Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-05 | Page 11 | Car Strike Marked by Added Violence

CISIIEIiED 81 ADDED VIOLENCE Railway Officials Refuse to Respond to Conference Call of Mayor. ST. t.OrtS, Feb. 1 The s.von.l d.ty of the street eiir s-tnl0 w.u murkta" by ln-tTf ln-tTf .iMiMr vtolemv, tiUimrous riot culls .uid alm-UNt complete p.iralis of t motion mo-tion tin importation, Kt forts ;iUo ere m.uie to brins about ;i settlement. No oars wore operated toniitht. Mayor Kiel, acting on ulvloe of the olty t-ounsellor. who assured him th.it he had authority to Intervene, sent formal summonses to the t'mted K.illu nys 00m -pany and to the ofikhal of tlie lo-. al union of the Amalgamated Association of Street uti. I Klectno Kaiiway Employees to send rei'resentatives to his office this ceuln-. Mayor Kiel, before the conference, con-ference, said he ouid surest an Immediate Im-mediate resumption of car service ami that the question of wape-s and hours be left to a later adjustment. The labor union obeyed the summons. The I'iau of the mayor to brlnsj the two sides together tn con ffp-nee was frustrated by the refusal of the I'nited Uaii way officials to participate in t tie coi.f.'.'civf. It is trad Pre-ident McOu'.loeh oi the street car company nt a letter .i the maor savir. that the directors of Liu- company won id meet Tues lay and decide on a course of U' tion. IU could say in advance, however, accord mi; to th letter, th.a the directors would be whims 1 submit to the stnte public sorvu-e commtssion' whetiier they vouid or should increase the w aitts of motor-nin motor-nin and conductor. Not more than eighty cars were oper-ated oper-ated at any i::e tune today, though nor-mall nor-mall more than lie are op rated dur-ir dur-ir sr the Monday rush hours. Thousands walked w and from work. orh-r thousands thou-sands failed to report at factories and stores a'ul hutuireds i'f s-.rv:.'o automo-hiics automo-hiics and viulo trucks did a rushms business. busi-ness. Trie riotirir. which b-pan soon l"ut 'he company started its cars, increased in intensity as ttie day worj on. In the main the r'.ot ers contented the nisei es with dutr.:.g:rf the cojb.