The age-herald., 1900-07-10
ST. LOUIS STRIKE HAS BEEN RENEWED Men Claim Company Violated
 the Agreement. THE BOYCOTT BEGINS TODAY Representatives of the Transit Company Emphatically Deny That the
 Agreement Has Been Violat-
 ed-Question ofFacts
THE BOYCOTT BEGINS TODAY

St. Louis, July 9.-The strike against the employees. which was declared off on July 2, was ordered renewed today at a meeting of the Street Railway Mems Union at the West End Coliseum. Tomorrow morning at o'clock was the time fixed for the renewal of the boycott on all the company's lines.
 When the strike was settled on July ? there were some mutterings of discontent among the men over the terms of settle ment, and since that time the dissatisfac- ton has grown daily. Charges were made that the company had failed to keep the agreement of July 3, and dozen or more instances were cited tending to prove that there had been breach of faith. Meetings were held at several places in the course of the week, and committees were appointed to procure proof of infidelity on the part of the company. At meeting of the execu- tive committee of the Railway Mems Union held on Saturday batch of affidavits were produced to the effect that new men have been employed by the company since July in violation of the terms of the agree mfent After session lasting several hours the executive committee determined to call a mass meeting of the street railway men for this morning and to recommend that the strike be declared on again.
 The Central Trades and Labor Union met later and indorsed the action of the execu- tive committee.
 The representatives of the company, through President Whitaker, addressed a letter to the men denying that the com pany had Intentionally violated the agree ment of July 9 and declaring its intention to live up to every condition of the agree ment, both in letter and spirit.
 Company's Proposition Ignored
 Fred w Lehmann attorney for the com pany, appeared at the meeting and offered to submit the question as to whether the company had broken faith to Joseph w. Folk counsel for the men, and bound the company to abide by MT. Folks judgment In the premises. The proposition was ig- nored and by unanimous vote the strike was renewed. A member of the executive committee said today that this was the second time the company had broken faith with it's employees and no agreement would be accepted in the future that did not pro- vide for the reinstatement of all old em- ployes in 24 hours after the execution of the agreement
 There will be no lawlessness or demon- strations of violence this tme" he con unued By means of a vigorous enfore- ment of the boycott we hope to absolutely destroy the earning capacity of the com pany."
 The whole trouble seems to hang on a question of facts, the men insisting that the company had violated its agreement, while the company emphatically denies that such is the case.
 The men claimed that a verbal agreement was catered into concurrently with the written agreement, and under the verbal agreement the company had agreed to re- employ all the old men in sixty days, seniority in the service determining the 'pri- ority of re-employment. It was claimed that the Rev. Dr. W. W. Boyd had, in a speech at the West End Coliseum, assured the men that such an agreement existed. The officers of the company declare that there was no such agreement, which was pub lished at that time. In proof of their con tention on this subject they show the original draft of the terms of settlement, signed by T. B. Edwards, and signed by the grievance committee. in which a clause providing for arbitration and another pro- viding for the unemployment of the men according to the seniority of service were stricken out and the clause does not ap- pear in the settlement signed by both par ties to the controversy.