The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-08-20
Initial Session Featured BY
Judge Phelan's Claim That ID.
u. r. Is Trying to Delay
Proceedings
NOT READY TO PRESENT
ITS CASE IN WRITING
Employees Demands Submitted
BY MahOn-NaylOn Chairman
Of Board

Tho arbitration board, composed OF
Judge james Phelan, Attorney Edwin
Henderson and John Naylon, chosen
To settle the differences between the
ID. U. X, and its conductors and mo-
tormen, began its deliberations Tues
day morning in the SUPERVISOR room
In the county building, and after for
NAL organization, with Mr.. Naylor as
the men as presented by their repre-
sentative, William ID. Nahon. inter
national president.
no get the points OF dispute clearly
before the board il WAS arranged that
the company also should prepare a
written statement of its demands for
presentation in the next session, at
10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Mr..
Mahon and General Superintendent
Harry Bullen, OF the u. u. r., who
represented tho company in the first
meeting. agreed to confer Tuesday
AFTERNOON 10 hnd out just what claims
each side viii oppose and what ones
they viii concede, in order to thus
facilitate the task OF the arbitrators.
The statement OF the case by Mr..
Mahon Is the first time the employees
position has been put in writing. Az
tar he had presented his statement
Judge Phelan proposed that Mr.. Bul-
len do the same for the company, but
the objection was offered b. Mr.. Hen
derSDn that time should be given for
II also TO be written out, and after
some spirited argument in which the
Judge intimated that the corporation
WAS delaying proceedings, that was
consented to by all.
The initial session gave promise
that the deliberations Will not be too
tame. Judge Phelan declared at one
time that the officials OF the u. u. H..
ought to be on hand ready to give
their side OF the matter, and when
tSupt Builen volunteered that he was
there ready to answer questions and
give oral testimony, the Judge said,
8arcastically:
We'll, I'll just ask you one of the
questions that | had planned to ask
iMr. Brooks. Can you tell me how
many lawyers the ID. U. X. has on its
payrolls?"
The superintendent answered that
this matter was not in his department,
and Mr.. Henderson commented that
It had nothing to do with the ques-
tons at issue, anyway.
"But 1t does have some bearing on
the contention" insisted Judge Phe-
Ian. when the company says, as 1t
did two years ago, that II cannot al
ford to meet the demands of its wage
earners, We propose TO 90 into the
Dc
for It to spend so much for attorneys,
some of whom we never see trying
cases in the courts. Why, az ] have
said before, the ID. u. X. has more at
torneys than the United states Steel
CORPORATION. That's all their business,
OF course. and they can put on III
more if they want TO. but they should
not be allowed at the same time 10
argue that they cannot afford to pay
their men more.
The car men are asking for the re-
vision of sections Is and 81, OF their
present agreement with the company.
Section Is relates to the hours and
conditions OF employment. The chief
demands are In regard to wages. That
first year men shall be paid 30 cents
per hour and others SO cents. Other
changes asked are that the working
day for city service shall be nine
hours. which shall be put In within a
total of IL hours, with one relief for n
meal and with no time OF continuous
employment OF more than eight hours.
For interurban runs It is asked that
the day be a straight run or nine hours
with no runs less than eight hours.
Other minor changes are asked with