Show L Of i. i fIREMEN GIVEN r CONSIDERATION Demand for Removal of r Chief Bywater Privately Discussed Matter Before City Commission Tonight Members of the city the service commission city n Y and city health commis- commis Ione eld ld a private conference in bema mayors mayor's ors office Monday morning 10 o discuss possible emergencies and of meeting them therm in the mater mat- mat fer er of the demand of firemen of ff Salt Lake for removal of Chief AV W. v. v II H. Bywater or permission for j these hese firemen to resign The commission will have haYe the petition and demand of the firemen before re it in formal manner at Its Us meeting Monday night and it has hal veen indicated that a a. public hearing heMin on the charges made against Chic B as asked in the petition of r llie he firemen will be granted and a aate fixed for the hearing DEMAND RESIGNATION T The Tile firemen charge Chief Bywater ter er with arbitrary and unreasonable conduct toward them with lug ln unreasonable rules and with furnishing then with insufficient and unsanitary bedding The fire fire- men iren say In their petition that the chief must gO So or they want to re resign resign re- re sign The city commission has given no indication as to the attitude it will assume in the matter but in the meantime frequent conferences are b being held to prepare for any em emr- emr r r- r gency which might arise through action by any of the parties con con- kerned There are now thirty on one he e list for appointment as firemen n ncnd nd c nd Saturday thirty more men took the fhe lie educational test for firemen papers have not been granted as is yet et If all an these men pass there would be a list of sixty but about men have signed the pet pet tion indicating that Chief Bywater must go or they ther will resign To meet r such uch an emergency at le least iest st forty More would have to be placed on the waiting list EXAMINATION PLANNED It i is understood that the matter discussed at the private conference Monday Monda morning was that of holdIng hold hold- holding Ing another special examination at t nce for more so that 1 an an emergency which might b br I bf-I bright about by wholesale quit quit- qUit qUit-I Ring ng mg of firemen could be met r J. J H. H Roberts local representative pf pE the board of fire und i t f fhe I IpE the he Pacific coast and J. J AY W. Stevens Ste Of f Chicago representing the board of fire underwriters were in conference with the com com- missioners during the morning REPRESENTATIVE ARRIVES i Mr 11 Stevens was sent here by the he national national board following advice furnished furnished furnished fur fur- the board by Mr 11 Roberts as aso asto asto to o the situation here and he is here hereto to go over the situation with Mr 11 and to advise with him and ad I the he city In relation to any matters pertaining to the firemen's oa I on n which the city is desire to 7 consult him The Insurance men h had hd d no statement statement state stat ment to make male following following- the conference conference conference confer confer- ence with the commission i The firemen's petition for removal of pf the chief will be referred by the cIty ity commission Monday night to ommittee of the whole It is said and the committee will fix an early date for hearing it is announced by bv he mayor who vho is chairman ot of the the he committee ommittee |