St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-15
The Good People Of the Windy
City Will Ride to Busi-
ness This Morning.
President Yerkes Agrees
Hereafter to Pay His Men
by the Hour,
To Give Them a Six Per Cent
Advance and Ten Hours
AS a Day.
Mr.. Lyman j. Gage Mutually
Agreed Upon as the
Arbitrator.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE street car
strike is ended. After conference be-
tween President Yerkes and the strik-
ers' committee, which lasted from 10
O'clock in the morning until nearly 2
o'clock this afternoon, compromise
was agreed upon, and tomorrow morn
ing all the cars on the West and North
sides will be running with their old
crews. After the fruitless negotiations
of yesterday afternoon aud evening it
was thought that the all-night meeting
of the men would decide to resume the
strike early this morning without wait
ing 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 post
ponements 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 to-day until the
answer of the company should be re-
ceived. All the speeches tended in that
di rection, 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 probable that to-day's negotiations
would have terminated fruitlessly, If
indeed they had been held at all. These
conservative counsels prevailed, how
ever, and at 10 O'Clock, when the execu-
tive committee called upon Mr.. Yerkes,
all the West side cars were running as
usual. AS President Yerkes had made
the first proposition yesterday, the men
opened the negotiations to-day. They
offered on behalf of the North side men
to resume work at an advance of per
cent, the "set car" system to be abol-
ished and the pay to be by the hour, in
stead of by the trip, as heretofore. Mr..
{ Yerkes, on behalf of the company,
offered an advance of per cent. Then
the men offered to "splitthe difference"
and accept 6 per cent. Mr.. Yerkes
promptly offered to give 5 per cent.
Then there was long and animated
discussion, which terminated in Mr..
Yerkes accepting the 6 per cent ad-
vance. AS there will be considerable
difficulty in ascertainlng just what the
per cent rate should be, owing to the
change from the system of paying by
the trip to that of payment by the hour,
Lyman J. Gage, president of the f irst
National bank, 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 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
friction between them and the return
ing strikers, all of whom will get their
old places, with the exception Of few
who made themselves conspicuous by
stoning the cars and creating disturb
ances. At the termination of the con-
ference the trikers' committee issued
an order to the men to report for duty
as usual tomorrow morning, and Presi-
dent Yerkes ordered the North side
ears, which were being run by imported
men under police protection, to be re-
turned to the barns. The West side
men, having returned to work, and
their grievances being settled by the ar
rangement of the North side difficulty,
will, of course, continue as usual. To-
morrow morning, therefore, will see the
full resumption of street car traffic
throughout the great residence portions
of the city. This desirable result, to-
gether with the fact that the police
acted with such moderation throughout
the strike as to avoid any fatalities, is
due, in great measure, to the efforts
of Mayor Roche, who has been untiring
in his endeavors to bring about the sat
isfactory settlement attained to-day.
SOME DISSATISFACTION STILL.
The headquarters of the strikers were
crowded tonight with men awaiting the
report of the days conference. When
it did come it was not received with any
degree of enthusiasm, owing to the fact
that Mr.. Yerkes' determination to re-
tain all the imported men means the
loss of many of the strikers. The dis
Econtent was increased when at II
:o'clock it was announced that 242 of the
new men were to be put to work in the
morning. The strikers will report for
work in accordance with the agree
ment, but it is feared that unless some
means are taken to employ all the old
men there will be further trouble.
RACING JEHUS.
I The rivalry between the drivers of
the wagons that have taken the place of
/ the cars during the strike eliminated
tonight in a serious accident. Two
| vans loaded with passengers were racing
on Clark street. One of the drivers be-
came so excited as to overlook pile of
building material. His vehicle smashed
into the heap and then overturned.
Twelve passengers were pinned fast
| under the wagon, which the frightened
horses attached attempted to kick to
Epieces. The shrieking, groaning people
Erwere helped out as soon as possible. and
all were found to be badly bruised and
scratched.