Show I MIDGLEY REPEATS CHARGES AGAINST OTHER PLUMBERS A Declares Strike Called When i He Refused t to o Jo Join Their 1 Association E B A. A l Midgley of ot the Bros PlumbIng company compan has returned d from 4 Ogden den where he went welt to determine dete facts fads relative e tu to the plumbers plumbers' strike Jn in his firms firm's shop in this city A Accord According cord cord- ing Ii to Otto E E. E Asbridge secretary and gushers business agent of the Joint conference board tho the labor J situation In the Ogden shop of the Midgle firm was ono cause le of or the strike her here here In speaking of the strike situation yesterday 3 Mr Dir said The Thc statement that our shop was I I declared d unfair on account of our work wort- lug ing nonunion men In Ogden Is not true I was In III Ogden yesterday and ha had tho the 4 matter u up up t with Mr ire Evans E of ot Bros titans B of Ogden He informed d me that all men melt he had worl working there were ere union men belonged to to the Ogden r association and had been union men all 3 of their lives lies The S Salt Jt La Lake o union has no Juris juris- diction over o the men employed in 0 Og Og- t den The standard tan wages in O Ogden are re 60 per da day while In this city y the te wages are 6 per day for tor Journeymen plumbers and s j I Association d The Thc dental denial th that t r n. n our nt S 1 h j- j 1 U Raa de mOp vu flU ut uc- uc dared unfair on account of us re refusing re- re fusing to become members of ol the i Masters Steam and Hot Water Vater Fitters Filters as- as association Is also n not l true I At a meeting held heM in tho ro rooms ms of or that t a association McIntyre building building build build- I ing InS 15 Wednesday Jul July 9 0 the Joint conI con- con I ference board declared our shop unfair h This declaration was to take effect r Thursday morning July 10 but they reconsidered and extended the time to tor r Monday Monda morning Jul July 14 w The Tho shop steward Parley Parle B B. Burt from the tho joint conference board notified notified noti noti- fied tied mo me Thursday morning that unless we fe became members of ot thc the Masters Steam and Hot V Vater ater ater association tion by Thursday morning the journer Journeymen Journey Journey- r men plumbers and steam titters litters of this 4 m I city could not work for us any an- anlon lon longer e. e T At tt that time there thero was waa nothing said of ot an any violation of the time laws by-laws or of or violations of or an any other technicalities Hurt Burt n Mouthpiece Mr Asbridge who Is in the employ of ot the Joint conference board never had anything to do rIo with us one wa way or another another another an an- other In declaring our out shop unfair We never talked d with him The mess message mes mes- s sage was wa delivered to us by Mr lr Burt T. T who was working for tor us at the thc time Neither is It true rue that the men In f Salt Lake are working for tor twenty five It Independent shops We Ve think that the only shops hops that are allowed an any men who ho are arc not members of or this association association association tion are John W W. Tobin H. H B B. Davies Davics t. t Spencer the Anderson r Plumbing company and probably one or two others We Vc 0 understand that the ultimatum was delivered to two of or shops to lo become members of the Master r Steam and Hot Water oter Fitters association and these shops are arc limited to only a a. certain number number of plumbers lumbers In the fife case of tho the Anderson Plumbing Plumbing Plumbing Plumb Plumb- ing company compan when thc they were putting putting- the plumbing In the Merchants Bank building tho the association allowed the thc then I Anderson n elson company only one plumber The Tho business agent at that time A. A M. M Scott told Anderson that their shop was 4 not largo large enough to allow of ot more than one man than In tho the case caso of John W. W r. Tobin I it t was necessary for one of ot tho the firm to toJ J I Join tho the union before tho the Joint board would allow him on any more men We have a cop copy of ot the agreement between the organizations and the tho t unions affecting independent concerns J Article VI reads as follows Con Cony of nt t The members of tho Master Steam 1 slid end Hot Water ater Fitters association will hire but agree that the they none members In good standing of locals No 19 and X-o. X o 69 and the members of or locals Xo No la 19 and No agree Inthis in Jn inthis this city to work worle for tor no one but members members members mem mem- bers in good standing of or the Master Steam team and Hot Water rater Fitters association tion of ot Salt Lake Under this a agreement the plumbing business in Salt Lake would practically be under the control of ot sixteen men who compose this Joint conference board which is covered in Article 11 ns as follows fellows The parties to lo this agreement shall hall each of ot them appoint a committee commit commit- tee as follows The Master Steam Strom and Hot Water ater Fitters association shall appoint appoint appoint ap ap- ap- ap point eight members local union No 19 four members an and local union No four members these committees to form a n Joint conference board representing all the association parties to this agreement It It appears to me that the whole h lc thing thins Is manipulated Jn Sn the Mast Master Steam Steam and Hot Water Vater Fitters association tion Tho The rest of or the members of the tho Journeymen are practically Helpless helpless Conference conference conference con con- under the dictation of ot the Joint ference board and the thc they are not in a sm m- m pathy with It |