| Show fEDERA FEDERATION nON WITH STREET STREETCAR CAR MEN Pledges Its Support to the Movement for Higher Wages PHONE SITUATION AIRED ELECTRICAL WORKERS DEMAND DEMANDA A BLANKET INCREASE At 4 t a R meeting of the Utah Federation of or Labor held last at night in Federation hall tho the federation pledged its It moral ami tid financial support to tu the street car carmen men flea in their present grievance against the street ear car company in which they ek an increase lucrease in wages WRes It was wa agreed that every everyone one of the locals affiliated with the Utah Federa iron of or L bor bOt should work to further the Interest l of or o the tho th street car cai men and andIn do ln In In lii their lr Dower to tn I a satisfactory adjustment of or the tile difficulty culty existing between them and the street car cr company A lire large number of meetings will be beheld beh beheld held h ld in labor circles before any final Mep tc jS are arc ar taken The position taken Hv b the workers Is conservative oth ins h Is I to be b done in and every in will be brought to bear benr to set settle settle tle the matter without trouble Over Oer zw motormen conductors lOnd are af ar a ai forted i 1 ted Tho Th meeting m lasted 1st d for or over an hour at 1130 Preceding ibis t kl peLI eci ial l meeting was tho ti th regular I t t hI meeting metIn of I delegates df t from the various loons affil ted with Ith the Utah Fc Federation of or La Labur bur iMir Telephone Situation The Electrical Workers delegate L Li 3 i Lynn reported reIt l the contract with 1 Ike Dell Bell company eo n would expire May Mity hl 1 and sud in hi view 11 of this agreements from fromen I 9 oven ven en nut out of the nine locals in the ter territory of the Bell Ben company in the in country had hid been sub submitted The local sending agreements I are Pocatello Poca tell o Salt Lake Anaconda Anac Great Falls Helena and Billings Hillings Dillin Butte ami and Cheyenne Che have hae contracts for this year e ctr and are there for foe not affected by b tho thu present move In VC Ogden Os en has lias a contract that will not ex expire pire until July 31 U I Boise Bolle is still to be beh b I h Jurd from front Some time ago 80 the speaker said a blanket blank t agreement was submitted 11 to tins DelI Ben company compan asking for a mini minimum minimum mum of uC 1 i a it day da for all the territory 4 in the fie Mountain Bell district This agreement as was turned down on the th grounds that the wages ages naked were unreasonable Flat Fiat Raise Demanded The Tle move now DOW is to have all alt the lo to loc InC c 1 l l submit separate se agreements ask asking asking ing jog for Cor a O nt raise r i e all nil around thus lin lr journeymen wages up to toa 53 3 i i a day and to 42 28 The TI rl seven agreements In question HI submitted the first of the present pr to the chief clerk of General Manager Murray and und call for replies replIe 1 l l April 15 IL The move also the I K h trie light linemen who at present r T ive 1376 a It day and who ask for 1 l vs S presented to ti t th tho Utah Light Railway company In t was rejected on oi the grounds that tin till tl company is not In position finan tl dlly I ily Iy to stand the Increase in wages r ked for TIM The reply in fact f ct was sim I i 3 i to that given Ien to the street t car men Mr lr Lynn gave gHe as the reason for the request St for higher wages the increase la M living expenses au al l the alleged tact fact that the electrical workers receive the lowest lovest wages of any an class of skilled labor Ibor bor 4 |
