Telegram-herald., 1890-07-29
YOUR FARE, PLEASE



iameaIars sssNer. bat, IS N~sSrs
Aztaer an4 uayas were practically the
9NQsls q tee E1ss, taey woala bs
oel sea Il vaa nutn they hza CON-
muplcatSa Wta them and Teeeixea .
Tss'lv.
lne men recognized the justice Ct
tbs and seat away Win isle ots2sT-
standing th4t 10 overt acton sho0ia
o~SnF uatA tesse gentlemen h~a eSch
AeHfd from. Aessfs. bes.sr ana Perry
ale Slgongiy Of the Oplal9n tAa1 Tie
men neapi what they "a aua would
AaFe Lived up u tnelT agreement Il they
h~e eesn lei alone. bat strong outside
inhuenee waS brought % bear 90 them,
ana the strike WAS thus preclpitatea,
before the Cleveland gentl, nen could
qs heard from.
Re that Is il msy, MF. Bevisr wrote
Ffes.dent MatneT On Thursday, as he
agreed Ia. ana yesterday received 3
letter saying; Your letter OF the 24th
received b. me Just As ! Vas leaving
ou the tram. Have forwarded Il 10
Ar Hayes st Ezvenna, with suggestion
that pc write you" This, or course,
accounts for the delay which Was mex
plieabie, until the reception OF tnis let
ter, 10 the officers OF the company.
Yesterday, however, Ar. Beyier made
arrangements for direct wire 10 Cieye-
land, and IN the afternoon, about 5
O'Clock, received a message from Treas
urer Hayes. In the afternoon a meet
ing OF four of the strikers and Messrs.
Perry and Beyier was held at which the
telegram from Mr.. Hayes was shown
them. 1t read: "Mather aud ! both
absent yesterday. You may eoncede
twelve hours"
The following proposition was then
made 10 the men:
That their demand OF a twelve hour
working day should be acceded 10, that
conductors should be paid Sl.75 per
day; that drivers should, ss heretofore,
receive Sl.o5 per day, but that as the
men who had been discharged
had been so treated for good
and sufficient cause that they
should remain discharged and that the
company should continue 70 hire and
discharge its men at It's own discretion
witDout dlciaaon from the union. Mr..
Bey1er explained that the company did
hot care whether a man belonged 10
union or not as long as they were good
and efficient men.
These propositions were submitted 10
the union, at a meeting held about five
O'Clock, and after some discussion, were
accepted and the strike declared OF.
Today cars will be running as usual.
In conversation with Messrs. Bevier
and Perry subsequently, these gentle
men said that, while they had had from
~ ~ five 20
the vacancies made by the strikers, yet
they had hesitated To promise any as
long as there was a possibility of an
amicable termination of the strike.
Such action wonld have displaced just
as many of the old men as there were
new men hired, and they did not wish
to do this, as many OF their striking en-
ployes were good and desirable men.
They distinctly denied that twenty-five
or a large number of men had been dis
charged since the formation of the
union, and stated that the number had
no. been more than three or four, and
they for cause. So far from being op-
posed to the union, 1t was Supt. Bevier
who really made the first move which
led TO its establishment, by encouraging
the formation OF a benefit society among
the men, into the treasury Oh Wnicn was
turned the money received from the
men in the way OF fines for the viola
ton of the company's rules"
Mr.. Perry said he was in favor OF
graduated scale of wages and both gen.
tlemen expressed themselves as desir-
Gus of recognizing term of service, as
for misunderstanding the wages of men
who had been IN the employ one year,
again in two or three years and again IN
four or five years.
Thus ends the strike in an eminently
satisfactory manner. There has been
comparatively little disturbance, ex-
cept by outsiders, and the police, whose
entire force was held in reserve, have
had but little to do.
Today the familiar reminder "fare
please" will again be heard in full
force and people will begin talking
about the four track nuisance.