Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-23
THE ALBANY STRIKE ENDED.
An Agreement Was Reached Saturday
Concessions on Both Sides.


Concessions on Both Sides.
Albany, N. Y, May 1.-Two dead,
one dying and 16 suffering from in
juries was the record at O'Clock this
morning of casualties resulting from
the strike of the United Traction Co. g
employees III this city. OF the three
men who were wounded by the fire Of
the National Guardsmen yesterday,
William Walsh and Il. Leroy Smith
are dead, while William Rooney's
wound is not dangerous. William
Marshall, the uon-union motorman
whose skull WAS fractured by stones
thrown by the MOB that attacked a
Car he was taking out OF the Earn
Tuesday, cannot recover. Mr.. Smith
was prominent in business and social
life here, and was the presiding officer
at the last session of the American
Whist Congress. Major General Roe,
Brigadier- General Oliver and Col.
Barnes of the Twenty third Regiment,
which did the fatal shooting, said to-
day that, while they regretted the
shooting, the soldiers had been ordered
TO stop mob violence and to shoot il
attacked, and the only safety for
peaceable citizens was to move away at
John w. Mcnamara, general manager
of the United Traction Co., and Robert
@. Pruyn, the president of the com
pany, are both fearful that they may
be shot at. The Police have heard,
and those in command of the military
have been informed, that certain law
less elements have openly said that
both of them would be- killed. Both
OF the men are keeping off the street as
much as possible, aud MCNAMARA is
closely guarded when he goes out
Albany, N. Y, May 1s.-The street
railway employees strike, which was
inaugurated IL days aqo on the lines of
the United Traction Co. in Albany,
Troy, Cohoes, Rensselaer, and Water
Welt, is at an end. There have been
concessions on both sides, aud IN agree
ment was reached early today, ut a CON
ference at which both the corporation
and the operatives were represented,
under which it should be possible to
avoid strikes in future. The company,
on its part, agrees to receive presenta
tions regarding grievances from any
committee of its employees representing
organized or unorganized labor that
men suspended or discharged by the
superintendent shall be entitled Ic
appeal to the executive committee of the
COMPANY; that in case empl yes can
disprove charges under which they were
suspended or discharged they shall be
entitled to pay for the time they were
idle during such suspension or dis
charge. and that there will be no dis.
elimination against any of them who
engaged in the strike except those
guilty of unlawful or riotous acts. The
company reserves the right to employ
union or non-uriun men ard to dis.
charge employees for cause. The wages
of oil the motormen, conductors, line.
men and pitmen is TO be ~ cents pei
hour, and to pitmen helpers l715 cents
per hour. The men agree that nc
proposition for strike shall be acted
upon by any division at the same meet
ing at which it is introduced, hut thai
at least 48 hours snail elapse befors
such proposition shall be voted upon
and that if a strike shall be ordered
it shall not take effect until at least 81,
days have elapsed after notice to thu
company, during which time the EN-
ployes shall continue their work.
The non-union men brought here t,
1 fill the places of the strikers will un
questionably Withdraw, although tn
formal agreement does not mention
them.