St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-05
SERIOUS STRIKE AVERTED.
New York Conductors, Drivers and Stable
men Take Half q Day OF,
But Settle Their Differences and Go
TO Work I'm the Afternoon.
Operators in the Coke Regions Pre-.
pairing for Evfctions.
They want only Twelve Hours.


NV YORK. Feb. "A strike Is in prog
ress upon the Broadway & Tenth Avenue
railway, the Broadway Surface railway. the
Sixth Avenue railway and the Fourth avenue
railway. Not car has been run on the
Fourth avenue surface road since an early
hour this morning. Tue strike Is due to
the refusal Of the company to operate the
road according to the recently adopted
time schedule enforced upon the company
by the executive board of the Empire Pro-
tective association Of New York. All of
the employees of the road. including the
conductors drivers, stablemen and hitehers.
are affected by the strike. The company's
stable at Thirty third street and Fourth
avenue was deserted this morning. The
cars stood empty ON the tracks and not
more than half a dozen men can be seen
about the place. Six hundred drivers and
conductors and 200 stablemen and hitchers
employed by the Broadway & Seventh
Avenue quit work shortly after midnight
this morning. because the new schedule put
into effect by the company on Feb. did
not bring
THEIR WORKING TIME
within the twelve hours agreed upon rs q
days work. several weeks ago. The stable
men have asked for no concessions from
on strike Is that the agreement with the
drivers and conductors has not been carried
out. Superintendent Navel was yesterday
afternoon visited by a committee from the
conductors and drivers. who demanded the
schedule be so arranged that the men will
work less than twelve hours, and that the
present pay be continued. The drivers
asked that the pay OF S2.25 per day be con-
tinued for the reduced number Of trips The
board of directors held short session To-
day, at which Supt. Newell laid before
them the demands of the men. He
explained that owing 10 the very
stormy weather and blOckades, the
working time had exceeded twelve hours n
day. Ii the trip could have been made on
schedule time there would have been no
grounds for complaint. The directors
voted 70 concede 20 the demands made by
the men yesterday and Supt Newell was
Instructed to notify the strikers that within
week the schedule would be arranged in
accordance with their wishes. 1t is ru-
mOred that the men will all get to work
this afternoon. The directors OF the Sixth
Avenue line have also conceded to the de-
mands Of the strikers, and cars will be
started on the Broadway, Seventh Avenue
and Sixth Avenue lines as soon as the tracks
could lie cleared Of the snow.
MATTERS ADJUSTED.
The difficulty on the Fourth avenue road
was adjusted late in the afternoon. The
company agreed to a fixed schedule Of tripe
which will constitute a pays work. and
the pay for which shall be 81 per day.
Stable men, hostiers and switchers are to
work twelve and quarter hours with two
hours for meals Old employees will re-
ceive si2 per week and new men s11 per
week the first six months. The cars began
running soon after o'clock, During the
afternoon the Broadway and SeAenth ave-
nue. line acceded to the demands Of its men
or Sab per day of twelve hou.s for driv-
ers and oonpnctors and s12.s5 per week in
stead Of Sll.60 for hostlers and stable men.
The cars began running at $50 p. In.
These terms begin Feb. Is.