The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-18
STILL DIFFER ON REINSTATEMENT.


in sit Of the cause after Saturday There
We're present between 200 ard 3cU. W. D.
Mahon. interna,iora! president IF the
AmalEamat"d Association OF Street Rail-
wey Employees " America, WAS the only
speaker
An Appeo. 70 Our F'.llow- Citizeus" Is
The heading OF the following statement
made by the strikers last nigh, through
their secretary. Mack Miss.k:
We. the street railway e-npioyes OF the
city Of 81 Louis. IL mass meeting asseIn-
bIeu, do hereby present 70 you our case
ana appeal 70 YOU fer yoar assistance and
ara. On tho eighth day OF this rnon'il we
We're forced to strike In defense of our
rights as American citizens. On tho tenth
Jay "f last March We had reached un
AGREEMENT with :he -. Louis Transit ,'oIu-
pany. under which W., EUied 70 I've in
harmony with then The INK was =carcrl,
1FE on that agreement ~hr1 they began 10
'G-ah IT. W. bore all She violations rT his
asFe;;a"nt and lived lu hops that through
"-r committees Vs. would He enabled to
tS.-tA = harmonious understanding. hut
non! iat T. cay gDuli ions grew wu-sr.
'ar member were discharge. upon
every pr"taxt and "a r-e most trivial
'AtrEes that could be FOUND y hiIe ,H" non
HiIoR men WEI" =. q. rTreL. no na,fcr Il, y
grave ail aEyES- thuv snr.H.i.ry''. mi tH.,
Were lot even rrprinrau..I. az. the ..H-
tf~it, they Wo'c ,aruuras,! and sent q"
our u'niHe-s VINO W-rr ,u-p u,l-d rrII--
them 10 lenvuu-- tha Ut!uu and tacy TOulI
have th-ln rriH.-rar-d. and ;hat they vouiA
nave lie good VIII o: tie company. Il t:u
NOT stop with this. .;!t AZ OPPOSITION uEea.i-
ration was formed and encouraged ry sav
unG> Tstrapr"rs ~ the lpauy 70" rha T1.lr-
pose Of Ci~rUptIug and = rryi:iE u'.V union.
While his work WIS Eui'G uu III" Of
;l'-r~ u. the company v.-ra Nt.l-tIr- ugr
agreement il regard "a tt:e lru-ruUr WcEh-
day, for. instead uf Eivi"-S mat agreed.
they arranged the schedules and ,;me "a
h!eS 10 maxi" tn. III ~ uhGoNiuus rs posi-
bic. ana nhen W" rro5es-cJ against this
The bosses joerirSly remarked: That's ia.
work OF Eour union In many "LSr- our
men only made NJ cents ii day. and had Io
report bwic- day IT. DO that"
The agreement Specified mat the men
we 2" have pay tor overtime and mel.
Who were detained ru watch were II have
half pay. While our men pU: III tn" over
tine and w"r" detained on watch, they diI
not receive a single penny Tor H. After
weeks of hard work on the par: % o-r
Grievance Committee To- get these r.attr's
adjusted. and, having failed. W. Gecid al to
demand an agreement covering these que
uons and OF which there could be no mis-
understanding. in the future.
This aErermert was presented. not with
q demand that they sign II, but with H.,
understanding that tt would he taken NJ
and thoroughly discussed and :. mutual IN
derstaadins reached to The Interpretation
OF the various CI.tUss-A The agree ruent MAS
rejected fatty b. the company. and then
We did no take haSty action; tut. through
our committees. Offered &. leave the entire
matter 10 Il uiSinter.stsu board ct ..TbI-
tratOEs. they 20 decide the entire question
The proPoalti n to arhitrAic the company
would not receive ana fatty refused To give
amy answer To il. and Il was only after ar
r-eant ANA defiant treatment by the com
pany that We decided To- strike IL behalf of
just rights.
Since the strike through cur irterna-
t-uual president. We waived tl.- questions Ut
tie agreement and SAID t. t.e company: II
You VIII recognize ana treat with our or
Eanizatiou Us Il labor organization. we VIII
make with you agreement that viii BE
= tIsiaCtOry 10 both PARTIES This thcI re
jscted. We again renewed our proposal To
submit the entire matter 70 arbitration This
they refused ani tonight have sent US 4
proposition that We shall sacrifice our
nIIor. give & the good runs 10 the cabs
a2. criminal labor tha: have been fakeI
- from the 'bowe-leS ana criminal dis
'r.cts throughout the leading cities of the
Gi:ed States ana Canada. This We most
.mphaticaliy reject and call upon our fol
low-workmen OF every occupation ana call
ing TO come 10 our assistance. for II We are
defeated your turn may come next and II
for nothing else should resent this i'm
portaion OF thugs and criminals IN yrotec-
tiOn OF our homes and tirestdes and in be
half OF the good name Of our fair city
After Mr.. Missik finished reading the
statement Of the strikers 10 the public. the
following resolution was handed to him
which Was adopted after II had been read
asU:d:
Whereas. Our strike is clearly FOR the
principles Z trade uniOnisGn. and the loss
uf il would not only be disaster TO the
street railway men. but would be q blow 20
every organization in the city Of ST Louis
from which they wo'iii not recover for
years; therefore, be l.
Resolved. That We .all upon every trade
urioniSt and sympattiZer FOR the cause Of
labor 10 suspend work after next SATURDAY
and stand united with us until the battle
has been won and union labor recognized"
II was said last night that I'm the event
OF general strike the union employees OF
the ST. Louis and Suburban Railway Com
Iany probably would be compelled TO st1p
work.