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Show ing that has been under construction duricg the Eummer.but there are practically prac-tically no new uildings uelng started lo offset tbis, and consequently the lule list is being constantly added to" Carpenters Idle. J. G. Will cs, business representa-t,vc representa-t,vc of the combined carpenters unions, and also representative of the i:u.iding Trades council, corroborated Mr. iMmi!y. "Tiit :.ir;,v number of idle men," i'r. Wihu-s said, 'Is particularly noticeable no-ticeable la the carpenters' traJo. 'fh. tc arc mere men aud also less c: i; by 10 i Li- cent than on the aim-1U. aim-1U. cay cf th; pie. year. Of c- uiit, l.'f.t i thi'.i. . was a grcit c!c.;l u mil v. rk i i ; oa in the .siiiroui.cili g to.vns. and there la but little- of th.u lu.s year, lor th.s rea-.c6n rea-.c6n the car;ruurs are forced to remain re-main In tows. There Is comparatively comparative-ly lltlo b il u :ig g I:tg on now and there seems to be but ilttle coutem plated." Ap-.r-T the Transients. Thoto o: :x .die i. en of the common com-mon i.vOi. t; t-r unskilled class, ac-cerdlcg ac-cerdlcg to lbs inve'tlgitlons made today at the headquarters of the Sal-vat Sal-vat on Army at 19 Orpheum avenue, . the Volunteers of America at 113 Last First South, and at the Salt Lake Charity association, at 71 East Fourtn South street. Cupt.iiii N. W. Edson of the Volun- 1 teers" '"Friendly Ivn" sjld: '"R ght wc: there Is plcrty of work for those I who want work. V.'e have more calls to; ;.i :: tii vi .'. e .n s ipply. We have nearly 100 laboring men staying with us steady, but can accommodate ICO. ' Beds arc flen fre t those who can- I not pay. Ocr churge Is 15 cents for a i , Led, or $1.25 a week for a room, wh.ch cheap rate many take advantage advan-tage of. If a penniless man comes to us we give him a 25-cent supper at a neighboring restaurant, a bed, breakfast next morning, and .f he gets out and rustles we are here to help him; otherwise we bid him pass on. The work they are called for most is as concrete men, painters, driving coal wagr.ns and house work. ' Our monthly rent Is ?150, and Is a hard item to meet sometimes. "Occasionally the meu arc arbitrary. arbi-trary. Yesterday a man was offered 3" cents an hour aud refused to take the job because, he could not get 35. Tho worthless ones go off and sleep in box cars or about the parks, arid are later run out of town. "Our dispensary handles from 15 to 40 persons a week. It is headed by two doctors and one trained nurse, Mrs. Florence Kohler, who has been with us three years." LABOR CUiiOIII i! ; STJWIJUjTJt Z! SALT LAKE. Aug. 17. That there are at the present t.me at least 2,0o0 Idle men within the ranks of organized organ-ized labor In Salt Lake, and more than that number In the unskilled trades, was the statement made Tuesday by representatives of the Building Trades council. That the number of Idle men is Increasing almost daily and will continue to do so from now on durlug the winter, was the further Blatement. Speaking of tho local labor situa tion. Jack Munsey. of the Building Trades council, paid: "The l.sts of Idle men in the differ nt unions embraced In the trades council show a conservative estimate of at lea3t 200. There are 1C trades represented in the council, and each union Is carrying a lift of idle men that will vary from 20 to 200, and In one or two Instances the figures will go to 250 men. There are several reasons for this. During the last two months there has been a large Influx of working men and skilled laborers, attracted here by tho false reports en. the scarcity of labor. Building opera, t.ons are on the wane, aud each few days sees the completion of a build- |