The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-10
STRIKE IS ON AGAIN.
EMPLOYEES BITTER AGAINST THE
ST. LOUIS TRANSIT co.
SAY AGREEMENT is BROKEN.
BOYCOTT WILL BE VIGOROUSLY
PUSHED AGAINST THE LINE.

Member of the Mems Executive Com
mittec Declares There VIII BE No
LawIessness This TImc-The Boy
cOt, He Says, VIII Destroy the
COmpany's Earning Power-Prop-
ositIOn of the Company for Amity
Was Heard.
St Louis. July 9.--Tht strike against
the St. Louis Transit Company by its
former employees, which was declared OFF
on July p was ordered renewed to-day
at meeting of the Street Railway Mems
Union at the West End Coliseum To-
morrow morning at o'clock was the times
fixed for the renewal of the boycott on
all the company's lines
When the strike was settled, on July .,
there was discomfort among the men over
tho terms of settlement, and since that
time the dissatisfaction has grown daily.
Charges were made that the company had
failed to keep the agreement of July 2.
and dozen or more instances were cited
tending 90 prove that there had been a
breach of faith
Several meetings were held during the
procure proof Of infdelity on the part of
the company. At a meeting of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Railway Mems
Union held on Saturday, a batch of affi-
davlts was presented to the effect that
men had been employed by the company
since July ?, in violation of the terms OF
the agreement OF that date
After session lasting several hours. the
Executive Committee determined to call
mass meeting Of the street railway men
for to-day. and to recommend to the meet
ing that the strike be declared on again.
The representatives of the company met
and. through President Whitaker. ad-
dressed letter to the men, DENYING thar
the company had Intentionally violated the
agreement of July 2. and declaring it's in
tehton to live up to every condition of
the agreement, both in letter and in spirit
Fred w. Lehmann attorney for the
company appeared at the meeting and
offered to submit the question as to wheth-
er the company had broken faith 10
Joseph w Folk, counsel for the men, and
bound the company to abide by MIR Folks
Judgment in the premises. The PROPOSE
'ion was ignored, and by a unanimous
vote the strike was renewed.
member of the Executive COMMITTEES
SAID to-day that this was the second
Time this company had broken faith with
us employees. and no agreement would
4 be accepted In the future that did rot
4 provide for the reinstatement of all old
employees within twenty-four hours after
4 the EXECUTION of the agreement
There will be no lawlessness or demon
| strations of violence this time" he con-
tinued BY means of a vigorous enforce
ment Of the boycott we hope to absolutely
destroy the earning capacity of the com
| pany"
The whole trouble seems to hang upon
4 question of facts, the men insisting that
\ the company had violated its agreement.
while the company ON the ether hat4d7err1=
| phaticaHy denies that such is the case
The men claimed that a verbal agree
ment was entered into concurrently with
the written agreement. and under the YER
| oei agreement the company had agreed TO
re-employ all the old men in sixty days.
seniority In the service determining the
/ priority of unemployment
, The officers OF the company declare thar
4 there was no such verbal understanding.
and that theNonly agreement made by them
was the written one, which was published
at the time