The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-11
STREET CAR MEN CONTENT.
ark or METRoPOLITAN's EN-
~ p,OyEES AGAINST A STRIKE


r,..innd to Assure Him OF This.
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The attempt 70 rreclp,.ate s,rike on inc
-, the Metropolitan Street Railway Com
lines u. - an unoxpected check yesterdav
pSny receVeu -" "a reooiYnd yisit ,ron'
N" "omnlttee representing % per cent. of the
'co .,ore,s o, the company. This committee
s% 1Psn,ptIy repadiatcd the statements Of the
.si,otcrs who have been trying to create the
M,ha, there ia dissatisfaction among the
employees and mat ue-up IL impending Mr..
v,..,and anne downtown early in the day. as
Ntee a. ,roctiru a committee that was IN
ne was eAP' Wv" -, a. -, ~. ". ~,
present alleged grievances 10 NM put "C haIt
past !. .lI.J upon him with n widely differ
rloyes' .i.w This committee c,me 70
snt object IN N'e"' i'' WI" Iauio W
a"ui. -os.ntsd papsrs signed by the em-
fed ana 80. rinos in tha oor, nor,s sm.
ployees OF all tho lines IN 'he eo'npanys sys-
,,m
pm ,,.o,,ar an am ployee named Didvax
ThespoSeS"'an ~ go, co. ,onroanntod am .n.
and that the commltee Represented all the
and the names OF 1897 out OF 3.149 in the
meH, were on the different papers
company Ho'"'N 49,. -, -. ,..,
which the committee had been instructed to
rrss,pt to Mr.. yreelsnd. I'VE could have
r,orinou. p" he said. Ell ve had boda
made II unnh,,nou., r.,oh .,o oth.ns "' Tha.
few more hours 70 reacn the otners. iney
,.,o that they are perfectly satisfied with tho
hours an' Jay "nu Wv, T.. ,. mo, 90 .u' a,'
working under. ana u IN JUST as easy LOT AL OUT
r,I,r,~tr =, tic this road UP as for man to tie
sknot in cup OF wafer,
Mr. vrceand looked gratfed. He said that
l., rad NOT been at all worried. Il have flat
ne ''"I ,t," no continued "tb,t INV civ
tered myself ne con.i'lueu' ''"' my slN
vears' work on this system has not gone Tor
,t.rg: that the men knew me- and that
ho'". Us man in the nmplov Of the com
rany-ot the older mcn-but knew that II he
wanted want t, Sue mo or say anything to me. he
could see me- mere VI d" 'ls MUS =, n"ae
never retu1cdto see one OF them and shall con-
,nne to SOC the men as long as am here Our
dIff'ul'.'s a .S" ,"",S as" m'e ,o ,onnr ou.'
49,, chat | did not know you men well
"e,' .'"' ,,a. tnou mo. hrt Tho an.
ard YOU H" NOV hno" 'he. ou' '", az
that had the general good will and good
~ , ''"' ,h,. ownrnveas ~ tbis svstem Twn
year. ago the attempt to set us at variance
..rssd mo a great deal of uneasiness Now e
ca'Seu NV IN tha Inast hove said r.
people who asked me about this strike talk:
!,GsntI.men, there is absolutely nothing it it.
You can leave the matter with me and those
men They are lot of men who are ready to
sGNnoM'e,'"
given mem
VIVA. Is ,no'e IN a" r, ,[s [1n M IN thi
I"e'' : p",' ,t ~, ,.o ,> 80 o.
country WhI'h Is paylns me MaBes." We nu ioI
electrical service, ana tnat Is IN boston. ! nrTe
!strophle across the river about irving % Set
S2n day, over IA Jersey the average u Sl.oo'
IN Philadelphia they are PAVING cheaper waSes
than "" are mere No man ever luestio me-. me
when SAID; ! am gong TO raisc the Wages
have had fnll authority TO do IT, And an
other thing. the relationship between, YOU
men and myself has not been that OF the
financial head OF properly with an
unknown lot, OF men, know most
oiyou men, and you know me nave pesh u
nottingham aud nave worked myself UP
through this thing and | say to you. as sald
some ,ye3rs ago, when trouble was brewing;
any company that had charge OF asked me 70
do anything unfair to workingmen. they could
have my resignation that day.
e have had charge Of w9rkingmen since
was - years OF age. and IL you men or any
other men in the company's employ have griev-
anc"s. want you TO come to me with tnrm m:
gay all this with no desire to appear favorahly
toyou men or to any other men. but it is a fact
that am an employee and you are employees:
and our interest in the company Is one. and il
there is a man in this company WHO. through
circumstances that he cannot control. is in
trouble. | consider it Just as much my duty
to help him out as to attend to the other
operations OF the company. 1t has been