The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-10

iavi-ssness or violence. You make no charge OF
tn-t kiNd asiifist them.
Jsmes Nolan APPLIED for employment on April
y. and passed his physical examination on IN.
same lay, There was no immediate occasion for
HS active SrIN l',n al that time ami, as You are
aware. shortly after the strike was declared.
strike. rnIL1 July : when he appeared and asked
Tor vnp iicni. claiming that had been prom
he would he 10 work. Male he. ala M.
gin active work until July ;. You Will SEQ that
agreement was signed
Francis whittak.g made application July and
WIS tod 10y tn" superintendent that he would
have employment II he brought satisfactory
Tsfsrences ms .,,, BE- DIG IN July J. and he Was
asInuen as he jill not present his references be
of opinion, that there was M binding obiIsation
ON ths part 9, thr company 10 employ nm when
win therefor. lie allied by selection mon. the
ana was told ut that JiTua Ihat h., would Ice put
t" work ~ soon - ih. opportunity offered MS
evmpans. which It Was bound TO carry out,
OF the company. OF these Handle had never
been cut Of a." service. bat WAS absent on ac-
: but the state Of hts health has been such that
Ne has not run regularly,
wilson Lon No.l, t;us I!auer. 4. = Watson. Il.
T. oakley. A. Taylor and john Malone. appear
IN the committry's list / ,'snn"t understand
how TN asr.%n'ent was violated by "inr"i I'M
eligible Tor - e'npi", nent.
Mcurr,vili". springer. Williams. Smith. Car;
ruti-rs. !irSicn Mccormick ana ha,'nau AL
arrlleI tor rploy r;,nt lofoTe the '"iurnt
signed and were assured re-"mpin ynl"nt
anu known policy To- tab. hack It's old employees
oa As T,as~iSia Ts, '', %erS in tha company's
employ t"ioEe IN" agreement was signed.
erurloS i.cut On July ana :. They known
to the superintendent % to former employ"S
been I,4ada out As he needed men he took them.
lsl. "A
with the agreement. If these men wern
rhan / screr they have not been employed
read t!is agreement u mean that every man IA
PLACE "a the list unless he mas been guilty 81
,Lst any. charges Of shat hind are brought
against these
The general ,harr. made by you in the thir-
prompt INVESTIGATION. have hut 10 say thai ,
since July unless Whitaker, case. state:
aryve; l. t'I,n ~ on; and 'i3i, S'r 80 ~ ~
the company. and II 4 has ten departed tr"n1
prompt correction VII he made Respectfully
,sisEsD ST. LOUIS TRANSIT COMPANY,
i;y Edwards Whiiak'r, ffesic'ht-
Transit Attorney CrOss-Exam lined.
Tumult followed the reading Of the letter
and it WAS ten minutes before order WIS
restored. Meanwhile word had been re
ceived that Attorney Lehmann was on ms
WHY to the Coliseum. When this was an,
noUncei there were cries of Let him come
As soon Chairman Edwards o. the tr'eE-
ance Committee could make himself Eedid
he announced that IN" letter clearly was
unsatisfactory Jnd that he thought all were
ready TIA vot" on III" proposition for strlht.
Ia the disorder mich followed Mr.. Lehman
entered the hall and as ndei the platform
He was received with applause.
Gentlemen, when this agreement was
made on July - said AIR. L5hmann. lit
was entered into in absolute good faith by
the people whom / represent and the pur-
pose was its carrying out in good faith No
man IS more concerned than | in having
il carried out ara | intend to do all tfat
| can 10 see that ii is. There has been
dissa tisfactiCn expressed sincef, but with
respect To the questions raised VIII say that
Mr. Folk and | can settl- them and will
settle them i'm short order. I pledge You that
there will be an agreement between us and
| pledse myself personally 10 carry his
out"
''You have said that before and the conf
pany has violated its agreement objected
some one In the audience. Another rl'ni-
h.r of the union then demanded OF Mr. Leh-
mann whether George ". 3aumhoff would
be discharged for not having posted lists of
men 10 be reiustated.'
Of the Easton avenue division. Did you
not understand Mr.. Lehman. that the
agreement meant reinstatement and not
merely the chance TO apply for re-employ-
ment?'
The agreement speaks for itself" re-
piled Mr.. Lehman. Il tEink that il said
reinstatement; without prejudice to the men
now employed
We are reliably informed" persisted Mr..
Mars, 'in:t assurances ana pledges were
M de 10 the committee in regard to rein
statement and on the strength uf that, the
settlement was accepted by us.
Everything in the agreement was in
writing" said Mr. Lehman, and no as
surances additional to the written agree
ment were made in my presence"
running tire Of questions WAS kept up
for about half an hour, MIR. Lehman re
piyinS To all. although often interrupted by
jeprs
He scarcely had quit the platform, when
II was voted unanimously to declare the
strike on. not to be declared off except by
the union a. 2 body
Propositions then were made for the for
mutation Of a new set OF demands on the
company.
what We want" said J. J. Mars of the
Easton Avenue division. lis a full and com
plete recogI ition of the union; the rein
statement of every man: ten hours a day
finished in twelve consecutive hours; =,
cents an hour. pay for overtime for the
shedmea and the like; and 10 cents am hour
while waiting In the sheds: and an arbi-
tration agreement. And We want To let the
company know thai we want il To- get rid
OF Baumhof and Whitak.r''
hen IL had been agreed to elect a new
Executive committee and instruct il To
formulate demands. the meeting adjourned