Telegram-herald., 1891-05-13
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striking street car employees though
over dozen cars were run at intervals
all day ana during the evening. Men
have been hired by the street car COM
pany right along and ~ fast as possible
cara were manned. The compsny's
policy is clearly outlined. They do not
propose to yield an inch. satisied that
the company has treated its employe s
fairly both in the matter OF wages and
of hours Of employment. They will
hire all the men they can get until u
full quota 10 obtained and will continue
the street car service with them. Each
man employed signs the so-called iron.
clad contract.
1t 10 probable that today will see cars
running on all the lines. and that all
cars will he in operation very soon pro-
viding that violent measures taken by
the strikers or their sympathisers do not
prevent. Some of the strikers have
denied that at any time the offer OF pro
rata pay for horse car men and cable
car men had ever been made. In re-
gard TO that denial Manager Chapman
gives to the press the following:
The Company's Ofrers.
The enclosed correspondence explains
itself. and that the public may under
stand the position of the company to-
ward its employees, the publication OF
the same may be desirable.
Yours respectfully,
Jas. X. CHAPMAN.
Hon. James Blair. treasurer city.
DEAR SIR-lOu VIII probably observe
in the morning papers that 1t is re-
ported by the employees of the Cable
company that they have never been
offered the hours and wages of the
Street Railway men. AS you have been
present throughout the two confer
ences between myself and the cable
employees and as this matter has been
brought up both times would like you
to give me your recollection OF what
took pi ace on the subject.
Yours very respectfully,
lSigned1 JAS. r. CHAPMAN.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May IL, 1891.
JAMES X CHAPMAN, Esq,
General Manager, city.
DEAR SIR-Your favor of this date,
asking my recollection of what took
place at the conference held between
yourself and the Cable company's en-
ployes, 10 at hand.
My memory Is not clear as to what
was said at the first meeting, but i have
q very distinct recollection that at the
second interview, held on the night of
Wednesday, May Z, you offered TO give
the Cable men the same hours and the
same pay as the horse car men had.
AZ tod. Olo .lvro nd ovv,-
phaticaliy that there could be no mis-
understanding about it, and the Cable
men refused to accept the proposition.
You also, at the time, offered to re-
organize the bass of wages and pay by
the hour instead of by the day, and
this was not satisfactory to the conn.,
mittee OF the Cable men.
You also offered to furnish places in
the horse car service to any of the cable
men VINO were dissatisfied with their
hours OF labor and this offer was made
particularly to Mr.. Adams, one of the
committee of the cable men, and was
declined with the other offers. Yours
truly, (Signed) JAMES BLAIR.
(Dict.)
Meetings by tho Men.
The company is confident and salts
fed with the present outlook. 1t de-
MES that any new men are being i'm
ported, as there are plenty of men to be
had in Grand Rapids. Meetings were
held in Central Labor Hall yesterday in
the morning at 4 o. Clock in the afternoon
andIn the evening. butther were strictly
secret. All the labor unions are with
the strikers for financial and moral
support, AMI last evening talk of the
boycott was everywhere heard on the
streets. IL is expected to be officially
declared today. While it has not been
announced, the men talk of it con-
tinuslly in an indirect way. They still
hold to the policy of peace and say they
sanction no violence whatever.
Incidents OF the Day.
In the morning two men from the G.
K. Il /. road applied ut the Office of the
company for work. They gave their
names as John Marshall and John
Knox. They were sent TO the Hall-st
barn TO take out q car. They stopped
IN . saloon by the way and openly
Dragged that they would take out car
and leave il or run IT Oft the track
This was reported to harm foreman
OHearn and he refused to let them
go out with car. The next car that
came along had to clear huge pole off
the track. This was the only thing
with q semblance of disorder du.ing
the afternoon. At about O'Clock it
was reported TO the police headquarters
that . car on South Division-st. had been
overturned. and the patrol wagon was
sent out. 1t proved . false report. Vast
crowds collected on Canal-st. near
Central Labor hall. All were on edge
and the slightest demonstration would
start them running in q crowd. The
patrol wagon came down Canals twith
no one in II but policemen but almost
instantly 1.-THE headquarters was sur
rounded by a surEng mob. The patrol
at little after eight was sept TO the
Hall-st harm on report that car
could not be gotten into the barn on
account OF the crowd. No trouble was
experienced however after the blue
coats appeared.
A general turn out of all labof or.
CARNATIONS has been called by secre-
tafy VI. G. Duffy. OF the Central Labor
Union. A parade will he the order OF
the day and sevefal speakers wili adj
dress the audience. Among those whom
the COMMITTEES will attempt 10 secure
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