Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-12
BETWEEN UNION AND COMPANY.
Existing Vacancies to be Filled With
Union Men.
BEST TERMS POSSIBLE OBTAINED.
General Rejoicing About the City, Last Night
When the Fact Of tie Settlement Became
KpowB-Addidord Cars to be Run.
A Resolution Of Secrecy as
the Terms.
The street railway strike is at an eEd'

Alta prolonged conference held yes
tereav afternoon and last evening, be-
tween Manager Jolly, President Jacob
and Superintendent LOTUS, represent
ing tho Company, the members OF the
Trades Assembly Arbitration Commit
tee. and Messrs. Cruise, Steenrod ana
Ssathers, the committee Of citizens, the
terms Of the settlement we're arranged
and this morning or as soon as applica-
tiops can be received aud acted upon
the vacancies now existing on the line
will be filed from the ranks OF the
union men.
The fact that settlement had been
reached became generally known about
town, last evening, and produced the
liveliest satisfaction among all classes
of citizens. Il seemed as though a
great load had been lifted from the
public mind, and the average citizen
whether business man or wage-worker
was about as happy as though some
great personal benefaction had fallen
upon him. To-day people will board
the street cars who have not set foot In
them for almost three months past, and
the effect will be quite noticeable, sspe-
cially in the southern portion Of the
city, where the effects Of the strike
have been most marked.
The settlement was not reached with
out trouble and long contention. It's
terms may not meet the expectations Of
a portion Of the rank and file OF the la
Dor organizations Of the city was APP
parent last night, that some Of the
strikers were disappointed, but the ma
iority OF the strikers, and majority Of
the unionists Of the city will accept the
conclusion reached as being the best
which could have been obtained, under
the prevailing circumstances, and the
members Of the Arbitration Committee
OF the Trades and Labor Assembly, seen
last night after the papers had been
signed up, were unanimous in declaring
, that they had done all that could be
done-had exhausted every argument
ana had recourse to every circumstance
in their favor, aud that the result rep
resented their best efforts.
A RESOLUTION OF SECRECY.
The exact terms upon which the set
Element was reached cannot be stated,
for the reason that a resolution was
passed at the meeting which bound the
members Of the committee and others
present TO secrecy. just why this
should have been done does not appear,
as the course pursued IS calculated 20
bring q half-hundred or so Of rumOrs TO
the surface, each being labeled as being
the only correct and authentic version
Of the basis OF agreement. II is known,
however, that the non-union men
who have all along been in
the employ OF the Company
are to remain at their posts so long as
they shall elect TO do so, that number
OF the union men, who have been more
or less identified with acts OF lawless-
ness, will not be taken back in the en-
ploy Of the Company, and that union
men who do 60 to work will do so while
maintaining all the rights and privileges
OF their organization, and that their
membership in the organization will not
be taken into consideration by the
Company. These are the salient points
In the agreement reached. There are
others, Of course, but they are OF minor
Importance, although one or two, like
the clause relating TO the hours or labor,
are also Of considerable moment.
HOW THE AGREEMENT WAS REACHED.
The action taken at the meeting Of
the Trades Assembly on Sunday,
where a new proposition was drawn up
for presentation 10 Manager jolly, is
already known 70 the readers Of the
REGISTER, as is also the fact that Mr..
Jolly agreed 90 meet the Committee at
half-paSt three o'clock yesterday after
noon. At that hour the citizens COM
mittee, the Arbitration Committee and
the representatives met at the Office OF
the Central Construction Company, in
the Hawley block, on Main street, near
Tenth, and the negotiations were com
menced, Tbs session lasted until half
past seven o'clock in the evening, by
which hour, after enough discussion and
debate to make a book as large as
the Bible had been INDUCED H.,
an agreement was reached, and the con-
ference was adjourned until the terms
of the agreement could be put in writ
ing by President Jacob, Of the Railway
Company. Two OF those present, MeSSrS.
Milligan, OF the Arbitration Committee,
and Cruise, Of the Citizens Committee,
we're members OF the Second Branch Of
Council, and being Of opposite politics,
they paired, Mr.. Milligan going 20
Council, while Mr.. Cruise had some prl-
vate business TO attend to. Later in
the evening the gentlemen re-aSsem-
bled, with the exception Of the Citizens
Committee, whose labOrs were at an
end, and the agreement reached was
signed. Mr.. Milligan not being able TO
append his signature until after the
adjournment Of Council. 1t was about
eleven o'clock when the matter was per-
fected, and the gentlemen came down
into the street and separated.
HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED.
Many OF the members OF the Union
were upon the streets during the early
evening, and when the members OF the
Arbitration Committee appeared, after
seven o'clock, the news that a settle
ment bad been reached was soon widely
Disseminated. There was general salts
faction among the rank and file Of the
organization, four out Of every five
members seeming to be convinced that
the best terms possible had been made,
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