The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-26

Between the Street Car Company
and Its Employees.
PROPOSITION OF COMPROMISE
Nvna Accepted by the Executive Conn
x niittcc of tho Employees, but Their
Acceptance Was Not Rntificd.

AS the result OF the meeting Of employee
last night. which continued till a M
a committee waited upon Manager Mac.
Grcgor, with the statement that the agree
mont OF compromise could not be accepted
unless the new men were placed at the
bottom Of the list.
Superintendent Ellis says he has not been
employing any new men since the negotia-
tions for compromise.
The announcement in yesterdays Post
that whether or not differences were adj
Justed between the employees and tho street
car company that an effort would be made
to run the cars at noon, attracted the usual
crowd Of spectators to the power house,
but they we're disappointed owing to the
delay Incident TO reaching a settlement.
The chief hitch was upon the retention
OF the thirty new men. The scale OF wages
with II cents per hour rs the miximun
and hours OF labor nine wherever p4ac-
ticabe, have been agreed upon and there
is no further any dissension upon this
score. Every proposition submitted by the
company has contemplated the Retention
OF the new men 10 whom they feel under
10th moral and legal obligations. Ihe first
proposition was to retain the thirty new
men and re- employ seycntyhve of the old
ones now out on the strike. To this thu
employees would not agree they insisting
that all the old men be taken back. Finally
the company conceded agreeing to take
back all the old men, without any prcIuiice
in consequence of the present strike, L
still insisting upon retaining th9 new men
III the following order, first TO be reiii-
stated forty nye Of the old men, then the
thirty new men and the complement OF
the service to he made UP OF old men.
This was acceded to with other condI-
lions US specified in the following;
COMPROMISE AGREEMENT.
Hon. J. c. Hutcheson ct al, Committee.
Houston. Texas March 25-- Gentlemen:
After careful consideration by the board of
OF the suggestions OF your com
mittee looking to an adjustment OF the
dtne ences between propositions submitted
10 your committee | ain directed TO say
That the company In order 20 carry out It's
legal obligation TO operate its cars engaged
thirty men to take the places OF those who
voluntarily deserted its services and 1t liz
under legal and moral obligations to re
tain them in It's service, and II can not do
Therefore II would desire 10 |
have the first motion adopted to read viz:
That the company take back and restore |
10 vacant positions AS many OF its former
as possible and that II may b. |
able 10 create by I revision OF It's soht dnis |
and shortening the hours, II being under |
'aood that forty-tiYc tranmcn of oldest |
rank that left the service shall be rein |
stated IN regular order; thea the Thirty |
lew men TO he given regular positions to
DC followed by the balance of The employees |
hat left the service In regular oraer of
'ank; that schedules will be revised and |
shortened TO give additional men regular |
,osltions approNimatlng twelve mon; that :
hree additional cars will be run during (
his summer which will give regular runs
o nine men; that II Is understood the en-
llneers and trackmen are to return 10
heir old positions.
The writer was under the in,prass ion
nd stated to your committee that IL
night be possible to arrange schedules 80
nat all would be re-empoyed at once, hut
Tier conference with the superintendent
md that such schedules would not work
satisfactorily either to the men or TO the
ompany.
Second motion 10 read as follows: Tho
Gale OF wages 10 ho scheduled al 10 cents
or hour for the first six months. I5ss
ents per hour for one year therenfter. Ia
ents per hour thereafter Ip TO three years
rom three to five years iGl5 cents nar
our. after five years actual service n
ehts per hour, with shorter schedules
mere practicable As stated at the begin
ing OF this controversy, this company was
aging higher rates than cities OF this
'ass ~ me south and higher than cities
ke New orleans, Nashville, Memphis.
lc', and higher than It's income warrants.
fe stated the other day that the comes
IONS named In the proposition We're n,
'hn as the company could 10 unless relief
luid DC given from some direction. Yes
'iuay the directors carefully considered
us question and in response to the feel-
lg that found expression In the action
your committee and response in the !
sarts OF tho Officers and directors of the
'ihpany ana the public generally that IL l
10 business of tina company permitted ,,s
ainmen should no better paid. Tho direc- J
RS have decided to substantially meet :
e views OF your committee in this 10. \
'ec', but making, In their opinion n
ore equitable distribution In SO doing I
mas done more than Its financial cond,.
On now Justlfies, The burdens that on I
sss thls company arc paying Assessments 0
~ Ieoons.ruction expenses oceasioned
b 1
n Is paved, and also accident claims and
1sments. AS formerly stated tho rntc
Iered Is made with notice 10 the mbiic Y
az we shall ask equitable relief from the 2
xt legislature TO meet the conditions m. i
Wh'ch we operate and the chang I'd
notions relative TO paying assessments I
nerally. under the recent decisions Of ~, c
urts, we also want the public to under i
IND and realize that unjust and excess Il
% Judgments against the company pre- Il
ny our paying the wages the MANAGES n
NJ would like to pay. n
fhird motion 10 read as follows. That Il
employees who desire TO work nine hour. o
ere conditions permit VIII be priyileg a A
DO SO at the established rate per hour. "
Fourth motion to read VII: THAT the IL
nrany VIII consider any matter that its ! Ii
ployes desire to bring TO it's attention l,
4 accord courteous treatment 10 any "
ted. u
18TH 70 read: The company recognizes 4,
natural and individual rights OF an b.
ants TO DO free from coercion In mat
Affecting the personal liberty OF Git !,
~ and II will pot exercise paternal \,
elton over their personal affairs or dis !,
oloyes. "
All regular employees to receive free !"