Evening star., 1894-12-15

that the hall in typographical Temple was
at the disposal. free Of rent. OF the so con-
terized the strike as the most re. ~.fable
for quickness and completeness he
had ever heard Of, and he urged tue men
to get together and to stay together. Sew
eral others made remarks, and after con-
siderable discussion committee. COM
prising Mr.. Sturgis, chairman, and Messrs.
Power. Thomas, Dent Amiss, Quinn and
Redman. was appointed to demand of Mr.:
Phillips return to the old schedule and
the old wages.
Agreement Reached.
The committee repaired to Mr.. Phillips
office, but the president was not there. He
appeared shortly after, however, and a
conference was held. The committee made
its demand and then Mr.. Phillips made a
long speech, during which he stated that
the company is in a desperate financial
condition. According to Mr.. Phillips the
last dividend declared by the company was
paid from the personal funds Of one of the
directors; the company has but $1,000 in
bank at the present time; the cars have
been running at a loss of $S5 per day; and
Slo,OoO interest must be paid on January l,
with but $1,000 with which to meet it, He
declared that it Is utterly impossible to re-
store the old wages, and closed by saying
that the men must either work on reduced
wages or drive the company into bank
ruptcy.
After consultation the committee made
propositions to Mr.. Phillips in effect as
follows: The men are to be put as nearly
as possible the same footing with a
twelve-hour schedule as near as can be
practically arranged, the twelve-hour
schedule, including Sundays and week days.
10 call for Sl.15 per day. No men are to be
discharged because of the strike; those al
ready discharged are to be taken back and
awnings are tn be placed on all the cars.
MT. fh1lllps agreed to the propositions
submitted and the committee reported that
fact to the meeting at the Riding Academy.
Inc understanding was that the cars
should start as usual this morning.
A meeting of the railroad employees Of
the District will be held tomorrow morning
AZ lo O'Clock in Typographical Temple for
the purpose of organizing a street railway
operatives union.
Running Today.
When the schedule time for the COM
mencement Of trips Of the cars on the
Metropolitan railroad arrived this morn
Ing the old drivers and conductors were on
hand ready to take them out There was
no delay, and. apparently, no dissatisfac-
ton on the part of either the company
oflicials or the employees who had taken
such determined stand against the action
or the corporation yesterday evening. The
latter, indeed, seemed to be quite cheerful
over the result Of their strike, and gener-
ally expressed their belief that the COM
pany would keep its promise about restor-
InIS their wages aS soon as 1t was able
The cars have been running regularly nil
uay, and seem to be patronized as well as
tney Were before the reduction Of the mems
wages caused such general public indigna-
tion anu made many of the former patrons
OF the company ride upon other lines. A.
the ofiices of the company at the p street
pridge' this afternoon, Superintendent
Lowry said that everything was running
episode and that all of the old men were at
places.