I I PROPRIETORS STAND FIRM LAST NIGHTS NIGHT'S MEETING FINAL Refuse to Me Meet t Committee Committee ommittee and Claim That They Have Nothing to to Arbi Arbi- I The settlement of the difficulties be- be t tween teen een the Hotel and Restaurant Keep ers' ers Protective association and the Cooks and Walt Wait Waiters rs' rs union is still matter of uncertainty The proprietors held a long meeting in the Knights of Pythias hall last night and discussed every phase of 01 the question Their decision is that as there is nothing for them to arbitrate th they will not meet the arbitration committee committee com corn from the Federation of Labor They claim daim that the cooks cooles and waiters have have all the privileges that they are aree e entitled to and express the belief that if their theli demand for six days' days work is granted it will be speedily followed by bya a a. dem demand nd for higher wages The decision n was arrived at after the presentation by President Sheridan Sheridan of the following letter from A. A C. C Strickland Strickland Strick Strick- land secretary of the the- arbitration committee com corn of the Federation F COMMITTEES COMMITTEE'S LETTER LErER The trouble between your honorable honorable honorable honor honor- able body and the Cooks and Waiters Waiters' union has been placed in the hands of of- the arbitration committee of the Utah Federation of Labor The said committee committee com corn respectfully ask that you appoint appoint ap ap- point a like committee as your association asso asso- elation shall shaH designate if agreeable the object being a conference looking toward an amicable adjustment of the difficulties existing between your association association asso- asso asso asso- elation and the union As evidence of good faith on the part of said union th the boycott re recently established has been ter temporarily suspended A Awaiting Awaiting Await Await- Wai ting t- t ing your earliest reply I am yours re respectfully respectfully re- re C. C A. A STRICKLAND Secretary