upon which imaM has this week been working his men inca overtime is on tho curbing and gutt guttering of ot Third East street He has hns been doing this sort of ot thing for tor some fome weeks t Inspectors 4 Law v Violation Xo No 0 Jess Ices than three Inspectors of tle board of or works have have been been watching tho the work In the time interests of or the city and these too have been been working overtime If It their methods of or putting In the time can be called work The chief Inspector of ot the board Mike Miko Fitzpatrick appointed and kept in office b by the American Inner circle has visited work dally daily and I has been seen watching tho the men at ati work after hours hour i II H. G. G McMillan American party party part worker and chairman of or the board of ot works Is in lii t with this work and knows that Hanley has lias been violating the law So do Charles D. D W. W J J. J Halloran C. C P. P Brooks Samuel M. M Barlow and other members of or the board all good American American Amerlean Amer- Amer ican lean party part workers So too does oes Frank R. R Christensen candidate for county cleric clerk who is secretary of or tho the board of or works and who has in his office records of oC the inspectors who are watching watching- th work Christensen has known all along that the state stale law passed at the In Instance Instance instance In- In stance and for tor the protection of or la 10 laboring Ia- Ia boring men has been openly and flagrantly flagrantly fla fla- Ia- Ia grantly violated Yet Frank R R. Christensen a party part to an nn infringement of or the rights of or labor with the other candidates on his ticket is making a special appeal to laboring men mon for tor their support s 's for Gan Gang Cans J. J N N. Spalding an American party part candidate for tor the legislature has been beon an ardent worker for tor the ut It organized or or- labor lie He Is one of ot the heads yf uC the Federation of Labor Yet h ht he went on tho the American n ticket wh when n he hc knew that his p party arty rt was allowing contractors contractors con con- tractors to violate openly and fla- fla a law passed In the In Interests and at the request of or organized labor Tie ne must have known that this was beng beng beng be- be ng done for Car his own body tody the F dora dora- Ion lon of Labor has formally Against this to the American city council coun cil and did not the even en get courtesy courteS f t notice of the tho protest A A. J. J Weber American can llato for tor district attorney has made special appeals appeals appeals ap ap- ap- ap peals to laboring men on many alleged grounds He knows that the tho city administration administration administration ad ad- ministration lied controlled by himself an 1 I associates of or the inner circle has winked at there theo violations of the law Ia both In Hanleys Hanley's s c case e and wilen Pat Moran did it IL Weber knows a lot about the workings work rl ings of the board of works Recently he used his have havo reinstated ed Paul Dockendorf an Inspector who allowed a sewer to to be laid wl end the on p end l t f The t Th t.-Th The e board had discharged but took him back at Ht Webers Weber's command without a word of ot explanation This Inspector Is now engaged In watching the contractors Violations Are Arc Known lino All 11 ii of or the time other American party candidates know of or these violations for rOl attention has been called to them in all the newspapers Yet et they are aro ap- ap ealing especially to the laboring men for tor support of their ticket It Is true that Hanley and the r contractors pa pay their men for fOl t the te e additional additional ad ad- two hours hours' work worl dally daily the they get out of them and that the men contract contract contract con con- tract to do this over O work vork This does not affect the violation of the law which states that eight hours shall constitute a days day's 8 work vork on un all nil works an and undertakings carried on omu or 01 aided by the tue state county or municipal governments Any pe port person on who shall hall require or contract with wit any allY person to work on ott such work or undertakings lon longer honger er than eight hours Is guilty of or a misdemeanor except where life hue or 01 property arc are danger This exception cannot be In au any wa way tray pleaded plead plead- ed eel by iy an any of oC tile the city contractors at tit present I This statute was asked by Ly the labor laLor unions and is In Unc with all the contentions con- con ot of thc these c b bodies It Is directly contrary to tIme the principles of or organized l labor to work men more than thun eight h hours 0 The unions hol hold 1 that eight Ight hours is K Klong long enough for Car any man to work Ii It tho tito work t-ork Is such that It cannot be done except by overtime other men aie RIC to get Jet a it chance There aio c plenty of inon in Salt Sail Lake Lalit and no excuse for Cor vlola- vlola tion Uon The Federation of or Labor ha has complained complained com corn to the council concerning Pat Moran MoraD and an others of or the city contract contract- ors It has protested strenuously Lothe lo to lothe the the- Individual councilmen No action was ever taken by the council in itt the the- interests of or the time working m men n Contractors Con tractors have havo been beon allowed 1 to engage foreign labor and Dud work worl them as ns man ninny noun hours us atS the they please Council Is H pon The city council Is directly responsible sible for th the teetH of or the tue contractors on city undertakings It could prevent the violations of or t the law b by these But nut the tho America American mm II administration has lias never nc d lifted a finger fingl either to make employ hom home labor lahar or to stop slop the limo o overtime work worl The Tho American party parly I Is dl directly cU r rV te for the nets act of oC the tIme city council coun coun- cil Should It win the contractors would have ha the am privileged of running counter lo tu the laws Jaws on ott county work The candidates of tho the American part party by Ly acceptance of oC nomination take tak upon themselves responsibility for the time nets acts of the Uw American party city council rhe Thoy must mUfit answer to tho the la la- la boring men of Ih ilm city and county for what their party parly hUM haw permitted When the they accepted the time nominations the they know knew what t sort ort of an outfit th they the were up tip with and the time working men must mut ti Ut egit t thom accordingly The of the city have hav been appealed to for tor support for the Artier Ameri can call ticket Timis ticket is 18 I backed by lW I men who havo have trampled upon pon th time the rights right of ur labor over ever mino It canto came Into power in tho city It would do It In th time tho count county If victorious The American party has imas allowed showed Japanese and tho rankest kind of ot scab cab labor to be he employed on elt city work It has allowed Its contractors to work their rn men n ton tell hours a da day thereby keeping many needy men mart out of or Jobs or Ii lIed Bcd Light h hIt It has favored the time removal of the th red light to the west vest side Bide setting It down clown among the homes of or working men men and where their children must Pl pass S the elena dens of vice on their WR way to two of the tho city's big schools Working men have been turned down repeatedly when the they have hn asked for tor or a hearing before the council committees com coma when hen the they have complained of ot tho the employment ment of Ja Jap labor laLor and of or overtime work their thell communications have b been en In the ace of all a t. t ty face this American party par par- candidates have the face to appeal directly to th the workers for support for their un unsavory v vol part party In view viet of the nets facts eveT every man on the American party pat ticket mu mut l ho bo set down as a foe oe to organized labor for he has taken I auen upon himself for the acts of his hll party part and time the ell city administration has This J J. J N. N Spalding who made special efforts to turn the theote vote ote or oC o. o Organized labor In ln the directIon or of the Kearns party |
