New-York tribune., 1886-01-08
ALL FEAROF A STRIKE OVER
rpo1rBLg WITH THE ENGINEERS ENDED.
,x AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MEN AND THE
-, --..u..,.s- >-,>-r unI,ps A nAY,s WORK.

A SNORT, sUOuJ HOO uhiiNO
pets7 NJ Arthur in his general appearance sisn'
s aeon vesterday morning passing at short Intervals
,,on the offices of the Manhattan Railway COMPANY Nv
N broadway to Room No. in the Stevens House. io"
doan in tle street. Room No. is the committee roo
tho engineers who threatened strike IL their hours
NJ work were not shortened. AS he seemeu W 10 - ,
interested in the settlement OF the elcVaVeo i"ii"'
uhles casual observer would naturally nave thousn'
that he was the Grand Chief but he was not ie was
Iohn O,Donnel the Railroad Commissioner, who 80 SUI
aelv on Wednesday put lew phase to me threa'onou
,.riks by informing the railroad managers oh"' "n
thev kept all their lines runnng to the pes' vi 'o
ahitv they would likely to lose their char1er' Ills
unexpected apr was anything put pleasant
nse TO the company but his visit Is undoubtedly the
best thing that could have happeneo ior 'no oon'9"e
partles and also for the public
Yesterday morning had everything so arrangea tna'
he believed that the matter would be easily setIeu "
the Grievance Committee and Grand Chiei Arthur ~.
Tho encueers and president Galaway ana Colohe'
in for the company, at the conference when hau
been set down for 8 p. m. TIini'y Churcn eiocA h'
barely ceased tong that hour when the Grand Cniei
1in the committee appeared at Colonel Hams ONCE
nsv were taken into tho directors room ana tue he'y
doors leading it closed as soon as the iasV ~
entered while keep out all intruders they "o'o So
eurely boted and guard placed at theu' Inc conor
ence was a long hut amicable one Both parties "oio
filled with spirit of concession and The dove OF peace
hoared over them About half hour after the con-
,srenee began the tall form OF sidney Dillon appeared
the door, His face was an open Sesame " ana the
guard quickly pulled back the bolts ana lie en'eio'
going directly to the directors room where no shook
hands with Mr. Gaaway. the Grand Chief and Coionei
Hahn He listened for some time to the Arrangements
that we're being made, ana then came out.
An can say about this matter, no SAID III repS W
ouest,on is that there won't be any fight"
short time later Cyrus W. Field came rushing dowp
the hall His haste would have caused one TO tlhk ta'
something OF the utmost Importance had happeheo Ano
bolts we're again drawn and he, too went h'o 'ne o
rectors room. In less than minute lie came OUT ana
said:
It's all amcably settled"
Tben he went back In five minutes he came out
AGAIN He looked surprised when he saw that the re-
pOrters we're still there. -
Centemenn he said every thing is amicably settled
on a nine hour basis Everybody is happy. lts tne
happiest family in there, pointing to the directors
room, that ever saw in my hie."
Then he into the room to feast his eyes Oh
so much happiness A little later he came out ana
hastened away. He had nothing more 10 say eVuen1y
being filled full OF happiness for his thoughts 10 pu
expression In words The committee, the Grahd 0heI
Vice President Galloway ana Colonel Ham dscusseu
the paper originally handed in by the committee section
by section It had been understood by both parties a
the time constituting days work should be placed at
nine hours instead Of eight as demanded ny the en-
gipeers the rst clause was soon settled From tHa
to the ninth clause there Substantially no con-
troyersy company accepting them The nnth clause
read:
That no engineer shall be censured for failing TO FAKE
lime ia foggy weather thereby endanGering lives o.
people and destruction OF property as has been done Ii
the past
Mr. Gallaway insisted that this should be stricken out
as it was positively necessary for pnbc safety that en-
gneers snould keeI up to schedule In all weatners Ihe
clause was finally stricken ou The only change tnat
was made in the tenth that the word trial
was changed hearing" The Grand Chief explained
the necessity OF this clause by saying:
aWorking for company like this is not like working
for single man. II it would not ask TO have 1t
inserted but like this engineer Is uuder sew
eral subordinate officers any one of whom may dis
charge or suspend him. perhaps for petty spite III sus
pended for week it would ,he loss to the man sus-
pended All we ask is a fair and impartial hearing
by the gt neral manager"
clause regarding the discharge of men during the
recent trouble was added. The agreement when com
pleted vas this:
That nine hours or less constitute days work
ali lines of your company, and all over time shall be pald
for AS per classification OF pay - - ., a .,,,, h
the .ame "a the contract between the officers and en-
poyes made February /, 1850 namely; All gheer7
haying run an engine year FOR this company 70 re-
cevo SO so per day; secondly oil old engineers hired by
the company receive 50 % per day Tor te rst SIX
eiHeers promoted by this company from frcmen TO
eineers to receive 80 per day ,or tue hrt SIX mons
SO 25 per day for the next six months and after having
run engine year to receive the nrtt-class pay
SO so per day, 365 days to constitute Que year
IIIThe wages OF fremen to be as follows; Men hired
as rcmen promoted to such position from other
departments never having 1rcd before 10 receive 81 0o
per day for the first six months II 70 per day for The
following six months and ~ per day thereafter FIRE
men hired from other T9ads 20 feSto 90 S PEI ' or
IV.-rhe time OF engine men to begin from the time
V.-T6e older enginemcn of this company to have
preference provided there be vacancy and to
have the privilege OF exchanging with each other
when satisfactory to both parties concerned.
YL-rhat no engiDe-man be compelled TO make extra
time excepting Of emergency and that lie receive
pay for such overtime per hour fraction thereof ac-
VILoAny engine man completing unfinished days
work for another excused from duty shall receive pay
VII-A extra that report for lnty shall
receive one half days Iay Tor same ne s @ hTt
pay for same providing he Is sent out ON the road
K-That no cngine-men sh.l De ui' enargea On deI no,
at all without fret having far ana iInpdrial hearlns
and II suspended shall receive full time aud pay during
such suspension, II ex0nerated.
X-That ali engineers ana firemel that have been die
placed shall be req laced In their former p0son unless
guilty OF some mlsdemeanOr.
The agreement was sigrel by Mr. Galloway and
Colonel Hahn for tho company and the committee for the
engineers The conference lasted two and half hours
When the committee were through they went to the
Stevens House. They were a happy lot of men, They
all expressed themselves well pleased with ,he result
They that they had the company half way and
thought they mad done well.
1t makes our days fully hour shorter the
average" said Chairman Thompson. call that quite
l."
Mr. Arthur was highly pleaset saying It is a fair
and equitable settlement aud that is all we ever ask for
Where the company has granted conference we have
never yet had strike Mr.. Galloway and Colonel Haln
have treated me courteousy and like square men"
Colonel Ham said: All say n the matter Is that
every thing has been au1icaby settled"
IN the evening there union meeting OF engineers
and hremen at Mer's Hail. Eighty sixth-st. and T.lrd
ave-: There several hundred present Before
reading the agreement Grand CHIEF Arthur said:
POSSIBLY all Of may not be satisfied with what has
oeen done but is tor the greatest gooa oil the greatest
number All engineers should be willing TO give the
company nine hours work for 80 50." After he had
finished reading the paper he said that lie wanted 10 give
them vice and wished that Mr. Peoples ana
the other subordinate officers OF the road there
30 that he could give them some.
How about Jay Gould 2" asked OF the engineers.
He's had his advice" said the Grand Chief. He ad-
slsed the TO be worthy OF the concessions made by
he company and to show their appreciation by paying