The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-25
STILL A CHANCE
FOR ADJUSTMENT
Suggested That Disinterested
Citizens Tender Their Offices
in Street Car Situation.
WILL BE NO STRIKE TODAY
PRESIDENT BANCROFT ISSUES
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

I
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
Recognizing the seriousness of the street
car situation which had reached what
seemed to be a deadlock yesterday a
suggestion originated in an informal dis
cussion of the question in the Commercial
CLUB rooms which may lead to an offer
of mediation by uisinterested citizens,
either members of the club or others hay-
ing the same object in view No tangible
action has yet been formulated SO far as
could be ascertained last night, but it is
expected final effort Of some sort will
| be made before a crisis in the negotia-
tons has been reached.
All of the Developments in the street car
situation yesterday came from the office
| OF Mr.. Bancroft. the president of me
Itah Light & Railway company, in the
Deseret News building. Mr.. Ban
I croft gave out copies of four documents
that relate 10 the street car situation. One
/ OF these IS "A letter addressed TO e. o.
4 Pratt. Mr.. Pratt is the chairman OF the
International executive committee OF the
AMalSamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees Of America,
and is the man IN whose hands the en-
( ployes of the street car men have left
the adjustment of their differences with
/ the company. Mr. Bancroft does not rec
ognize Mr.. Pratt official Of the
union or as a representative of the men.
/ MIR. Bancroft in his letter does not absO-
! lutely reuse TO treat with Mr.. Pratt, bat
he makes the broad suggestion +hat iii
/ you nave real interest in the adjust
ment of the differences between the COM
pany and its employees, you can most sue
| ceSsfully further that object by refraining
/ from further intervention.
Would Treat With Employees.
! Mr. Bancroft es letter says I'VE are stiu
waiting for a reply from the committee
Of employees to whom Mr.. Wells made the
! suggestion of arbitration"
/ In official statement. Mr.. Bancroft
says that he is personally opposed 10 dis
cuss these differences in the newspapers,
/ but he admits that il is a question Of
1 very great moment to the public who
/ have occasion to use the street car trans
portation." Mr.. Bancroft furthermore
says that the sta tement given out by MI
Pratt in summary of the proposed agree
ment is garbled and an imperfect idea OF
! its entire contents is given 10 the public
| by his statement and some of the most
Objectionable features are suppressed
Mr. Bancroft says that it is matter
| of indifference to him whether or not an
| employee Is member OF the union or not,
/ that is a matter OF personal right. My
{ disposition is to employ and retain in the
| service Of the company faithful and effi-
such or the company fails to perform its
obligation to the public. and liability re-
suits"
Presents the Text.
In order that every one may know the
exact situation. Mr.. Bancroft gives to the
| newspapers the text of the proposed
agreement. This agreement Mr. Ban
! croft thought on Tuesday, should not be
published, although Mr. Wells. the com
pany's general manager. believed that it
! should be printed. ito show how absurd
: is the position of the men,.
Finally Mr.. Bancroft refuses to enter
! into an agreement that would compel
all employees TO belong to the union. and
require the company, by posting notices
and otherwise, to become promoter or
the wishes of this association.
/ Mr.. Bancroft also gave out the agree
/ ment under which the employees are now
/ working 1t was stated at Mr.. BancrOfts
office that. Notwithstanding the terms Of
the agreement referred ia, the company
had twice Increased the pay Of the men
What Mr.. Pratt Said.
Reporters for the newspapers adopted
the expedient commonly known as camp
ing on his trail" but they were unable To
evening Mr. Pratts room at the Ken
yon bore the same number that It has al
ways carried. No. g. but raps on. the
panels of the door did not bring forth
Mr. Pratt during the afternoon
/ When Mr.. Pratt st last became aces
sible he was asked whether or not he had
received communication from Mr.. Ban
I believe it arrived at about the same
time the evening papers did
Then there was a silence
s'What is the situation Mr. Pratt?
so Ear as I know the situation remains
about the same as it was
w III YOU reply ~ MI DdllSAtAA , lA@A
if So will you reply tonight?"
q don't see that any reply is called FOR
Mr.. Bancroft seems to have disposed or
1.-THE question is. will the street cars
run tomorrow
There was a dead silence IN the room.
where were gathered a number Of the
members of Mr.. Pratts advisory board
members of the executive committee OF
wen said Mr.. Pratt. finally. there
p IN o answering the
mo remarked J. i; Lamont, the
president of the local. there doesn L
No Strike Today.
At midnight Mr.. Pratt was questioned
with reference TO the situation.
There is no change said he.
I'VE will be safe in saying. then, that
at midnight no orders had been issued for
yes; I believe you would be safe in
saving that
"How about o'clock
you're like the reporter back in Johns
town who was after information. This
I reuOrfer had a dog and the dog had a
rail. like most dogs, and one day the dogs
tail was cut off just as he was chasing
& cat The cat belonged to widow named
Smith. who was a very poor woman. and
whose husband had been killed in the
war. and who dotted on the cat, which it
would have been shame to let the dog
kill. and whose death would have brought
great sorrow upon the WIDOW, who had a
family of three children, the eldest Of
whom was not very old and the others
Younger than she-the eldest was a girl.
BIZ the way-and the other two were boys.
and they loved the cat just much as
their mother did. and would have been
greatly distressed If the dog whose tail
was cut off had killed the cat. and"
BEG pardon, Mr.. Pratt, but We were
. discussing the possibility or Strlke,
were we not2f'
"Oh, yes; that's true.
. Safe Until Noon.
Can you say whether there will be =
. strike before noon Thursday
.s-To the best of nv knowledge there Is