Show WALKOUT fOLLOWS IN MANY PLACES I Electrical Workers of This Dis District District Dis- Dis A Affected by T Telephone Telephone Tele Tele- elc- elc j DiS-j phone Strike COMPANIES STANDING PATSay PAT PATSay PATSay Say They Will Import M Men n to Push the Work Now Under Way Nay Nearly electrical workers em- em om om- b by the Bell Hell and antI Telephone companies in Salt Lai Lalo LaIe I walked out Lit Tuesday morning and aud I dur-I dur lUl- IrIg the day duy th the strike spread over in the I I entire district affect affectIng I I Ins Ing about workmen fO toe for the two companies companie In iii Utah Wyoming Idaho and Montana 1 The strike came as a result of or the refusal of the two companies to lo grant gran the Increase in uS wages s demanded d by the till men mn The 1110 early morning of the committee of oC local 67 57 to lo telephone is did not clarify clarity the situation 11 and th the hi III d was waN CIL all I 14 1 T TIll nun n i i ti at i il I. I I In III I I ae t 11 l I of f I II I La LiXi a I I. I n II I h h It j ii il t. t work or 11 1 U as f Q- Q S S Sh h L F W h f S Louis I 1 MUI District J President J I 51 II II t I I ti ii mini II I I i tl I t that ht t th tilt h. h IIII I. I t It not i it SI giant I a Jut II l l the he tie iK of 11 If the union Construction wink wurl in fn Salt LaJ Lake c andon and amI amIon on n the toll lines is hs at a standstill and the he wire troubles may vile pile up UI until the he two companies Import turn men to tu do dothe l the he work worl which they promise to doit do it if f the strike lasts The men say 1 toe strike sulIe will last a l. l Th The strike docs does not lot affect affect workmen ai at Or-ll Or Ogden where there Is an agreement The Tile dl district of or which Louis Lj LX in UJ is 15 nt l I S tp Q ver local J cul un In II notifying UruS' UruS hem of ot the till In Salt Sail RIl Luke Lake anti and they hey followed oo suit stilt reports that hal live forty url man mm have ha struck Meets The committee of oC local 57 Gi and Dan Elton of oC the till Federation of Labor waited on un G General Manager Ia lUbI D D. S. S S Murray and other of or the Dell I com company p n It at L S 30 o'clock yesterday morning The company gave ga a Hat Hal refusal to lii the tho demands for Cor more mIH moncy An ultimatum had been heen h issued Is- Is sued I b th tile the by Independent company and ml the men at worl vork were notified of S the he action The They left work vork at once At L a meeting of th the union at Elec Elec- hall hail In th the afternoon six eighty reported for fOl strike duty duly lut sixty five of thc these e men are arc em- em ed by the the Bell lieu company the thc balance hal hal- S ance b by the Independent ent The Bell company posted the tile fol fol- S lowing notice during the morning To Peeling Feeling 1 that thal a number O 0 of our OUI em eni S loyes ilYeS 8 who vho HIt are Jen p C t lj- lj uni union ii No o. o 07 57 ii I. I ID 13 E. E knowing y IV that hal It U has Its Us oi a. a In d declaring a strike are arc not in it sym sym- with such Much action the company h hereby off titters cm to lo tao take them back In its employment under the a agreement which exists between that thai union anc uno th company compan without prejudice Ap Al- pi ply lY to lo the foremen of f the various de de- IC- IC partin Charge h of if TaiHi The Dell Bell company charges eS that In declaring a n. strike the men mon committed a breach of faith and a u violation of ur the thc drawn up UI and signed Ma May la 1 1 l lo to hold for Cor two Iwo years cars Thc They say nay a that the union als also via vio S atell the thc cor constitution of oC the I. I I l D S E. E W. W In iii that a strike could nut not b be ordered without the cun consent enL of If f the giand fr The h company Insists insIst 1 that the men could not nol strike strikeout with out a a. written notice The rhe following clau clause l in lit the agreement signed signel two p years ca 11 a ago o IM Is cited as proof We c the union agree arlel that at al no ni p time shall we order or 01 effect a or Ut lockout either elthel 01 or so ordered b by the grand granc I vice president or UI tlC tiie grant grand I of or the Iho I. I 11 D. D E. E W. W through its dis dis- council In reply Ii lo In this tills assert ell tIm that L the grand STand president was Oil on the t scone conc and ordered a referendum vote vite that thai L vole otc to Iu be final The vol was 1St for or 01 strike and aini six a against This it Is IH re regarded al ll as final IJ by the men l and tile the they S. S st ru c Ic Will Older eu At t a meeting hireling of ur the thi Utah Feder Federation 1 of La Labor JUI to lie tk h held Friday nl night h t a resolution will vIiI probably be he adopted I ordering all uIl telephones t remo removed ll as a I. I I note lott of sympathy for COI or the striking elec workers The union ers claim tills this will verve serve a twofold I purpose t. t It will Injure th the companies I IJ by t a 10 loss ios I of oC business and alid It will al also aist u h put ut them theta in a condition where thc they thea cannot cannat remove O tIle the phones phone as the elec elec- workers In iii their e employ will vIli b be bc on a strike I The companies say ay that thai all their I. I phones are placed by contract an alit and I that thai the removal al of an any of them un un- tier der this titis order will be he a violation of a f that thai contract to which the lessee oi of or r th the phone can IJ be lit JwJ held goat Soo good The B Bell ll company says tays that the action ac ac- tion of oC the electrical k workers lS l'S will not t affect the lie installation of the Ow switch board buard that Is now going in They sa say that nt the Ow only going on In the tin ell city I U is tilt the supplanting of titles cables for foi I. I the tIngle single wires wire which can an be delayed I Indefinitely without a affecting the pros pies Ir enl ent service serIce ic I The Independent company com pany says that Hint the only italy effect nv of or the tho 1 will be le to to-keup to the wires in hal had shape If atly i ious trouble come Collies A windstorm l hea rain would doubt doubt- S i t a. a oj j le less ess s do great damage to La both companIes compa compa- l nies iles and alit would palal paralyze ze a part of oC the th s system for some time at least Icat lIOU Trouble hIe on Oil Toll JOll Line ii Tile Tho Hell Bell company compan which has been l mal making a connection between Thistle and lId Price will have ha to 10 suspend wor work at al that point and the people J of or Price and tile the DUche I nc country will haLI have L t I to o Wait wall a a. a while longer EI before the they get cl C service Sll has nas promised for COI years The strike of electrical workers a at and other Idaho points to gether with tile walking out oui of men inca ul al Ius Utah PointS will Iii cripple th thu i long distance service cl of both compa nies It Jt is expected that the at al Butte nunc will also strike Tho The telephone poles in Salt Lake 1 streets Directs will nol hot be uc moved mO despite the tho order of tile the board of public works vork yesterday e morning leaU the thc com com- panics will not nol hu have 0 men inch to u move mo item The board huard ordered the poles OUt of tho thu streets in Iii the downtown I district The streets that arc aro now ijo be in ing pae paved arc nut not Ila pa ed ell ed about ahou tilt tho poles in ill the center and holes will bo bt left in tie pavement until the thc Is settled Men Both companies assert that the they will vil I import t men inch to to take t the he places of oC the thc erl The Independent company I nays H it will have ha plenty nt of union nun I men lUCIl hete from Colorado to lo do the thc necessary m work th the Independent company Is nol hOt in insisting that the men tacit Violated an nn U agreement by striking tile the Bell cum com pan pany makes that claim Tile Thc They also milso claim that granted the tile U agreement was broken b by i the men no flu union man malt be be- longing to 0 the tile union can cun be called a scab by going to lo WOI work for COI the Iho com COil Ian pany I that hat ItS one une of the Ideas In mind when the was posted that thai men would be he received back lifto the company lis li's dill employ without Vl prejudice ice Louis Lynn Lynll who Wilo is handling the tile for or tile the men says that thal the tile ln In 1 1 tation of or the tile company will have no flO effect because the tue union Is solid and alIt the tho men will not go n back to work uli- uli the differences arc aie adjusted o Mo for fOI Arbitration Arthur Parsons chairman of ur tIll thy Ida stale Ie board of arbitration and concilia concilia- tion waited wailed on Louis Lynn a salt said he had hall been to Interview D. D S S. Murray of or the Bell and asked what steps would b be taken to arbitrate the thc matter mailer Xo No o definite arrangements were reached S Since the state slate law creating the arbItration at- at ar ar- hoard board provides c that thal no action shall be taken b by tho the hoard board until otto one or the other thel sides Ides makes application the tho men consider that tile the they have S' S ga gained a point In lii the appearance of Mr 11 Parsons Par Peu sons Ion who vho they say 1 was asked LI to tn look 1001 Into the tue matter b by the Bell company |