Show HOPEFUL OUTLOOK FOR SETTLEMENT ETTLE Both Street Car Company and Confident of a Speedy Adjustment RECOGNITION OF THE UNION J JONE ONE OF STUMBLING BLOCKS IN WAY OF UNDERSTANDING The hope that the street car company compan and Del Its Ita will wilt arrive at a speedy speed IJ and azid amicable understanding with respect to wages and conditions is entertained by b the company officials and by the em en employs ploys ploy certainly it is entertained by b the th people of Salt Lake City Progress PrO resa was wa made yesterday ye in adjust lag Inc the differences that exist between the company the conductors and motor motormen motormen motormen men For its part pact the company granted an increase of at wages and Its Its president W H IL Bancroft has agreed to meet the th employee as individuals and hear bear any grievance which they may have to pre pro present present sent For their part the men express themselves as not satisfied with the ad advance advance advance vance posted pastel by the company neither are they satisfied with the announcement of af the company officials that they do not recognize the union and do not intend to they are pleased with the promise of a conference with the president This con conference conference conference ference it is ia hoped will take place to day Neither th the company nor the men ex expect expect expect trouble much less a strike I think the matter will be settled amicably said Joseph Jo S Wells general manager for the street car company We e do not have havethe havethe havethe the least doubt that we will get together Is the concrete statement of the em When the Conference Was On The conference between the officials of the company and the of ot the men did not last lut long as time Is marked by the hands of the clock The meeting was held in the offices of the Utah Light LIht Railway company on Main street The company was represented by General Manager Manag r Joseph S Wells R E EHunt EHunt EHunt Hunt superintendent of railway service and O 0 P Arnold Jr assistant superintendent superintendent superintendent The men were represented by b Chairman J H Lamont Lament Secretary A P NIelson n Business Agent A H IL Burt and these members of the executive board of local division No of or the Amalgamated Association of oC Street Electric Railway Employee of America J D McCarty W l Cocking John Jones B J Haddock T W Palmer and J S A Reader Reeder What the Men Ask The request of the employee consists mainly mainI of an increase of wages The Themen Themen Themen men ask that conductors and motormen be paid at the rate of 25 cents an hour during the first year of service and 30 00 cents an hour thereafter Ten en per cent advance In the pay imy of oC repair shop and car barn is also asked Under the schedule that prevailed prior to April 1 the change from which was officially announced by the company yes yesterday yesterday es esterd y was First six months 20 cents an hour second six months 22 4 cents an Four thereafter up to five years 25 cents an hour after the fifth year ear 27 cents The rate posted by the company provides for payment at the rate of 2 f cents for the first year 26 25 Ii cents up to the fifth year ear and 27 cents thereafter The increase consequently is Ig 14 a cent an hour for the fifth year ear men and anti a 2 cent increase for the 2 cent men In view of the increase granted by the company last June the officials consider the present request Is not altogether mod modest modest est eat estA eatA A request of ot minor importance is la that the men be permitted to buy uniforms of blue serge instead of the suits made of the cloth now used which is flannel or wool The men say that dealers are unable usable to furnish this character of cloth and that it possesses little or no wearing quality Union Is Strong Our local division said one of a com corn committee committee of three which was in consultation in n the headquarters bead of the union In the Electrical Workers hall ball on West First South street embraces practically every conductor motorman and car barn bern and repair shop in the city Our membership is 1 approximately 4 General Manager t Wells gave the num of men employed at about The company operates miles of and slid its lines extend practically to every part of the city In the imme immediate immediate Immediate diate future the system will be entirely reconstructed Indeed work has already begun on one of the suburban routes Recognition of the Union Both the men and Mr Ir Wells were ret reticent reticent cent concerning he terms proposed by the employee for recognition of the employee union Mr Wells Veils said saidI I do not de deem m it advisable to te discuss this matter through the columns columna of the th public pubU press for 1 I take it that at best the he statements of either the company or o othe othe the he men must be by some misconstrued That is what we both wish to avoid Mr Wells intimated strongly however that there were conditions in the Ute terms submitted by the committee that waited on him that hat could not be bP entertained The he committee suggested that this phase I of the question be left to tI t arbitration but buthe the he representatives represent did not en entertain entertain the idea idee It should be understood that the representatives representatives representatives of the men the union board and officers have not accepted In final settlement the Increase of the company granted yesterday The action on the part of the company was entirely voluntary on its part and was not flOt the committee of the organization declares the result of any understanding arrived at during any previous meeting or conference The committee speaking with reference to o the question of recognition of oC the union say that the company ras as always received the authorized delegates of the association admitting at the same ame time that the company has had not rec roe recognized recognized the union as such Talk Among Am ng the Men MenThe MenThe MenThe The gossip among the Is all aU of a hopeful nature Every one of them who was seen expressed the belief that an amicable understanding would be ar arrived arrived arrival rived rival at We are not complaining about the he length of our days work nor the conditions in general as you OU stated in inThe InThe inThe The Herald this morning but we do be beleve believe leve lieve that we are not getting enough pay for our services We have no kick com corn comIng cornIng Ing ng on our treatment by the company and an I am quite sure the thc company has one Jone an au our work There a man In Inthe Inthe inthe the service who loyal to the last degree legree who is not careful who is not courteous and considerate The TIle remark remarkably remarkably ably bly small total of accidents that occur on the street car lines of this city is proof of the thern ability and carefulness car of the he men That Is la what they all aU said Wages in Other Cities The officials of the thc company contend con ten that the wages paid to street car opera a Ives tives in this city are higher than they are in any of the western cities with rare exceptions Butte arid and a d San Francisco said Mr Wells have a higher r scale but butIn butIn In n those cities clUes the conditions are ab abnormal abnormal abnormal normal he said In Denver Spokane and an ansome some of the north Pacific coast towns the he schedule Is much lower than it is s shere here bere The men inca say that their Income barely J Is la sufficient to provide the necessaries of i ife life fe and that when sickness or misfortune tune une of any kind overtakes them or their families they the arc are compelled to Incur In Indebtedness Indebtedness whose liquidation involves de do themselves and their households not tot only of at luxuries but as well of food arid and rid clothing absolutely necessary |