Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-01-21 | Page 1 | Carmen Place Burden of Blame on Company

CARMEN PLACE BURDEN OF BLAME ON COMPANY PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 20. "If this city has another strike of street car employees em-ployees It will be because the company Iuih forced It on Its employees," said C. O. Piatt, national organizer of the Amalgamated Amal-gamated Association of Street and Electric Elec-tric Railway Employees Coday. Air. Pratt has boon trying to settle the threatened strike by arbitration. Al. his suggestion the local executive committee, which has been empowered by tho men to call a strike, i-ent a letter to tho company com-pany lasl night asking that tho grievances griev-ances of the men bo adjusted by an arbitration ar-bitration committee. In reply, the company sent a reply to the local managers In which It sold: "Wo have already carried conciliation so far that oilr discipline has suffered to an extent no longer endurable. In the last wee.k we have received more than 400 complaints from passengers relating to disregard of rules by men on Mi' cars. If discipline were applied In these cases alone thorn would be -100 more grievances, and If the committee's present request was granted 100 more eases to arbitrate." The company, however, promises to glvo the coninilllcc's request careful consideration.