Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-04-09
IT CAME TO NAUGHT.
FRuITLESS CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE ARBI-
TRATIOE COMMITTEE AND MANAGER JOLLY,
Brought, About by the Efforts Of a COMMITTEES Of
Citizens = Several Propositions Made
Meeting Of the Union at Midnight Last
Night-Trades Assembly To-day.

A good many people hoped yesterday
that daylight this morning would see
the end of the street railway strike.
1t was even reported, in some parts
of the city, last evening, that the
trouble was as good as settled, only
awaiting the formal ratification by the
Union and the Trades Assembly OF
propositions satisfactory to the Aroi-
tration Committee and the Company.
These reports were based upon de-
fective information, for the difficulty
is not only not settled, but the result
of yesterdays conference left the
breach about as wide between the Rail-
way Company on the one side and the
striking employees on the other as 1t was
before the gentlemen got together yes
terday to consider the situation and
see what could be done in the way OF
compromise.
The best of feeling was maintained
upon both SIDES at the conference, and
members OF the Committee said last
evening there was not the slightest rip
pie of unpleasantness during the dis
cussion. This was very satisfactory to
all parties, as far as it went; and be-
cause of this pleasantness there may BIO
another attempt in the near future to
resume the negotiations.
Yesterdays conference was brought
about through the efforts OF Commit
tee of citizens, composed OF Messrs.
Frank Cruise, Lewis Steenrod and DR..
Stathers. These three gentlemen In
tervlewed both the members OF the Ar
filtration Committee of the Trades AS
sembly and Manager Jolly, OF the Rail-
way Company, and as q result Richard
Robinson, Roman Dobler, Harry Chew
and K. NJ. Milligan, OF the Arbitration
Committee, met Mr.. jolly ct the Tenth
street Office Of the Construction Com
pany yesterday afternoon about half
past three o'clock, Messrs. Steen-
rod, Cruise and Stathers being present
also. After an interchange Of greetings
the business was commenced by the Ar
filtration Committee making PROPOSE
tion to Mr.. jolly that all the men re-
turn to work upon sort Of status quo
ante strike basis, without prejudice
upon either side. This Mr.. Jolly said
he could not agree TO, but made
counter proposition. after some debate,
that the Comgany would take back all
ompetent union men for whom there
were places, and would waive his for
mer requirement that the men must
sign an agreement prepared by the
Company, TO abide by all rules now in
force or which might hereafter be made,
etc. This was in turn rejected
by the Arbitration Committee, who
pointed out that there was nothing in
that proposition that the men could not
obtain by going to work individually,
and that it could not be accepted for
that as we'll as other reasons.
Quite long discussion then ensued,
the presence Of the non-union men now
at work appearing to be chief obstacle
in the way Of a settlement of the diff
Guilty. Mr.. jolly said frankly that he
could not discharge these men-he
would as soon discharge all Of them as
interfere with single one Of them
that the men had come here, some OF
them from long distances, aud having
gone to work in good faith were enti-
tied to the protection Of the Company
so long as they discharged their duty.
In reply to q question as to whether the
old rules OF the Company would be en-
forced, In the event Of the men going to
work under an agreement, Mr.. Jolly
said no, they couldn't be; that they
had been imperative for quite while,
and the most that could be done would
be for the men to 60 back, so far as
vacancies existed, under gen.
eral promise Of good faith.
After some further discussion the
members OF the Arbitration Committee
withdrew, and the Citizens Committee
talked over the matter with Mr.. jolly.
The Arbitration Committee then re-
turned and Mr.. jolly so far amended
his former proposition as to agree to
take back all competent men for whom
he had places, and to fill all future
vacancies in the same manner from
the old employees. He said he would
ask no questions about the men being
members OF the Union, but conveyed
the impression to the members of the
Committee that the competency pro-
vision in his proposition would probably
enable him to sift out from the old men
such as were Objectionable to the Com
pany upon any ground. This was not
Mr.. Jolly's language, however.
Upon the rejection Of this amended
proposition, the members OF the Arbl-
tration Committee submitted to Mr.
Jolly proposition to submit the whole
matter TO disinterested arbitrators, the
men agreeing to abide by the decision
reached. This Mr.. Jolly said he could
not accept, stating that there was
time in the history of the strike when
that course would have been possible,
but it had gone by. This related to
proposition made by President Jacob.
on the second day Of the strike, that the
men 90 TO work, and submit the matter
to adjudication.
The Arbitration Committee, at the
conclusion Of the conference, reported
the result 10 q meeting OF the Street
Railway Employers Union. About half
the membership Of the Union was pres
ent, and there was a decided DISPOSE
ton to stand stifily by the
action OF the Committee. Another
meeting OF the Union was called for
midnight last night, at which the full
membership was present, but what was
done could not be ascertained. The
matter will also be reported to a meet
ing of the Trades Assembly, TO be held
this afternoon.
The members OF the Arbitration Com
mittee stated last evening that they
had large mass meeting in contempla-
tion for next Saturday.
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