Show QUESTIN QUESTION RESTS ON ARBITRATION Both Street Car Company and Operatives Say They Will Wi Welcome Mediation MANY POINTS PONTS ARE INVOLVED WAGE WAE SCHEDULE NOT ONLY PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED STREET CAR SITUATION 4 C O 0 Pratt International chair chair 4 4 4 man replies to communication of W Wi WH 4 f ff f 4 H Bancroft president of street ear car cart cr t 4 company setting forth more fully fly 4 points involved 4 f 4 Mr Bancroft says company is will wi 4 i 4 4 ing to arbitrate wage scale but hut no 4 4 4 other matters matter 4 4 Mr Bancroft will wU reply to Mr f 4 Pratts communication on Wednes f day da 4 Mr Pratt submits summary of re ret re 4 quests submitted to company Both 4 t 4 sides decline to permit publication n of 4 4 text of 01 original demands demands presented pr 4 4 to company 4 4 State federation Indorses action of ot 4 4 support f street car cr and nt pledges pl 4 t tf 4 Electrical workers worker have 4 4 4 tion with wih light department but nO 10 4 4 4 result reul Is reached 4 4 44 M U 4 t t 4 f Both sides the Light I Railway y company and Its profess a will willingness wi Ing ss s to arbitrate Th The off rs to arbitrate the wage question and th the themen men man speaking through C O 0 Pratt chair chairman chairman chairman man of 01 the international executive corn com committee cm of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway whom they have hare authorized to represent for ar arbitration arbitration them in all al negotiations are eager enger but they want to arbitrate ques questions quel relative to other conditions included in the arbitration bill bi of ot particulars as aswell a well weil wel as a the wage schedule Until Mr Ban crofts reply to Mr Pratts letter lotter r of yes yesterday es el esterday is forthcoming the street car cr sit situation nation will 11 not have hare reached the crux ux Mr Bancroft is expected to send his hi re reply reply reply ply today toa toda Mr First Reply Developments In the street car situa situation situation tion ton yesterday began with wih the lifting of the embargo on the publication of th the t letter addressed by Mr Bancroft to Mr Pratt Prat In answer to the tho communication sent on Mo MOldy iday by the latter to t the te president pesi pros dent of the company Mr com corn communication reads read Arbitrate Wage Scale Mr C O 0 Pratt Kenyon Hotel City Cly I Dear Pear Sir I 1 have your letter let r of ot this date duto and note its contents At about the time of or its It receipt I was wa advised by General Generl Manager Wells Wels of the Utah Rail Railway Railway I way company company that a committee of ot em had bad called caned upon him this morn morning mornIng ing and an that that lie le had bad an a interview with them th m and had had suggested to them that as 81 the matter mater of difference In regard to t I the waged wag s had not n ot been satisfactorily ad adjusted adjusted adjusted to them the willingness of ot tho the company to submit that tt question to threw arbitrators and as I understand from him he suggested that it would bo agree agreeable ae agreeable able to the company for the tho tle employee to t name one ono arbitrator from amongst their number the company naming one and the tho two so chosen to select a I third thid ar arbitrator arbitrator or umpire and to such commit committee c bittor tee submit the question of a 0 a scale scle of wa wages wages wasen sen for their determination I 1 approve this ti suggestion sug and I submit that this proposition Is one that should be acceptable acceptable table to them I conceive that it will wi be b also entirely satisfactory to t you as a third party but expressing as you do by your our letter leter a personal Interest int rest in their ther welfare Pending the action of 01 the em upon this proposition it I seems that we wo should take no further action W H BANCROFT April 22 2 larr 0 AprI 2 10 Pratt Prat Is More Specific After reading again agin and thoroughly di iii digesting gesting Mr communication Mr r Pratt Prat prepared another letter which at 9 yesterday forenoon was dis dispatched dispatched dispatched patched from Mr Pratts headquarters In Inthe Inthe inthe the Kenyon hotel hotel That communication is self explanatory It I reads Makes It Clearer Mr lr W Vi H Bancroft Deseret News Building City Dear Sir Your com corn communication of oC April 22 2 was wa received by ma me matoo m too late In the day to permit of an earlier earler reply I have hao carefully noted all nI you bay ay and as a it I Is the first official knowledge that I have had of the wil irli willingness wi to adjust the tho present differences s through a board of arbiters arbiter I 1 am ant a au authorized authorized by your employee to say that we are ar willing to consider a plan of ar arbitration not only of the wago wage scale but butof butof butof of the entire entre matter of differences be between between between tween the company and its and anil ati we are ready to t meet you at a a moments notice not e for the tho purpose of drafting and signing the necessary bill bi of particulars embodying the questions involved in die dis dispute flute that shall be the specific questions for a board bard of arbitration to pass ps upon Also we arc are prepared to meet with wih you or your representatives to draft the usual set of rules that shall govern and limit the arbitrators nes that may be agreed upon to decide our interests Interest Wilt Will 11 say It I is entirely satisfactory to tous toUs us for the representative of ot the company compan to select one arbitrator and for the em to select one arbitrator and the two so s selected shall choose the third ar arbitrator arbitrator or umpire Rejected Proposition It I is possible that I 1 did not make mae my ray myself m self sel clearly understood in my former fore com corn communication communication to you yo in explaining the ac no action a notion tion taken by your In mass ma meeting assembled at an early hour Mon Monday Monday Monday day morning therefore I might again agin call eal your attention to the fact tat that it was wasby wasby wasby by unanimous vote I was wa authorized by bv them to act as their representative at this time and there is no one else who st is in a position to officially represent their Interests The who are members member of Di Dl Division DIvIsion vision 2 of ot our association also aho took tok a aseret secret seret ballot as to whether they would stand by the requests they had originally submitted tP tO t the company That also alo alfo was wa practically a unanimous vote there be being beIng belag ing lag only eight votes otes out out of or our our entire membership of over oYer In favor of ot ac accepting accepting panr pany the present offer oter of Qt the tho com company om m 0 Continued on Page 3 QUESTION RESTS y JN ARBITRATION Continued from Page 1 Again assuring you ou of our eirnest de desire desire sire Etre to promote the best Interests of or the company and its Us as well as the interests I trust you will see your way clear to take tako up these matters along the linea lines that have bave been suggested We will wIlI wait w a reasonable tine time for tor your re reply rep ply p before b further action in the matter Very sincerely yours outS C 0 O PRATT Chairman n General Executive Board or of o Association of Street ani Railway of Amer Amet Ica r r Sal SaIt U Lake City Utah April 23 What Bancroft Said Mr Bancroft had so co far recovered from bis Illness that he h was able to be at his offices es s In fn the Oregon Ore on Short Line head Did you yu receive a communication from lIr Jr Pratt today he was asked Yes I received One erie ne at about abo t 23 I was busy bUy with a committee meeting all day and am only now you may say within the moment free to look over the matter matters that Rave nave accumulated on on my desk Will Vill you reply to Mr Pratts Pratt s com corn communication communIcation and If It so 0 when I may reply today I dont know what may take up my time If I get time to toi i teach each the matter I may reply today Mr Position Mr Bancroft was aS asked with reference to the position His reply was wasI wusI I J understand that Mr Wells eUs has of offered offered bred to arbitrate the matter of a wage scale that meets m ets the approval approvaL approval val vallIn valIn lIn In treating with the men do you rec recognize recognize Mr Pratt I 1 have said that the of our company may always present their grievances ances if 1 any an they have to tho the company official individually or collectively I 5 The report of the men is that at a n meeting of the of your com coyn company pany on Monday morning your employee decided eded practically unanimously to leave leuv their affairs In regard to this thia matter In Inthe Inthe Inthe the hands of Mr Pratt If It that be so will viii you treat with Mr orr Pratt I have said that I will meet any corn com committee of your our employee Other Questions Aside You Vou say sa the company compan Is willing to ar arbitrate arbitrate arbitrate the question of ot the wage scale are you ou also willing to arbitrate the other questions involved 7 No the whole matter as I understand r It resolves itself into the question of J wages rages I The fact of the matter is gentlemen that the proposition is one of vital con concern conCern concern cern to the company com pan respecting economic details When we took hold of this eye system tern tem we bought a streak of rust and a alot alot alot lot of over Oer which It is a torture to ri ear cars ca tp match We e are ar trying to improve this condition and we propose to expend a vast amount of money to togiva give giva Salt Lake a street car system Our expenses are heavy hewy and our revenue does not warrant any advance lt it wages ages or any Increase In expenditures We Ve are always alwag ready to meet our men and we are eager to adjust any difficulties ties they may y have with the company The Original Schedule Joseph S Wells general manager of ot the Utah Light Hallway company was vis vie visited visited In the course of the conversation the suggestion was made that the statement prepared by Air Pratt Piatt and published in inthe inthe the morning papers had attracted wide attention I 1 believe that there Is truth in that said Ir Wells but why do you OU not also print the original proposition pre presented preS presented S by our showing how ab urd iUn their demands are Have Hae you ou a copy of that proposed agreement was ae asked u ked No but Mr Bancroft has I Mr rr Bancroft at the Alta club Informed the newspaper men inep that he would tele telephone telephone telephone phone his secretary and that th the report reporters ers era might call on him Mr Knickerbocker had gone to con consult consult sult suit Parley Williams the attorney for the company as to the advisability of pub lishing the proposition Mr Williams was not lIot in iq but if IC it were decided best to t pre pro present present sent fn In type t pe this schedule Mr Knicker bocker would notify the newspaper men Mr Pratt after telling many humorous stories got into a double cor corner corner ner ncr and asked Jf It there was objection to publishing the original proposition In 1 full Mr Sir Pratt said that t at developments after the preparation and presentation of that thai schedule were such that many of the points therein might be susceptible of or re rearrangement rearrangement arrangement We Ve do not stand on technicalities said Mr Pratt Prat raH We uWe want the company to meet us on a square footing I do not believe tho publication of the original schedule R he ule as you call It would wo d be of any help In bringing about a harmonious ha con conclusion elusion and Jt might be construed cons ed by peo people pie who do not understand the tho situation In Us Its every ever detail But we will give you OU the salient ponts points presented to the com con any pany ran for its Terms of the Requests The requests made by the employee V Y of the Light and Railway company who are members of or division of the Amalgamated association which have led up to the present controversy and ex differences according to a state statement statement ment meat prepared by Mr Pratt are as follows In the preamble of or their written re requests requests requests quests the men they ask for lor a written agreement which gives official tion of their organization in th the same cap that the company is likewise officially dally daIly recognized r Recognition of Union In section 1 the request est that the company recommend that In the future all aU motormen and con conductors conductors and barn employee who may maybe mayI maybe be in the service of the company I shall become a party to this th s agree agreement ment men and subject s to its provisions by affiliating themselves with the or organization In disciplining members embers Who are employee of the company for any violation of the rules or OP unbecoming conduct jt t is impossible to be made effective with without without without out the cooperation of the employ employIng Ing railway company for If a fine should be placed upon a member of the organization he would w uld evade compliance by remaining outside of of o the organization If the company would so permit therefore in sec eec section section tion 1 the men have asked for this protection op the part of the com corn company company pany Arbitration Is Suggested ed edIn In section 2 It Is asked that the com company company company pany will agree with the duly accredited officers and committees es of ot the association upon all questions of differences that may ma arise and upon the event of failure to bring about an amicable adjustment such grievances shall be submitted to a board of ot arbitration as further provided for in inthe Inthe inthe the agreement at the request of or either party and during such period as may be required in determining the justice of the case the th employee shall remain at their posts of duty d ty For Permanent Peace In section 3 a provision for arbi arbitration arbitration is outlined the company to select one member the association asso to select one member and the two thus selected shall choose the third t The finding of the majority of said board shall be final and binding upon bot he railway company and its who are members of ol the association It further provides that if no agreement can be reached within a certain time limit as to who the third arbiter shall be then the third arbiter shall be appointed by bythe bythe bythe the mayor or one of the judges of the courts of the district In which Salt SaIt Lake is situated It further furth r provides for both parties to share snare the expense of arbitration This clause is to preclude the possibility I of strikes or lockouts and If agreed upon would establish a method of permanent peace Pay for Time Lost LostIn uIn In section 4 4 it is asked that when whenever whenever whenever ever an Js is suspended or discharged ed from the service and after aUer a thorough investigation it is found that he was not at fault or guilty of the offense for which he may be charged it is I asked that he h be reinstated In his former po position 1 0 without prejudice and paid for the time lost lostIn lostIn lostIn In section a 5 It provides that all aU mem mom members members bers of or the association who are arc employee of the company shall be allowed free transportation over all aU the lines operated by the company Right of Appeal In section 6 G it provides that where an feels that he has been un unjustly unjustly unjustly justly dealt with he shall have the right r to have his case taken up with the roper proper officials of the tire company through the proper officers and committees of the association for the purpose of obtaining a more satisfactory understanding and if no amicable adjustment can be de determined determined determined upon and after a careful Investigation it is |