Show I STREET CAR ISSUE STATEMENT TO GENERAL PUBLIC SUPPORTING THEIR CONTENTIONS I I The following official statement was 1 d Ute Monday fl III night ht ty hy the tile c I committee tee of or t the lie t Sill IH I t ke div division of ot tin lii d I m Str tt t and anIl tic Hallway 1 of Am America a is as tile tho first public of 01 tin till union In ill Hs Its Ir present IH c controversy with lIh the ligh hl I ansi Hallway and Company I i iTo To 0 the th Citizens of Salt all Cit City and In tin OIl hi General d I IThe Till The strict street railway e of or titia i liv Lv ply dri-ply tc regret rc that U- U bi becomes j nc r. iry fo io thurn 10 tn II a again i I the thi U ause o of ot so n agitation and owing to tn the fat fact unit that W WI we ie I h h have hn ye n been unable i o III n tc an 11 anI I I amicable adjustment of that thai Mst between ou ourselves a and anil 1111 Light me and Ita Hallway i company i It IL t. t IN is our di the I pear C H tnt and ser of our city h lu luu worked n- n an and while we WI h e 1 faithfully to tu that end with with- o-it o It thus far Im having d any HaU iti- iti i factory u s uraiH- uraiH s of our conditions of 01 I- I employment t and nl Van I C f the future I xvi xvi- feel foel d to phuc our d side e of th lit Ih situation fairly I vou OI 1 0 for careful rul consideration believing halley halley- I tug ing you yuu will il bo tie convinced con of the hi justice of f our cause and en the helplessness of out our condition If w we w wro u ro to 10 accept a conI continuance con con- I I of or the conditions un under er which I vo Wf labor at the tho i t n rl In tr trying j I to preserve l OJ I dignity n It as Olt worthy h ell cit citizens II I- I I zen zeus zens and loyal loral defenders Q of our homos homeR I and lh the bc best t Interests of or our city's welI welfare wel- wel I rarI fare are I AVo w-o believe e that In an Injury r to lo th the great I I bully body of of street car men becomes In a 14 ma measure measure- a n detriment to I tho the public w welfare lart- lart for wo l come conic In iii contact t with Rit th lilt hom hunt ii of all of or Un people dally h In iii our l tile tuu H of Hi th af tv 1111 1 wll I ha havi- havi havia v a u lower 10 wui s Ia rale I but Jut condition condition- LIon Nisi 1141 In hot both ii h to lO III ilif IO lower I rat rul which all iii t Tho Flue cost ost of or living 1111 i li t I limn hUll heff hI and Jn tho tue general I renditions oil ren tire are not noi lo to b J. be compared trell wit with ii iiI I those of tall lilt Laki- Laki Salt Sail Lake lal Is conceded conceded cooc con coo I c ceded ell to lo bo lie one Jn of the m rub s In t Iho hI nUN Culled States Statis In III which I to III I live 1 and 1101 w vv can cun furnish I i uc I showing Hi Ih Ii great groat rat Increased lO cost cosi t of or living i p III In this city during IllS tho th- pasi threw lea Ca rs ra Th e c St l a 1 t tS n 1 r. r ov U Ur r tin the signatures o of n sm I In III this ell city and an an- men I Indisputable II ul Is ta iii e. e Our hours hour anti and conditions of 1 labor 01 HT tire such nuch that ihal w iv wi are arc comp to 10 be on duty dui as alt long lOll ai na thirteen and fourteen fourte n hours hour a alIa lIa d while Y r.-p r. receive c pa pay for fOl but trout from nine to nini and one one-lulf hours hours' till 1111 For illustratIon some of tit tIn day a mon men mongo I go 0 to work at al Ii o'clock In th Iho th morning I and do not complete their thol- lays days worl work until 7 In ut tIn tIn- PVC t ning night ht shift mon fl Ill I'll going on dut duty at al about II It o'clock In UK I forenoon of ur on one cia day ilay tb do elo not nut g get I t through brought with whit days day's labor until after 1 I o'clock I R n. n tn in the lie following ln morning mornin- Men Ien working 01 extra list h havo t l to re report re- re port lort for tor work at tit Il 53 In the thc morning and remain at it the tho car Warns until 7 73 i. i when hen I If ir they lucy do o not catch a run they lucy art aro cx- cx x- x rusi Pel d until 1030 11 u. u m m. at fit ii which hitch time they the again hn have f to lo u I port ti It at I till the Ja barn rn n and nil i if fj I Ithe Ih they the do ho not get et a Ii nl night ht run to take out lh they are alc again excused until l' l when they are aro exp ct Hl to again report it at till the tarn barn In III ease case there might be an emergency ncy r In C call cali for far some come of or thorn to go to work For all of this the thc men reech absolutely no and should thc they frill fall to show Kho up III It HS 85 often as required i 1 Ilu y mss miss out and go so to the foot of or the Ihl tea ll t f for l' l three days dRYS whom hern there here Is lct I EX'S ENS B 11 TIll J IN l' lIlls IllS HIS II IL DS I S I a I ILc Lc S 1 S H- H c C. C O. O Pratt PIaU Clu Chairman Exe l EC Doard Goard fare fIe us UJ well weB as aM even en th tin tin- II lives ilves 01 ol tn th women and children who ho ride upon I th th- ears cars or oi In a moment of lit minded absent absentmindedness ness plunge In front of or the cars while cro crossing the lie busy u y streets Here lIere Wo We ate are for the most part long life residents of I thi this community Our Out homes and our interests are centered here l iTc Whatever is lJ beneficial nl to our city's s welfare I la Is beneficial to lO lOIS us IS th that t which la is disastrous to our city's bu bust bowl t tIn In Interests ts l Is injurious to lO lOlS us us- It was wan because e. t. t of all of ot these Interests und and eit reputation und and progress pro hiro- lo love hove for fur our city's gress re und nel In favol 0 I o of peace that 1 wo we lle acquiesced In tho the acceptance of the company's 8 position toward us UM nearly nearl one on year ago ugo Wo u wave gave U up ill i every iery re request tO- tO I quest that was OlI originally presented to the tue company t b by our entire organization mid we ve accented the ito It In lit ab absolute absolute o- o lute silence rather tItan than to tel Invoke olt se serious serious se- se c- c rious dous trouble Our in nt international representative was it-as dt ut that dented denied an l a net audit with ii the officials o of the company compan though h h hOt lie y Ot itol ked Id energetically for Cur a u UI u j settlement lenient of ho lie existing con troves sy an and It was wa largely due to tu his advice and direction that a strike sti was averted thou though h the company declined elec to lu In lit an any anyway way ivay co co operate tl to 0 that en end Cum 11 uny AVont Trent A Again aln In lit presenting a u. 1 renewal nl wal o of our funnel former requests for a 1 better butter understandIng understanding under under- standing tall as to our OUI relationship with whit our employers and mill contracting our la labor labor la- la bor for fur another year the hue company haIa has I a again aln taken the tho same arbitrary stand I toward lo granting us relo recognition or OJ II conceding con COIl ceding a single request that thal we have lu c asked for The They have ha absolutely ie- ie cc- cc l i fut cel to meet et our committees s officially official officIal- I l ly thc they have o positively declined to meet fleet our our personal representative un under i der rr UIl any circumstances they hove have emphatically em euti- refused to 0 make muke alt any contract con lulI 1 tract In ut writing the they havo fJ refused rC to lu I Ilant grant lant the thc wage rate rte a for fill and In- In 1 have ha offered a slight till increase of or I Ia a it-a wage ge e to tho und and conductors while 1111 they state stale positively thc they will 1 take awn away the thu pay for or 0 fur for shop and barn s. titus thus actually I forcing a I reduction in wages to that cl class s of III in other 0 words rei rob Peter PeterI to tu I Tat TILY l Paul aul the lie 1 slight proposed In Increase in- in eI crease ease which In n the first place lace was isaa Unworthy un u of serious consideration Till The wages of car men leu here ri art aru much touch lower than that tat paid in cities wlter like lila cUll conditions prevail all Butte is ix the thie neat nearest comparative ILl city tl t to Salt alt I Lake In lit population lout a and ud cu cost l of ur living flu Thu difference if tf an any Is II In lii favor ul of Butte Bulle when It comes cOllies to the cyst of nf living JI iron iii of ell family can iLi 11 in n lint BUilt I 12 I per er c chr thull I Uny can in lit Kalt all I J ike City CRy tl t La Lake hI- hI Ci Cit City ty lm lIag a Inn larger I In lallon to K say ej J y nothing nC U of t the hue U element who la pass H I through lit here a as Its lour lour- IsU thus tItus swelling H the Lie company's coffers effers cof ef fl fers 11 while bile at at the sam limo limo- it In Increases ii- ii reuses creases e I tin till hi- hi work I and i of If t tin tIll cat car nH men n hurt here making Ing t their ii cli work more mon arduous than that of or th the car carmen md men Inti In iii Butte Bull TIle The car cal fare In Butte Butto Ia a o cents the same ih as us it Is lit ln in till this hiI yet ye ct the t cur CUI mon n of Butte are alC re- re I u a IlIa maximum wa wage e rate rat o of 13 tj I cell cents ma per ocr hour while il tin till maximum ii ut I Irl rl lathe lale c of ur the tue cut cur u of Salt all Lake Js Is but JUl t II cents an lilt hour hoot or ot I. I lV cents an houi lower than luau t the he Bull te sea al I V v t art are I only lIly asking u it maximum rat rail of at SO 0 0 cents cent MII sti II hour which l Is III 15 li cents un in ilour hess 1 titan than ear cut men n of or Gutt 1 are arc now no being paid humid In yin all r hl lo c lowest t wa wag tage tS tSI I rate Is lii 31 n c cents nt i ir r 1 hy hour r. r t j cent more thou than what w we ask usk for COt bur OUr rate rale Oakland p pays M u a grad grud I ale r ranging III lnE I Iron from SO 30 cent to o 4 40 W cents all Mt Jt it la 15 true that Lb LOt Loa Angeles n and Den Denver v tl J little of o obtaining un any work worle what I i It Of unless It possibly be a tripper fo fox I I which they are allowed the nl sum of cents gain Again new men coming com corn in jug ing into the tite service an an- compelled to serve erve from twelve to fifteen or days cJU's without An any remuneration for belt thelt lime time They are arc expected to purchase a uniform throughout lt hO when the they have c been n In tho thu service er of or the he company thirty da days This entails a hea heavy expense and anu if it they keep a neat appearance it is necessary flee flee- csar essary to buy two uniform suits stilts each year car Then Thou Ih the conductors have to 10 furni fur fur- ur ni nl h 5 for tOI running mone money to supply s the necessary I change chanc to accommodate their heir passengers er Mu t Ha e I tot t. I 1 It I is vitally r essential i In order to be c ca- ca pablo panic of good service and to be he bein bein heI in possession of or all of our faculties that I we wc have havo proper pro hours of rest real and receive receive re rc re- re e sufficient wages to pro i provide e for or our I necessary needs in the he wa way of proper clothing food etc To meet the these o requirements re rc- re- re and anti to be he able ablo to lo honorably maintain out our families and alli our homes and C v ee-v tp our social standing and advance all UK- UK of or the he community In which we f fin live in w WI are RIt asking the Utah Light hl ane and Railway nu company to allow us 5 i cents I per pcr hour for the lInt year car of service and und undu I 20 ni u cents I per r hour thereafter I I We c disapprove i t of or the so-called so grad grad- or sliding scale that provides itle that j I n fluen shall receive e a u. certain ceria in increase of or wages swages after tHel liv Ii or more mor yenta In tn tIt lie tho thoI I service We Ve have no assurance that we ite c cI I i will be tie here II lIt SCars curs Ir from now and If it we ite are w it Wf hl have hart no knowledge knowledge- of or I what tile lie wage nt scale may o be he to the tue C requirements in ill the lie future We 0 want ant Lull pay llY for for Ito tho seul slut time commensurate te with the Ill prevailing con condition and cu wi We et itiS li ill Wn wage t proposition of oC the future when that tint time comes ome If wo we arc still hero here We Ve c II ask UI tot for your careful consideration con cun of the facts have ha as QS we wc presumed pre ore m to OU 1 for foi IlI you your OUI Indulgence and operation co-operation to the thc end that nothing I may occur which will mar the Ihl reputation re I of our OUI beautiful city nor 1101 deprive us as aJ wane wage earners and citizens of or our Ju t trl rl rights ht We e c s willing Jin ane anti and ready read at atul ul nIl n times to meet the titu- cs of the tile t. t Utah taht Light ht and Inri u Hui Railway Hallway company compu In conjunction wi with h those whom we WC lia huts have l selected to lo present our Interests t and anul should this privilege be he hI dented denied us and n cx extreme tm-etite tm inca measures maun sot sot-es become an we WC pk you Oit 01 our word of honor that hat It will wi lie be- through no nu fault or am neglect upon our part art to tl o obtain honorable honorable- peace J J. J H II lAMONT T rO Division President nt A. A H H. secretary mid and ld Business Agent x S A A. A 1 P. P NIELSON S Secretary 1 J J MCARTY D. S W AV COCK COCKING a. a 5 T. T W. W n i J J. J A A. A nE' nE DIn S JOHN JONES JOES B. B J J. HADDOCK II H. H T 1 U n GREr In International tell tu I. I Executive la I Vice Ice PIl President Committee IJ 1 1 S |