The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-01
UNEXPECTED UPRISING.
sTRIKEAT NEW ORLEANS
The street Car Drivers Demand More Ray,
Less Hours and sufficient Time To
Eat-StRtcT ents-Thc Expo
sition Inconyenienced.

SEw ORLEANS, Dec. 23.-The strike OF
the street car drivers, which began yes
b tGrday, continues. At late hour
! last night committee OF the
Car Drivers Benevolent association
waited ON meeting OF the railroad
presidents and submitted the following
demand: mot more than fifteen hours
u day; pay per month for drivers, fore
men of road hands, PAYERS and watch
men, 800; starters, SGJ; roadmrn,
/ hostiers and all inside work, $!Ji
/ extra time to be paid
[ tor tnat ami an hour and a half per day
/ be allowed for meals. Only the Igual.
I dent Of The City and the st. Charles
street companies were prescott In bahal.
/ OF he raii Dads they represent. Several
conferences were held regarding
which The officers of the companies
HbuvC-Egmci referred o. 'h"!r published
cards. they say: "Alter considerable
discussion We accepted the entire
proposition. This was done to a com
mediate the public and to facilitate the
exposition, ana not because the two
com panies thought the demand fair and
just, nor the wages asked for
aud acquiesced in compensation for eX-
TIA time as reasonable. But the en-
plOyes had no reason for increased de-
lnandI except for the success of their
prev ipus strike" The committee stated
that they were authorized TO make
any change in their ultimatum;
that this was new strike; that all tho
companies had to obey their demands in
full or that no cars could run. The
officers of the two companies represen-
ted the Injustice of Furnishing the two
companies tor the noncompliance of the
others; that the association should,
ia all justice, contract with the compa-
MES willing to acoade to their demands
and believing that fair and reasonable
men would accept such PROPOSE
ton, asked the committee report to
their main body and induce them
to 90 To work on their own terms for the
two companies mentioned. The com
m.ttee finally agreed to 20 back and so
port, which they did. In about half
AN hour the committee returned and
stated that the assossatidn, by large
panies, unless all the other companies
came into the arrangement. These
companies can only manage their own
business, and cannot control that OF
other corporations. We have offered to
do everything the association asked. |
SILL our employees have refused to
work, even when offered their own
terms. Such is the plain statement of |
facts. We believe we have done every |
thing that could be expected to facili- |
tate the public and do our duty to those |
whom we represent. We shall employ |
new men and ask the public and city !
to support and help us.
The car drivers complain of non COM |
pliance with tho November agreement |
by every line, but on the lines of
the City railroad the failures are
of a trivial nature, compared with
the grievances complained of on other
lines, which are oyer-work, discrimina-
ton against the union, failure to pay the
full rate agreed upon,the highest wages
being paid to new men and the lowest
TO old hands. This complaints univer-
sal, as is also the failure to allow time
Tor meals.
This morning an effort was made to
run cars on Pritonia street, but by /
o'clock the drivers had all Knocked off.
From IL o'clock till crowds OF strikers
md idlers remained on Canal street,
gathered in groups about the turn
,ables and starting points on the Pri-
tonia and Magazine street lines. AS the
cars came in the drivers were notified
Dy a committee of strikers not to return,
and their warnings were Obeyed.
p. Man Annunciation street car
'ane on Canal street, and was quickly
surrounded by large crowd of strlk-
.rs, and the mule was unhitched and
turned loose. The party who. I'M
nitched the mule was arrested and one
Of the railroad officials was also ar
rested Tor assaulting striker. All
throughout the CITY there is expert
snced great Inconvenience from the
,toppagi OF cars, the continued rainy
weather keeping the streets in bad con-
lition for pedestrians. 1t is understood
he trades assemblies uphold the drivers
md will render them every assistance
n their effort to carry the strike to
termination.