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Show DEADLOCK OIIIMOKEII AS WALKOUT tlllSIUOOUS iinRACTioirvAGrvAR - I Recognition of Union Clause Held Not Matter for Arbitration Arbitra-tion by Manager Dicke; Workers Demand Every Question Ques-tion Be Considered; Vote on Tieup May Be Taken ! ' . SINCE it became apparent that negotiations between officials offi-cials of the Utah Light and Traction company and the i street car employes might possibly result in a strike and its ; usual attending disorders, the stockade surrounding the car barns at Seventh East and Fifth South streets has been equipped with barbed wire entanglements. Searchlights have also been placed at points of vantage at the barns and all windows barricaded with heavy mesh wire. A night pa-( pa-( trol of guards has been stationed at the plant for several weeks and additional arc lights have been erected fhe last few days. Although the stockade has been built for several years, the inclosure was not provided with gates and barbed wire entanglements until recently. All the work, according to employes at the barn, was done at night. - - ";. 4, H. F. Dicke, general manager of the company, denied today that the precautions had been taken in anticipation of any violence resulting from a possible strike. : "The Germans are coming" was the only comment or explanation he would make in regard to the changes. DEADLOCKED on the issue, of arbitrating the question of reeof-nition reeof-nition of the union, both officials of the Utah Light and Trac-1 Trac-1 tion company and the committee representing the street car men's onion admitted today that the only means by which s strike can b . averted lies in the possibility of one side or the other yielding. Members of the committee representing the 'employees intimated today that if the deadlock is not broken at another conference this afternoon ami the company officials positively assert their refusal to arbitrate all matters in question, a special meeting will be called and ' a strike vole taken. If all efforts today and tomorrow fail to adjust the differences, the nieetinir will probably be called for the strik vote early Sunday morning. II. F. Dicke, general manager of the traction rem pany. said today that under no circumstances would Ihe company submit the matter of recosrnttion to arbilrstion. The men are staunch in their demand . t ' : pet out In. detail the company's aid. est 1 1 he controversy. These article, tiara j positively, and we believe purposely, i misstated several point, at issue. t "Mr. Uleke ia quoted aa saying that , hie company whs willing to arbitral, 'and that his offer had been declined . b- the carmen. We wish to emphat- jloally deny in statement. The coiu- niinee offered to arbitrate all question, i In dispute and th. company refused to arbitrate any queatlon except that of I wages. I "It ia a cardinal principle of our organisation or-ganisation to submit all questions that cannot be settled mutually to arbitration. arbitra-tion. The company ha. broken faith with th. carmen and appealed through certain newspapers for public aympa- -thy. They have sought to mould public pub-lic opinion by gfvtng one aid. of th. question, at Issue. Thia. w. believe. Ins been done to make It appear that fmvthruednpsgeia J that Ihe question of an association contract he aibllreted with other mat- lera In dispute. They Intimated that I If the company will not rntcr Into an I association contract or submit every J question to an arbitration board. Including In-cluding the recognition clause, a general gen-eral strike will result I NO ALTERATIONS. "We have even eliminated the cloaed j shop clause from the new contract In an effort to avert a strike. said Allen Hurt, president of the HI rest Carnien aj union. lay. "We are willing to take ! our chances with an arbitration board, but we want the matter of recognition rec-ognition settled along with other quea-tlnna. quea-tlnna. We have Issued no ultimatum. The question whether a strike .hall b. called now real, entirely with th. company." i'nless the men withdraw that clause pertaining to recognition from their t niract. which in no aense Is a matter for arbitration, I can see no wav lo avoid a atrike." said Mr. Dicke. I -I haie never threatened the com-. com-. mlitee that strikebreakers would he I emplnved nor that our employe, would be locked out If they went on strike. To do so would b. an attempt a corr.ion. I Vt the street cars of Felt Ike are. lied up it will a result of a strike called hy the committee and not as a j result of any lockout 1y the com-, pany. We are attempting to renew a working agreement with' our em- ) ploes. which expired on May 1. 1I7. We are willing and anxloua to arbl- I trate every section of our former agreement. The local union haa been j In existence more than twelve years. : and during that time every agreement haa been with our employes. We want J to continue thoae aame relations" I Th. following atalement waa leaned I today by the employee' committee, pro- I tretiiK agalnat the position taken by j the company In It. reports t. the pub- : lie preae: HERE IS STATEMENT. ', "loasmiKh .a lb. commute, from! the street carmen sod officials of the compjiuy. hail entered into an ogtee- j ment not to give out fer publication i any details of 'the nKO!ation for a I settlement. take this opporti'oli y lo j ay that ib. committee hav kept their , word unli now." S-st'-.-nents p ib!nhed over th. nam. of Manager btck. hare i DEADLOCK UNBROKEN v Continued from psge 1. ' the present strained relations . were brought about by the men. "If the rsrmen are forced to go on strike. It will he because the company baa repeatedly declined to aubmlt ail ejoeatlone to a fair board of arhltra- tion. Nothing will drive the men to take the extreme measure except the company' a psraiatent determination to ' he unfslr and Ha refusal to aubmlt me Iters tn arbitration. (Signed) . "ALLEN H. bl'RT. "President; 3. A. REKPER, "Secretary. "A. TL AVrTRY. "H. C. FOWKKfiL a. 8. BAKER. "R. M. LAMONT. "JAafKB P. CURTAIN. "Mamhera Executive Board." |