The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28

waited upon Mr.. Wells on Monday
morning and informed him of1icislly OF
the action taken at the mornings meet
ing. stating that the employees had de-
cided not 10 instruct any more new
students who might be hired after that
date pending a settlement of the pres
ent controversy. They also Informed
him that the meeting had placed the
entire matter in my hands,
Adopted Various Courses.
II have faithfully labored night and
day since that moment to the end that
a peaceable solution of the controversy
might be brought about. Through the
citizens committee, composed of the
Rev Mr. Simpkin. Rev Mr. Young.
Colonel Wall and Mr.. Igleheart. and
further through various other commit
tees, and finally through his homer.
Mayor Thompson. have conscientious
" co-Operated to the same end. with the
result that on last Thursday the mayor
reported TO our committee that the
company, through President Bancroft,
had assured him that they did not want
trouble and were willing to accept ar
bitrat1On of the dispute as a means of
settlement. We told his honor, the
mayor, that we would accept the propo-
sition, anc authorized him to so notify
Mr.. Bancroft. 1t was 700 late to reach
Mr.. Bancroft that night, as the mayor
called up the company's Office over the
phone and was informed that Mr.. Ban
croft had left there for the night The
mayor assured us he would notify the
officials of the company Of our accept
ance the first thing Friday morning.
The Mayors Report.
ION Friday morning at about IL
O'Clock We were summoned before the
mayor, who informed us the company
had refused to abide by their PROPOSE
ton agreed upon Thursday evening, and
he presented a written statement of
what the company said they were will
ing to agree TO, which was the original
proposition that had previously been
submitted to me by Mr.. Bancroft,
namely, that the company would accept
arbitration of the wage scale only, and
that in the selection of the board of ar
hitratiOn the employees must select their
arbiters from among their own num-
Der who is an employe of the company;
the company would select their arbiter
from wherever they pleased. and the
two so selected should choose a third.
the decision of two members of said
board to decide the wage scale. The
company reserved the righteto name the
wage scale that should be subjected TO
arbitration. The employees had no voice
whatever and neither was there any
assurance that the company would not
ask the board of arbiters to reduce the
present wage, instead of granting an
increase. We positively refused to en-
terrain such an unfair proposition,
which is not arbitration in any sense of
the word, but absolute dictation, and
that solely on the part of the company.
Offer Settlement Plan.
However, we replied through the
mayor by making a written statement
to him of what would be acceptable by
us as a plan of settlement, namely. that
we would arbitrate all questions i'm dis
pute: the company to select one. arhiter,
the employees to select one arbiter, and
the two thus selected to choose the
third arbiter or umpire, whose duty it
should be to take testimony and hear
ali of the evidence bearing upon the
present controversy and render their
decision in writing. The findings of the
majority of said board to be final and
binding upon both parties hereto.
This proposition was promptly re-
fused by Mr.. Bancroft, and he submit
ted back another proposition through
the mayor, which would permit the en-
ployes to select their arbiter from
among the citizens of Salt Lake City
excepting that said arbiter should not
be an official of any labor organization.
The company still reserved the right to
stipulate the wage question that should
be arbitrated, and positively stated that
no other question should be a subject
for said board of arbitration to pass
upon.
Could Not Accept.
II
entire proposition, but said they would
agree to the company's plan of select
ing their arbiter. waving their right to
select an arbiter in the open field, ard
agreeing that such selection should be
made from among the citizens of Salt
Lake who were not officers of any labor
union, but we still insisted that ali
questions in dispute should be subjects
for their consideration and to be passed
upon. We further agreed that the
closed shop was not a question for ar
bitration, and we would not ask its
consideration.
Informed Of Acceptance.
1.-THE mayor again waited upon Presi-
dent Bancroft and informed him of our
acceptance of the company's PROPOSE
ton as to the manner of selecting the
arbitrator. but that we desired all
questions in dispute to be adjudicated
by them. Mr.. Bancroft promptly re-
fused this proposition. and the mayor
reported back to US, and all hope OF
peace vanished, for the committee posi-
lively refused to accept anything less
than fair and honorable arbitration. AS
we were about to leave the mayors of
fee, he said: I would like to see you
boys accept that proposition Of the
| cornpany's to arbitrate the wage scale
as / believe they will be fair. Mr.. Ban
croft said to me that that was the only
grievance he knew of at the present
time, but should any future grievance
arise that could not be mutually adj