Show t PRATT ISSUES STATEMENT SAYING PUBLIC IS UMPIRE i S SI r I R Representative R pr of pf Street Car Reviews Situation as asHe ast t 5 S He Sees It and Charges Company With WithA 1 A Breaches of Faith i 1 I At A 5 ii this Sunday morning C O 0 Pratt chairman of tim the I 1 executive committee of or the thet Amalgamated Association of Street and andT andI t T I 1 Electric Railway or o Amen Amerl 1 ca CR In whose hands the local division at ata ata I a n meeting held last Monday morning morningS S placed the direction of all matters con connected on with the he street car situation Is Issued Issued issued j sued the th following statement i x Salt Lake City Utah April 28 8 J TO the General Public It has been i is 7 my m earnest desire that I might be f spared the necessity of replying to the repeated insinuations made by your es s sI 1 1 teemed citizen Sir Mr W 1 H Bancroft I I president ent of ot the Utah Light Railway company through the language of his j 4 attorneys insinuating that hat I stood in lIt ini lItA InA i j the way of an amicable adjustment of ot off A f C the present pres rit controversy between his j company and their also tho the thor 1 emphatic statement accredited to him himin himIn r 0 in public print that I have haye in any an way c f garbled the issues that are in contro controversy versy ersy I 1 The action of the company in again 1 i 1 breaking faith after atter a basis basl of ot settle ri 1 ment meat along alon the lines of propositions 1 1 made ade by them and submitted to us usI I through the honorable Mayor Mayol Ezra Thompson and an accepted by both par parties parl ties In dispute as a satisfactory settle settlement settlement settlement l ment M I les SI than th n hours ard notice on us through his honor the th mayor that they had again l a complete back som and a nd refused re e d to abide ab Ide by the agreement a ement they half had entered into with l u uJ us through the mayor 3 Where W Wh h felio In n nIt It Was after atter the representative of ot the th company and the of lf o otheir their es had l ad to set settie tie their differences and Mr dr r Wells Wens I 1 general manager l r of the company had stated JY that tim tho th company would wo Uld nO rb even evan the wage scale Ecale thaI th I was sent for tor by the em as af they had hati no further recourse but to strike L Upon iny arrival I convened a meet meeting log ing of the rn i and they explained the a n After Aft r acquainting acqua t a myself l with t all of the facts t tB J I advised the local committee to again go before Mr Ir Wells of the company and ask aik if they would further negotiate with them with a view vie of effecting a settle settlement settlement ment meat This they the did one week ago last Thursday and Mr Wells assured them that he would meet the committee on the following Saturday afternoon which he did At that conference the committee explained to Mr Wells that the motormen ant conductors as well as barn and shop men were very much dissatisfied with the wage scale as pro proposed proposed proposed posed by the company as it did d not ef et effect feet the great at majority of employee Mr Wells finally told the committee he would w uld grant a raise of Ic lc an hour to the motormen and conductors con who had received no increase but further stated the company would reduce the wages of ot barn and shop men by not allowing them pay in the future at the rate of time and for all and holidays as had been thc tho He lIe stated positively p that that was final fina and that tlc the company would not arbi arbitrate arbitrate arbitrate anything The committee called a asp special sp meeting of f all aU cf the for tor the following Monday morning at 1 At that meeting the men decided not noti notto notto to accept the offer and vot voted voted ed ell almost almot unanimously unan to go on strike I there being only eight Ight votes out of over ovel to the contrary Then a n unanimous motion was made that the entire matter be placed In my hands in accordance with our constitution and nd laws with i full tun power to settle or notify the men I when to cease work wor I Steps Into Breach I ICons Consequently Cons qu I used every ry honorable hb O rable effort to obtain an amicable adjust adjustment adjustment II ment meat and alid It was only when a strike was imminent that I stepped into inte the I breach at the request quest r of or over men who were Involved I Th The statement that I stood In the way of settlement is positively 1 false for I have haverly only stood sto d In the way of a allowing a lockout to take place I I communicated I to Mr Bancroft the action of his hill hi em employ ploy s and asked him to cooper cooperate te to the end that serious trouble might be averted His attitude toward that proposition Is past history of which the public is fully informed 3 co itte of ot thee ploY also I waited upon Mr lIr Wells en n 11 Monday Y morning lOOming and informed Inform i him bini officially of the action actkin taken at the lag big stating st that t the emloe hadde lidde not to instruct any more mo e new students st d who wha might be he hired af that date at pending a settlement Iem of th 11 pre pres present ent controversy They also iT ormed him that the meeting had ph ted the entire eri ire matter J in my mv hands D r Adopted Various Courses I 1 have faithfully labored night and day since that moment to that thata a Ii peaceable solution of th might bo be brought aboUt Through the citizens composed of the Rev Mr Simpkin Rev R v CUr Young Colone Wall and Mr Igleheart art and further through various other commit committees tees tee and finally through his honor Mayor Thompson I have conscientious conscientiously s sly ly cooperated to the same end with the result that on n last Thursday the th mayor ma ur reported to our committee that the company through President Bancroft had bad assured a him hUn that they did not want trouble and were willing accept ar an arbitration arbitration of the dispute as a means of ut settlement We told t ld his honor the mayor that th twe we would accept a acc c pt the pr proposition po and Ind authorized him bErn to so o notify y Mr tIr Bancroft It was wag too late to reach Mr fr Bancroft that night as the th m mayor called up tip the office over the I phone and was informed that Mr Ban Bancroft croft had left lert there for the night The mayor assured assure Ius us he would notify n the officials of the company of our accept acceptance acceptance ance the first thing Friday morning The Mayors Report On Friday morning at about 11 U we were summoned before the tue mayor maor who informed us the company had refused to abide by their proposition proposition tion agreed upon Thursday evening and anti he presented a written statement of what the tho th company said they the were ver will willing willin InS ing in to agree to which h was g the tim original proposition that had previously pr YIo sly been submitted to me by Mr Bancroft namely that the company would accept arbitration of the wage wag scale only and that iu let the selection of the board of ot ar arbitration the must select their arbiters from among their own on num number number ber her who w whIs is an of the company the company would select their arbiter from wherever they pleased and ad the two so selected should shou d choose hoose a third the decision of two members of ot said board to decide the wage scale The company reserved the right to name the wage scale that should be subjected to t arbitration The employee had no voice whatever and neither was there any assurance that the company would not ask the board of ot arbiters to reduce the present wage Instead of granting an Increase e We positively refused to en entertain entertain entertain such an unfair proposition which Is not arbitration in any sense of the word but absolute dictation and that solely on the part of ot the company Offer Settlement Plan However we replied through the mayor by making a written statement to him of what would be bo acceptable by byus byus byus us as a plan or of settlement namely hat we would arbitrate all questions in dis dispute dIspute dispute the company to select the employee to select one arbiter and the two thus selected to choose the third arbiter or umpire whose duty it should be to take testimony and hear all aU of the evidence bearing upon the tho present controversy and render their decision in writing The findings of tim the th majority of said board to be final and binding upon both parties hereto This proposition was promptly re refused refused refused fused by Mr Bancroft and nd he submit submitted submitted submitted ted back another proposition through the mayor which would permit the em to select their arbiter from among the citizens of Salt Lake Laka City excepting that said arbiter should not be an official of any labor organization The company reserved the right to stipulate the wage question that should be arbitrated and positively stated that no other question qu stion should be a subject ct for said board of arbitration to pass upon Could Not Accept Tho The committee could not accept the he entire proposition but said they Would agree to the plan of f select selecting selectIng ing lug their arbiter waiving their right to select an arbiter In the open field and agreeing that such selection should be made from among the citizens of Salt Lake who were not officers of any labor union but we still insisted that t at all aU questions in dispute should be subjects for their consideration and to be passed upon We further agre agreed d that the shop was a question for ar an arbitration arbItration and wo we would Hot ask its consideration Informed of Acceptance The mayor again waited upon uPcO President President dent Bancroft and informed Info d him of our acceptance of the proposition proposition tion Lion as to the maimer manner of selecting the arbitrators but that toot we desired all questions in dispute disnute to be adjudicated by them Mr loIr Bancroft promptly re refused fused this proposition and the mayor reported back to us and all aU hope hooe of Q peace vanished for the committee positively positively pod refused to accept anything less than fair fain and honorable arbitration As s swe we were wre about to leave the mayors of office flee fice he ho said I would like toS to see ee e you yo boys boSs accept that proposition of o the tho c to arbitrate the wage scale as I r believe they will be fair Mr Ban to ta me that that was the only grievance he lie knew of at the tho present time but should any future grievance arise that could not be mutually ad adJusted adJusted adjusted by the representatives of ot the company and a properly authorized committee representing a majority of their they would then be willing to adjust such uch differences through arbitration a Pratts Pratts t Ray of Hope Did Mr Bancroft say that I inter interrupted Interrupted Interrupted He replied that he certainly did and I said That again throws a aray aray aray ray of ot hope into the situation and if It accepted by the company it is agreed to toby toby toby by us usI U usI I r Ur had the mayors stenographer type typewrite typewrite typewrite write the statement that the mayor mayors said s id Mr Bancroft had suggested sted to him The mayor read the statement carefully and said 4 That is exactly what Mr Bancroft told me n and I will ill take It up to him again and notify him of approval This the mayor did and upon his is re return return return turn notified our committee through his private secretary that Mr Bancroft had read it over oyer and said it was satis satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory factory to him Upon the strength of af this acceptance and our OUT assurance from the mayor that all that was now ne necessary necessary necessary to do was to name our arbiter wo we agreed to immediately call a special special cial meeting of all the employees ees to ra ratify ratify rathy thy Our ur action and agree agree upon our ar an arbiter arbiter biter I also went before the th delegates of the Utah Federation of ot Labor Fri Fil Friday day night and made a a full tun and complete Statement of the satisfactory settle settlement ment m nt that had been reached dand and they were unanimous in their approval of our action Pratt Ready to Retire lre The mayor assured the representatives tives of the newspapers of the amicable adjustment that had been tit en brought ab ut and gave out the corn com communications that had passed and forth through his hands Everything seemed to be harmonious h the th meeting of the car men caned called gar 0 or the theS I J S I purpose POSO of ot laying this matter before them It was my Intention Inte to place back ct In their hands bands the power they t ey had pre previously previously delegated del to m me arid ar have them instruct their local committees s to again take up the work with the company and ami complete te a final settlement along I the lines which w had been bem agreed upon uwe arid and d I would retire front from the field well satisfied that a peaceable clan nian of ad adjustment d dJu Ju of o the controversy co had been be n agreed upon noon noonAn An Early Forenoon Report Imagine my when at 11 ii Saturday morning his honor the mayor ar again summoned ii d our oui cost com before f re him and notified us that President Bancroft Dancroft had held an audience ce with him during th the morning t and noti notified fled fied fi id him that the understanding und of the night before was w s not to be b lived up to toby toby toby by the company Ho o n submitted another document that was drafted dr by their lawyer which was sto to act ag a the cump nys only basin hashi of settlement nt As JJ the had twice tv ice made ii s s settlement with us through the honor honorable honorable able mayor and could not live up to their agreement nt over night we would W Ud ouid not even consider del their new proposition but gave them until 2 Saturday afternoon to signify sl their willingness to live up to the agreement entered ent red into through the mayor on the i previous evening We waited upon the mayor at 2 ck and no word vord had been re received from ft m the company nor has there been up UR to the present hour hoir We be believe lieve lIE ve that we wa W have done dona dO ne everything e that is i honorable within our o r power to aid in securing a just settlement We have never stood upon technicalities or formalities but on the contrary we have stood ready at all aU times to o waive waye any or all an differences that thal stood as a stumbling block in the way of ot meet meetIng tog Ing tho the company Charges Shifting cf of Position I The company have hare continually continual shifted position and when tho the negotiations negotiations i of a day wore were closed C tie the follow following t following OllO ing morning would find them occupy occupying occupyIng occupying ing an entirely new field or standing I upon their head like the ostrich apparently apparently apparently trying to hide themselves in the I sand leaving their whole body exposed We re have haYe confidence in the loyalty of the citizens of ot Salt Lake City and in their desire to see fair play For that I reason we place this statement st before I you ou that you may ma fully understand the I exact situation The question at issue II is one of bread and butter of manhood and aJ d womanhood as well as honorable i citizenship S I IThe The previous statements in the pub public 1 lie lic press setting forth the original re requests requests requests quests made by the employee of the th company and d which Mr Bancroft says I II I r garbled and aoel had left out objectionable features is the text of what were our requests If as Mr Bancroft says the objectionable features were left teft ft out why does he lIe not accept that proposition proposition proposition tion We offered to accept it and will do dose so |