Show PEACE PLAN SHA SHATTERED CAR STRIKE CONTINUES Efforts to Reach Amicable Adjustment of Con Controversy Controversy Controversy Are Without Fruitful Result in Spite of Numerous Conferences Disturbances Assume Proportions of Riot in Many Instances but Police Seem Powerless to Quell Disorders The Th street car strike in the city of Salt Lake continues iny in spite of efforts made Sunday by both the com the themen men to arrive at It a basis baals of agreement Negotiations continued throughout the day but late In Inthe Inthe Inthe the evening the final break came ame and there Is little prospect now of any anything allY thing further being done at present in the way of reaching an amicable understanding Pratt was the issue in yesterdays negotiations Pratt is the representative representative representative of the international organization organ of street car men and he has been een directing the proceedings during durl the last week since the time when at an early morning meeting last Monday he was chosen as the theone theone theone one into whose hands was placed the entire charge of the side of the street car controversy The company will not accept Pratt neither will it recognize him officially and therefore the negotiations are at atan atan atan an end In reply to a communication ad addressed addressed dressed to the tha management of o tho the Utah Light Railway company campan last evening at 63 Mr Sir Bancroft the president president dent Bent of ot the company submitted the fol following following I lowing in reply i Salt Lake City Utah April 1907 i I I J H R Lamont Esq Representing Committee of ot Utah Light i I Railway R Company Dear Sir Your Tour YourI 1 I communication dated 6 p m today I received and considered You Tou say that the e have placed the power of ot I settlement In the tilo hands of official rep representatives and verbally when asked of you jou ou what that meant you ou stated Mr I I C O 0 Pratt 1 I I In reply I have to reiterate rEI rale what I II I have stated to t you orally and in writ writIng writing writIng I Ing that we w are ready to negotiate to a I conclusion any differences between the I I company and Its employee yes with the em themselves Your letter seems I I to make It Impracticable to proceed I these lines Jin es Yours Tours YOU rs W Y H u BANCROFT President Conferences Without Result t Yesterday there were numerous con eon conferences I between b tween the executive commit committee committee c I tee and the railroad officials All of them were without result except that I they gave gae foundation for the inter interchange interchange I I change of ot written communications Last I evening Mr Ir Pratt said 1 The situation remains the same as it itI was W s today toda We have every cery hope of winning The people are with us and I we are happy happ There does not seem to tobe toI tobe be any an opportunity for further negotiations negotiations I at this time timeA I A Fusillade of Eggs I Early Earl yesterday forenoon the com corn company pany made attempts to start and con continue continue continue the running of 0 cars Some of ot the tho Oars cars furs bearing the sign U S Mall Mail were permitted 1 to proceed without molesta molestation molestation tion by the crowds that gathered in the streets tE Whether these cars actually carried carded mall or not is a matter in dis dispute dispute dispute Mr Pratt says saS at least some of them did not Cars not bearing the sign were unable to proceed far tar Their progress was fatally ded by the massing of ot men and boys in front of them on the sides of 0 them th mn In and in the lie rear of or them Eggs oranges paper bags filled ned with decayed deca ed matter were thrown at the operatives on these cars many of ot whom vh m were out officials officials daIs of ot the company and in other capacities than those of conductor tor or motorman Less than a R dozen doen nonunion men took out cars but hut quite half halt of ot these were persuaded to leave their work and join the union Few Passengers Ride On the cars that were run only a few I passengers rode Thes were not dis disturbed Two arrests were made A special deputy sheriff Joseph Jones is alleged allt ge to have drawn a revolver at the theomer corner omer of or Main and nd First South streets and to have threatened the crowd Ho He Hovas vas sas as overpowered o and his weapon taken from him Afterward he was taken to the city prison A motorman Bert was charged with having haYing struck a lad tad In the face with brass knuckles The knuckles were found in his possession and he was as taken into custody I Aside from these th se two instances there were no serious herious mishaps although there might easily have been Police Are Powerless The Tue police poUce department throughout I displayed a woeful wo ful leek lack of or efficiency I or energy Mobs took possession of the i streets without protest on the part of ofa f I II a the patrolmen Every sort of or mischief I was resorted to but no one was brought to book for tor it Had the eggs and or oranges orang oranges anges ang s been rocks apparently It would have been all one to the police pollee policeMen policeMen Men wearing the uniform unit rm of ot the po police police I lice department faced about bout and leis IsIs leisurely strolled away from the scene of disturbance their presence ought I certainly cert to have been In la the midst of the th disorder r It is due lo good nature ture of the crowds lods and not by b any means nfl to I the efforts of oJ the ha police that hat some somo one was not seriously injured or perhaps I killed in iIi yesterdays unlawful doings t Company Abandons Ab nd n Attempt i iI i I At 1 the thC company coin abandoned the attempt to run cars and the power Dower was diverted from the trolley troU feed wires The therefore is com corn complete DIete General Manager Wells in a 3 state statement mont ment m nt to the public last night stated d that cars would be started op on a num nurn number ber of or specified lines this morning It remains Terr to be seen whether hether these cars carswill carswill will Ul make progress They will be ac accompanied at companied by strong guards and any attempt at interference may lead to serious results If It the thee company is Js sue suc successful ceH ul In tn the first tint trials additional y cars care will be put Into service General I Manager Wells also states stales that strike strikebreakers strikebreakers breakers may be imported and that there are a n large number of or men on the extra list who are eager cager to go to work Strikers Are Disciplined Not one ore striker took active acUe part In yesterdays disturbances ances The men aro are under strict discipline and accept the th r restrictions laid upon them cheerfully The indulgence in intoxicating drink ja Is I positively forbidden even to the tho slight slightest slightest est extent A h heavy avy vy tine line Is the penalty for a n breach eh of ot this order The Tile men inca m n have been ordered to wear their uniforms and caps In order that there th e may be b no cases of ot mistaken Identity They fh have been advised to remain main r quietly at home and away awa from the points where crowds are likely to gather gainer They y have hae pledged themselves to do so SQ The strikers s have been organized in into into Into to Jn num mit each There are sixteen of these thelia squads and I each is under the direction of ot a captain who must report to the bo hoard board rd I each alternate day da The executive board is in direction of ot the strike and andis andIs is composed of the men who constitute c tho the executive eX board of the local loc l divis division divisIon ion Mr Pratt acts as counsellor to this body bOd People Try Walking Thousands of people who have been accustomed to riding to the city from their homes yesterday had td t hoof hoor it It was a new and trying exper experience experIence for many ninny of or them especially tho the women As 8 a result there were not nearly nearl so many people on the principal thoroughfares as usually there are The Tile in this vicinity were practically practically practically left 1 ft without patronage The cabs an and l commercial automobiles did a s thriving business and liverymen re report report port that every horse and vehIcle was In service serice Today the school children the th teach teachers tea h hers ers em the shoppers the clerks the bust busi business bustness ness men the working men and a mul multitude multitude of ot others will wUl come face to face tace with the situation The police polica department and the sher sheriffs iffs urs office have given the company as that its property will be pro protected protected protected and that all disorders will b be quelled rhe The strikers say they are ready to cooperate with the peace officers offIcer and are willing to do anything in their power to maintain peace Long in Conference The conference con called at 4 yea yes yesterday afternoon in the office of General Manager Joseph Wells of ot the Utah Light LI ht Railway nUway company between General Manager Wells E Buckingham general superintendent of ot the Oregon Short Line LineR R It E B Hunt superintendent of the oper operating operating operating department of the street car company company com company pany Fred H IL Knickerbocker secretary to W v H Bancroft and G C M Massey Musser secretary to General Manager t lager Wells Yells and the executive board of oC the street carmen cannen consisting of ot James H Lamont A P Nielson A H 11 Burt J T D McCarty T TW TW Tw W Palmer William Cocking John Jones It R J Haddock J A Reeder H T B Grey was in session for fot an and a R half balf Propositions were discussed d where whereby whereby whereby by the street carmen and the officials of ot the company compan might arbitrate the question of wages the strikers to go back to work until an au agreement was reached On Railroad Line The question of wages traces wa es was Va not gone into in detail de n Superintendent Bucking ham of ot the Oregon Short Line explained to the commit tate of or street carmen carm n th the manner In which the question quest ll of ot wages w c cand and hours bours Is settled between the thC car shop men and other of ot the Oregon Short Line and the th company The conference closed at 53 5 and the executive board of at the street car went to the office of or C 0 O Pratt chairman of ot the Amalgamated as association 11 sedation BUcl executive board to advise with him hinl as aa to the proposition sub to 11 them by the Ole company co at the tha conference Question of f Representation The Tile proposition mafle maUe by the company COmPan ina In a general way aa that a committee com of at the should meet with the ot of of the company in an effort to tou tourie ar arrive rive rie at a tI settlement In the event that no settlement ettl could be reached arbitrators arbitrators arbitrators tors should be called In but not until di dl direct negotiations between the principals ls hat had failed f ned Meanwhile the company pro proposed posed that the men should return to work awaiting the result of or the conference be between b tween n officials and committee The question naturally arose as to who should constitute the committee representing representing seating the men In Itt short the question hinged hin on the retention or r elimination of ot Pratt as l a factor in the negotiations The Mens Statement Last evening the executive committee commItte sent a subcommittee consisting of ot James JamesH J mes mesH H IL Lamont and A X H Burt with mth this let letter letter ter j 4 April 28 1907 To iTo the General Management of ot the Utah Light Railway Company Gea The committee of et your reUl QI v I t J who W om met ct with the representatives of cf your Our company c this afternoon t the request of oJ I President Bancroft wish wh to Inform you that If It you desire 1 to 0 continue negotiation n looking toward an n amicable adjustment of oft I t existing we are tro ready to meet I yau sau BU in Accordance with tho thu instructions rs given Ais ti by bv your As we Informed you OU Verbally eb i in instructions tru are ae by unanimous vote vote of your youre I e JR the of settlement has been be placed paced In Jn the hands ot of official rep and we assure you rou that jilt ft if you u m IU et the authorized committees e we can un ep brine aA bont oat t an ai adjust adjustment Inept ment tIt that tb t wAIL restore restO o normal flori non conditions C nl provided r we w have hae the UI th earnest a nest cooperation trill m readily agree that In n view of conditions your our empl yes es were j compelled I to place their Inters Interests officially dally somewhere for tor their protection l n atilt tUI we have no power or r desire to abrogate their specific Pratt en Committee C Who Is this committee d to In Inthis this communication Mr Pratt was ras ns asked The UThe committee from tho the men Informed tim the th mana em t said Mr Pratt that thata ay a y committee entering Into nto V further he 16 Collations with the company In n the mat matter matte let ter te In controversy shall include l the rep representative of the international int association il tion This 1 is III 1 mII f It lt is J D p to the company comp Yo accept or r leae l e It t Up to this time tho the committee has received no reply from the company I I t cansay nothing t more at present than we talked only of ot how bow wo we w could ar arbitrate Our difficulties and nd of the men m n I going coins back to work while lie wo we settled the I matter said ald Manager Wells Vens Immediate 1 Ill lly after the afternoon conference Secre Secretary eore tary tar corroborated Sir Mr lr Wells eUs statement Would Call Out Troops s While the conference was as in session In Inthe Inthe Inthe the private office of Mr Wells Vel Assistant Postmaster A B Keslor Keslar appeared and amI for tor Information as ns to t the tIte probability ity of or mall mail cars ears being Interfered with In III Inthe Inthe the morning tatIng that he no would at it t once apply appy to Colonel Lockwood at Fort I Douglas tot for protection for tor the cars cane If Interference were likely to bo be the case Sheriff C Frank Emery appeared ared at atthe atthe the general offices of th the street car Com Company coman om any pany an before the conference adjourned and was vas Immediately called to President Ban crofts crots office In fn the tho News build buildIng Ing The conference adjourned d shortly afterwards and General r l Manager r Wells Wens and General Gen al Superintendent Buckingham With Superintendent Hunt of ot the street t railway company went w nt to Mr Ir where a long conference was held with Parley Williams chief counsel for forthe forthe forthe the Oregon Oron Jn Short Line and Sheriff Em cry It was wa announced after this confer comer conference conference ence that arrangements had been made with Sheriff Emery Emen for adequate protect t ton on ion for tor all cars that will wUl be operated to aV General G e Manager Wells and other of of the tho th street railway company com pan had bad badt t bitter condemnation to offer on the ork orIc of or th the pollee police today Superintendent Hunt of the street railway company at 6 called up Chief Sheets and re that men m be b stationed at he Ii Jordan power house tonight and ah at atthe atthe the th central transmission station on Vest West Temple ll str et Chief Chlof Sheets sent men to both bath places pla During the conference In President Ban crofts office n a committee from the me Etc metrical trl al Workers Worker union appeared and was waa granted n a heating hearing h The meeting was wan of live fise minutes mInute duration and tub commIt committee commItte tee tte returned to Mr Ir Pratts office It was later announced that they would meet with Ith General Manager Wells Veils und and nn Super Int Buckingham after alter the tIve tr e board of |