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Show i h - ; I'm - ' J..., ii' wj C:nr::j Succeeds in Rcllri:? Objecticnatlc 0rcr2-t:r 0rcr2-t:r znl Dclli Siles r.Ialic Concessions. The strike -of the telephone grls on the iButte exchange ha? been settled satisfactorily to all concerned, and the dozen operators who were cent from the local exchange to take the places of . the strikers have started back to Salt Lake, where they will resume their former for-mer positions. During the strike the entire Butte exchange ex-change was tied up. as the linemen walked out through sympathy and the Butte Federation of Labor indorsed their action and thus put the ban of disapproval upon the entire exchange. The settlement of the strike was I . brought about by the mutual conces- : Mons of the company .and the strikers. The trouble originated in the transfer of Miss MacDermott, chief operator In the long -distance -tollroom to another bureau. This was objectionable to the . union. When Miss Alice Hope of Salt Lake was Installed in ber place the girls struck. As soon as the walkout occurred. Manager Murray decided to place Salt Lake operators in the exchange, and accordingly started to Butte with a doaen of his meet expert manipulators , of the cords and plugs. The Butte clrls went, on the warpath i when this became known. Thef efforts of the company to place beds In the exchange ex-change for the Intruders were foiled by the strikers, who placed pickets in front of the building and. refused to allow anything to be carried into tbe exchange. ex-change. 1 A large delegation of the strikers and , their sympathizers gathered at the depot de-pot to "receive" the Salt Lake girls, but were disappointed. Manager Murray was advised of the J action of the strikers, and sidetracked the party at Dillon, where the girls were entertained at the best hotel. They were afterward spirited Into Butte and were lodged tn the Butte hotel. .. A compromise was finally reached, by which Miss MacDermott. who started the trobuie. was permanently displaced from the company's service and the other operators were restored to their places. . .' t - Manager Murray then started back to Salt Lake with his importation of telephone tele-phone girls and peace reifmed again. The Salt Lake girls lost nothing by the incident as they were on salary during the entire time Jost. and had all their expanses paid from the time they left until they returned to their work on the local exchange. :. |