The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-22
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workers has been brought into contro-
Versy. it may be well to give the views
of President Lynn with reference TO this
phase of the situation.
Nobody has denied that we have VIC
lated the constitution in this district if
you take 1t technically" said Mr.. Lynn.
I've maintain here that we have lived
up TO the constitution to all reasonable
lengths. and that if anyone has violated
the constitution il has been our grand
officers. / quote you tow sections from
this little book:
"a If the P d. c. (the president of the
district counciD or his representative aft
er an investigation of the conditions at
the scene of difficulty, deems ii neces-
sary, he shall notify the g. V. p. (grand
vice presidenO to proceed Immediately to
the scene
.. The G. Y. p, upon arrival at the
scene of trouble, should use every en-
deavor to settle by honorable means said
difficulty and, If the same is Impossible,
he shall put the question to secret vote
of the local; said vote TO be final
What the Vote Read.
Now" said Mr.. Lynn. I'VE were au-
thorized by Mr.. McNulty, the grand pres
ident, to take a vote of the district as
well as of the local; he is our highest
officer We took that vote within the
prescribed time and the ba1iOting stood
166 TO in favor of striking-here are the
ballots, count them for yourself.
I'VE have been waiting on Vice PreSi-
ueUt sullivan san fTd0ClSCO lot weeks
and weeks and months. We set no word
from him. Our men want TO know what
is being done. / can tell them nothing
except what President McNulty tells me.
You see the result of what President Nc
Nulty proposed we should do.
I'VE went this morning TO see General
Manager Murray of the Bell. He told US
that we were foolish for striking and
quences would be. He said in an after
noon publication that number of men
were ready TO go to work How true
that is / do not know. Neither the ex-
ecutiVe committee nor myself has asked
any man to leave his work, but we note
that every man did leave his work when
he was informed that the companies had
refused to grant our request
Not only did our own men leave their
work but at least twenty ground men
Qinemen's helpers, restroom men and
terminal room men employed by the Bell
people have quit. They are not mem
bers of our union, but they ceased work
as soon as they heard my information to
the men.
Work viii Be Completed.
Our men viii leave no unfinished ca
bes The committees first instruction
was TO finish all jobs and to leave the
company's lines and system in working
order. We expect that all of this work
Will be completed by tomorrow at the
outside.
This forenoon We gave notice by tele-
graph of our action to the various heads
Of the district councils, w. II. Whalen in
Cheyenne z G. Slider in Butte and TO
z4s at PocatellO and 291 at Boise. They
were requested TO call out the men in
their council districts, not under con-
tract. We have received word that they
have done So
MIR. Parsons Suggestion.
Arthur Parsons. president OF the Utah
state board of arbitration. saw General
Manager Murray YESTERDAY Afterwards
he saw Mr.. Lynn and the executive COM
mittee To the latter he stated that he
had just been in conference with Mr..
Murray and that he was DESTROYS of
bringing about a settlement of the diff
ficulty, If that were possible
Il told Mr.. Parsons" said Mr.. Lynn.
that We were greatly pleased with the
interest he took in the matter. and that
We were extremely sorry that he had not
become acqua inted- through the daily
press OF otherwise, of the conditions thar
existed. SO that he might have come in
as mediator before. Mr.. Parsons said
that if the state board could not co any
thing in the matter he and a number OF
other gentlemen would be glad to dc
whatever they could. We, told Mr.. Par
sons that We would be glad to accept
arbitration Of any differences that might
now exist between ourselves and the COM
panies or might hereafter arise, if the
companies granted Us $40 for cable splic-
ers 3.75 for lneuien and 1925 for in
stal.ers, etc. Mr. Parsons asked for my
address and ] gave IT to him; in turn,
a movement on the part of the general
public to bring about an adjustment; IWe
welcome such movements; we believe
they will help us
The independents Part.
The Independent company. through Ell
mer i. Jones' gave out a verbal state