The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-15
STREET CAR MEN
TO STAND GROUND
Strike, 1t Is Believed, Will
Come, but Only After
Lockout.
OFFICIALS OF COMPANY
DOING SOME THINKING
Said to Be Offering New Men In.
creased Wages to Go
to Work.

An executive session was held Thurs
day evening at o'clock in the apartments
In the Kenyon hotel of c. o. Pratt ma
tlonal representative OF the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric Rail
way Employees OF America between Mr..
Pratt and members of the local executive
committee. The session was held behind
closed doors, and nothing concerning the
business of the meeting was given out
Ii Ia understood however that definite
plans were made for the coming nego-
tlauons between representatives OF the
men and the management of the street
railway company Another meeting will
DO held In the Kenyon at $50 o clock
this morning between Mr.. Pratt mem
bers OF the local executive committee and
members of the executive committee OF
The Utah Federation OF Labor.
Outlook Is Serious.
Serious is too mild q term In which To
describe the aspect of the present trouble
between street car men and the com
pany. The former have been assured by
the national representative of their or
sanlzation that they will receive the sup
port OF the main body, and that In the
event OF strike funds will be set aside
Tor the maintenance of the men. And
TO make their cause stronger. the entire
allied trades OF the State OF Utah as en-
bodied In the Utah Federation of Labor
VIII throw their weight In favor of the
men.
No one realizes better than the officials
OF the street railway company. II is
claimed. the gravity OF the fight upon
which they are about to enter. Not only
with their own employees Will they have
TO contend. but with the thousands OF
other workmen in allied trades, who will
do all In their power 10 aid their fellow
unlonlsts.
May Declare Lockout.
Before the day is over. drastic measures
may be decided upon by those leading
the union movement. In tho event the
officials OF the company persist in Ignor-
Ing the men, the latter will declare they
have been locked out. and cessation In
tramc VIII then bo almost certain. This
stand OF the men, through their ropre-
sentatiNcs, Is a very shrewd one. as by
II they throw the blame upon the COM
pany. and secure the sympathy OF the
public.
That the company is alarmed is be-
coming moro and more evident New
men applying for work the last two days
II Is said, were offered the very same
scale OF wages for which union men are
now contendlng. This move on the part
OF the company Is looked upon by the
mon as sort OF onc-sided concession
pany offers union wages TO non-union
men, unless IL be an attempt TO keep
new men out OF the union.
Although General Manager Campbell
has been in possession for the last week
of a typewriter copy OF the agreement
submitted by the men In which their
HCO clearly set tOTtn, ne stated
Thursday that he had no definite Idea TO
what the present discomfort is due and
that he was OF the opinion that there was
no real cause for disaffecton. This state
mcnt is ridiculcd bv the men, who say
that officials have been notified timo and
again OF the attitude of employees to-
ward the company,
Union Asks Recognition.
Including better rules for systematic
ing the work. and for relieving the petty
g nnu al ha he
union. 1t is this stipulation and that de
monding that the company treat with
officers OF the union upon all matters
pertaining to the men. which has brought
about the present condition OF affairs
Among other demands the agreement
calls for q nine-hour day and time and
onc-half for extra work. that crews shall
be sent out In the order OF seniority. that
every man shall have one day of in ten,
and that carmen instructing students
shall be paid % cents additional per day.
The agreement calls for a raise In
wages as follows For the first six
months. 2lz cents an hour; for the
ond six months, % cents an hour. and
after the first year % cents an hour
The company has already suffered and
settled "A strike among It's linemcn during
the last week. This class OF workmen
demanded that they be paid for going to
work They were willing 70 lose time In
returning from their work, which Is at
Murray, At first the company refueed
tho demand but later mnde haste TO
grant tho demands of the linemen.
Discomfort is spreading to almost every
department of the company. Men work
Ing In the barn arc complaining that dur
ing transforms the barn is flooded with
row strips between tho pits both dificult
"a nd