The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-11
THE STRIKERS.
THE slTuArloNiAr ST. LOUIS.
NO Violence Reported and Evsrythin,
"ases-heeunI ofthe Committees.
Ne Agreement Reached Dis.
satisfaction Among Rail.
road Engineers, Etc.
The strike al 80. L.uis.

The strike NJ st. Lsuis,
ST. Louis, Oct. 10.-This mcrninc,s
developments in the street car strike
vera much more quiet than exnect ed !.
after the tumultuous PROCEEDINGS Of
yesterday. Thene has been no riniisv
ana no trouble during the night, ii.
though there had hsen doubs pla.
non OF police waiting all night at sta.
rhts morning the business nens,
eomuhttes met at the Mercantile club
room at O'Clock. The committee con.
s,steo s OF Joseph Franklin, w. b,
Ihompson, II. Nj. Scruggs. Joseph
opeont, >. Y. Bnnn and n. ., Nelson,
MI prominent merchants. Az O'Clock
they were met by committee OF Ave
men from tho Knighis OF L.bor hndv
ahu by Caspar Heep, secretary of the
executive beard Of the Knisbts
OF labor, who has been
managing tha stHlke ever sinsa
IT'S Inception. This committees ststsd
no street car strike had been ordered
until the men had tried ia eysrv wny
10 meet the railway presidenta, ans,
iniisu. III tho sttees car officials had
met tho men thore wOuld have bcsn
no strike this week. The sommifiso
turther stated that tho men would ac :
nere 10 tho demands thoy hsd made.
especially the IL hour rule, sNd lhs
payment or20 cents per hour for extra
WorE; Ihey also stated tho Knights
~ LABOR TOOK no account OF the earn
'hss OF any ro1l, street railway or
otherwise, but that they demanded
living wages for Sll employees under
Ill circumstances. Niy. Hssp luaily
submitted a table shp&lnm the wages
paid on all street car lines In tho cj.y.
he showed that tho man worked On
an average l0h h0urs per day, aud
tbat srivers were paid on au aysraae
Sl.oO per day and conductnra SITS.
rhey noT demanded IL hours for a
days work, End that conductors be
paid " and drivers Sl.75. The COM
mlttee then took n recess.
RailroedH We're ELI ruuning 1t noon.
mcst or sirking Inca nayise
sbont tw6.tbirdA THAR usnal nurnbep
pi ears 10 operation, each Doing guard
Cd by TWO pDlicumeu. Tbsre bar
nsep 10 fiotiDg VOC 10. day. Tho mayor
sGo police boSrd held 4 meetiue Mt
oOtu so swear III 600 special policemen.
Wso were ordered to report tiissyeulps
Whlle tho mayor was talking, Charles
Gfeene, president of tho Psople's rail.
way, came In and reported o mob hud
gathered at his stables on Park syenue
snd wore intlmidating his drivers
Chief OF Police Harrigun imine-
diatcly 'elephonod To stad the cars
through, no matter how many polioe-
mes it required. Anumber OF specials
were sworn in and seRt out on duty,
The inquest on the body oi John Hs-
vey, killed yesterday by Policeman
hannon, will he held to- morrow. wit
nesses OF the shooting cana To tho cor
Ouer's Office to-day and said tho Killing
wBs uniustihable; that Harmon abot
Hevey in the back cf the head whiia
Policeman Griffith was holding him
dnwn TO tho ground. Several parties
chrgee With mixing in yesterdays q
riots wero tinod $50 aud costs each in
tho police cour. to-day.
The special committee resumed In
session this afternoon and heard state.
msnta from such employees as came
before thom--sbout 60 in rumher. or
these men IL was found that those who
had not Joined th, Knights OF Labor
vera entirely satisfied with the nav
ana hours OF labor, while thsse who
mad joined the Knights Of Labor were
dissstisiisd. The Presidents aud man.
sEerS OF the railways were then heard,
apd tho particular points wero de-
veloped.
First-That II was impossible to
naye regular hours on street railroads,
but the average time, as now fixed,
was not excessive nor far from that
u"manoed by the men, and that when
mon Worked over those hours thsy
were paid extra for it.
Se1ond-that wages row paid were
equal aod, in some caBes exceeded the
anonnt Justified by the earnings by
the company, and compared most Ia.
vorsoly with those psid laborors of
liko class employed IN other kinda OF
business; that thoy were willing TO re.
ceive propositions from any Individual
without prejudice, bat would not arbi-
trAte or trent with CutHida orgsuizn.
lions, and did not feel inclined To d,s.
chars meu now In their employmont
To reinstate strikers.
Tho committee then submitted re-
port 10 tho merchants' committee in
which the statements by them are
epilomizsd and tho following conolu-
sinns 1to drawG:
"Your committee fiud, from the f,cts
presented to thep from all sides, that
there ia ns present solution of the ex-
listing difficulty, and thRtthe strike viii |
continue unless both parties yoluntar- |
NV make CONCESSIONS 10 one another,
Your committee further End that II |
Is tue duty oi tho constituted auShori- |
ties TO enforce the public peace and so |
curly TO life and property until the |
existing strike has terminated, anu |
yOur committee In thla connection find !
that the Knights OF Labor are pledgod /
to aseist in the protection os life and
ptnnerty, and In maintaining peace.
"fsnr committee further finds that
Tho pendinE treaty bstween the rail-
way employees nud their employ ere
Tor t,ntuai conessslons shat tho disin-
,eT rested clt,zens oompoting tho
meeting which appointed this
COMMITTEES are competont to sct for
both parties IN recalving and convsya
Ing any oonodslona that may TO
made ny either party 10 tho couiro-
veisy." This roport will be again GOT
Bidored et an adjourned meeliug Non
a Ay, Nhen tnoY viii also bo ready 20
'onaidHr any eoncmsions which riey
b. made o. offered.
Between 0 md 10 O'Clock to-niaht a
lrewi oi som9 400 strikers nad
heir friends dsrsllsd and ~
.et TWO care ot the hnour,
connsny, nesr ths corner of
defket and nlgh ttrcats. The pslicn
vera soon ON the spot, and
Mayor Francis wss alss present
ma tna mob wss speedily dispsrsea.
Ftsrs wers folt early In the evening
nst y ,,ti,1. tros bic wouls ooesr on the road
,y police, bus THE crowd doae,d IN
.ud did thalr work bsIore Ia
,olico oor.d prsycnt il. All
I've cars were vithdtsvu
r I'M this road sud also from tho
)liye street line, and The oriv
.ssd running to.nisht 10 ths
'ranklin ayesus line. AR ssnsrvsncv
orce OF poius V at svsry stat,on
o day and Two or thpoo cssp s>u = ~