The morning times., 1895-09-20

Peace for sixty days between President
| Phillips and the employees of the MetropOli-
tan line was the result of the al-day
| meeting yesterday of the Protective Street
| Railway Union. The men will continue
| 70 work for eleven hours a day for the same
pay they received before, and the swing men
reap n corresponding benefit in regard TO
their .reliefs."
II was practically the unanimous opinion
OF themen that the end they had in view, ten
hours work day could be accomplished
without resortipg to a strike. although a
few hotheads were an xious to give
President Phillips taste oftheir mettle.
The hope for the reduction of another
hour in the working day is by no means
abandoned. and the hcexecutivecommitteew was
empowered to continue. from time TO time
Negotiations looking to that end.
The neeting began at an early hour yes
tertiay and continued until late last night.
There was an unusually large attendance
OF the members and much enthusiasm was
displayed :. -.-....
The men were informed that President
Lawrence of the Union had called yesterday
on. .Prcsident Phillips to deny, without quail
fication, the sensational reports that had
been printed. but not in The Times, that the
men proposed to strike.
NO TALK OF COERCION.
Mr.. Lawrence informed the president that
the men " ere an xiouss TO secure a reduction
OF another hour and that they were satis
fled that. in tie course of time. the president
wonld aecede 20 their request if peacefully
preferred and therefore that all talk of
coercion was entirely unfouRded.
President Philips was invited TO attend
last night 'mseeting, but. in reply, he sent
letter TO the Union, stating that other en-
gagements- would prevent his attendance.
He ended by saying that he had adopted a
resolution in matters of this sort not to
state bis views verbally and that. therefore,
for fear of being Misunderstood OF misrepre
sented he would not appear in person.
Anything he had to communicate to the
union would be sent in writing.
II was finally concluded by the members
TO continue the present arrangement for
sixty days and the executive committee will
have charge, as heretofore, of all negotia-
tions between the men and the company.
District Master Workman Simmons was
present at last nights meeting and his re-
marks were enthusiastically received by the
members. 1t was expected that Mr.. A.
d. Best. Of the executive committee, Of Dis
trict Assembly 20, of Brooklyn, who was
one OF the active spirits in the recent great
strike in that city. would be present, but he
was unavoidably called way. He will re-
turn here in la few days.
The e>benefits to the swing men with the
schedule which went into effect Wednesday
are that they have nine hours in their first
rellefand three hours in their second relief.
This the men say is very much better than
the old system.
The men were conCra tulating each
other last night upon the cutting off OF an
hour from their days work, and il was the
universal expression that it would be an
easy matter TO get a reduction of the other
hour
t"% NOCOMPLAINT EXISTS.
Mr. Dent, representing the Ninth street
men, stated that since MT Elliott had been
put back on his car and the present ar
rangements entered into there had been no
cause for complaint and the men W Ill rigidiy
adhere TO the sixty days truce.
1.-The Metropolitan Railway Company"
an employe said last night, can very well
afford to give us ten hours day, like
the Georgetown n men are getting. Since the
change in The motive system the receipts
have picked up at least one-third, averaging
about $500 day ON the Ninth street line
alone, as compared with about S3OOa day
when horse ears were used
AT present we are operating twenty
four cars, with an average OF about two
and half minutes between them, and each
car will earn in day about $50. Under
the old system twenty two cars were
operated, three and a half minutes apart,
and the earnings averaged $40 each.
when the F street line becomes an
underground trolley, in August next, the
joint earnings will more than reach the
ST. ESQ, which IL was stated would be
necessary 10 meet the expenses, dividends,
and fixed charges of the road, as set forth
in the Metropolitan Company's financial
statement at the time of the last bond
issue.
We can afford 10 wait sixty days for
the other hour, unless in the meantime
President Phillips resumes his aggressive |
attitude, toward us. in which case we will |
try to win all points at once"