Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-15
PEACEFULLY ENDED.
Chicago People Can Once More
 Ride in Street Cars.
IT Is MAYOR ROCHE'S VICTORY.
He Counselled Conservative Methods Both Sides-In the Conference Each Met tEe Other Half Way, and a Basis of Settlement Was Finally Agreed Upon.


 CHICAGO, Oct l5.-The street car strike is ended. After a 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 agreed upon, and this morning all the cars on the west and north sides are run ming with their old crews.
 After the fruitless negotiations of Saturday afternoon and evening, it was thought that the all night meeting of the men would de eide to resume the strike without waiting to hear from President Yerkes at 10 o'clock, at which hour he had agreed 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 com pany should be received.
 All the speeches tended in that direction, 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 re- main at work until President Yerkes had given his final decision it is probable that the negotiations would have terminated fruitlessiy, if indeed they would have been held at all. The conservative counsels pre- vailed, however, and at 10 o'clock, when the executive committee called upon Mir. Yerkes, all the west side cars were running 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, to resume work at ad- vance of 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 Yelkes, on behalf of the company, of fered an advance of 4 per cent Then the men offered to split the difference and accept 6 per cent. MT. Yerkes promptly offered to give per cent. Then there was long and animated discussion which terminated in MT. Yerkes accepting the per cent. advance As there will be considerable difficulty in as pertaining just what the per cent. rate should be, owing to the changs from the sys- tenn of paying by the trip to that of payment by the hour MT. Lyman J. Gage was mutu- ally 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 ill wages the men are to be guaranteed ten hours work per day. On the side of the company MT. Yerkes reserved the right to retain all the new men he had hired for the north side lines. They will, however, be placed on one of the minor routes by themselves so that there will be no
 
 strikers, all of whom will get their old places with the exception of a few who made them selves conspicuous by stoning the cars and creating disturbances.
 At the termination of the conference the | strikers committee issued order to the men to report for duty usual this morning. and President Yerkes ordered the north side cars, which were being run by imported men under police protection, to be returned to the barns. The west side men having returned tc work and their grievances being settled by the arrangement of the north site difficulty they will, of course, continue at work as usual This morning, therefore, there was full resumption of the street car traffic of the city. This desirable result, together with the fact that the police acted with such modera l tion throughout the strike to avoid any , casualties, is due in great measure to thu efforts of Mayor Roche, who has been untir ing in his efforts to bring about the satisfac tory settlement attained