The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-03
ST, LOUIS STRIKE Settled.
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY SIGNS
AN AMICABLE AGREEMENT.
End of Controversy Thaf Has
Caused Much Ill Feeling and the
Death of Numerous Cfttxens-Text
of Compromise That Was signed.

ST LOUIS. July Am agreement be,
tween the St Louis Transit Company and
its former employees was signed today by
representatives OF the transit company
and BIZ the executive committee Of the
union The agreement follows:
THE provisions OF the agreement OF
March 10, 1900, as 10 rates Of pay and
hours OF service will be continued in
force by the company.
Every employe Of the company will be
free to Join or not to ION any organ,
made against him because of the manner
in which he exercises his freedom
ANY attempt on the part OF an employe
TO induce any other employe TO Join or not
to join any union shall be a case OF imme-
date discharge of the person guilty OF
the attempt.
ANY attempt TO influence any employee
by an official Of the company to join or
not TO Join union shall be cause for the
discharge Of such official,
The company will meet any employee
or committee, or committee of employees,
.other employees or association OF en-
ployes, regarding any matter of mutual
interest.
For the purpose OF filing vacancies
which may now exist or hereafter may
arise, a committee Of former employees. OF
which 7. Il. Edwards is chairman, shall
prepare list of men who were in the
companys service on May last and as
the company uow or hereafter needs ad-
ditianal men, 1t will select them exelu-
sively from this list until IL Is exhausted.
not Interfering with men now in service.
No person shall be eligible to this list who
has been guilty Of any acts OF lawless-
Scale Of July 5. 1900 Signed; St Louis
Transit Company, by Edward Whitaker,
president; T. r. Edwards. chairman OF
committee.
The strike Is hereby declared off T.
b. Edwards, chairman of committee"
The above agreement, which marks the
end Of the long strike Of the street rail-
way employees of the Transit company,
was reached tonight at $50 o'clock, and
was signed by the strikers grievance
committee Chairman 7 b. Edwards; as
of the Transit company. Negotiations,
which had been quietly conducted during
the past two weeks, came to an end this
afternoon. After five hours of discussion
basis of settlement was arrived at ac-
ceptable TO both parties to the contro-
versy. The terms as printed above were
were signed by him for the company,
They were then placed before the strik
ers' representatives.. and after a brief dis
cussion they, accepted and signed the
conditions The following statement was
given out by II. \. Bryan, who has been
representing the national organization of
street railway men. he also speaking for
the grievance committees:
we believe that satisfactory agree
ment has been reached, one which will
commend itself TO the people of st. Louis
and the transit company and its former
employees.
Concessions were necessarily made by
both parties. After having duly consid,
cred the tremendous proportions the
strike had assumed and taking into con-
siderati on the terrible inconvenience to
which citizens had been put, both parties
are relieved to know that the trouble is
over and that business can now assume
its normal conditions"
For some time negotiations have been
conducted quietly, looking toward a set
tlement The only point Of difference was
finally the matter OF restoring the strik-
ers to their old places. The men at first
demanded that each one OF them should
receive the place he had before the
strike. This point was settled by the
terms of the agreement given above,