Show MET METAL AL CRAFTSMEN FAIL TO AGREE ON SETTLEMENT TERMS N WITH SHOP HOr OWNERS FUTILE City Is Losing a Day Galigher Says Outlook for Agreement Is Dark Many Are Leaving City I I r C COMMITTEES 01 representing the iron and steel shop owners and the striking metal metalworkers metalworkers workers met yesterday afternoon at the Labor temple but all negotiations ten tending toward a settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment of ot the dispute were Ineffective According to J. J E. E Galigher Gallgher of ot the Galigher Gallgher Machinery company Salt I Lake is losing about a day which would be paid in wages to the men It Is estimated that the city has al already already al- al I ready lost through the strike I Eight Bight hundred men have been out for tor twenty twenty eight eight days The fourteen shops affected have been compelled to turn turndown turndown turndown down worth of ot contract work In the meantime many of ot these or orders orders orf or- or goir ders f t for to J San Iron Francisco and a steel Portland products and are I Seattle factories and much business is being lost in this way according to the s shop owners It has been estimated that about persons are directly affected by bythe bythe bythe the strike as at least 90 per cent of ot the strikers are married men and many have large families There is little tittle indication that a settlement settlement settlement set set- will be reached in the immediate immediate imme Imme- diate future Both the strikers and I the shop owners are pessimistic over the situation The shop owners announced announced announced an an- some time ago that they could not afford lt to pay the wages as asked under e present se I conditions d The e men declare that they cannot meet the theIs rising ris ris rising Is IsIng ing cost of ot living on the tho present wage In the m meantime rany any of or the skilled workers are leaving the city for other states t |