Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-10
COMPANY
OFFER CONCESSIONS.
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at work since. Mayor Fitzgerald was
aroused out of bed, at ! o'clock this
morning. and added the resources of the
municipal government to the cause OF
ndusIriali peace ~
Tonight, no one ventured 4 prophecy
as to the outcome 1t had been agreed
that President Spaulding of the company
would reply to the demands of the OPP
orators for increased wages at meet
ing of the two parties with the Board of
Arbitration, at O'Clock this afternoon.
but at that hour it was announced that
nothing would be made public until 3.3e
o clock. Two hours later, the board add
journed until 10 O'Clock tomorrow MORN
ing. but If the company answer mad
been received Ii was not given out.
Commissioner Wood of the board said,
however. that the situation had been
clarified and that the prospect of set
tlement was more favorable. At the
same time he expressed the hope that
the Legislature would not pursue its in
1uiry, as he thought that about all who
could work with advantage were already
involved in the controversy.
Independent of the State Board, repre-
sentatives of the girls were in confer
ence, today and tonight, with counsel
for the company. At union headquarters
the girls stated that their plans We're Sc
cret and that they know how to keep
secret. too.
A new element was projected into the
situation, late toady, when the Walters
Union Local so met and debated whether
its $50 members should serve food to the
1900 or $500 emergency operators whom
the company had brought here from
other cities and who are regarded by the
local Hello girls as strikebreakers.
The upshot OF the meeting was a de-
cison to call out all union walters at
hotels sheltering "strikebreakers'' in the
event that the telephone operators de-
cared a strike.
Meetings were held also, tonight, by
the linemen, cable splicers and other
inen employees of the Telephone COM
pany who have promised TO strike in
sympathy if the operators go out. The
Telephone Operators Union is local
IF tie National Electrical Workers
Union and has the moral support OF
the Boston Central Labor Union, which
is considered one of the strongest Ia
Dor unions in the country.
Copley square and its vicinity We're
afiutter, today. with telephone girls
arriving from New York, Pittsburs,
Philadelphia and Baltimore. Most Of
them seem to regard the visit to Boston
as lark and they We're making tile
most of it. They are stopping at FASH
ionable hotels in the Back Bay.
The action of Walters Union so III
declaring strike of its members nj
those hotels in which 'StrikebreakerS
may be quartered, in the event that a
strike of operators is ordered. marked
the first step towardi probable extern
siVe sympathetic strike action which
is expected to result from the support
of the Boston Central Labor Union and
its subsidiaries.
IL the resolutions adopted by the
Waters Union call is made upon
all the walters of the city. whether
members of organized labor or not, t
cease their duties at all hotels shelter
ing "Strillebreakers" as soon as Il
strike is called. Business Agent Patrici
j. Kearney of the union said he ex-
pected numerous responses to this APP
peal. Other Waitersi Unions probably
will take like action, he said.
L feel very confident of an AMIGA
bic adjustment of the telephone stu
dtion." said Mayor Fitzgerald. tonight
, Judging from the atmosphere at tn
conferences under the auspices OF th'
State Board of Arbitration, bith sides
want an honorable settlement M
added.
At the conferences which were held
during mos: of the day and night, TIM
Telephone Company, its operators ant
the Chamber Of Commerce were eaci
represented. President Spaulding head
ed the company's representatives, MIS-
Maloy, president of the Operators
Union, was in charge of the girls com
mittee, and President Storrow OF tn
Chamber led a delegation from tina
/ body.
! During a recess, this evening, severa
| of the conferees expressed the opinion
/ that there would be an immediate rup
ture of relations between the compah.
: and it's employees. The conference wa
I resumed at p. NJ