Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-29
STRIKE SATURDAY,
HINT Of D. c. STAFF

| The District Commissioners today
were awaiting the filing of a minority
report by member of the municipal
ton with regard to the increase in
wages demanded by members of the City
| Employees Association. which would
! bring them up to the navy yard scale
Frank BreSnahan, member of the
association, it is understood. has pre-
pared a minority report dissenting from
that which the wage board yesterday
presented the Commissioners, declaring
! against any change in the wage scale
as now shaped.
This brings the prospect of "A strike
| of members of the organization into
| prominence. ii is admitted by officials.
f; President Joseph II. Hurley of the asso-
citation declared yesterday that there
| were 400 employees of the District gov
ernment in the organization who would
i vote on walking out Saturday night.
Seek Navy Yard Level
What we want" he declared, lis an
increase OF IS cents per day, which will
bring the per diem scale for District
employees to a par with the navy yard
rate. If the Commissioners have enough
only to raise the employees so cents per
day We will accept that on the pro-
vision that a request be made to Con-
greSs to appropriate funds to make up
the deficit
In event of unfavorable action by
! the board we are prepared TO bring
/ pressure to bear upon the situation.
We meet next Saturday night The
men Will vote on walking out of their
jobs"
, Today at IL o'clock Mr.. Hurley went
into session with the conciliation
board of the Department of Labor,
composed of Solicitor Rowland B. Ma
oil n
Davidge. The conference was being
held behind closed doors
| On the meeting next Saturday nigh.
depends the entire situation. 1t is
probable that one or more members
of the conciliation board will address
the men in an endeavor to forestall d
strike which. officials of the union
claim, Will tie up pretty well' the
sewage, street cleaning and water
departments of the District govern
ment
The wage board spent the entire
day yesterday behind closed doors
discussing the proposition. At the
end of a session which began at 10
board presented the Commissioners
with its findings. 1t recommended
that the SCALE adopted by it as the
rate of pay for the present fiscal
year on July be adhered to.
Delegate Rresnahan dissented. it is
declared. The fact that Col c. w
Kutz did not appear at his desk in the
District building today prevented the
issuance of a statement by the Com
| missioners on the proposition, Com
missioner Brownlow declaring that
nothing would be made public until
the reception and consideration of
the minority report. The report will
go to Col. Kutz. who has the power
to convene the wage board.
Leaves IN LOOphOle
The recommenda tions of the wage
board are not regarded by the Com
missioners as binding upon them, it
is reported. In a statement issued
several days ago, Col. kutZ is quoted
as declaring himself in these words
This leaves a loophole. In event that
it is deemed proper to raise the
the recommendations of the wage
board may be overridden.
This is the hinge on which the gate
of dissention between the District Com
missioners and employees started
swinging.
The wage board, having met to set
the scale for July and the ensuing
period, delivered a unanimous report
on the scale. Union officials claim ttst
Col. kutz was presented with infor-
nation regarding the navy yard scale,
which he promised to distribute to the
board Delegate Bresnahan of the
board declared that he received no
informatio on this score and affixed
his signature without knowledge of
the exact situation at the navy yard.
AS result of this action. the wage
board was reconvened and yesterday
delivered the same ruling which it
made prior to July /, with the eX-
ception that Bresnahan dissented.