The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-05
A BIG STRIKE.
The New York Car D Drivers
~ ~ This Time. 10 -.
BITS FROM THE BRITISH ISLES.
Tor CulpabIe NegliEeDce-In Des
perate Straits-The Baldwin
Breach of Promise-Etc. ll
Another Strike.

| NEh 4Ohhi rcUIudTy 1Su tuc
public" said John Cavllle,. general
auditor of the knights of Labor in this
! city, last night, t"that the executive
board of the Empire Protective Associa,
ton and myself have spent two weeks
trying to settle the car-drivers' difficult
ties with the presidents of the New
York street railroads, but they have
made fools of us. We have offered
every inducement to them, and even
accepted their compromise, but all to
no purpose. On February 1st thew
posted new time tables, which are even
worse than the old Jones, because they
make pretense of mailing change for
the fetter. If the public is inconveni-
enced, it must lay the blame at the
doors Of the presidents. Early last
month petitions requesting a reduction
OF the hours OF labor to twelve day for
all hands, DRYERS, conductors, hostlers
and hitchers, were sent to various
New York City railroads, the Second,
| Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh. Eighth
and Ninth Avenues, Broadway and
| Forty second Street, Blue and White
lines. We gave Them until yesterday TO
| Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Avenues and
Broadway roads have not done so.
During our interviews with the preSi-
dents of the roads we were asked
whether we thought that the railroads
of this city could afford to pay 81 day
for nine hours work. [ told them that
| Judging by what read in their reports
10 the railroad commissioner they could
afford to pay So day, and eight hours
work. especially when the Sixth Avenue
road could declare dividend of 119 per
cent, and some of it on water stock at
that.
| The programme given by Caville has
| been carried out, and this morning there
are no cars running on either the
| Fourth, Sixth or Seventh Avenue lines,
and but one or two on the Broadway
line. The strikers number about l, $50
Not one car has been run over the
Fourth Avenue surface road since an
early hour this morning. The strike is
due to the refusal of the company to
operate the road according to the re-
Gently adopted time schedule forced
upon the company by the executive
| board of the Empire Protective Associ-
alton of New York. All of the en-
ployes of the road, including con-
ductors, drivers, stablemen and hitch
ers, are affected by the strike. The
eompany's stables on Thirty-thIrd
Street and Fourth Avenue were de-
serted this morning. The cars stood
empty on the tracks and no more than
half dozen can be seen about the place
Superintendent Newell, yesterday
afternoon, was visited by a committee
from the conductors and drivers, who
demanded that the schedule be SO ar
ranged that the men will work less than
twelve hours, and that the present pay
of S2.35 per day be continued for re-
duced number of trips. The board OF
director held short session to-day3a
which Superintendent Newell laid be-
fore them the demands of the men. He
explained that, owing to the stormy
weather and blockades the working
time had exceeded twelve hours day.
If the trips could have been made on
schedule time there would have been
no grounds for complaint. The direc-
tors voted to concede to the demands
made by the men yesterday, and Super
intendent Newell was instructed to
notify the strikers that within week
schedule would be arranged in accord
ance with their wishes. 1t is rumored
that the men will all go to work this
this afternoon.
The directors of the Sixth Avenue
Line have also concluded to the demands
of the strikers, and cars will be started
on Broadway, Seventh Avenue and
Sixth Avenue as soon as the tracks can
be cleared of snow.
The difficulty with the Fourth
Avenue Line ended this afternoon by
an arrangement between the company
and drivers. At 2.30 pm. the cars
started running.
The difficulties are now being ad-
justed on all lines and the strike is at
an end.
New YORK. February A. The difiulty
on the Fourth Avenue Railway was ad
justed late in the afternoon. The com
pany agreed to fix the schedule of trips
which will constitute a davis work and
the pay for which shall be 50 per day;
stablemen, hostlers and switchers are
to work twelve and half hours, with
two hours for meals. Old employees
will receive SO per week, and new men
$l1.50 per week the first six months.
The cars began running soon after
O'Clock.
The Baldwin Breach of Promise.