Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-15
PEACEFULLY ENDED.
Chicago People Can Once More
Ride in Street Cars.
1T IS Mayer ROCKIES VICTORY.
Hs CounscIled Conservative Methods on
Both sides-In the Conference Each Met
the other Half Way, and Basis of
Settlement was Finally Agreed Upon.


CHICAGO, Oct i5.-The street car strike is
ended. After conference between President
Yerkes and the strikers committee, which
lasted from 10 o'clock in the morning until
nearly O'Clock in the afternoon. a compro-
mise was az eed upon. and this morning all
the cars on the west and north sides are run
ming with their old crews
After the fruitlCss negotiations Of Saturday
afternoon and evening, 1t was thought thai
the all night meeting OF the men would de
eide to resume the strike without waiting to
hear from President Nerkes at 10 o'clock, at
which hour he hcd agreed TO give his final
answer The smen were disposed TO regard
the frequent Pestponements as devices on the
part Of the company 30 gain time, and when
the meeting opencd st midnight there was
practical unaninity Of sentiment that no cars
should be run until the answer Of the com
pany should be r~csivsd.
All the speeches tended in that direction,
and had it not bsm for the efforts of the
members Of the citiEens' committee who were
present, and who ~ve~c sustained by a letter
from Mayor Roche requesting the men to re-
main at work until President YerlSes had
given his final decidsn it is probable that
the negotiations would have terminated
Va II
held at all The conservative counses pre-.
vailed, however, and at 10 o'clock, when the
executive COMMITTEES called upon Mr.. Yerkes,
all the west side cars were running as usual
AS President Yerkes had made the first
proposition before the men now opened the
negotiations They offered, on behalf OF the
north side men, 70 resume work at an ad-
vance Of per cent, the Aset car" system 70
be abolished and the pay 20 be by the hour
instead of by the trip as heretofore.
Mr.. Yeikes, ON behalf Of tho company, Of.
9ered an advance OF 4 per cent Then the men
offered to split tho difference and accept d
per cent. Mr. Yerkes promptly offered &c
give per cent Than there was a long and
animated discussion which terminated in Mr..
Yerkes accepting the q per cent. advance.
AS there will DO considerable difficulty in as
pertaining lust What the per cent rate
should be, owing 10 the change from the sys
TEN Of paying by ths trip to that Of payment
by the hour, Mr. Lyman j. dage was mutu
ally agreed upon ~ An arbitrator to fix thi
rate per hour TO 10 paid on the different kind
OF cars
In addition 70 the advance IN wages tn,
men are TO be guaranteed ten hours work pea
day. On the SHE OF the company Mr.. Yerke
reserved the righs to retain all the new mel
he had hired for the north Gio lines The,
will, however, be placed on one Of the minoi
routes Ly themselves, so that there viii be n,
friction bstwaeB them ald the returning
strikerssRll Il whom will get their old place
with the exceptio- u 3 few who made them
selves conspicuous ~ stoDing the cars anC
creating disturbances
AT the termination Of tho conference thu
strikers COMMITTEES issued an order to th'
.men TO report for duty as usual '0s moimlng
and President Yerks ordered the worth sid
cars, which were being run by impo I'd me'
under police protection, 70 be returned "a ga
barns The west side men having returned Y
work and their grievances being settled by
the arrangement Of the north side difficulty,
they will, Of course, continue ut work ns
usual This morning, therefore, there was q
full resumption OF the street car traffic Of ths
city. This desirable result, together with tn
fact that the polics acted with such modera
tion throughout the strike 10 avoid am
casualties, is due In a great measure 70 thl
efforts Of Mayor Roche, who has been untir
ing in his efforts 70 bring about the satisfac
tory settlement attained