The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-12
ton.


the Strike Received With satisrac'
tion.
The big City Hall clock was striking
the eleventh hour last night while five
men were signing the sheet Of foolscap
paper on which was written the basis
OF settlement OF tho street car strike,
The statement made exclusively in
Mondays lNTELuGEScER that the strike
would be at an end within As hours is
borne out by the result Of last nights
session OF the arbitration committee oil
tho Ohio Valley Trades and Labor AS
sembly, and Judge John ]. Jacob, pres
ident OF tho street railway company,
and General Manager A. NJ, jolly. At
the night session nothing much re-
manned to be done except to sign the
agreement defining tho basis Of the set
Element. Tho terms had been agreed
upon Mt the afternoon session, which
convened ut $3.50 o'clock in tho Central
Construction COmpany's office in the
Hawley block, and remained closeted
until o'clock in the evening, when q
recess was taken until 10 p. M, so that
tho gentlemen could take tho evening
meal. Mr.. Milligan, also, had to be at
the meeting OF the City Council.
IL was agreed that tho paper signed
by the Avo gentlemen, which ended tho
strike, should not be given to the press
for publication, but enough is learned
to outline correctly tho terms agreed
upon.
Though the meeting was long one,
there was not, as at the Saturday con.
ference, any unpleasantness, both sides
being determined to do the best posi-
Bile, without unnecessary friction.
In effect the agreement signed is as
follows:
Tho Wheeling Railway Company will
give present employment to as many OF
their former employees as have places
now open for them and contemplated
and will from time to time to time as
occasion occurs take back MS many OF
its old employees as is possible, tho pref
erence to be given to the old employees.
When tho men rc-enter the employ oil
the company they arc TO sign an agree
mont to continue on tho basis in view
for the term OF three months, and ii at
tho end OF that time u new arrange
ment is wanted it can be made. The
present non.union men in the employ
OF tho company are not to DO dis
charged, and will continue in its cn'
ploy.
The rate OF wages remains tho same,
twenty cents an hour, and days
work is 10 DO twelve hours hereafter.
The company, 1t is understood, will to.
morrow take back us many Of the old
men as it has places to fill at present
which is fifteen or twenty. The inten-
ton is to put tho non.union men to-
gether and the union men likewise.
This will prevent in any way any un-
pleasantness. The understanding is
that the company will have places for
nearly all OF the strikers who arc at
present unemployed, about fifty.
President Roman Dobler, OF the
Trades Assembly, who acted for the
assembly in the settlement effected last
night, handed the following to tho IN
TELLIuENcER, declaring the strike at an
end. 1t was written after tho agree
ment was signed last night:
To thc Members Of Local Unions and The 7rareling
Public.
The arbitration committee Of the Trades As.
sGnbly met the representatives OF the electric
railway company aud agreed upon u settlement
OF the present strike difficulty. While all that
we desired was not gained, the settlement Is
honorNbly made, while keeping III view the very
best Interests OF all concerned. The committee
has discharged Its duty we'll and maintained
the reputation Of the organization they repre-
sent The strike Is therefore declared ut m end.
Il. DOnLElt,
President o. v. 7, & LA
The union cab line will not run after
this morning, and the strikers will
mako application for jobs this morning
at the construction company's office.
" hen it became noised around last
night that there was practically no
doubt that the strike was nearing its
end. tho expressions heard on all
hands were Of delight and satisfaction.
While, US Mr.. Dobler, OF the Assem-
bly,, said last night, the labor people
have not made as favorable settle
inont us they would have liked, yet
most Of the union labor men and ma
JOTlty Vi LHe hIlNeTS themselves uTe
satisfied that tho best settlement pos
sible was effected. Tho work Of getting
the two sides together for the success
full conference is due more to Chairman
+. NJ. Mlllgan, OF the arbitration COM
initteo, than to anyone else. His stand
during the strike has been u conscrva-
tive ono.
General Manager jolly, OF tho railway
company, Of course feels greatly elated
at the ending OF tho strike, on terms
pretty much i Ike what he has proposed.
As no said last night, 1t takos away n
"load OF trouble"