The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-21
TROLLEY STRIKE
NOT IMPROBABLE
Street Car Employees Will Hold
Midnight Meeting Sunday to
Consider Situation.
COMPANY ADDS ONE CENT
MEN REGARD CONCESSION UN.
WORTHY OF RECOGNITION.

Apparently it behooves the people OF
Salt Lake City to have their SHOES
/ half-soled and their heels squared, 70.
the indications of the hour are that
there viii be a strike of street railway
employees, carrying with it the necessi-
/ y for residents to "hoof it,"
The situation with regard TO the
street car service is critical That much
can be safely stated without danger Of
/ exagSeration. If there is to be a strike.
the men say they have every hope o.
winning; the officials Of the company
anticipate no strike. and declare their
ability. in the event that enc occurs.
to maintain The service.
Comedies one-cent Increase.
The executive board of the local dI-
vision Of the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway en-
ployes yesterday met in conference
with Joseph :. Wells. general manager
of the Utah Light & Railway company,
and Mr.. Hunt. superintendent Of SER
vice. Mr. Wells represented the COM
pany i'm the negotiations.
What was the outcome Of the con-
ference, Mr. Wells?'
well, no settlement was reached"
Did you concede any of the requests
of the men2'
well. we talked over the wage
question. and 7 told them that we
would give the middle men-that is.
the men who have been i'm the service
/ between one and five years. an increase
of 1 cent an hour: this would make
their rate of pay % cents the hour. on
the first of this month we advanced
the wages OF the employees. We ara
I N M i'm 991E fl1a first
25 cents for the years up to five, and
/ 27ia cents thereafter. The increase I
mentioned today is for men between
/ one year and five, making the rate 26,
instead of %"
/ Were any other conditions or ques-
I lions taken Up?'
J mo: 1 told the men two days ago
/ that they might as well quit talking
about the recognition of the uniOn-ap-
parently they have"
Company Is Determined.
THE committee asked me- if the
statement I made to it today was final.
/ I told the delegation that it was at this
/ time
You see, conditions in salt Lake are
different from those that prevail in
other cities. Here we build miles and
miles of track and operate cars in or
( der to reach the passenger. In other
+ places the population is not spread over
nearly so great an area, and cOnse-
quently more people board the cars
within the denSely populated districts
than they do here, where the pOpula-
tion is scattered.
THE committee left the office, stat
| ing that it would consult with the en-
/ ployes, and as nothing can transpire
until Monday. there is nothing more
to be done until then"
Calm Before the Storm.
/ In room No. s. in the Kenyon hotel.
which has become committee head
! quarters since the arrival Of c. O.
/ Pratt, international chairman Of the
executive committee of the employees
/ association, there was a meeting yes
/ terday afternoon. after the conference
| with the street car company officials.
{ In reply to a question as to the out
/ look, Mir Pratt, who is spokesman for
/ the committee, although not a member,
/ and therefore not one of those present
at the conference, had this to say:
Thus far everything is serene, but it
may be the calm that precedes the
storm Tomorrow night the men will
/ hold a special meeting at midnight.
! That hour is fixed so that all may DO
present. The situation will be dis
cussed thoroughly, no doubt. What ac-
I ton the men viii take. OF course, is i'm
/ possible to forecast. II is Up TO them
I to decide"
/ What was the result Of your con-
/ ference with the company
1t was decidedly unsatisfactory. It
/ is true that the company offered a
/ slight concession, but that concession.
/ if really it may be called such. is 50
very slight that we do not deem it
worthy of consideration. I do not be
| lieve there will be any further devel-
/ opments until Sunday nights meet
/ ing"
/ So the people of Salt Lake City viii
/ have to wait until Monday morning
before they know whether they ride or
walk.