Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-17
NO OPPORTUNITY
FOR ARBITRATION
Charies .. Prshis 81 Stale Arbitration
Beard Lsases city After Confer
snes.
Both srprs STAND By ACTIONS
CSatraetsrs Ready 60 >ixu a - Gent
Sesls and Wen Hold out for an
Increase.

FreirE tsat there 70 aothins IN the
t-1ubi@ over a ueT agreement for tri-
elfr rarpertsrF 20 b. arbitrated.
Charles % Prebie. secretary % the
state board af arbitration. has left the
e5fr. bst uii Keep lu touch With the
sifaaflqa hrrr and return whenever
fasF~ is a chance that bic services VIII
d. rf aid Both H.dsE have Informed
So rrrhIr thar they are determined
.1 bold the stands fhTy have taken.
Contractor oGer 90 sign u tao
years. agreement az che 55 cent vaEe
scale bat declare conditions all not
permit tEeir giving an Increase
tr1rurVnru carpeufera are equally
as aTm ia tEfir demand for sitheT q
1a~ year agreement az tais rate and
Better c1rtraef next ycar Or two-yrar
compact Wifh an increase % two and
one Eatf csnts On wages tEe second thlf
os ere period. All other ohstaelrs have
been overcome
rhat ths conditions 60 not xar-sHt
them sign .-F Erant 90 ar Increase if
declared fV the master builders as the
reason f1- fe-.r refusal 90 reach terms
asked Or ff~ other hand thsY saw
rtas NJ fhrr~ bel much activity iu the
b1fIffrE trades tW1 years bencr tary
rsr EnV~ fo rsV . bonus to procure
ao~Frrs.
Ts@s~ facts caused them % turn
faHr a s1EE~sfidu from SO. FrFbis
FRAT b rrr-= v~rr contract might BE- arr
Ragged ter IasF ts mogtta of which
5r1aIf h- ar an Increased uaEr scale.
A similar eaEFrsrioG f1 ftr rarpFrfrrf
s-elssf che reply that Eofl.uE could
h~ said as ta .olrusVmeu. stand upon
shsT r-1u1siff1H s~rarsF the trades
r11r.T HaE GaF auSf1-t-rt fu spFas
f1r ere u6-eu~r tf aea iuHrirf"a.
e1Urrr-. chat such on arruE1rmE1t
ur1I'f roe b. FFftsfsrf1rF fo ttrrr.
Contractors fssus Statement
Master taHd-rs. havIHE the iEss chat
re=fr prop lf.eu has been miFuulrr-
stood and fearing ftat some F-pi1rrf
hare tre c1le~ufl1u chat a cue VAS
c1efFer plated. have issued state
mrnF sl1sinz their offer 90 frr carr
prar=rr. -hlE arrrsrrTmrrf -Taias
Realizing that there .F a m.F.rarr-
standing on ff~ part os ttF journey
r~u carpenter agd thr rubt.r Erurr-
artq. W. fsar fEiE means fu make our
position clear in the couirrrsrFv
Eve have offered Co FlFr an rErFT-
r=rr wita veerr Hf &C. cents pr hour
Cog two v~ars 500 other a-rtr'rF 90
o. enc same an contained iu th~ agree
meat whiea has been in force 'h~ past
zero years and vas approved hy tfT
Csrrrrf~fs' Arb.fTatiou board
~Nr a rrpFFE~utattve us~~fiuE % the
frl-rifT contractors t~if Saturday
evening Mas lE. che above action vas
given GraaiH0us approval
Carpenter declare they are willing
f1 urrs aItr1g' au agreement 10 mas
fe- builders viii hire tfem. some are
row rmF.9r-l by independent cone
tractors
They state specifically that ffIF does
poe r-sr an open sr1ps THAT fHrr Wii'
r1r urrs F'1rE Wifh uou-uu!on men.
h1r chat it no agreement can b. OBJ
talE@t chat they wiii continue az their
Jobs as before
o. is noe thought likely thar con- I
tractors viit consider such a proposal
TreV are anxious ta obtain a working
sErrer~afs assuring them % amin
trrrarfft opeF4fi6rs t8r tvo sears ar
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