| Show COMPANY ANY SAYS SEVENTY FIVE MEN ON STRIKE I 1 Union Officials Declare Decare That Thai I 1000 Out I I No Change Announcing Announcing- in n the most positive torms terms that an any statement that t more than seventy five men had left lect their employment with the Utah pO Power cr Ight company as c a a result of ot the strike was wa an unqualified misstatement officials of the company late lalo last kist lt entered a detailed denial denia of the claims of ot the union leaders that the tho response to the strike order is general generl over the power company's compans territory Seventy five Sc ent men are out said Markham Cheever general superintend superintend- superintendent ent of the compa company and these m men n n arc are out in Salt Sl Lake and Ogden on only 1 The remainder of the tho company's 1000 HOO em em- are at work Every ery power house I Is being being- operated b by our regular operators operators oper oper- ator who have with o ore one e single ex exception ex- ex signed the tho 19 1920 0 agreement with the company and accepted our new wage increase The Thc places o of the sew sev enty five men who left their employment employment employ employ- ment in Salt Sat Lake Ike and Ogden Osden are being being be be- ing lug filled fied b by other regular members of the company's organization and th the tho company compan has haR not employed a single strike st ri Ic e breaker Greene and on Jackson the two out- out town of-town ton ot union organizers who have fo fomented fomented to- to tho the present trouble made n a strenuous though fortunately unsuccessful unsuccessful unsuccessful effort efort Tuesday to plunge plunge Salt Sail Sal Lake Lako and Ogden Osden into stop street cars and elevators elevator an and shut down L every industry in the state by cutting off of electric cl service service- Apparently they had determined to attack the company and force through their union recognition tion ton proposition by means of a n sudden I and swift attack on the public in the m shutting down of or all an al electric service A Agreement Broken n The Tho who went out at their call cl deliberately broke broic their written a agreements with the company which I are effective to October 31 1919 an and II I until further furher notice The company compan ha has ha I never rec received ived In writing or In 11 an any Other wa way va an any notice of intention on or 1 the part of ot any of or our to tc break their agreements after the c ex cx expiration date Furthermore Greeno Greene from Los Angeles An An- geles is attempting to force fore a wage wag scale le for linemen here that he cannot ase get even In his Set o en own city The Tho South Southern em ern California Edison company of ot Lo Los I Angeles pays PYS its Is linemen the first frt I three years year daily for the next two years car dall dal and after five fic years ears 6 l dal daily The Ut Utah h P Power Light com corn company comI I tan pany Ja pays s 's It its linemen working orl b by th the i ta any 56 s 6 per da day from Crom the tho first year while wllie those linemen regularly employed em em- by th the month make a good deal more than that good The company will vi see sec to it that the public suffers no inconvenience or In interruption In- In in electric service senIco EVer Every power hou house e and station Is operating on full fuI timo arid and as regular as clockwork clock clock- work work Canie on Solicitation I r 1 did not come hero to create a disturbance and I do not want to see Salt Lake in darkness dar said II it G. G Greene international representative of Plic Phe Brotherhood of ot Electrical Workers who Issued the strike call cl Tuesday lie He also contended that practically 1000 l union men employed b by tho the Utah Power Light company compan In Utah and Idaho had responded to the call cal Green declared that ho came here hore at the solicitation of or the local union Thero There is no agreement between the corporation and the union cl electr workers as Individuals individuals The members of ot the tho union notified company compan officials on on October 5 that any existing agreement agree agree- aree ment would terminate the last of oC that month When a a committee of or workmen workmen work work- men applied for a wage Increase It was wa notified that it would be financial suicide sui sui- sui- sui cide for lor the tho company compan and I was wa then sent for Following Is tho the wage wae scale scle demanded demand demand- ed by tho union The Tho new agreement which the men claim was M-as presented lo to tho company asks asle for the following wages comp Linemen Line Line- men 7 a day hay service men 7 1 7 trouble men 7 57 apprentice linemen G cents I an hour cable 51 1 an hour I helpers 7 T construction foremen 1061 an hour construction foremen on camp jobs 7 57 and lodging on camp jobs 6 O linemen on 01 camp jobs SC C patrolmen 70 per month night inspectors head trimmers trimmers 15 meter men first frt operators at West rest Temple and Jordan staton station 00 per pr month assistant op op- op 51 SO 80 battery operators SO operators at Murray Lurra 15 5 operators at Bountiful 50 helpers with provIsion provision pro pro- vision made fo for for- foran an Increase of 10 a month oven every six months until they 0 shall be receiving 51 10 10 per month maintenance maintenance maintenance nance men and their helpers helper a month month At present Mr r. r Greene said tho the local linemen are arc receiving receiving- O a day themen the themen themen men at the substations 8 to 13 a month trimmers 1 11 a month night Inspectors a month 30 other elec elec- workers who have been with wih th the company five years cars a maximum of 15 15 a month I William M. M Knorr labor member of the Ithe state Industrial commission took initial steps stepS towards arcs to ending tho the elec elec- strike through arbitration Communications were sent to S. S R. R Inch general man manager er of the Utah Power Light company and William Barrett and Fred Ired Taylor Talor representatives Barret of ot the strikers offering th the services of the commission In adjusting the he differ differ- He stated he ho had received no reply fr from m either cither last Jal night F. F E. E Morris secretary to Mayor E. E A. A Bock Dock adjusted the tho differences be he- he tween the two linemen used b by the tho city In out thawing frozen water pipes The city agreed to pa pay the seals scale asked b by JIu 1 linemen Worker 1 I Herald NJ S Special cal Canyon Jan Jn 11 Accord H.-Accord- Accord jag ing inS to the electrical workers worker in lung Din ham liam the they are aro not in entire harmony harmon with wih the strike celled oled yesterday These Those men claim that none of the tho causes I of or the disturbance are in effect In Bingham and t that at the workers here I already have the advantages advantage which arc are to be bo gained by the strike It is reported that the men I men will swill re return re- re return turn to wor work woric tomorrow wU I |
