Arizona republican., 1913-06-27
Directs That Railway Com pany and Carmen Submit Differences to Board for Adjustment and Settle mcnt of Strike
TO ACT WITHIN
 FORTY-EIGHT HOURS
Committee of Investigation Organizes and Holds First Session at Which Carmen Present Some Startling. Statements

Statements Following the issuance of d report by the corporation commission in the matter of the faiIure of the Phoenix Railway company to provide and maintain adequate and efficient ser vice yesterday. recommending the submission If the differences between the men and the company to a board ot arbitration, statement was issu- ed by Manager : II. Mitchell that hc would be in receipt of q com municauon this morning from the owners which would place him in a position to announce just what his company was willing to do. By many il was considered last evening that the situation is clearing and that be fore tomorrow evening such a board of arbitration will have been named. the scope of the board defined, and report 10 that effect made to the corporation commission. on the surface yesterday was the quieteSt day since the carmen went out. Three ears were run during the daylight hours without molestation. These were withdrawn as evening approached. For the most part the service was unnecessarr as few passengers rode and the receipts were practically nil
 Outside Of the issuance of the re- port and the recomneTdati, ol th" corporation commission. the most I'm portant development of yesterday was the naming of Rev Everett N Phil lips. pastor of the Christian church. as the third member of the invcsti- aation committee authorized by Mayor ChriStv at the request of the Phoe- nix Trades Council. the organization of the committee with Rev. Phillips as chairman. and the holding of the first session
 In the city court room in the city hall building this committee gathered and listened to the statements of the carmen for more than two hours Manager Mitchell had been notified of the organization of the committee and the hour at which the first session would be held but he was unable to be present owing to the fact that he had been asked by the corporation commission to be at the capitol at o'clock to receive its report and for an informal conference MT. Mitchell was in conference with the commIs- sioners for over an hour and left about five o'clock promising that he would be in a position to reply thlS morning, basing this promise upon I telegram he had received during the dav from F. P. sherman. informing him of the mailing Of q letter oe''- ing with the situation.
 The committee as constituted con sists of Rev Everett x Phillips, chairman: Councilman Claude Cisney and Bert Davis. president of the State Federation of Labor and treasurer o1 the Phoenix Trades Council In an nouncing the purpose of the meetlhS of the committee Chairman PhllllpS safd that every effort would be made 10 get at the bottom of the differ ances in order that q full and com nlete report might be made to Mayor Christy and in turn presented to the public for it's consideration.
 Committeeman Davis at the open ing announced that he had been fur nisbod with numerous facts which inc carmen desired read into the record and the presentation of these orcltDicd nearly an hour. They. to- cether with the petition presented to the railway company before the strlNt and the demands made after the men walked out formed the basis Of the work undertaken.
 The petition. said Davis, had been signed by nearly all the men en1- plONcd the cars some oI l'i''' names were afterwards withdraw upon the insistence of Mahase' Mitchell as would be shown by th' statements of witnesses. Referring 10 the manner of the employment O new men. Davis said that he ha6 been told by the carmen that the flrS question asked a prospective employ was whether or not he belonged t' anv labor union. The deposit Q S7.5O said to be required of each new enpIovc as an assurance he will no leave the cOmpany's employ unde four months, as well as that or S47 10 cover equipment furnished ana re turnable, was also referred to.
 At numerous times,' said DaNlS "according to what I have been told men are laid off without being tol' when they should again report 10 work. A new man is assessed go which goes to the man "hreaklh him in"
 Referring to the hours of employ ment. Davis presented these state mcntS
 "A man called at 10:20 a. m ! off at II o'clock. He takes anothe car at 11:05 and is off at l2:2