Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11
The Street Car Employees Re-
sumo WOrk.-The Schedule
of Rates Agreed Upon.
A Prisoner Slabs three Dep
uties in the Riverside Pen
itentiary, Pennsylvania.
The Ohio Conference Commit
tee Agree ON a Report.
STREET RAILWAY EMPLOYEES BECOME

STREET RAILWAY EMPLOYEES BECOME
DISSATISFIED. 49,.
NEW YORK, Feb. Mot car has
beer run over the Fourth avenue sur
face road since an early hour this
morning. The strike is due to the re-
fusal of the company to operate the
road according to the recently adopted
time-schedule forced upon the COM
pany by the executive board of the
Empire Protective association of New
York. All the employees of the road
are affected by the strike. The com
pany's stables at SD street and Fourth
avenue were deserted this afternoon.
The cars stood empty on the tracks
and not more than half a dozen men
were seen about the place.
The six hundred drivers and con
ductors and two hundred stablemen
employed by the Broadway and Sew
enth avenue Railroad company quiz
work at midnight this morning
because the schedule put into
effect by the company on Febru-
airy did not bring their working time
within twelve hours, agreed upon as
a days work several weeks ago. The
stablemen asked no concession from
the company. Their only reason for
going on a strike is that the agreement
between drivers and conductors has
not been carried out.
WILL ACCEDE TO THE DEMAND OF THE
STRIKERS
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The board of
directors held meeting today and
voted to accede to the demand of the
men. The directors of the Sixth av-
enue line also conceded to the demand
of their men and cars will be started
as soon as the snow is removed from
the track.
THE STRIKE ENDED.
NEW YORK. Feb. 4.-The difficulty
with the Fourth avenue line was
ended this afternoon, a satisfactory
arrangement being made between the
company and the men, and at 2:30 the
cars started running. The difficulties
have now heen adjusted on all the
lines and the strike is at an end.
THE SCHEDULE OF WORK AND LABOR
AGREED TO.
NEW YORK, Feb, 4.-The difficulty
on the Fourth avenue railway was adj
iuste d late in the afternoon, and the
company agreed to the fixed schedule
of trips which will constitute days
work, and the pay for which shall be
So per day. The stable men, hostlers
and switchars are to work 124
hours, with two hours for
meals. The old employees will
receive twelve dollars per week and
the new men 81 so per week for the
first six months. The cars began rum
ning soon after o'clock. During
the afternoon the Broadway and
Seventh avenue line acceded TO the
demands of its men for 1925 per day
of twelve hours for drivers and con-
ductors, and SLOPE per week instead
of $11. SO for hostlers and stablemen.
The cars began running about $50
o'clock this afternoon. These terms
begin February Is.
SEVERAL COKE WORKS TO BE PUT IN
OPERATION.
PITTsBURG, Feb. 4.-Between 250
and 800 German and Irish laborers
were sent into the coke region from
here to-day and in the morning sew
eral works will be put in operation.
The evictions and assumptions it is
thought will have the desired effect.
In some districts the strikers
are beginning to show signs of weak
ening, while at other points they are
as determined as ever to stand out for
advances. Six of the families evicted
yesterday are living in mill.