The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-10
MEN AND COMPANY
BOTH HOLDING BACK
Nothing New in Threatened
Strike of Street Car
Employees.

Nothing in relation, to the threatened
strike on tho part of the employees of
the Utah Light and Railway company
occurred Saturday that indicated has
tening of the strike or that tended 10
settle the differences
The officers OF the company were visit
ed by committee from the federated
trades In the interest of the street car
men To this committee the company
gave the same reply that had previously
been given to representatives OF the car
mems union
Attitude of Company.
The street car men had presented a
contract Tor the company to execute, but
Manager r. S, Campbell stated Saturday
tnat the officers OF the company had de-
clded not TO enter Into n contract either
with the union or the men. The company
at present could see no reason for chang
Ing It's policy. 1t had always been con-
Quoted on the open plan and the reasons
now for recognizing the union were not
apparent,
Statement of Union Representative.
In an official statement By representa-
tive OF the street car mems union yes
terday. their objections TO the policy of
the company maintained at present
were stated thus;
The individuality and freedom of the en-
ployce as On American citizen 10 taken from
him Applicants for position are required to
Men have been called before the superintend-
ent and threatened with discharge for OK
pounding the principles of unionlHn as they
believed In them.
One of Their Grievances.
Two union were a few minutes late
not long ago They wore late because tho cur
on which they were riding TO work wos de-
rallied and they had 20 walk eight blocks
get TO tho barn ten minutes before their cars
went out one of these men WAS sent out
snowpow. He returned about l o'clock and
asked the dispatcher II thore were any more
lines to go over. He told that there
wero not and advised further that no
should take his car to the Rapid Transit barn
and then take a weeks vacation without pay.
one OF the men lost child by dcnth last
month. He had no money the time and
went TO the oflco 10 ask the cashier TO ad-
vance him little money his time check
Ter gave him fiat MOI and told him ho
must walt until pay day for his money.
Outsiders Word Always Taken.
The company takes the word of anybody In
preference TO that OF carmon. A drunken
man put in report against a conductor no.
and went the length oven OF declaring tho
cnr had not been TO tho end of the line
The conductcr rctuted this by report signed
by six witnesses. yet no received severe
rcprimend. This drunken man got on the car
Inter and picked quarrel with the conduc-
tor over his faro, and struck the conductor
Tho conductor did not rctallate further than
to seize the man to prevent his striking again.
The conductor wanted the man prosecuted and
called on the superintendent about It, but he
declined TO net.
Rules Like a Gar
Tho autocratlc ways of many of the on
GERS are most Objectionable. Tho exception is
General Manager Campbell. who has always
manifested spirit of fairness Another is
George Manning. who Is respected by every
carman In tho employ OF tho company. But
tho others override the men at all times. They
arc preaching unionism faster than we can
Between hfty and sixty men have Joined the
union since Friday morning.