Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-15
Chicago Happy Again.
Her Citizens Can Ride in Peace
and Comfort.
THE GREAT STRIKE DECLARED OFF.

Compromise-But the "scabs" Are Not
to Go-About Which Fact There Is
Some Disposition to kick THE strik-
ers Get a Per Cent. Increase.
CHICAGO, Oct 15-The street car strike
is ended. After conference between
President Yerkes and the strikers COM
mittee, which lasted from 10 o'clock yester-
day morning until nearly o'clock in the
afternoon compromise was agreed upon,
and to-day all the cars on the west and
north sides are running with their old crews
The negotiations were begun Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock as arranged Friday
night, but the action of the west side meet
ing, as reported in these dispatches, in de
caring ar ultimatum, was taken by Mr.
Yerkes as violation of the spirit of the ar
rangement, and he told the committee so
They therefore returned to the north side
headquarters, where another committee was
appointed, which again met Mr.. Yerkes to
discuss the matter, and the negotiations went
on all day and late in the evening, the strik
ers being determined in the demand of 81
cents an hour for horse and trail car men
and - cents for grip cars. This was finally
given as an ultimatum, and Mr.. Yerkes
his directors, and it was, SO it is said, mad
vertently agreed to.
After the frultless negotiations of Satur-
day afternoon and evening it was thought
that the all night meeting of the men would
decide TO resume the strike early yesterday
morning without waiting to hear from
President Yerkes at 10 o'clock, at which hour
he hadagreed to give his final answer. The
men were disposed to regard the frequent
postponements as devices on the
part of the company TO gain
| time. and when the meeting opened
at midnight there was a practical unanimity
| of sentiment that no cars should be run until
the answer of the company should lie re-
| ceived All the speeches tended in that d.
recrion, and had it not been for the efforts of
| the members of the Citizens committee who
were present, and who were sustained by
letter from Mayor Roche, requesting the
men to remain at work until President
Yerkes had given his final decision, it is prob
able that yesterdays negotiations would
have terminated fruitlessly, if, indeed, they
had been held at ALL
These conservative counsels prevailed,
however, ano at 10 o'clock, when the exec
| utive committee called upon Mr. Eerkes, all
| the west side cars were running as usual
As President Eerkes had made the first prop
osition Saturday, the men opened the nego-
tiations Yesterday. They offered, on behalf
| of the north side men, to resume work at an
advance of s per cent, the "set-car" system
to be abolished and the pay to be by the
| hour instead of by the trip as heretofore
Mr. Yerkes, on behalf of the company, Of
fered an advance of per cent Then the
men offered to split the difference and ac-
cept per cent Mr.. Yerkes promptly Of
fered to give per cent Then there was a
long and animated discussion, which termi-
mated in Mr. Yerkes accepting the 8
per cent advance As there will be
considerable difficulty in ascertaiuing
Just what the q per cent. rate should
be, owing to the change from the system of
| payment by the trip to that of payment by
the hour, Mr.. Lyman J. Gage was mutually
agreed upon as an arbitrator to fix the rate
per hour to be paid on the different kinds of
cars. In addition to the advance in wages,
the men are to.be guaranteed ten hours work
per day. On the side of the company, Mr..
Yerkes reserved the right to retain all the
new men he had hired for the north side
lines They, however, he places on one OF
the minor routes, by themselves, so that
there will be no friction between them and
the returning strikers, all of whom will get
their old places. with the exception of a few
who made themselves conspicuous by stoning
the cars and creating disturbances.
At the termination of the conference the
strikers committee issued an order to the
men to report for duty as usual this morn
ing, and President Yerkes ordered the north
side ears, which were being run by imported
men under police protection, to be returned
to the barns The west side men, having re-
turned to work, and their grievances being
settled by tho arrangement of the north
side difficulty, will of course continu- a.
usual. This morning therefore, saw the full
resumption of street car traffic throughout
the great residence portions of the city.
The satisfactory conclusion of yesterdays
negotiations WAS in large measure due t.
the presence and efforts Of Mayor Roche
He presided and stated each proposition as il
was made, gave urgent reasons why the par
ties to the conference should not separate
without an agreement, and proposed the pei
cent. plan which was adopted. The whole
conference was taken verbatim by stenog
raphers 50 that there can be no doubt here
t after about what the agreement was.
The headquarters of the strikers wer
crowded last night with men awaiting tn
report Of the days conference. When it die
e come it was not received with any degree o
enthusiasm, owing to the fact that Mr.
B. Yerkes' determination to retain all TIE i'm
ported men means Sthe loss of many stu
atoms for strikers The discomfort wa
increased when, at II O'clock it was an
nounced that 242 of tine new men were to b
put to work, and it is feared that unless som
Z. means are taken to employ all the oldmen
there will be further trnuhla