The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-25
THE PRESENT AGREEMENT.
Wage Scale and Working Conditions
Settled Upon Last Year.

The wage scale and the working con-
dltlons agreed upon last year were given
out by Mr. BancrOft's office. They read:
Results of a conference between q
committee of the employees of the Utah
Llght Railway company, consisting of
II. q. b. Grey, ]. II. Lamont. William
Cooking, W. 3, Randall, J. d. McCarty,
A, II. Burt. John Jones and Fred Hilton
who asked Mr.. y. II. Roberts to be their
spokesman-and its officials consisting Of
Second Vice President Wells. General
Manager Campbell, Superintendent of
Railway Service Mr. Read and Assistant
superintendent, Mr.. Arlond
conference lasted from shortly after
10 a. m. to nearly ? D. m, and an ad-
journment to p. m. then lasting to near
After the above named gentlemen met
IN the room of the board OF directors of
spokesman for the employees COMMITTEES,
being recognized by the vice, president,
The Conference Agreement.
''Mr. Campbell, Mr. Wells: presume
All the gentlemen to this conference are
here and with the mutual permission of
both parties. 1 have been asked by your
committee Of employees to present their
matters to you. ] would Hike to state that
these gentlemen who have come in here
with you are an effective committee of
your employees. representing a majority
of your employees. are here for the purpose
of submitting to you as your employees
of some matters pertaining to their en-
pioyment.
'"These gentlemen have written down
their propositions they desire your con-
sfderation on, and | suggest that the
mode of procedure should be that the en-
tire list Of propositions be read and then
taken I'D afterwards section by section
for discussion.
1.-THE following is the result:
Wages Of Foremen.
Articles agreed upon To be incorpo-
rated rated in the operating rules Of the Utah
-First-Wages of trainmen shall be as
follows:
For the first six months, 20 cents per
hour.
For the second six months. 221z cents
per hour.
For the next four years. Is cents per
After five years service. q cents per
'Ten hours. as near as practicable. shall
constitute days work.
To Be Reinstated.
''Second-Any employe who may be sus-
pended or discharged. and If upon inves-
tigatiOn he Is proven not at fault. he
shall be reinstated to his former position
and paid for all time lost.
''Third-The seniority right shall prevail
in the adjustment of all runs, and Ill runs
shall be completed as nearly as possible
within twelve consecutive hours that the
company, on it's part, appoint two men,
and the employees on their part appoint
two men to adjust the question of runs
subject to the revision, amendment and
approval of the superintendent of the rail-
way service the company. however. re-
serving the right TO operate emergency
crews ana training cars.
s'Fourth-IR the event that any griev-
ance may arise between the company and
its employees the duly authorized commit
tees of employees shall have the privilege
of taking all matters in dispute before the
proper officers of the company
''Fifth-Employes may obtain. without
service q leave Of absence upon applica-
ton for a reasonable time. when con-
sistent with the company's service
"Sixth-A11 regular crews snail be paid
from the time they have been instructed