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Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-04-21 | Page 28 | Company Refuses Street Car Men

Type issue
Date 1907-04-21
Paper Inter-Mountain Republican
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Company Refuses Street Car Men
Type article
Date 1907-04-21
Paper Inter-Mountain Republican
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 28
OCR Text COMPANY REFUSES I STREETCAR STREET CAR ME Wage Wane Scale Demanded by hy Em Em- Turned Down at at Conference UNION MEETING jS IS CALLED CALLEC v Counter Proposition Offered b bV V Street Railway to Be Discussed t t ti 4 Vs i- S-lES S S VMS t HI ii ll i U AND Ni ANDI J ti t 4 i- i t 54 I f Demand 4 4 First Firs t r UI per fic tf t f- f After year ar al 30 4 4 Increase c for COl men 10 pet pct 4 4 oni o f 4 ff f First year yeni e 1 j per ier cr hour 22 he c t t- 4 Next four years US U'S Gc 44 4 4 After J year 17 he het e 4 44 t- t In Scale Srah 44 4 4 First C G mo moo per ier hour 00 0 44 4 4 1 Next C G zoo mo per hour I c 4 4 After first year fic 4 9 4 After year ar c 4 V t tt t Following the refusal nl of oC the the compan company com COin pan pany to grant nt the demands of or the lie street car men Saturday a afternoon tho ho crisis in the local traction trouble will willIw willbe l be Iw reached tonight ht when th the Salt Lake LalI i division llIn of ot Car c-ar hold a ama ma mavs meeting at Worker hall hail at nt midnight ht The Jhc between the lie committee com con of or the street car cm union and till the officials of ur the Utah Light Railway HaH company resulted in III a flat Mat r o oC rh the company to tu grant the Wl wage scale call demanded h by lh the men mn A Aa As Asa a proposition counter the the company offered a CL slight increase in Iu a wages ts to 10 the he car Cat men at nt the tile same time tal taking o. n away from front tho the barn harn and shop em cia em plo cs some SoniC of ot th the privileges gc they demand de- de nand mand V According to the men the entices conces folon made to rn the conductors and motormen do not b by au any menus means I counteract the lie modifications and limitations Imitations placed upon th the affiliated car cur rind and shop g COli Conference oli n 0 Short t. The TIt conference between b t the tho men mn anti and the lie company yesterday afternoon was wag short General Manager Wells ells and anil hi his secretary r Mr 1 r u appeared ap tip- p- p pearel for rOl the thc company while the car cal carmen carmen men were cle represented by H. H I T. T 1 Gre Grey Inte International l vice Jue president Pre President ld nt James H. H I amont Lamont Allen Burt Burl secretary secre- secre lary tary and business agent John Jones B B. I J. J Haddock and J. J D 1 McCarty The Themen Themen men presented Jue their request i t for more wags wages Manager Wells Veils e II s speaking for tor forthe forthe the company offered l to take make certain concessions a and nil ald said t thai lint ha l th the e offer was aM the lie answer of the company 0 I an that thal no further increase would be bet t I yen S V 1 Jh offer of the company was was was' to give th the men on Ott the cn cars 22 k Jh cents for tor the first year rear G cents for CO COth th the next four our year ami 2 27 li U 8 every elY lRI I In a addition t the they oil creel to l' l reduce tile Uie labor conditions or of r barn bain and shop men n as regards hours hour Sunday and lOll holiday work Further than this the hit company would no not I go The demand of or th the car s Is for tot 2 cents an nn hour the tile first year lal 30 10 cents thereafter and anti a 10 per ier cent ceni increase for shop hop men The present scale cale l f Is CO 20 o cents C for r the th nr fIrst l si six Ix months 22 H for the next 2 r c cents after alI the year 11 and 27 i after t the 0 fifth wi year eon r i Men Not ot Affected A nt Cl Under the lie fIn present ent scale the s claim the middle men or 01 those thole who lia have lias s been with th the c company more than thon thonon on one year yar tor will have to walt wall threw three or tout four years before th they can get an Increase It is said that 70 jO o per lent edit of tho the em em- come Conic under this classification classification- lion An analysis of the otter offer of or the tue compan company com corn patty pan shown shows that Instead 01 Ot paying s lu or new men 20 cents an hour they are to have huv I. I and cents an hour for aI the next four years This will V p put i. them l n within n it cent ceni and a half of tile the maximum of 2 27 jt 1 cents at the lie nil nd of liV H live yeu y The str street car Cil men men- say ay Cay this is pra practically lib no concession lon find and not take lake care of or a a. lar large majority of or the lie men Chairman C. C 0 O Pratt Piatt met with the tue car ear mens men's committee titter after the confer confer- flee Inco ii co and the situation He III was not present enl nt al the lie me mooting meeting Meeting Called Following the conference nee with company compan officials the executive e committee of ot Salt Lake Iak h dl division lon decided to call u a Il meeting of or the he union for Cor Sunday at midnight midnight- At Al this hl time lime the situation will wilt be Jp laid before the car cur men mn and decisive action will be he i takui If H the hits union votes voles to accept Jie c of oC the lie th company comp n the he whole affair will w end On the lie other oilier hand band if the lie union votes voles to ii reject the lie orr offer r It ll ma may precipitate a more complicated than at present u exists and may Iced h-etl Into a astrike strike on the lie IQ local al traction s system tem TIme The 11 e executive committee will wIH make mak no of oC the union There s seems ems to be lit a a. misunderstanding ln between the officials and the with regard to an any action a may U b be betaken talc taken n tonight The car me und understood r Manager r V to say fay that hat his bis reply to the executive e committee was watt final Onal and the lie company compan would tb do no more morl The committee therefore Ce feel 1 that It will lI bt- bt unnecessary to hol hold another mother rl CO with tho the company officials official On the hand band Manager H Yells Wells said l last st night that he lie understood tood th the lie committee would communicate communicate com com- with him upon the result of oC the union meeting The Tue members of tin the com com- tIa s-a twy the they ate are through h if the offer of 01 the lie company compan la Is rejected V
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