Salt Lake Herald | 1906-09-07 | Page 8 | Prospect of Settlement

PROSPECT OF SETTLEMENT Representatives of Electricians and I Irhe Telephone Company Confer The rhe differences that have existed be bet t the management of the Independent ent Telephone company compan and members of the local union of oC electricians will be settled Saturday It Is expected President President President dent Lind lAnd of Salt Lake came to Ogden yesterday afternoon and sac in company com pan with R Jess Jessup up R D Sutton Button and E S Jones of the International Union of or Electricians met Prod Frel d V Jones superintendent of con construction construction construction for the tho telephone company Compan and Local Manager Malinger They Its dis discussed cussed the tho differences thoroughly and virtually agreed upon a settlement of them About throe three weeks ago ten teon linemen in inthe inthe inthe the employ of the company refused to work longer because their foreman had hud been required re to do an electricians el work but was US receiving foremans wages They Insisted that he h either be restored to his position as foreman or that their wages raised to what he was receiving This the telephone company refused to do and the strike ensued After ACt r the meeting m yesterday afternoon Manager Forristall gave out ot t the state statement statement ment meat that indications arc are that the mat matter mattar tar ter will be adjusted agreeably to all aU con corned and that after Saturday every everything ever everything thing will move moe along alon as usual The lh rep representatives of the electricians suid they the did not care to make malce any statement sta until J everything had bad been settled