| Show CONTRACTORS GIVE ANSWER ANStER Electrical Firms Issue a State Statement Statement ment merit on the Late Unpleasantness Unpleasantness and ald Strike BLAME OUTSIDE OUTSIE AGITATORS Nut II Object to Higher II tuI gt I uel I i to bo hu ii Told I I Whom hll The rift h Must 51 ii st The Tite ho electrical contractors h lil a meeting Saturday afternoon when It ii was sea thought to pro nt their lasso laio to to tile the public The following docu document loeu ment was sta WI therefore To the Public Th firms have ha been heen akO on eli occasion to tn to state hid wide of 01 the strike trouble and aOl at n a I meeting of 01 tho the electric contractor hold at lt tutu the Y YM Yut M ut 1 C A yesterday It I wn mu unanimously to answer the lie article publish l by h the electric workers worker In II tho tilo first Ilaoa we e would ask sk tile the public to Investigate tho the Individual In of 01 tho tue executive committee I and tIn the I II 1 K J 1 W agents If I our hind had come coins ole to us ua with wih any nn grievances we 0 would kIndly glad iy hlo listened I and Inc talked tai to eti tho the mutter over oer with wi h thorn them but hut when hl such Much men an its R linen been hoel put Iut on Oil 11 tho the committee us 1 In view of the tile f act ct that they tiley were the lie tors torl of 01 tho tue trouble we iso could nut not KM aOl our wit WI clear to tn meet Ilet und we Ste believe that In Iii a lt I very sery er time the tho home honie men mm of or the I n II K 1 W Wwi V will wi see muco leo tills this nutter In Imi II tho tile same 10 light l hl as its II we w do un and Inel that lieU they the will trill wi be only ton hun Kind glad to 10 their old positions regardless of ot the thu objections of ot the tho agitators who shio realize that they th this can cannot cannot not nut fill 01 a position Io In lii any In shop unit and andare are ar only holding the good on strike so iso thY they dims can secure u it 1 salary from men the Iho union fur for their alleged ulTi orn official let cial services We Vui 0 hut had a it I written request from tho the union asking for tor an en 1 hy by b Juno June und and WillIe while their letter hello was wal being b considered ered by b tile the contractors the union preparatory to an n answer moon men len suddenly all 11 wont went Int on 01 strike over overnight night two weeks ahead of tho the unto dato and have hae asked for tor their reply we never ncr heard front them since anti hR 1 never nver been ell that a n strike lion has hn been heen called therefore no e 11 hired more moro men mn to In continue our work ALL AIL 1 NE D DAl At Al tho the tint wo sea have hae about all ni the Ii lm WU to II lake tuko euro care ot of otI all ll und and arc I In a u I r to tu biKe LIO cure care of all ni contract comm thai hUt I i IU come 1011 up IJ In hi I ml thin tho future Thu ho Fort Houll work stork ork will still willbo wil wilho bo Ia till all 11 through In II n ii lor then thon there tc will wil bu Liu lu un of ot mulch men Iel In this it II I Is 18 a tact fact fatt that tile the which Is by tho tue company co r 11 II ly Ihl Western l company signed tho the I agreement but bil Mr II tho the manager stated that same was stas 1 1 without hla lila authority and ho ordered seine same sale canceled which was 1 done dono Later Jar tho the officials of 01 the tho co ac sue accepted tho tile agreement nod and signed amo samul with a view of or H anti and Ind com coin COl several erl contracts through the 11 alit aid ot of o the tho union but as us tile the contra cUltra tors tory and tilt the th public Ihle know the connections between the time company com unit und trl com corn company compan pany pan and tile the It H M 1 Hell Itoh Phone com coin lain It cUll can cal readily be he seen n that tIlls was entered Into not for forthe forth forthe the th good of 01 tho union but a as i an un limi unfair In stir fair fall advantage over tho the other electric contractors We e desire the tue public to know klow wo tie have hac been ben entirely Just In this matter Int r of lt if the union demands and that tho tim mutter matter of higher was silts Wil no objection but wo u certainly did object to being ordered to employ er ploy only such luch men lumen AS aio IR the th union Ulion would select anti ami to discharge any nn other men In our em om employ ploy 1110 ilo Such Ruch at as BI these there mado by bytho tIle tho agitators who era uro Incompetent to 10 hold hol a n position are aro ao keeping tho tile first class elnas out of work caa We so 0 might state Iato to thin the pub Jub lice that the 1 I H Il I IS It J W W by tu harboring such Ilch men mn HI as 8 have liuo hlo come Into town lown mado the wiring ut lt Fort Douglas cost COt over or I more than It should coil co t and tile the Polite police i line construction 2000 more mature than thal It should 11 cost copt anti and that thaI wince since wn we huo 1110 been hen using nonunion electrical men muon 1 on this work wo we have for tor tho tile thoune 1 une expenditure In II wages vagos ngel doubled time the output In progress Tile The tact fact lac can 11 be tjui plainly demonstrated that then wan sias wana wal wala a compact to to flake mk these the jobs Job job lint last na its I long as la possible We a 0 do lo not 1011 desired the electric that th lie public contractors to 10 alga n an am agreement whereby the tho will wi compel us UH to hire any an and nit nil ni men that come 1010 along Ilon In preference to our cur resident anti and ane allow alow such men to work worle along as lB they please We e propose 01 os long bug Ion as Oi wo se w are lure In business to hire such auch men ai nA will wI give our customers satisfaction and pity J them n a liberal Inn for lor their service TUB CONTRACTORS |
