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Show Piffi DECIDE TO stick to mm Sixty Per Cent of Union Members Involved in ! Wage Dispute. More than 60 per cent of the union painters in Salt Lake are involved in a lockout, according to a statement mub hist night by Frank Spanton, president o. the Salt Lake local of the J'amters ano , Taperhangers' association of America. Mi. Spanton declared no strike bad been declared de-clared as yet, and said he did not expert ex-pert the union would have to resor. lo any such drastic action. "Our demand-lira demand-lira verv fair, considering the conditions that confront the working man today, and believe that when the employers get together for a consideration of the they will agree with us and sign up." Up to yesterday morning f.O per cent of the journeymen painters in Suit -?f; were not working, this number being idle when a part of the employees failed to accept the terms of a schedule presente ; for acceptance last Friday. Ihe employers em-ployers were given until last Monday to accept the new wage rate. "There seems to be some sort of misunderstanding mis-understanding among the employer. themselves," Mr. Spanton said last night. Ho added that some of the shop owners, who accepted the new agreement Monday had since decided to await the outcome of a further conference of the employer-: "We are waiting for them to act." declared de-clared Mr. Spanton, referring to the employers. em-ployers. Last night's meeting, though lo:ig an" given to much acrimonious debate, resul -cd in nothing mre than a resolution tc "sit tight" and give the employers a reasonable rea-sonable period to decide what their fina' action would be. At a meeting of the local electrical workers' union last night, approval was given the agreement recently entered irif between the workers' committee and th.' management of the telephone company. This morning authorized officers of the union, with L. C Grasser, international vice president, will meet with the management man-agement of the company for the formal signing of the new scale. The latter provides pro-vides a daily wage of ?5.45 per day. The fore part of this session wi's giver, o vet-to vet-to a discussion of union matters in connection con-nection with the L'tah Light & Power company, especially to the company's announcement an-nouncement of a raise of ?!" per month salary to the electrical workers employed with the company. Although no official statement could be obtained fobowing the meeting the understanding prevailed about the Labor temple that the union will formally reject ar.v action that might be construed as a compromise for union demands. No definite action will be taken, it was declared, until further meetings had been conducted. At the regular meeting of the Salt Lake Mat Cutters' union, last night, the lodee voted to require erery member to subscribe sub-scribe for at Jpast one bond of the fouith Liberty loan issue. These bonds will be taken through the merchants' committee. The union will have an important pL.ce in Monday night's parade, and will be associated as-sociated with the employees of the packers' pack-ers' union. |