Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-19 | Page 2 | Department Names Labor Conciliators

DEPARTMENT NAMES LABOR CONCILIATORS WASHINGTON. Sept. IS. Commission-I ers of conciliation were named today by the department of labor to adjust differ- ! ences between employees and employers ; at a number of plants working on war! orders where strikes either are threat-; ened or are in progress. The plants In- ! elude: Colt Firearms company and Billings & i Spender, Bridgeport, Conn., where drop forgers demand increased wages and an j eight-hour day; Savage Arms company, Philadelphia, where toolmakers and machinists ma-chinists are on strike; Shipyard and other i plants at Los Angeles, Cal., where the men claim wage awards have not been i put into effect; Kinlock Telephone com- ; pany, St. Louis, where telephone linemen I claim they have been discharged for af- : filiation with unions. i Conciliators also were named in a dis- ! pute between smelter workers and the ! American Metals company. Limited, Sa- i lida, Colo.