| Show I NO SETTLEMENT YET IN LINEMEN'S STRIKE Company Officials and Union Officers Fail to Reach Agreement The strike of ut time the telephone III In was a for looked settlement je leila at al the meeting of or lh UK union I u 1 and the company an oft orn- dal was marked b by no such outcome m. m Tin The company flatly refused to consider any portion of the u agreement sell sent u b by th III union and und stated that while tiny not lIot treat with the lie union thc lucy ther wen 4 will mg jug n for time the men to 10 reI urn to 10 work worle ai fit titi ol old scale and then therm jil irr-jil with th men separately This proposition how how- evet till the union minion wa was unable to accept HI at this Stage of or the he strike The Time company hol holds s that the hey 11 are air unable to treat with the lie union since e 1 of or orth th the pu past t show that time the district all although hough the they claim to have ha control O f the lie local does docs not noL or Is la not able Li I. to con COil tol It Un Under tI Much flueh condition thc lucy ar UI unwilling to treat with the lie union Charles l In speaking on lie subJect sub Jed J said Two year year- car ag urn ago th the lit local 57 ii drew tip p an aim a agreement HIM iii ll li-hl company compall i a wa wage p stair sc-air that lint was to last for two years Th 4 contract expired expire Slay May a l. l It was vas lal d In Inthe the lie contract that at al no time line should th th- I ii he be hi oleen by uy either cither s sIde without with out Ill it giving ln a notice of 6 J fi J U A About Abou t l' l 8 S S. S 1907 the time local union up UI another which thc hey pi to 10 the com company pan setting another wa wag scale which was to begin directly on omi tin expiration of the tIme ol old contract Tho con com company pan pall pany accepted this new contract II a- a fai fa Ui u the lie contract went without saying II ati LIming or asking if it that was meant for an official statement to ehan change e th the thur old uld con con- tract When hen however the time GOd day CO-day limit had hall expired tho the compan said that the they had been een given gl no written notice n asking for a l new contract and that therefore the time theold theold old contract was In lii force for fot two scars curt longer Time The union how imo vc ver did not take Lake It ii his way war and on the thc lie expiration of the time aid ld Id con tI act acta Ma a 1 I 1 went l oU out t. t rime Tho oM 01 contract was meant only to 10 apply appl to time the Inside men In iii Salt SaIL Lake and aud not o out t tor or of Salt Stilt Lake When hen the however t le contract contract con con- tract could be lie used In itt their favor they mallo It work worle outside e Salt SaH Lake e au an and when it Il was not in their favor thc they hey did dl I not nol let It work The main bone bonc of 01 contention conon con eon I on tIme tile part pait of uC the Ote officials seems lo to o be he in the flue Montana division l the they claim that thal the tIme district council Is unable una ulla I ble to exercise un any power The rite case thc they have In question Is 18 In Helena There time the men went out on strike before a agreement Lewis Lynn the ti let pre president l ent went to Helena to force el-cc el time the men back huck to work but before he lie got ot there thele Mr Jr Mann time the company compan super- super at that 1 point mado niad l' l an offer to the Lime men to go o back to work nork at the time scale scole or III crease they lucy into had asked After thc they hint had worked a a- afew few days as a's he be lol told them the they tiie would have to olk s ork at lIlt thi old scale This thc they refuse fused to do o. o lie Ito liethen then Limit offered to 10 let half of or the time men go gJ IJ hack to work at th time the new scale and anti the time theother other half haIr at al thu time old scale calc When Mr Lynn Iun e arrived half were then hen working and half haIC were not hot Rn and amid Mi Mr Ir Lynn was umma- umma hIe to fOI foice CC hip other half halt to go so l. l ack h-ack Jack at ut the Limo old scale und and let the tIme others work at the time new scale tIme the sit strike Ike l' l went on omm The rhe reason I left heft the time north northa a soon toon as I did was because the other labor labom- or organizations were wera going to take up tip time the This would have only made mado It mom mal U ii complicated Three fourths Si o of time the men who went out on strike are all arenow now flO working for or 1 per da day in lit SaIl Salt Lake and other oilier places and amid 1 think we will beable bo bl able to care for or those who are not work work- orlen n mug ne The Time fight Is now on to lo 1 n finish Ira Mr m Lynn Irm lea Iea tu today a for or San Sum Iran Tran- cusco an and his lila place will probably betaken be betaken taken laken IJ by Grand Oran President ent McNulty j or PI t Sullivan |
