Show TELEPHONE UN MEN LAY DOWN DOViN TOOLS IDOLS Strike of Electrical Workers in inThis inThis inThis This District Ordered by President COMPANIES DENY DEMAND BELL ALLEGES BREACH OF CONTRACT More than men according to the estimate of Louis Lynn president of or the Intermountain district of tho the International al Brotherhood of Electrical Worker are aro out on strike The strike Is against thu Bell and the Independent Telephone com corn companies and includes the tho entire district but the number stated is only tho the num number number ber bet involved locally and arid not nut tho the men in other states Wyoming Idaho and an Montana The number involved In thoi states will raise the total to hO men In the district all au fold bid there are arc about men but some sope of these ar af arunder arunder under contract and will not therefore join the present movement moment Many Man Answer At a meeting me held h ld yesterday afternoon In hi Electrical Workers hall haIl P e ported for tor strike duty dut It la Ic 1 expected that at the next meeting which whisk will III be WIthin a da day a number of men will have com corn completed completed their work for the companies left lef it in shape and reported for Cor strike dut sufficient to make the aggregate mole than mf men n President Lynn and the executive com corn consisting of S A M MT MT I IT T Roberts B 11 II Helms Holms R B G Whit Wiit head and an W V F Ramsey together with Dan I Elton representing the tho Utah Fed Federation Fedoration ration oration of Labor called upon D B S Mur Murray Murray Murray ray yesterday forenoon Mr Murray wa a asked it Is said whether or riot not the Be BEL company compan of which he ho is general mana manager manager ger get would grant the Increase asked ask d for foi forThe forThe The upshot of the interview was that Mr Murray lurra told Mr 11 Lynn that the ad advance advance advance vance Would not be granted Upon the instant every man in the dis dia district district except those In Ogden Cheyenne and Butte was called out In Salt Lak City more than I had laid laM down their tools within half an hour after Lynns instructions had been sent out Service Still Good Thus far lar little or no interruption has h been caused in the service of the two companies apparently the lines JInes are in working order The Bell company co pany It Jt Is said has in Its employ seven or eight meu mei who do nothing but attend to the main maintenance maintenance Time The are arc called trouble men menThe menThe menThe The executive committee puts It this way If It It requires seven men to maintain the system under normal conditions it will requite require at least that number of ot men to maintain It under present conditions A storm would cause causo trouble that wo we be believe believe lieve the company could not possibly meet we hope there will be no storm for tor forwe forwe we do not want the by b outside agencies On the bl ls Of bf seven seen men for tor tree trou trouble ble work now you OU can figure out for yourself how long the service will last in Ail n nits its entirety Members of the Workers union and representatives of 01 the Utah Federation of ot Labor called at tho the offic off Ic of or General Manager D S Murray of th Rocky Rock Mountain Bell Telephone com corn company company pany about ab ut 30 o lock In the morning morningto to submit anew the demand for an In Increase Increase increase crease in the scale Mr Murray what he said formerly and told them th tb company could not grant the demand The conference lasted only a few minutes and the strike of the Bell Ball company em was called soon afterward The following notice was posted in the Bell telephone building about noon Salt Lake City Cit Utah May lay a n lOT lOTTo To Feeling that a t l number of our em m ploeg who are members of local union Xo No 57 I B E W knowing that it ha has violated Its constitution in declaring d a It astrike astrike strike are not in sympathy with Ith such ac action action action tion the company hereby offers to taki them back in its employment emp under tr u agreement which exists between b tween that union and the company without prejudice prejudice prejudice dice Apply Appl to the th foremen of oC the various departments ROCKY ROCK MOUNTAIN lIOL TAIX BELL BErL BEr T TELEPHONE COMPANY CO Violation Is Alleged The Bell company compa y maintains m that the strike was In direct violation of the con eon constitution constitution of oC the I B E W and in viola violation violation violation tion of an agreement a ment between the com coni company compan puny pany pan and local No 57 This agreement was made May lay 1 1905 and wa was to con continue continue Untie two years from that date and to be from year ear to fear after that time unless canceled can by written notice presented by one party part to the other nut nor less than sixty days before the tha expiration of a term No notice of 01 cancellation It Claimed has been given to the compan and the company holds that the action R of ot tha the local union was in direct violation of this agreement The agreement was signed bv by the officers ers of the local union un lot and aud approved by the th grand officers th tb men have hayo been working miller this agree gref agreement ment mont since Its adoption May 10 1 L 1905 It Is said Officers of the Bell company compan had n m formal statement to make further than to say sa that the time company compan would continue to take care of its subscribers About the Constitution One clause of oC the I B E W constitution constitution tion which the Bell company co claims the local union nion violated Is found In the agree agreement merit ment between the local union and the district council which says sas We Ye agree that at no time shall we or order order der tier or effect a strike or lockout either directly or indirectly Indirect for any cause causa un unless unless unless less so ordered by the grand vice president president dent or grand president of the I B E W through h Its district council Mr Ir Lynns published statement says sa s ex es explicitly that the grand president and grand vice Ice president advised against de Os declaring daring claring a strike until they had an opportunity opportunity to investigate the local 10 situation further Continued on Page 5 TELEPHONE MEN M Er I ILAY I LAY DOWN DOW l TOOLS f Continued from Page 1 Since the constitution of ot the electrical Workers has han been brought into contro controversy controversy versy ersy It may m be well to give the views of fir President Lynn with reference to this phase of ot the situation Nobody has denied that we have vio violated yb the constitution In this district if I Iou you ou take It technically said Mr Lynn We Te maintain here that we have lived lied up to the constitution to all reasonable lengths and that if it anyone has violated the constitution it has been our grand officers I quote you tow sections from this IbIS little book 1 If Jf the P D C the president of ot the district council or his representative aft alt after alter er Cr an investigation of the conditions at atthe atthe atthe the scene of difficulty deems it necos necessary gary sary ary he l e shall the G V V P grand vice president to proceed immediately to the scene 4 The G V Y P upon arrival at the scene of or trouble should use se every en endeavor endeavor endeavor deavor to settle Bettle by honorable means said difficulty and If It the same is Impossible lie be shall put the question to a secret vote of the local said vote ote to be final What the Vote Read Now said Mr lIr Lynn we were au an authorized authorized by Mr Ir McNulty the grand pres president presIdent presIdent ident to take a vote ote of ot the district as aswell aswell aswell well as 83 of the local he is la our highest officer We Ve took that vote ote within the prescribed time and the balloting stood to 6 In favor of striking here are the ballots count them for yourself We have been een waiting on Vice President President President dent Sullivan at San Francisco for weeks and weeks and months We e get no word from him Our men want to know what is js being done I can tell them nothing except what President Pr tells me You iou see the result of what hat President Mc Ie proposed we should do doWe doe doWe We e went ent this morning to see General Manager Murray of ot the BelL Belt He told us that hat we were ero foolish for striking and that we must know what the conse consequences consequences consequences would be He said Bald in an after afternoon p a noon publication that a number of ot men 1 were ready read to go to work How true that Is I do not know Neither Reither the ex executive committee nor myself m has asked any an man to leave 1 his s work but we note that every man did leave his work when he be was Informed that the companies had refused to grant our request Not only did our own men leave leae their work ork but at least twenty ground men helpers men and terminal room men employed by the Bell people have quIt They The are e not mem members hers bers of ot our union but they ceased work us ns soon as they heard my information to the men Work Will Be Completed Our men will wUl leave heave no unfinished ca cables cables I bles The committees first Instruction was yas to finish all jobs and to leave the lines and system in working order We expect that all alt of or this work will be completed 4 by b tomorrow at the outside This forenoon we gave notice by b tele telegraph telegraph graph of ot our action to the various heads of the district councils W H JL Whalen halen in I Cheyenne E C in Butte Buu and to at Pocatello and at Boise They were ere requested to call out the men in their council districts not under con eon contract tract We e have received word that they the j have done so j I Mr Parsons Suggestion Arthur Parsons president of ot the Utah state board of arbitration saw General I Manager Murray yesterday Afterwards I he lie saw Mr Ir Lynn and the executive corn com committee mittel To the latter he stated that he bad just been In III conference with Mr Ir Murray and that he was desirous of or bringing about a settlement of or the dif dit j culty if that were possible I 1 told Mr Ir Parsons said Mr r Lynn that we greatly pleased with the th I lie IIA tool took Jn In the matter and ad that thet we were extremely sorry som that he Ie had not become acquainted through the dally daily press or otherwise of the conditions that tha existed so that h Ie might have hac come In Inas Inas Inas as mediator before Mr Parsons said that fiat if the state board could not do any anything an anything thing in th the matter be he and a number of or other gentlemen would be glad Ild to do whatever they could Wo We told Mr Par eons that wo we would b be glad gJ d to accept arbitration of or any differences that might mightY Y now exist between ourselves and the com corn companies companies or might hereafter arise if the companies granted us for cable ers era 3 is for linemen and for tor In Installers etc Mr lr Parsons asked for my m maddress I Address and I gave gays it to him in turn he lie gave me ins We Ve are arc glad to see seea seeR seeB a R movement on the part of ot the general public DubUc to bring about an adjustment XV AVe e welcome such movements we believe they will helD helo us The Independents Part The TheIn Independent company through El Elner mer ner B Joncs gave out a verbal yerbal state ment for Lor or publication yesterday forenoon after the conference with ah Mr Lynn and the executive committee So far as I know said Mr M Jones there has been no violation n of ot contract on the part of ot the men or of ot the com corn company compan pany pan The simple proposition with us Is that we feel that we cannot afford to pay the Increased wages w all ali Some Street Talk It Is 1 currently rumored on the streets that at next Fridays special meeting of oC the Utah Federation of or Labor strong stron resolutions res resolutions resolutions will be ha passed indorsing ephone mens strike and that other res resolutions resolutions will be passed calling upon every union man to urge every fair house t send in a takeout order Whether this will be done or not cannot at this time Lime be stated accuracy but that seems to be tho impression As there Are a great number of fair houses in Salt Lake City it Is la claimed by the men that tho the takeout orders will be numerous At the meeting m of ot the electrical workers yesterday esterday afternoon resolutions were passed thanking the teamsters and ground I men for falling in line Une with the strikers |