The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-27
Both Sides Agree After a Con-
ference Lasting Nearly
Sixteen Hours.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A
CONFLICT IN STATEMENTS
Eighty Men We're Involved and
They Will Be at Old Places
Today.

After having had a vacation OF three
weeks incident 20 their walkout, the ci-
gsrmakers OF Salt Lake City again will
report for work tomorrow morning, for
ell Of the difficulties which existed he
tween them and their employers have
been adjusted. The agreement was
reached at o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
bur not without considerable deliberation
and several meetings in solemn and
cret oonclaYe. in which authorized COM
mittees from the cigsrmakers and the
manufacturers participated
The first meeting OF the series, which
finally resulted in settlement began al
p. m. Monday and continued until
o'clock the following morning. Tuesday
morning spent In gathering UP the
fag ends Of the controversy and prepar-
Ing for the final session. which began al
2 p. nj. and concluded at 4 p. m. The
committees had in the meantime reac ached
the goal toward which they had been
striving for weeks.
When seen after the final conference,
President ]. G. Weckworth OF the Cigar
makers International union No. 224 said
that the employees had won every point
for which they had been contending. In
support OF his statement he said that
bad ben bn bRe
dun vote, and this could not be altered
by any officers or committee appointed
by the union.
Mutual Concessions.
But. on the other hand the employers
were unwilling 10 let ell the laurels pass
10 the union. and asserted that the agree
ment had been reached through mutual
concessions. A. Bernstein, one of the
members OF the manufacturers commit
tee. was questioned Tuesday evening con-
cerning the agreement under which the
cigarmakers are 10 return 10 work
Both sides made concessions he said
Then the men didn't get what they
requested" was asked.
mo. not exactly" he replied 1--WE
finally go, together, by making conces-
slons on both sides
mittee were A. Bernstein, Nc Schmieder
James Quinn and George Whitaker, while
those representing the union were j. c.
and w. = Hubbard.
The difhculty which finally resulted Jn
the strike OF the cigarmakers arose early
this year when the employees demanded
higher wages, asserting that they were
compelled to work under The same con-
ditions that obtained during the memora-
held between representa- tives OF both par
ties 10 the case. The employees demand
ed an increase Of 81 per thousand on the
most popular grades Of cigars. 50 per
thousand on one grade OF goods and ex-
pressed their Willingness TO do the clear
Havana work according 10 The old scale
OF wages III Is ShlO I1dl lDe cigar manu-
facturers refused 10 consider these de-
mands. and on June all Of the employees
left their posts, all are members OF
the union
Little Work Done.
There are approximately eighty cigar
makers in the city, and since these joined
in the walkout the local factories have
turned out but little work. No laborers
have been imported, and the output OF
the factories has depended solely on the
personal work OF the manufacturers.
After the strike had been declared, many
efforts were made TO bring about ad-
justment. One Of these was an offer To
arbitrate made by the employers, but the
union men steadfastly refused 10 consider
arbitration. Finally, at the request Of
the employers. the officers of the union
asked the president Of the international
order to send a representative to Salt
Lake to take part in the negotiations.
Although nothing definite has been heard,
II Is thought that one OF the vlce-pres-
dents is now on the way and may arrive
at any time. Today VIII be spent by tho
employers in preparing their factories for
the accommodation OF their cigarmakers,
and the latter will all return to the posi-
tions which they abandoned about three
weeks ago.