The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-27
REACH 4 BASIS
FOR ADJUSTMENT
Street Car Difficulties Should
Speedily Be in Hands of
Board of Arbitrator.
AVERT STRIKE
AFTERTHoUGHT ONLY SAVED
DAY FOR HARMONY.
The Street Car Situation.

sHS ONtCCA Odi OiludklONs
70 There will be no strike OF street .
g car operatives for at least half q,
.week if pending negotiations should %
2 fail after taking their regular or 9,
8. der unless a midnight meeting :,
called for tonight should overturn q
g the entire plan of action. This is 9
o not even remotely probable. 9
- The company and the employees .,
{. yesterday through a series of COM 9,
% fnunieations, verbal and written, 2
2 arrived at an agreement whereby g
@ this condition will be brought 9.
| @ about o
@ 1.-The question of wages is TO be .,
/ @ left to arbitration by a board con- :.
., slsting of one member chosea b. =
/ . the company. another chosen by :,
I q the men. citizen who shall not be 9
. an official of a union: the third 10 :,
9 be chosen by these two.
- Z-The grievances that arise in o
g the future shall be left to arbitra- .,
g ton. il any grievances there be. o,
@ The employees of the company .,
/ g who are members of the local di- -
! @ vision of the Amalsamated Associ- g:
| % alton of Street and Electric Rail :.
! . way Employees will meet tonight as :.
q soon after midnight as possible %
/ @ The names of the members OF .
:. the board of arbitration viii prob 9,
{. ably be known officially by Tues {.
. day. @
o The arbitration of the questions .,
9 in dispute themselves will be G,
taken up at the pleasure of the o
g board %
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Every indication points to a peace
able and amlcable settlement of the
street car difficulties that have had
/ Salt T.aIro Esz-f e.. MI
Likelihood is that the company and the
| men viii arrive at an understanding as
to wages; provision is that other
/ grievances. if there be any, will be left
to arbitration in the future
/ At one time yesterday the crisis had
arrived and disaster was averted only
by the expression of an afterthought on
the part of Mayor Ezra Thompson.
The day began with Mr.. Thomson
learning that his Interpretation of the
verbal understanding with Mr. Ban
croft had on the previous day was err
roneous. Mr.. Bancroft presented his
words in writing.
THE company proposes to submit the
said matter to a board Of three arbitrs-
tors TO be chosen as follows: The en-
IptOyeS to select one arbitrator from among
their number, the company to name one
other and two to select a third arbitra-
tor. The board so selected to act togeth-
er, the decision of any two to be binding
and determine the question of the rea-
sonable rate of wages to be paid motor
men, conductors and shop employees The
Schedule of wages so fixed by the board
of arbitration to govern for a reasonable
length of ttme-the company suggests for
a period Of two years.
The company also proposes TO agree
that no discrimination will be made
against any emDlOye. however active he
may have been in the present agitation
for increased wages
Could Not Accept.
The committee informed Mr.. Tbomn-
son that the eompany's proposition had
been threshed over and that there was
nothing new in it. Mr.. Thompson ex-
lpressed a wish that the committee put
its terms in writing, and this was the
result.
we viii submit the entire questions
involved in the present dispute (this does
not include the closed shop question. as
that is not a matter to be arbitratedl TO
a board Of aTbitrators TO be selected as
the employees one. and the two thus Sc
lected shall choose a third who shall
hear all of the evidence and render a de-
icision which shall be binding upon both
the Utah Light K Railway company and
their employees who are involved in the
controversy"
/ Calls 1t Final Letter.
In reply to this Mayor Thompson re
turned with a communication which he
said was the final letter of the COM
pany This is the text
The Utah Light & Railway company
proposes an adjustment of the differences
between it and its employees with refer
ence to the scale of wages to be maid
them, upon the following basis:
THE company proposes to submit the
said matter of scale of wages To be maid
the classes of employees hereinafter men
cr<f of
be chosen as follows:
The employees to select one arbitrator.
either from amongst their number or any
citizen of Salt Lake City that they NAV
select. who is not an official Of a labor
organization; the company to name one
| arbitrator, and the two 50 chosen to Sc
iect third arbitrator; the board of ar
bitrators so selected to act together, the
decision Of any two to be binding and
determine the question of wages to be-
paid motormsn- conductors and shop en-
ployes.
''The scale Of wages so fixed BY the
board of arbitrators to govern for a rea-
sonable length of time; the company sug-
gests for period of two years.
Discrimination Is Barred.
The company also proposes to agrea
that no discrimination will be made here
after against any employee however sc-
tive he NAV have been IN the nrese1+
agitation for increased wages
The companys understanding will be
tnat the BOARD OF arD1tratOrS will con-
duct the investigation according TO their
own discretion; that they will listen TO
such facts as may be presented TO them
by the respective parties and by other
means, according to their judgment OBJ
tain Information which will enable them
to arrive at a conclusion. II they choose
to listen to any person whomsoever sus-
gestsd by either party in the way of ad-
vocacy or argument the company's lln-
derstanding is that it will be wholly with
in their discretion. and the company does
not propose to in any way hamper tha
arbitratoFs in the conduct of the arbI-
tratson. but leave that wholly to their
judgment and discretion.
Committee Replies Again.
Having submitted to the committees
Mr.. Bancroft's note, the committee re-
piled in this wise:
The proposition for arbitration sub
nitted by the Utah Light & Railway
company through you this day TO tha