The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-02

WILL NOT CONSIDER
Committee Says Stone 8 Web;
], ster Refused to Consider
Agreement and Dis
!; charged Men.


2, Nothing OF any interest was given
out Saturday from the headquarters of
the electrical workers, who are claim
ing lockout on the part OF the Keo-
Nlk Electrical company, except the
fact that there were forty-flve uniop
men discharged from the transmission
line between this city and TT. Madi-
son.
i The allegation is made by the COM
nlittee that these men were discharg-
ed when they tried to present the
agreement to the proper officials OF
the company.
ii Following is the statement prepared
81 the committee of electrical work
crs and also the agreement Of the
telephone company employees, whose
action has been misunderstood by a
lumber of people:
At the engineering corporation Of
ices the only statement that. could be
coaxed out Of anybody was to the ef-
feet that 1t does not know nor care
whether its employees belong to any
Union and is not concerning itself on
Mat score nearly as much as about
the forecasts issued by Observer
Gosewisch.
Statement OF the Committee.
: The Stone & Webster Engineering
Corporation, Wednesday, morning,
January 81. locked out forty-five more
men in the line department. These
men were employed on the transmits
SIGN line between the dam and Fort
Madison and were working in q camp
located one mile east of Nauyoo, and
we're stringing In the aluminium wire
on this line. When the employees here
& IN Keokuk were locked out. The men in
this camp tried to get the, agreement
printed In these columns Thursday,
evening, to the proper officials of the
company, who Immediately locked out
iferty-iye men by paying them off in
full.
This establishes the fact beyond a
douot that the company is trying to
establish the ten hour day in the cleo
tfical field.
These men were not called out In
sympathy with the men here In the
city, but were locked out.
These men came In to Keokuk last
evening and reported to the labor
aeadquarters at Tenth and Johnson
streets
All the locked out men held meet
lng this morning and the entire sit
1atlon was discussed and referred tt
the committee who will report at {
meeting called for sunday Afternoon
Of 2:30 p. m.
+ 0. DAVIS,
ST G. L. SEWALL,
f. H. ROCKEFELI.E FER,
u R. T.. LONGANECKER,
~. F. LAILER.
& Committee
agreement With Bell Company.
mere seems to be some misunder
standing as to our situation relativ,
% the Bell Telephone company ant
mere is no trouble as far as local AZ,
= concerned. This local has an I'm
outstanding with this company tina
vas arranged in Des MONIES at stat,
sonlerence January Z, to January Is
LIZ, as follows:
Des Moines Iowa, Jan %; 1922
Az a meeting held by Iowa Tele
nnohe Company and representative
= its plant employees, the following
understanding was arrived at, to gov
gu Inc scale OF wages paid first elias
.hsn'N and q. revision of he4workin
u'es under which all employees will
soVefn themselves, this understand
.lg 70 become effective February
egiz, and remain III effect until Eel
tuary J, 1918.
IS Nine hours shall constitute
Sas . work, shop to shop.
. Working hours will be from
N. 70 10 M, and p. m. to 5 D. IN
ssoi'i May to November 1, and rs
~. 20 2 m. and D. m. to $50 j
~, november to May j Lunche
VIII be carried between May an
,au'emner /, and no lunches carrie
kA.Ween November / and May /.
Time and half will be pnid 70
a. overtime including Sundays an
huays' Thanksgiving, Christmai
,ew Years, Decoration Day, July
ana Labor Day.
: Overtime when travelling vi
PAD at the straight time rate.
80 ~ hegular exchange linemen whe
~. ~, out OF town to do work, will b
- ~ nefore leaving whether It is t
temporary or a permanent jol
KY VINE under IA calendar days /
soisldered temporary jeb, an
expenses VIII To paid by the compaii.