The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-01
MEMORABLE SCENES
ENACTED FOLLOWING
STRIKE SETTLEMENT

Amid sturdy cheers that shook tho
building the agreement reached Det"esh
tle executive committee of the employees
of the Utah Light & Railway company
and President W. II. Bancroft FOR Inc
corporation was ratified by unanimous
vote Of over 400 striking carmen IN y
meeting held in the Electrical Workers
hall at . o'clock yesterday morning. e -
Pratt international representative ana
diplomat-in-Chief during the strike that is
row history, put the vote TO the employees
after explaining the provisions OF the
q agreement. The proposition was met with
a rousinE aye from every man present,
followed by the widest enthusiasm
Immediately after che agreement hau
boeu formally ratified the men marched
in a body. headed by the union band back
to the car barns and to work me spec
tacle of over i0J men. whose Walkout had
tied ND completely the enUre street car
system for days. marching back to Work
after a signal victory over theiS employ
ers. was an impressive scene CluZenS
lined up on each side OF the line Of march.
dCffed their 15ts and cheered the men
as they marched by
Publications. Exchanged.
At the car barns the men marched up
stairs 10 the Union room, where the men
were formally turned over to Assistant
Superintendent OrsCn P Arnold by H T.
IS Grey. international vice president ot
the Amaigamlted. Association OF Street
8, Electric Employees OF America AR
Grey said that the men he took pleasure
in bringing back 10 work had always been
IOvaI employees of the company and would
continue so. He said there had never
been any hard feeling between the street
car men and the officials Of the company
In reply Mr.. Arnold warmly welcomed
/ the men back TO the ccmpanys employ
and assured them that neither he nor any
OF the officials bore any resentment and
| in behalf of the company expressed the
wish that the Ratchet be buried and the
| boys enter into the spirit of their work
/ lin, T10s inc
! cordial one and when the men were dis
missed the cars were rushed out on tbs
various lines with all the old employees
back on their former runs as though there
1 Lad been no trouble whatever.
Shortly after the understanding was
reached yesterday morning between tbs
company and the representatives Of the
emDIOyeS il was decided to allow union
! employees to operate cars for the early
morning crowds until action could be
taken at the o'clock meeting IN the way
Of ratifying the agreement.
First Car Starts.
! Accordingly about twenty men were noti-
/ fled by telephone of the action taken and
/ told to appear for work at the cOmpany'5
central barns n $50 this morning. They
by union employees since the strike was
begun left the car barns. II was car No.
p of the Waterloo line. As 1t left the
/ barn il was greeted with cheers by the
union carmen and barn crew. 1t was
[ decorated with flags. Cars on the other
| ines followed closely afterwards and the
/ early TiseTs were given car service.
! Assistant Superintendent O. Z. Arnold
was present at the barns when the first
cars left the barns and greeted his Old
| employees heartily. calling them by their
first names and shaking hands warmly
with them. All the nOn-uniOn employees
/ who worked during the strike appeared
/ for work. but only one went out with
| a car prior to the return Of all the union
h. e
men and conductors who did not go out
when the union employees struck went
| back on their old runs.
! United States Marshal William Spry and
Deputy Julian Riley appeared at the
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