Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-02
As no ARBITRATION.

on Tuesday evening following the
settlement Of the street car strike ths
Deseret News In it's leading editorial
announced it's qualification az an ami
cable adjustment Of the differences be-
tween the men and tho company ana
particularly and specially conFratu-
lated the former on having secured
what was the most essential 70 them
an increase in wages. II likewise
commended The company for The con-
sidcration it showed and The concos-
slons II nadc and added:
"Mr. Bancroft has all the time de-
clatcd himself willing To- arhitIalt tn9
question OF wages. or any uthel leEili-
mate Issue the boys might bring up,
He has had the hand ot conciuatiou
stretched forth an the time. Only he
would not recognize The lighi oi
strangers TO como in here ana Jake
part Of the management of the business
out of his hands. The wage question
as we understand tho situation, could
have been settled without strike
just as we'll as with one
Referring to The above oner by Nh
Bancroft the Knockers organ yester-
day morning sioatingly quoted and
bolstered mp the following frcn2ed
outburst from one of the speakers
at the tameu's 7ioetmg 81
stand in favor OF branding that as a
dirty lie They never were ready to
arbitrate at any stage OF the game.
The shameless sheet knew that 1t was
in error when II printed he SANDER
GUY tlr,,de, and this morning convcts
itself IN IT'S own editorial columns
when II says:
"The member of the strect-car mems
executive committee was certainly In
error who exclaimed In the great meet
ing Of Wednesday morning, that the
strect-Car company was never ready
to arbltlatc al any stage of the game.
ON the contrary, Mir. Bancroft speak
ing for himself and the company, not
only declared willingness To arbitratC,
but made an explicit agreement with
Mayor Thompson that the company
stood ready to arbtrate the wage scale.
That was precedent which could be
pleaded In point. In any material diff
lure, between the company aud It's
employees. The great Importance OF
this should have struck the minds OF
the men as soon as It was stated: but
II seems that some have failed to real
lie IT even yet. But to claim
that the company was never ready to
arbitrbtc al amy stage OF the game IS
entirely TO pervcrt the facts of the
case. 1t was an utterly wrong impress
sion, and IL is probably true that 10
this mistaken view Is IN large degree
due the strike which should never
have been declared
So It win be seen that the Tribune
has been forced into stating tho facts
in connection with the offer 10 arbl-
irate, and at this late date declares
In vcr,' similar language Ia that en-
ploNcd forty eight hours earlier by the
News that Mr. Bancroft DID make
The proposition plainly and in good
faith, It's Subsequent criticism ,r The
men and thoir slowuess TO comprehend
the facts f. decidedly more severe thun
anything this paper has said concern
ing them either in this or any previous
effort on their part 10 secure better
wages. Mayor Thompspu's failure
and Mr. Roberts>N's success IN OBJ
tanning settlement of the vcxed
problems involved are matters on
which the public is thoroughly In
formed. and need not bc further lis
cussod. The only point we dcsr1 20
make, Is. that even the American"
Earty organ now comedies and cmpha-
sizes the correctness of our contru-
tior that there was an olfcr To orbi-
trSte, Notwithstanding IFS sensational
representations of yesterday Tea tho
contrary. Bltt N fs mot "a ne,,- thine,