The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-30
THE ELECTRIC CAR sTfIxg.
Tho Employee aud tbs Company Hold a
Conference, hut Reach NJ Settlement.
} Views of 10th Sides. ... #s

Tho Employee and the Company Hold a
Conference, hut Reach NJ Settlement.
Views Of Both Sides.
The strike OF the operators and con.
ductors OF the electric cars filled d good
part Of tho peoples minds yesterday.
The street car accommodations, except
on the Island and Bridgeport line, where
the mules logged patiently along at the
usual irregular intervals. were very In.
adequate to the needs OF the travelling
public. One cor was run around the loop
from Tenth street 10 Forty.third, Super.
intendent Michael Lotus acting most
OF the time rs operator and Secretary
Franl: Hal! rs conductor. John LOTUS
ran a car over the North Wheeling
line, leading n resident OF North Main
street TO remark that the service there
was about rs good as ercrr; and
Michael Jr, ran one on the Bcnwood
line. The union labor sentiment OF
Benwood c~rystalizad into emphatic dis.
approval Of this effort 10 operate the
line, aud tho boys along the streets
ieered at young LOTUS, but he kept on
running the car. 1t was feared by some
Of the Order.l0ving people at Benwood
that the tougha there might do violence
II the car continued 10 run, but
nothing very serious resulted.
So far as Can be learned there has been
no effort TO employ men to take the
strikers places.
Yesterday morning Mr.. ]. Fl. Burt
and Mr.. Richard Robertson called on
the officials Of the company and asked
that u conference be held with the
striking employees. The Officials seemed
to be entirely willing to confer, and an
arrangement was made for the confer.
ence committee Of tho employee union
and Boards OF Directors OF the two com.
panies 10 NEE. in conference at . p. m.
At that hour the five members OF the
committee were at the Office Of the com,
pany on Tenth street. President J.. A.
Miller, OF the Citizens company, aud
Messrs. W. 2. Hubbard. Robert Irwin
and John II. Hobbs, OF the Boards o.
Directors, met them. Tho session lasted
for nearly or quite two hours, but had
no practical result.
The two companies have in all Ten
directors. 1t reuuires three OF each
company's hoard OF five to constitute {
quorum. The four Ii .ectors, presen,
stated this fact, and naked that the mer
would agree to continue at work under
the old arrangement M to wages and
hours until next Tuesday, at which
time a quorum Of the two boards would
be present and another conference could
be held with zone hope of adjusting the
diaerencsr. This proposal the commit
tee agreed to consider, returning an an.
swer later to the Windsor hotel. They
reported ut once to their union, which
had remained in session at Trades AS
sembly Hall, and tho union refused to
accept the proposition. This answel
was promptly returned to the company'i
representatives.
After the conference adjourned one O.
the men, 10 giving his version OF 1t, com
planned that Mr. Hobbs had approached
the snhjsct in a wrong spirit. He said
Mr.. Hobbs remarked that he had built O
five. story hote! with n%ou,uuion labor,
and he thought it wa possible to run q
street car line so too. This made the
men feel a little sore.
One OF the directors said after the
meeting adjourned that the four presen,
could legally do pothing as to wages,
etc. There were some pointa that could
have been settled yesterday. One oil
these was the complaint OF the treat.
ment the men receive at the hands OF
tho younger Lottuses. He thought that
could be settled very quickly; it was all
news to him. Another Was Cd TO the
stating Of q man the night before 10 work
or lie OIL. This was a detail OF manage.
ment that could be tixed,
As to the migtreatnent OF the men by
the Junior Loitusea, the INTELLldESUEu
is in receipt OF a communication from a
well known Eighth warder, a patron OF
the road, who says the officials owe it to
themselves to inquire about the turn.
table on Forty-thiri street, where every
body helrs the abuse and regents It.
Lack Of space bars the communication
out, but this its substance.
The strikers arc offered on yeryliberal
terms vehicles and horses 10 establish a
bus line il opposition to the mon.
union' caT, apd they ssyi i the etrike is
not settled to-day they will start such Q
line. The Benwood tubeworkers orig
mated this idea, and all the organized
labor would patronizs and foster such a
fne