Show tILE SETtERS IJ I AND fO fOMO FOIl MO ME I rAi VERY member of the local EVERY J tile setters and helpers' helpers union walked out today in Salt j Lake as a r result suIt of the r refusal fusai of contractors to accede to the i i demands for higher wages EmI Employers Em Em- I state stale that a number of jobs are at a standstill as a result of the strike Union men contend that th the inI increased in- in I creased cost of living and wage advances advances advances ad ad- vances in other lines of industry I entitle them to an increase According to George Q Morris I manager of the Elias Ellas Morris Sons I company compan the contractors hold hod a ai i written agreement with the workers governing wages and working conI con- con conditions I Mr 1 Morris says this contract I I is valid until January 1 I 1 1920 20 and andI I that the walkout is I The workers take th the stand that they are re to an Increase of third one-third more th than n pr provided Vided in the contract and that when the agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment was entered Into prices and conditions were vastly t. t I Mr Morris said the contra contractors tors had hadi i voluntarily given an Increase over the contract price to the workers in wages 1 I this spring The employers contend that to acc accede to they tho present demands I would would mean to i iss on the increase I j to lo the home hoone homebuilders builders of Salt Lake I Both sides indicated they Intended I I to remain firm 9 rz |