The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-28

increase for all men employed in Mon
lana toutside of Butte.
'Second-Previous contracts to be re-
newed for one year from the date of
settlement. The company. during the
life of this contract, not to employ any
other than union operators at points
where contracts with operators exist.
Third - breaking operators
now employed at Butte. Helena. Great
Falls, Livingston, Billings and Red
Lodge to be removed and all union OPP
orators employed in Montana previous
to the strike TO be reinstated in their
former positions at once.
"Fourth-Miss Barnes to be removed
from the operating department at
Butte.
"Fifth-AH damage suit cases now
pending or contemplated against any
union or any member thereof instituted
by the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company, or its agents. arising from
the acts of any union or any member
thereof, to be dismissed at once.
'Sixth-All strikebreaking linemen
now employed by the company TO be
removed and all union linemen en-
ployed previous to the strike to be re-
! instated at once to their former posi-
tons"
The Company's Position.
The company yesterday prepared this
| scale and schedule:
Basis offered by the Rocky Mountain
Bell Telephone company for settlement
of its labor difficulties in Montana be-
tween the Rocky Mountain Bell Tele-
phone company and the Montana Fed
Grafton and its affiliations:
ssFirsf- II first class iinpmpu and ca
bic splicers working by day on ex-
change work i'm Montana toutSide of
Butte having heretofore been increased
so cents per day over wages of Jan. 1,
1907, the said increase will continue for
the year 1908.
"a point seems TO be made as to an
Increase of % cents per day for first
class linemen and cable splicers en-
ployed i'm Utah, Idaho and Wyoming.
This is not believed by the company to
be pertinent to the Montana agreement
proposed, but the company has estab-
lished an increase of this kind and it
win apply during the year 190S)
Matter of Unions.
''Second-The company will employ
operators who desire to come back who
were i'm it's employ at the time of the
strike, and will not object to their be-
pany object to operators now in its
employ, or who may hereafter be en-
plOyed. becoming members of the union
if they so elect.
"Third-Foremen and chief operators,
as heretofore understood, will not be
members of unions. as they are repre-
sentatives of the company.
"Fourth-The same conditions as to
men in its employ prior TO the strike
will apply as stated in the previous par
agraph relative to operators.
"Fifth-Miss Barnes will be removed
from the position of chief operator, and
the company will employ her in some
other capacity in Butte or elsewhere at
its option.
To Dismiss Suits.
'Sixth-AH damage suits now pending
or i'm contemplation against any union
or member, instituted by the company
or its agents. will be dismissed and such
suits as may be instituted by members
of any union against the company
growing out of this strike shall be dis
missed.
"Seventh-Applicatio for re-employ-
ment by former employees, as contem-
plated herein, must be made within five
days after the execution of this paper
and they viii be put at work within fff
teen days.
''E,ighth--As the business of this COM
pany does not require the full number
of employees this paper contemplates
Of necessity there must be a cutting OUT
within a reasonabl length of time. and
the force reduced to a proper number
II is suggested that a committee of
three be appointed to arbitrate this
item. In order TO facilitate this matter.
I suggest that H. L. Burdick of this
Il I, i,,4-
one, Charles Virden of the Merchants
association Of Butte as another and
that the unions appoint the third.
Agreement With Federation.
"Ninth-An agreement will be entered
into with the Montana Federation of
Labor and its Affiliations for the year
1908 TO cover the premises herein.
1T has been stated that this company
had an object in view to create an open |
shop i'm Montana, and the propositions
that apparent condition. but such con- |
dition lRs been forced by the results of
the strife which has continued prac- |
tically throughout the year 1907, and the |
company is willing to accept conditions |
as they were at the time the strike oc- |
CURED, always with the exception that i
the present employees must be taken |
care VI. II Nouiu De wen lOT the COM /
mittee above proposed TO adjudicate this |
item also in any agreement that we may
enter into.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
to be declared fair to organ
lied labor"
Mr.. Murray's Views.
In a letter OF transmittal of the
made by the company
yesterday General Manager Murray
wrote:
1T is with much regret that l find
hat you renew the former untenable