Telegram-herald., 1888-10-15
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Careaso. Oct IA -In- street car strike :
ended Aftsr . oonfsrssce lssl0s from 10
. elocE IN The faefains aalil ns4sly z cl0ek
lnls sitsfGoOn coiapronlss uss agreed
ap0a. snd t0laorfo- morniag a. ears On
tas AoEtn snd Wess sides ~Il De rcnslns
silh Ihslr oit crews. Altar the fluiIless
negotiations Of yesterday afternoon and
sssalak Il sas thought tasI the
a. night meeting OF the nsn would
decide % rssams the strike. early
tals morning witl0ut wsnng TO bssr
from fresidsot lsrses ~ 10 O'Clock, a.
nalch hour lie lad Agreed 10 give his nnal
answer. The men we're disposed 10 regard
the iTsquent postpOnements "a devices Oh
TIE paFl VI the company - gain ntne, aud
~hsa The meeting opened al midnight
tasTe ~as a practical unanImlty OF seatl-
meal that 10 cars should Dc ran today
uutu the answer VI tue company should DC
received AL the speeches tended
Ia that direction. ana Lad it not
oeen for the efforts Of mem
begs of tbe eitzens COMMITTEES
who were Dresrnt anu Who we're sustained
b. letter from Mayor Roche requesting
tie men 10 rsmain o. work until freaident
Nsgkss had given lis ina. decision, u IS
probable that todAy negotiations would
have tsrmlnAted fruitless.y. n. indeed. they
had been held a. ali Conservative coGn-
ssls prevailed. however, and at 10 O'Clock,
when the Executive Committee called upon
Mr. Herkes, AL tbs West side cars were
running as usual. As President lerkss
had made The flrst propOs ition yesterday me
men opened negotiations today. They orer-
Ell on behalf of the North Side men 10 re-
sumo work al zn advance OF per cent. the
'sett car system TO be abolished and pay
20 be by the hour Instead Of by the Dip as
heretofore Ar. lerkes on bshat OF tue
company offered an advance OF per cent.
Then the men olered 10 "sput the dlfier-
ence" aud accept o per cent. Mr.. 1erkes
promptly offered 10 give per cent. Ihen
there was long and animsted discussion
which terminated in Mr. 1erkes accepting
per cent advance. In addition 10 the Ad-
vance ia wages. the men are TO be guaran-
teed ten hours work per DAY. On tue side
| of the company. Ar. Ierkes reserved the
right 10 retain all new men whom 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 frictien between them and returning
strikers, all of whom will get their old places
with the exception OF few who made
| themselves conspicuous by stoning bcArs
| ana creating disturbances.
| Tomorrow morning, therefore, will see
| the full resumption Of street car traffic
| throughout the great residence portions OF
| the city. This desirable result, together
with the fact that the police acted with such
moderation throughout the strike ss to
avoid any fatalities is due in great meas
ure 10 the efforts Of Mayor Roche, who has
been untiring q MS endeAvors TO bring
about the satisfactory settlement attained
| today.
| The headquarters of the strikers were
| crowded tonight with men waiting the re-
| port OF the day : conference. When il did
| come in il was not received with any degree
| of enthusiasm owing TO the fact that It was
| announced that 242 new men would be put
| to work in the morning. The strikers will
| report for work tomorrow in accordance
| with the sgreement, but 1t Is feared that un-
| lsss some Seans be taken to employ all the
4 old men there will be further trouble.