The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-12
NEGOTIATIONS ARE
TO BE RE0PEAED
Strikers and the Telephone
Companies Are to Get
Together.
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
ARRANGES CONFERENCE
Men Accused of RiOting at Park
City Are Placed on
Trial.

Negotiations looking to a settlement OF
the strike between the linemen and the
Utah Independent and Rocky Mountain
Bell Telephone companies Will be opened
this morning. This announcement was
made by Louis Lynn. president OF the
district council of the electrical workers
for the four States OF Utah, Idaho. Wyo-
ming and Montana. early Monday even
Ing
The meeting for the rcopenng OF ne
gotIatlons between the men and the com
panies was arranged Monday afternoon
by Charles Elmore, special representa-,
tive OF the National Council of Electrical
Workers sent here to attempt settle
ment. and President Lynn, the latter said
Monday night, through the chief clerk OF
the Bell company. The hour for the CON
ference is 10 q. m. Early MONDAY hlSht
A. @. Mackenzie. publicity agent Tor the
Bell, said no Information had been con-
veyed TO him or General Manager d. ,.
Murray OF such a meeting. Managing
Director Elmer Il. Jones OF the lndepend-
ent said that no request had been mace
OF him for u conference.
Elmore has power TO accept terms and
settle the strike for the men. Behind
closed doors he met with the executive
committee OF the electrical workers ana
President Lynn. Monday, in an aH-day
meeting. and went into the local situation
| thoroughly.
cept those al ogden. who are working
under special agreement that extends
until July l3 IL there Is no settlement
by then the ogden linemcn may come
out.
Trial of Alleged Rioters.
Twelve OF the thirteen men arrested
at Park CITY last' week. charged with riot
Ing. appeared for their preliminary near .
ing before p II. Talon. City Justice OF
the Peace there Monday, All of the ac-
cused were present with the exception
OF William Quinn. who Is in Denver at
tending the annual meeting OF the west l.
ern Federation OF Miners, but is expect
ed back the last OF the week.
Want Phones Left In.
The defense demanded that the men be
! tried scpara tely. and accordingly Joseph
T Langford secretary OF the PaTk Ci,y
| Miners union, was the FIRST called FOR
! examination. The defendant pleaded not
guilty. and the State called Ledel Bean,
! It's first witness. Bean is one OF the men
| who was escorted out OF town, ana testi
! fed In part. TO being accosted while In
| Frisks store by a committee OF -FOUR OF
! five men and taken out onto the streets.
where there was crowd OF about lV'
! men waiting. lie was led down the main
! street by the mob. taken 10 the hotel
! and there obliged TO pack his clothlne
! and tools after which he was escorted
| out OF town. The witness was positive
\ i'm the statement that the defendant and
\ n man named Fayward were IN the cro"o
! Adjournment came at 6 o'clock. until
! o'clock tomorrow morning. In all. me
! state viii call about fifteen Witnesses In
| each case. and al the rate the eNamina
/ tions are proceeding two DAYS VIII he
/ consumed Ia the trial. County Attorne!
| l.. r. Wight Is being assisted by G. =
! Price deputy district attorney while
/ Judge W. l.. Magmniss of ogden and
! Judge Shields OF Park City are repre-
senting the defendants,
I Word from Park city. through the locs
| offces Of the Bell Telephone company. i'
| that several of the strike sympathiZer'
! there who early ordered their telephone:
| taken ont now want them back, and have
! asked The company where their order:
. To remove the phones have not Yet beer
complied with 70 allow the boxes 10 re-
main In The number Of phones actuall,
! removed is hard TO estimate. II IS placed
| all the way from about twenty. by th'
! company. TO something over loo, by IN
| men. T-ntn n conference between w. B
| Sutton and Henry Wslch. representing M
men and the companies. no further artiol
viii be taken along the line of removing
telephones, IL is said.