| Show EW PARTY SPLITS INTO GROUPS a 8 t t tJ SWO I s WORKERS KERS F ITY TY LEAVE LE VE THE THEIR R Rb POSTS b POSTS t 4 ES ARE J I lEn BY MEN MENe e Er Declare Decare j k kOut ut but hut Company ds Say Strike Called r Is Unavailing 1 ERS of ot the Gas Yorkers Workers on n left the employ of theIs theas the its Is as Coke ke company at mid- mid following o ing a brief conference rge oie K R Horning general generali scale i r regarding cg-arding the wage foes ties tics The company compan manager a few minutes later that bpd gone on a strike and andt t of the union committee bis is is iS a ft lo locko lockout ko t t. t of ot the men from the thera ra I J plant at Ninth West and th str ets came camo when Mr u a representative of ot the an n said there would be no non noon Ion on n and the new wage wao schedule been po posted ted on the bulletin d d announced I In tho ru M effective immediately The h he w was held at the the plant llant ju just t tt At t tho the expiration time of the thet t between th the company and ind the ers ers' union If To OD Are Arc Asked ALed O vo p qu questions were submitted to tP brain by v Robert Stewart chair- chair the the union Committee pyou fOU you willing to submit the Ques- Ques arbitration was tho first In- In tion The reply was No the new v wage wase calo s-calo stand T vas Mr Homing's answer three P members of the tho union d b by the decision All MI the en ent cut of or the service s prior to ding except tho boiler fireman who have o been ordered e company to lo remain until 6 which Is Js a privilege granted b by legislation ii only wo workmen at tho the plant are ell ed but bul and t tf y throughout tho the city will Wilt be beI pany y I- I y officials stated that menOn men On obtained so that tho service ot t t be Impaired either in tho ac- ac n o of the plant or the tho C informal i U IN Held after the Iho workmen had 1 plant thc they held an informal the tho tire arc light Us-ht at First and Ninth West Vest streets he committee members consult consult- h ii the other men of or the night Ell Jacobson president of or the ther r at the meeting and Stewart ewart chairman of or the com com- gave Eave cave a detailed report of the tt ute's utes views on the situation In Inel ei el nce of ot the tho workers Stewart saying sayin consider that this is a lockout pt to lo force the so called n a n plan pUn on us When hen the con- con as held at midnight as chair chair- Uk d tl Mr Horning whether ho submit tho wage question to arPS ar- ar PS 11 Ho Ita said Bald No o. o Then rhen I a asked ked b bulletin on tho the board stood He lie u There was as no other way to lo toa 0 a this than that this was WM a lock lock- We c continued at work ork for even een re re hours under the conditions It J Jave 0 avo meant that we accepted the theDy's Dys Dy's plan pl We c could not acc accept pt asked cl for or arbitration named ator accepted the various 1 1 of mediation and expressed lUnness to make an adjustment t Hut But these proposals or held In abeyance by br tho the I er r. r The men are out per Pcr Jacob said that tho the other r no of ot the he gas as company connected union tinton including not Hot accept th plan and that al albo all bo off the work woric in 11 the tho morning e er r. r he Bald Id tho the union accepted a. a an n that b for tor sl sK six hours a 1 fireman 1 should hould remain at the theto to look hook after tho the lIve boilers e B engines Statement nt feel that tho the action of the mn icing out without v five minutes minutes' justifies the company la In lation l tion on It has maintained through through- e e controversy said General er George R. R Hornung They ed that they contemplated n nd no and d that they ther would not leave leav U lc without gas sas service yet i If had not made adequate our customers would b bo be predicament 1 refused our ur counteroffer they must have their demand I pg g They would listen to no lion Lions iona for tor effecting economics 1 make make possible the wage wago aked They They Insisted Instated on 1 Continued d on Pa Page Pape e 2 I GAS OF SALT I LAKE LEAVE POSTS Continued From Page 1 arbitration in spite of our repeated explanations that arbitration could ac accomplish accomplish ac- ac nothing since any award over tho the company's compans offer oHer would mean bankruptcy for tor the company simply could not pa pay I American Plan Is Offered Offer Had they accepted our offer we would have bave continued to treat with I them as a union But upon their re repeated re- re J refusal to do so we resolved to cut out all nil union agreements henceforth henceforth hence hence- forth and deal with our men in In- In dl Contrary to the tho mens men's I I statement we bavo have not tried to coerce an any Into signing Individual contracts They are nrc simply hired as individuals and not as 8 members of ot any union In other words wo we havo have put Into effect tho the American plan i Foree in JIll I Our present force is of ot course courso smaller than the tho regular force Any of or tho the men not o of tho the undesirable clement clement cle cle- dc- dc ment among our former who desires can return to his Job and by taking matters into our own own hands and putting Into effect th tho economies wo we tried to got the tho union to adopt we are arc able ablo to pay practically ith the same sarno scale scala as aa the men demanded Tho The new arrangement arrangement arrangement ar ar- ar- ar does not len lengthen en the tho mens men's working day a n. minute it simply re requires requires re- re quires quire each man to work a D. little faster taster re-I re I and do a little more We do fo not believe any anything thins thins- will wilt oc occur occur oc- oc cur which will interrupt gas Sas service so 50 OC-I OC I that the tho public will not suffer sutter by the themen's themen's themen's mens men's action in walking put out without warning All Branches Arr d Mr Horning expressed the belief that many of or tho the men would return to work In a a. few da days s He said there thero was no question o of men signing Individual contracts although ho he said several who were offered individual contracts previously had declined them and these offers had then been en withdrawn The union requested an Increase of or 35 per cent minimum and EO GO per cent maximum In Wal wages S. S They now receive I a day minimum and maxi maxi- mum There Thero were about forty five em em- in tn the plant and three sixty union members in tho the gas Sas company's offices At the request of the tho union Senator Reed Smoot has endeavored to mediate the tho differences between the union and the tho Utah Gas Coke com corn pany Yesterday Senator Smoot authorized authorized authorized au au- au- au the following letter lotter to be sent to tho union Immediately upon receipt of ot v your letter of July 14 I 1 conferred with George R. R Horning manager of ot tho the Ut Utah h Gas Coke company compan- It was de decided decided de- de to ha have e a meeting with the tho em em- Saturday at S 8 p. p m. m If this Is agreeable n will you kindly inform m me mc 7 Both the union committee and nd the company compan officers had expected the meeting to be bo held last night according to their statements until they received word that the conference would t tako take place on Saturday night Senator Smoot said that he had understood tho the conference con con- I ference had been sot for tor Saturday and that that- In in his 1115 letter to the tho gas g-as workers worker he ie had so 80 advised them This letter Jetter was not received through the tho mails yesterday esterday afternoon but tho the senator In Informed Informed Informed In- In formed the tho committee of or Its contents Ution unon on InquirY Commercial Club Offer Seni Services Officials of oC the tho union met with the board of or directors of or tho Commercial club to confer on the matter yesterday Following the meeting the club passed the tho following resolution Whereas W there Is a controversy between between between be be- tween the Utah Gas Coke company and its which threatens the tho cessation of or the gas service of ot Salt Lal Lake e City and Whereas the Commercial club of ot Salt Lake representing the public is vitally itally concerned in a a. a continuance o obas o of ogas gas bas service for the people of or the city Be Bo It resolved that the president of or ortho tho the Commercial club of or Salt Lake be authorized to of offer er the tho good offices of or orthe the tho club to the disputants in this case in the furtherance of or any plan which may be devised for the tho avoidance of or orthe tho the suspension of gas service in this city Officials of the union state that they offered to submit their dispute to arbitration arbi arbi- following their recent demands and that they appointed GeQrge George II Islaub as their representative on on n t the 1 proposed arbitration board They as assert assert assert as- as sert that the company per persistently re refused refused tP re- fused to appoint an arbitrator Watchmen Are Arc Employed The union officials say that a company corn com com company pany official forced a a. vote in one de department department de- de of ot the company compan regarding whether the men would back up the the- union officials in their demands Under the eyes o of the company officials the union men say that only three men dared vote ota in favor ta of backing the tho dO de mands Later a 0 secret ballot was tS taken in the same department according accord l ing to the tho union men and tho the vote vot stood twelve in tn favor avor of ot Insisting en cn tho the demands being granted and one against tho the proposition Mr Horning said ald last night that no company official of of- tidal had taken any vote yoto o of the men menat menat at the plant but the men up town ton had voted on tho the question During the past two weeks ecks all aU ap approaches ap- ap to tho the plant and all fences have been illuminated and four watchmen watchmen watchmen watch watch- men have e been placed on each shift shirt or one oze e eor of or each group being a 0 deputy sheriff Mr r. r Horning said that the watchmen were employed merely to protect property |
