The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-17
men WIN OUT,
UNION LOSES
Street Car Company Comedies
Demands of Employees With
out Recognition of Union.
is A SUBSTANTIAL VICTORY
WAGES RAISED AND GREW
ANCEs ARE ADJUSTED.

! The differences between the Utah Light
d Power company and its employees were
! settled yesterday when an agreement was
/ Incorporated in the operating rules of the
| street railway system conceding some Of
| the grievances drawn up by the street
! car employees and increasing the wage
| scale Of employees after five years OF
/ service from p to z cents per hour. The
victory Won by the street car employees
/ was not complete Their union was not
| recognized.
The company met the street car en-
plOyeS committee upon the suggestion OF
/ b h Roberts as employees of the COM
/ pany and the union in no way entered
/ INTO me controversy Mr. Roberts acted
/ as one OF the railway employees represen-
/ tatives during the session which con
/ Sumed the entire day.
Agreement Is Reached.
Concessions were made by the employees
/ as well as the company and the agree
/ ment was drawn up and unanimously &C
t cepted to the satisfaction of all the par
| ties concerned When the conference ad-
| JOurned the employees committee and the
/ officials Of the company We're pleased
/ over the peaceable settlement OF their
J difficulties. They said that the confer
ence had brought them closer together
/ for the betteTment Of the service and
| for the betterment of working conditions
I
/ company by its employees contained fiji
! teen articles of agreement. Eight of them
! are embodied in the agreement which was
/ Drawn up after the conference The en-
plOyes' committee fought hard for every
/ inch of ground they gained. They lost
/ every demand involving recognition OF
/ the union IN any way The company held
/ that Its shop employees were in no wav
| connected with the operating depart
ment, but agreed to meet them on the
same basis as il had the street car men
/ 1t IS stated that the shop employees will
meet with the company later and lust
some grievances which they have
The following is the agreement reached
/ at the conference yesterday:
Text of Agreement.
F'irst-wages for trafnmen shall be as
| follows; For the first six months. % cents
/ per hour; for the second six months. 22l5
cents per hour, for the next four years
/ . cents per hour; after five years ser
vice. 2 cents per hour Ten hours as
near as practicable, snail constitute a
day $ work.
/ Secondary empIoye who may be sus-
4 pended OF discharged and if upon iuves-
/ ugauon he IS proven not at fault he
snail De reinstated to nis former posi-
/ ton and paid for all time lost.
/ Ihird-The seniority right shall prevail
/ In the adjustment Of all runs and an
/ runs shall be completed as nearly as pos
sible within twelve consecutive hours.
/ that the company, on its part appoint
/ two men, and the employees on their part
appoint two men to adjust the question
OF runs. subject to revision. amendment
and approval of the superintendent Of'the
railway service; the company however
reserving the right TO operate emergency
crews and training cars.
Settlement of Grievances.
FOurth-In the event that any griez-
anCe may arise between the company and
its employees, the duly authorized commit
! tee Of employees shall have the privilege
Of taking all matters i'm dispute before
the proper officers of the company
Fifth-EmplOyes may obtain without
sacrifice Of position in the cOmpany's ser
vice, leave Of absence upon apDlicafiOn for
a reasonable time. when consistent with
the COmpanys service.
Sixth-AI regular crews shall be paid
from the time they have been instructed
to report until relieved, or until their car
is housed.
Seventh-Extra men will not be maid for
regular showing up reports: all other re
ports will be considered as being marked
for run and shall pay no less than one
hour for the same It is understood. how
ever, that regular showing up reports
mentioned above are intended OF cover all
runs.
E,ighth-Any train man failing to report
for duty on time will be placed on the
extra list three days. 1t is understood
however. that if a train man misses his
run while en- route to work through anv
cause or delay Of the cars. ne shall only
lose that day or part Of day. Train men
under the foregoing circumstances shall
furnish to the proper officers a report in
detail Of the car and incident cause Of
delay or detention
MIR. Roberts Pleased.
After the conference adjourned yester-
day afternoon, Mr.. Roberts. acting rep
resentative Of the employees association,
said:
THE conference was conducted in Il
very satisfactory manner and the out
come was beneficial to the company as
well as to its employees In reaching the
final agreement both parties made con-
cesSiOns- The company met the commit
tee as their employees and not as repre-
sentative body of their local union.
4 was approached by the committee
last Thursday to ascertain on what terms
the company would meet it's employees in
adjusting their grievances. ] met with
the officials Of the company and they
agreed to confer with them as employees
but not as union The officials eX-
pressed no objection to my attending the
conference as a representative of the en-
pIOyes. I reported the company's terms
to the committee which awaited on me
and, being satisfactory, the conference
was held which resulted in the settlement
of their differences
Company Is Satisfied.
General Manager Campbell said that the
company was satisfied with the agree
ment which would Immediately 90 into
the operating rules of the company He
said that the settlement was final and
that the local union had not been rec.
ognized in any way.
Mr.. Pratt. the national representative
of the union, was satisfied with the agree
ment- He said that ii was made as he
had expected. without a strike or lockout
The officials representing the company
in the conference were as follows: Gen
eral Manager R. s. Campbell. Vice Pres
ident Joseph S Wells. Superintendent W
P Reed and Assistant Superintendent
o. p. Arnold.
The employees committee was COMPOSED
Of James II. Lamont. II. T. B. Gray. 4
II. Burt, J. G. Mccarthy, ". 3. Randall.
William Cooking, John Jones and Fred
Hilton.
MEXICAN MINE ON FIRE.