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Show Z LI N LAUNDRY WORKERS QUIET SALT LAKE CITY, March 31. Tho Colonial laundry on West FlrBt South street, was surrounded by between 125 and 150 strikers wb,en the force went to work this morning, but there was not a suggestion of violence on the part of th strikers. Pickets stopped men and girls on their way to work and tried to Induce them to walk out. but without success. Lieut. John Hem-pel Hem-pel and five patrolmen were on the scene to preserve, order If any outbreak out-break should occur; but their servlcos were not needed. Th strikers, Instead of sendiug pickets to each of 'the Iaundles every day, concentrate their forces at ouo pla'ce to prevail "ipon the workers to quit At the Rojal laundry this morning out of a normaljjorco of CO omployes only half of that number reported for dpty, but work is going on even though tho force is considerably weakened. weak-ened. From the other laundries, the report re-port came that no troublo whatever was being encountered, and that orders or-ders wero being filled promptly Tlie strikers are hard at work completing com-pleting the details of their parade and mass meeting scheduled for tomorrow night. Presldopt Graham's Statement, President Graham of tho local laundry laun-dry workers' union, statod this afternoon after-noon that the union is gathering strength with each succeeding day, and that support Is being received from outside towns. "We sent a committee to Bingham," said Mr Graham, "and as a result the unions In that camp have posted notices no-tices that union shops refrajn from using linen from Salt Lake laundries, and the order was made this morning. Th.ero Is a boycott against tho laundries laun-dries by many of the business houses houses and this Is helping the union greatly The Pullman company is unable un-able to got its work done. We arc doing some work, that is, It Is being done at the homes of the women work-ors work-ors "The parade and meeting tomorrow night promises to be a most successful success-ful affair and wo look for no less than 3,000 persons In line. There will bo about 200 laundry workers and the balance bal-ance will be from affiliated unions. Following the parade there will bo a meeting at tno Federation pf Labor hall, but as yet we do not know who the spoakors'will bo. Our demonstration demonstra-tion at the Colonla.) laundry this morning morn-ing resulted In only one reorult, but at all the places tho forces are much b mailer than normal." Roy Knapp and Leslie Simpson, who wero arrested yesterday afternoon, while gathering HP linen'belonglng to the American Linen Supply company, have been released and no churges preferred against thorn. |