The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-10-18
AT AN EMO.

rerminatlon Of the Street-Csr Strike ~
Chicsgo-Roth Employer and Employees
ldako Concessions-acw the AfkAir Was
settled.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1k-1he street-car strike
Is over. After conference between Pres
ident Yerkes and the strikers committee,
which lasted from 10 o'clock yesterday
morning until nearly o'clock in the
afternoon, q compromise was agreed upon,
and this morning all the cars on the West
and the North sides will be running with
their old crews In all probability.
After fruitless negotiations on Saturday
afternoon and evening IT, was thought
that the all-night meeting of the men
would decide to resume the strike early
this morning without waiting to hear from
President Yerkes at 10 O'Clock, at which
hour he had agreed to give his final an
swer. 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 q
practical unanimity Of sentiment that no
cars should be run to-day until the an
swer Of the company should be received.
All the speeches tended in tuat direction,
and had it not been for the efforts
Of the members Of the Citizens Com
mittee who were present, and who
were sustained by the letter from Mayor
Roche requesting the men to remain at
work until President Yerkes had given
his final dec sion, it is probable that yes
terday's negotiations would have termin-
ated fruitlessly, If, indeed, they had been
held at all.
These conservative counsels prevailed,
however, ant. ut 10 O'Clock, when the Fx
ecut We Committee called upon Mr.. Yerkes,
all the West side cars were running 40
usual As President Yerkes had made the
first proposition Saturday the men opened
the negotiations yesterday. They offered,
on behalf of the North side men, to re.
sumo work at an advance Of 8 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, offered an adj.
vance Of per cent Then the men offered
to "split' the difference and accept per
cent. Mr. Yerkes promptly offered to give
per cent. Then there was a long and ami
mated discussion, which terminated in Mr..
Yerkes accepting 6 per cent. advance 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, 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 tho
advance IN wages, the men are to be guar
anteed 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 will, however, be placed on one Of
the minor routes by themselves, 50 that
there will be no friction between them and
the returning strikers, all Of whom will
get their old places with the exception of
| few who made themselves Conspicuous
by stoning the cars and creating dis
turbances
At the termination of the conference the
strikers committee issued an order to the
men to report for duty as usual tomorrow
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 mon, having returned to work, and
their grievances being settled by the ar
rangement of the North side difficulty will,
Of course. continue as usual.