Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-22

selected by a judge of the superior or , supreme court. fstrt the -trulleSTnens : conlraittee would not accept this. At length President Perkins waived his objection to a Taft -Ma,lley apI,ointee. The two reservations Insisted up- i on by either side as already men tiof1ed. made it impossible to effect ar 1 Committee Statement.
 ] After adjournment of the 'confer- ence, the mediation committee gave out the following statement:
 While both sides of the controversy 1 were willing to make slight conCes- : sions. the settlement is as far off as before. Both the company and ftrol- leymensS association agreed to the form and appointment of an ;arbitra- tion committee. The Shore Line Go, however, wished to add proviso to the effect that the award of the arbi- tration board. should any increase of wages be granted. should not be ef- fective until the arbitration board found that the company was financial l. ly able to pay. The representatives of the trolleymen's association, on the other hand. wanted a clause added to
 the effect that the arbitration board
 should also determine whether the in
 crease of wages. if one were granted,
 should be effective June l.
 The agreement to which the Shore
 Line Go. were willing to abide by was
 SIS follows:
 The Shore Line Electric Railway Go. agrees to the appointment of an arbi-
 tration board composed of one man
 selected by the company. one by the troIleymen's association and the tive to choose a third In the event of the two failing to agree upon the selec-| tion of a third then the appointment t of the third member shall be left to the o-chairmen. Taft and Manly. of the war labor board. The said erioi- i tration to cover wages and working: conditions.
 Provided-No award of increase of wages shall be effective until the board of arbitration shall determine that the company was financially able to pay the same.
 The company further agrees that it1 will immediately apply to the public utilities commission for permission to increase trolley fares wherever prac-i ticable. The members of the tro11eyn1en.s as- sociation on their part agree to returnti I to work at once at the old rate of main at work under such wages and conditions until the award of the ar board is made and becomes effective. accept the form of arbitration the board proposed. neither was willing to recede from it's position as stated above. The meetings were very arnic i able and harmonious. The adjustment of the trolley tie-up will now depend upon future developments
 The men are firm in their deterrni- 1 nation not to go back to work at the old rate of wages.
 Further Statements.
 In addition to the mediation com l mittee's statement Chairman Harry F. McGlone of the trolIevmen's joint 1 committee said Monday night that he I had nothing further to say. I
 President Perkins said that the roads position was that it naturally l could not agree to pay any increase in wages until the people of Norwich | had manifested their willingness to l provide an increase in revenue for 1 any increase in expense must be pass ed on to the people and the company had need of more revenue both for it's own uses and in case of an in crease of the wage schedule.