Arizona republican., 1913-07-11
Mass Meeting of Business Men With Representa- tives of Strikers and Com pany Agree to Mediatory. Committee
MAY BRING BOTH
 SIDES TOGETHER
Committee of Five to See Both Sides Will Be An nounced Today-May See Owners of Street Railway if Necessary

At a mass meeting held last night on the roof garden of the Y. NJ C. A.. attended by business men and working men to the number of about two hundred, after an hour and q half of earnest consideration, it was de
 cided to allow the Merchants and
 Manufacturers Association of this
 city to appoint a mediatOry commit
 tee of five members of the M. and
 Nj. for the purpose of finding some
 common ground upon which the street
 car company and the striking car
 men can agree, so that the general
 public of Phoenix will be incOnVen-
 fenced no longer than necessary by
 the local transportation controversy.
 During the course of the meeting
 there was a lot said about arbitration
 The strikers were on hand and
 through John Corrigan, their spokes-
 man, presented their side of the~ dlf-
 ficulty. while the street car company
 was represented by Manager Mitchell,
 who said the company was trying
 to give service to the people. Corri-
 gan stated that the men were in fla Vor of arbitration and had cOnsis tently offered 10 arbitrate their griev- ances Manager Mitchell replied that as far as he was concerned there were two propositions that he was empowered to arbitrate upon, those ot wages and seniority, but that the car men wanted to arbitrate upon the others and he had no authority to go into those questions with them
 This was beside the question of the committee which was proposed by David Goldberg. MT. Goldberg in suggesting the committee made 1t plain that all attempts to get the two parties before a board of arbi- tration had failed but that he thought that a committee of business men of Phoenix could succeed in getting the grievance of the two plainly stated so that all might know what they are, and when that was done common ground might be found upon which the two parties could stand. This view seemed to prevail, for after a good deal of discussion, when a show of hands was called for the majority were for the committee. This committee will be announced b1 President Diehl within the next tWenty-fOur hours.
 The meeting was quite late in be- aiming. but when finally called to or der H. A Diehl. president of the NJ. and NJ. explained that the invitation issued to the merchants and business men of Phoenix to meet with a repre- sentative of both the street car com pany and the street car strikers was made in good faith and at request. He said that for the first time in the history of Phoenix there was serious labor trouble. and that all were anX- ious to settle 1t as soon as possible He called for speeches from those present.
 At this juncture Dave Goldberg made his suggestion. which was duly seconded. MT. Humbert thought that arbitration ought to be resorted to and suggested the well-known com nittee of three idea. MT Flynn Of the Trades and Labor Council thought the committee idea impracti- cable and believed they would have no power to settle the controversy. Al this point John Corrigan spoke the first time and suggested the arbi- tration idea. After Corrigan Manager made the same sort of an eX- rianation about the street car situa- -iCn that he has made heretofore, go- ng little into the merits of the natter from the standpoint of the company.
 This gave Corrigan his opening and e came back with a strong statement If the side of the strikers, their de- hands and what they meant, explain ing that they believed themselves to 3e right otherwise they would not Iave this long continued to receive he support of the public. He read rom the constitution of the Street Tar Mems Union. and from the agree nent between the Cincinnati company lrd the street car men there. a con rOversy that has recently been set lied and by reason of which it is ,laimed that further outbreaks of the abor trouble are impossible owing to Tn arbitration agreement that was cached by the two parties concerned. He said the strikers here were anX- ous that no further strikes occur lere and for that reason emphatiCally sVOred arbitration.
 Corrigan then referred to the pro- posed auto bus line in competitor with the street car company and sug- seSted that it contained a great num- Der of advantages that the street cars 10 not, and was more available in rowing city such as this is. Then le referred to the reason the strikers
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