Show AMIABLE SPIRIT IS MANIFESTED Street Car Hope for Speedy Adjustment of Ex Existing Existing Existing Differences COMPANY STATES POSITION FURTHER INCREASE IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSSIBLE BLE fiLE AT THIS TIME At least two days must elapse before any further developments In the street treet car situation may nifty be expected At this hour the company la III resting on the Increase of w wage ge granted grant April 1 the employee as re Joe making plans toward a reopening ot ol The he nature ot of these plans pIans wID not DOt b be made known until they are within two that will be iny completed lor three days daYl W WH Will r yesterday between At a conference ye H Bancroft president ot of the Utah Light iR ill and Railway Hallway company and a committee representing th tb the men the position of the company was stated In brief that poe pom t K Id that the company cannot afford to 10 increase wages further than It already has as done recognition of ot the union as a such le is refused ref grievances of ot the men will be h by the president when they be adjusted between th tb and their thIt Immediate Imme superior officers i j advance in pay will be considered con when the financial condition is III bet better better ter Iter than it is now An Intelligent Discussion held in yesterday was The conference conf en tn th office of ot Mr Bancroft in the Oregon Short hort Line building at S I Mr and his bis secretary Jo F H Knick were present for the company and fUld the employee empl yee were represented by J JH 1 H lL r Lament Lamont president pre of ot the local division Of ot th the Amalgamated association IU A P Pl l secretary A H II Burt business gent executive board bOrd members T r v W Palmer John Jones Jone J A Reder Reeder R eder B J Haddock HaMock W Cocking J 3 D McCarty and andE H E 1 T B Grey Orey The employee presented their request for foran foran foran an Increase of ot pay from th the present scale caie to w I cents an hour for tor the first firstI I yes year of oC service and thirty cents an hour tour lour thereafter for tor conductors and motormen mot land rul nd an increase of ten per cent for barn repair shop men They also asked for of or the union muon Mr Bancroft t declined to recognize th union He stated that the of the company individually or collectively I at t any allY time would find the presidents office ready and willing to consider any grievance they might have with reference to wag wages or working hours if It those grievances ances ancee an es could not be te settled sewed between them ad aBd ml the officers immediately superior Advance Not Justified Mr Bancroft told the conference com corn committee commIttee said sali Mr Knickerbocker that the company is paying as high a rate of wages as It possibly can at this time The new company compan when it took over the eye system system tem tern bought a losing enterprise Present Presently ly the company will spend a vast amount of money in rebuilding the tile lines Mr lr Bancroft asked the boys to take this fact telling them frankly frankl that just now the company is face to fase with financial conditions that are not nearly Benny so 80 satisfactory as they ought to tobe I be he In time however Mr Bancroft said the revenues would increase and the sit situation nation generally would improve When that time comes Mr Bancroft told the the company would be pleased to giveS give consideration to any an proposition they tIley might have to present Men in Amiable Mood The committee left continued Mr Knickerbocker KJ without the least sign of In fact the conference was an intelligent business talk utterly devoid of ot warmth The committee mani manifested manifested tested a conciliatory and amiable spirit throughout Mr Burt said Our conference with Mr Bancroft was a pleasant meeting Naturally we are disappointed at the out outcome outcome outcome come but we have hae the t e position of ot the thee company e from its highest source surce and 1 I Ican can oan cee Eee ee nothing ahead but an amicable adjustment It Joined in President Lamont we are hopeful ot of an entirely agreeable arrangement In the very ery near future S Have Plans WIn you take any further immediate action actton 1 was asked We are formulating plans and hope to toI I have them matured within a few days das We cannot c ve ive you the details now be because because cause they ther have not been completed When they are however we will tell you vou about them and you can tell the public through The Herald which has given us usa usa a square deal throughout |