The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-15
Contention Between the Employees
and Street Car COMPANY.
EMPLOYEES PLEA AND THE ANSWER.
The old Contract, Which Is san In
Existencc-The Employees In ses-
sion-strike May Result.

| the employees submitted their demands
| and at o'clock another conference wa
| held, AT which the company submitted II.
| answer:
The demand of the employees and thu
| answer of the company are lis follows;
| To the OFFICERS and Managers OF the Hous
| ton Electric Street Railway Company
| City.
| Houston, Texas, March 9.-Gentlemen
| We hereby submit for your considerations
| the requests of our association, adopted a
| general meeting Of the organization, hello
! March 8, 1855.
The committee are instructed to discuss
| the requests with you and return an an
| swer TO the organization.
Very respectfully submitted.
| G. Harris, Chairman,
| X. D. Henderson,
| Oscar c.. Miller,
| j. j. Russell
j. Wmberly.
| Committee.
| f. We would request that all trainmer
| be paid twenty 600 cents per hour for
| their work and nine go hours, or as near
nine 90 hours as practicable, shall con-
| stitute days work.
| 2. Trackmen to receive one dollar and
| fifty cents Isl 50) for nine hour work
| day, and for Sunday work and overtime
| they shall receive time and one half.
| 3. Eight hours shall constitute day $
/ work for all engineers and fircmen.
4. Any member laid off or suspended Tor
| the violation OF the rules of the company,
| and, after investigation, found not at fault,
shall be paid for his lost time.
| 5. All business arising between the par
| ties hereto shall be transacted through the
properly accredited officers of the company
and the properly accredited officers and
committees of the association,
6. That all employees not having the
rules of the company to enforce, shall be
members in good standing Of the associa-
ton, and when new men are employed
they shall he turned into the association
for initiation within thirty 1901 days from
the time Of their employment.
Z. The relief time for meals shall not be
less than one hour.
s. All employees shall receive free trans
portation over the lines operated by said
company
work, at their present rates of pay per
day, for all employees not otherwise speci-
fled in this request.
10. Whereas the company requires mo-
tormen and conductors to deposit twenty
five dollars ts25 00) in cash, we would ask
that this he so changed that he be allowed
to give bond to that amount; or, If re-
CURED to make a cash deposit, that he be
paid the legal rate of interest thereon.
IL. And in order TO prepare means of
adjusting any and all differences that may
arise between us in the future, without
any conflict or contention. we would re-
quest that the following arbitration clause
be granted
Whereas. any case arising which can not
be satisfactorily settled between the off,
GERS of the company and between the duly
accredited officers and committees Of the
association. the same shall be left to a
board of arbitration composed OF three dis
interested persons. the finding of said
board to be binding on both parties. The
arbitration board to be chosen as follows:
The company to select one person, the as
sooiation to select one person and the two
thus selected shall choose the third per-
son; the three to act as such arbitrators.
In case of vacancies on the board OF ar
bitrators they shall he filled In the same
manner as specified above. Where cases
are submitted TO arbitration each party
shall name its arbitrator within three days
time. and the failure of either party to so
name its arbitrator. 1t shall forfeit its
case.
To G. Harris. r. d. Henderson, Oscar G.
Miller j. j. Russell and j. Wimberly
Executive Committee Amalsamated AS
sociation of Street Railway Employees of
America:
Office of the Houston Electric Railway
Company, Houston, Texas, March H.
Gentlemen: In reply to your communica-
,ion requesting new contract radically
inherent from the terms OF tue present
contract drawn IN ana submitted by your
association ana modlhed and hnally agreed
10 by me company ami YOUR ASSOCIATION.
and which contains the following clause:
THE same to be binding mpon both parties
from this oth day or July, 1877 to the
ON day oil July, 1928 we desire to state
that we understand the contract to mean
mat the members OF yo'lr association were
wing 10 work rnder The rules and regu-
iutiohs OF me company until july o. 1898.
PROVIDED the company agreed TO "dlschnrge
no employees ior partieipatnE IN this
strike. and mat the priyiiege of the
employees to mite with the Arualgamated
Association of Street Railway Employees be
,soognised BY the company and that union
h,sn be siven me preference in the em-
iloSment OF men
There being no complaiut in your re-
quests OF The violation OF lie contract
there arnesis 70 be nothing to c,asider
at this time, as We deem II entirely too
early 70 take into consideration the terms
OF new contract so far In advance of the
expiration of the old I'D