Show SIDEWALK MEN QUIT worl WORK take at ac em pi pl eyers rZ OF men are called names and they refuse to work for a man using such language S cn la laa fridae morning occurred the alist real trouble in the labor sit n tile lie Aide idea alk construction on that morning a number of the men quit work and refused tu continue aria an loeizer in the ahr employ of mr air fisher of the firm of antler anderson son and fibber Fisi her the rhe as related b the workmen occurred just after the days work ork commenced ahe first of the cement work A arh wa being done on the w west est side of apper main street the cement gravel and sand were being mixed and A K hansen chairman of the committe commit fe e on streets waa ab on hand to see the quality of the work nork was not slighted lie he watched the sand and gravel being prepared for the mixture and when ben the ct ment was about to be added he be asked aked the workmen to dump the cement into the same wheel barro by which the and and glaiel were measured the quantity quart ity of cement was not adequate for the other materials and sir mr hansen suggested that more LE c nent be added ghisi seemingly the ire of fisher and he called the men a set ot of d J d fools fool the workmen there ind and then refused to continue working iv for a man who referred to them in such terms the rt hi iper aper does not aim to give one side of the matter in which the i ic interi with ut lit arriving both cawn I 1 ara ut t tiie I 1 le reaper me mr fillier later in it tin thin forenoon is lre ats Ps aiding his bicycle on main arcet lie he accosted tile the contractor of the sidewalks ard asked fot foi his version of the trouble hiis tn rN vcr cr was of I 1 isher ile he said 1 I dont know A dd thing about it and he continued orl on his way ih hi words were i ere sud said s ud in i te fe well I 1 annn n nn 0 courteous manner of fisher and so the reaped rives gives ri fishers of the trouble in his owl onn words ana trouble between betwee i the workmen and the contractor Lon tractor would have lome come about sooner or later the men allege thit they hiie cre hired with ith the express und itt anding of a eight hour dan da but the have boon been compelled to work nine hous this matter was to have been bought b ought to the attention of the contractors and a demand made ande lor for the eight hour day which the men claim is 13 required by law aw on all public work the incident has caused a lot of comment and the contractors are being blamed for their attitude toward the workmen |