Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-17
Louis Lynn TeIegraphs That He
win Arrive in Salt Lake
Tomorrow.
ELM0RE COMING WITH HIM.
Pair viii Bring With Them Auth
GRITTY to Act for the Mon
tana Locals.
Another Meeting for Settlement With
Bell Telephone Officials is Looked
For on Wednesday.

A telegram from Louis Lynn, head Of
the striking telephone linemen, was
received by the electrical workers
union in Salt Lake today. 1t indicates
that MIR. Lynn. with Charles A. FL
more. will be in salt Lake tomorrow
night, and that the pair will bring with
them authority to settle for the Mon
tana locals. on Wednesday another
conference ean therefore be looked for,
with the Bell officials, and it may be
that this will mean a settlement of the
controversy.
The strikers number over 1876 men,
and they have been out Of work for
over month. Nearly all of them
were drawing over SIS per month, go
that the salary loss to the workers
amounts to over 81 600 10 date. 10 tho
public the principal loss has been in
the postponemcnt of extension and bot
terment work, as the service over es-
tablished lines has been successfully
maintained. a week ago Mr.. Elsmorc
and President Lynn of the district
council sought 10 arrange conference
Win inc Ecu OIuGldlEt pHlA LuoS WIZ
refused because of the fact that the
men went on strike In violation OF
working agreements, which had not yet
run out. ana which were not teflnin-
ated in the manner prescribed.
WHY LYNN WENT NORTH.
Because of the consequent loss OF
Faith in the integrity. or at least the
stability of the union Organization, the
Bell officials demanded that Mr.. Els
more bring TO them assurances that
tho locals viii stand by am agreement
after they enter into it In writing, and
will not disorgani2e the service again
by unlocked for interruptions against
which no opportunity TO guard has been
furnished. E!smore and Lynn went on
a mission 10 Che Montana aud Wyom-
ing locals 10 secure this necessary as
suranee and last night they ended their
tIip IN meeting with the Butte lnGsi.
This local disregarded working agree
ment to lake advantage of .. clause
allowing them to go on sympathetic
strikes when their leaders should order
out all Of the electrical workers in any
district. 10 adjust differences at some
one point.
The telegram does not indicate how
successful Lynn and Elsmore have been
In their work among the locals, but 1t
Is presumed at the local headquarters
that everything has come out satisfac-
tnrily. In that case the end of the
week should see an end of the strike or
q breaking off of this last effort at
arbitration and settlement.
AMONG OTHER STRIKERS.
There are no new developments IN the
cigar makers strike today The men
are still holding off, waiting for the
companies to- come 10 them. and living
.aHasH H..Na
The general union. They have been out
three weeks, and settlement at this
time looks farther away than ever. The
manufacturers held conference Sat
urday evening over the situation, but
decline to give out anything for publ
cation today. The married strikers re-
celved Sl2 each and the single SIS each
from the second installment Of the re-
lief funds, This money is to keep their
families while they tight for their rights
by remaining away from work. and
putting the industry out of commits
sion until settlement is arrived at
THE MII,LMEN
AT the various saw mills they are
working away with the full shirt on
non-union men who remained at work
when the 50 union men walked out.
Manager Nystrom OF the Taylor Arm
strong company declares that the men
can strike TIL doom'S Gay before his
company win saddle closed shop upon
the public. and that his mill Is so busy
turning out orders for points out OF
town that he cares little what action
the carpenters take to help the mifl men
out,
In an interview President Spalding
has given IL odt that the closed shop Is
being demanded 10 protect the men,
but the people outside of the union and
outside OF the company who pay the
bill. are not quoted vi the matter. The
only way they have expressed them
selves has been 10 eliminate any hopes
Of building until d period of stagnation
brings the labor uil.-in man and the
min down 10 figures chat are within
his reach.
o. S. L. swITCHMEN OUT.
There is q strike of IL switchmen ut
the North Salt Lake yards today. be-
cause the mon are not allowed an hour
for dinner on full pay, They have been
receiving "a cents per hour for n night
on II hours, and the reduction caused
by taking out the supper hour would
leave them ss,M per night instead Of