, 1881-04-07
TILE LAST RESORT.
Failing to Get an Advance In
Wages, the West Side
Tho Men Rohearss Their Grievances at q
Meeting Last Evening.

night at 0 u'c!ock III Seatncn's Hall, % West
Randolph street. md 1t WIS determined tn
strike this morning for MI Increase OF 20 per
cent In wages. THO origin Of tho troubIo
which has caused tl.ls strike Is In part dup to
tic recent biockadcd strcets and to the at..
vance In provisions and llntsc-rents. While
the streets were bfockndcd tho driyers md
conductors lost from two to three. and
rs high rs four, trips n day. Some
Of the officials of the Company prom
'setl that the lnen should bo paid fnr
their lost time. but When pay-tlay came they
were only paid for the trips actualIy .1nnde.
The ncn felt sore at this. Tha following Is
tile scale 0G wages, those running night cars
getting highest rates: They make i've trlps
Mt night for which the drivers gels X5 cents
trip and conductors ~ ce,,ts, making for
drivers sl.7J and conductors sl.s5. LII add-
tion 10 this they make one trip In the after
foon, for which tho driver gets ~ cents and
conductor 2f. making for The night cotttluct-
OTIS S:.W and driver Sl.01 n day. On Rnll-
dolph street tho men make ten trips tn fOltr-
teen hours. for which they yet sl.7o $l.s0,
md S1.V0. On Madison street they make eight
trips, for which tho driver earns $i.Us and
conductor sl.8i day II they make nil ths
trips. The average wages on Madison street
are $tdo to 3l.Gs day, pruvilling tho men
make eight trips clear to California avenue,
~ q I'd I"ohee q I, ~ u ssue n Inc irsn 'nake ir9n
% s fn trips IN iin oS 's r, cse e wgea .1adt ~,
y asked Of ~ per cent. The men average
Thirteen hours for a days work, n1Mt frDn
~ me1s ,o,ts1, stae .h. & ,tsL evening y wilu seem
Hhav w1rt 5 Il, rni, 'ta s,,,, e"us9 n ~, son.
Iaays Iun,y ineir ,,.ti l,naH tyr rscsgat!on Is ysry
ne, ~ nmM i;laer tlsk tnat thoy aro entlfleh
,t IT, mo1e CONSIDERATION tlall ulcy haSe liad u
'"''' THE ACTION OF LAST NIGHT
was prcclpsatcd By the discharge ot a large
number u conductors nssd drivers yesterday,
WIG were taken from tllc midst Of their work
s'! su gi'rn Ia ,av 'a emsce II t tGxpa wis
nppsalea lnat those WHO iiad been prominent
III these gatherings were tho ones u pom whose
!ecks droIped tlu gnIllotine. They claimed
aat as is,, haa ia. !ityer oeiore m bee 50 aorgptly
y llttle time Tor explanation and tho charges
lnaMe against tleill explained to them.
Ihc meeting lllse night was mt called to
bnrnc, lie starier OF the West Dlyison IT Ine.
r. state M street. c1.lne Into the ball. 11c said
that he had t'iderstood ,llat 1t hid been
staseo ta,e ii!'.i 2upss!!ftenuenl i.nke Was ii1t
hnS tt he vas sicr M, MT o,,,e ~ ~ ~
Of lie House. :e day befure i!r .iiad bse,, "t t
bect. ill., compelled 10 return n1' ia 10 iii nis
that was ali, liz 1,ud brstt ienutfxe'i M br w.
Like tn seq tle i,,mifrs md In trj thar; fimt
rs so Soon rs e ws abIe tn Ia. sc se nfr G ill., tlIs
Huard Of DircctGTs Ilt, w,n,t| ady"rat.s ia ti,o
n,ivn,,pc ri 81 r rrnt in i,,air ,nT ,1'i,,
Trrsilt.nt or Sutnrinendrnt NJ. ro,,ii IN udtl.,
inr in tilu prcil,isrs. md Tia ontr uncs M wh,,
rDt,id rront tbnIr reni,rst wna ia Hnsri n -
Directors.
Mr. White, discharged conductor, nsked:
"Did you seq MI. Lake? 1s he very III?
Wlll Ing bc able to tell me why WINS dis
ellnfged? llo could lot havo bcen too sick
to order th9t'
lMr. Sherburre said that Mr. Lake was not
oprrati!ig this department lust nuw.
AT. white snitt ti'at lln hui ncen laid 0ff
fat soi iny 'nt IL L. sp1ks to ~ swflnerto a
but thnt orders huti collv to him FROM head
quarters To DISCHARGE him. The speaker Ind
nut advocated strike. l1a hAd been cl.l.
played by thu Company II lnng time. and lo
lad btcn III the ,enlploy Of one corporation
thirteen years. llc Thought 1t was !ArA md
cruel to thus strike lnwn y uian: lie Ind Il
wife and niile chtldrHn-Gieyen tn support III