The evening times., 1901-05-17


the Result of Yesterdays shoot
| iHg-Thc Agreement said to Have
Been Submitted to the Company
ALBANY. n y, May Through the
aid Of State militia and the feeling of hor-
Tor growing out Of the violence Of yester-
day afternoon when the soldiers shot into
! the crowd the city has been kept com
parativeIy quiet today and the United
Traction Company has again operated
portion of its lines with troops as pas
sengers-
Two men have lost their lives in the
tracrIon strike riots E Leroy Smith, who
| was shot yesterday afternoon on Broad
way near Columbia Street, presumably by
an officer Of the Twenty-third Regiment,
died in the City Hospital at 4:16 o'clock
this morning. His death occurred a few
hours after that of William J. Walsh. who
was shot at the same time and in the
same disturbance in which Mr Smith was
| wounded
Albany stands aghast at such conse-
quences as these. Both victims of yester-
days rioting were innocent; both were
men of standing in the community. They
merely happened to be in way of the riot
when it surged toward them. following a
car containing a strong guard of twenty
third men and commanded by Lieut. !
W Wilson, of Company f 1t became
necessary to resort to arms against over
whelmfng odds and in the fusiIlade the
innocent bystanders fell
Expressions of regret which were heard
all over the city last night changed today
to expressions of horror When the news
| Of Mr. Smiths death was circulated II
rioters had been shot and killed. If so:-
diers had lost their lives in doing their
duty, Albany would not have been so
stirred
For few hours after the shooting there
was a noticeable tendency to split into
factions which denounced the militia for
their hot-headedness or denounced the
strikers and rioters for the tragedy which
their acts had caused These were mani
festations of the disposition to place re-
sponsfbiHty after such an affair. and the
search for men who could be held blame
worthy resulted in an opinion that the
tragedy could have been avoided If the
detachment OF the Hooslck Falls Company
of the Second Regiment, stationed on
Broadway, near the scene, had rushed the
rioters il the way the policemen Of New
York city do when trouble IS brewing
The cries Of all factions and parties to-
day. however, outside Of the United
Traction Company ard the strikers. have
been merged into a clamor that the
strike shall end. Sympathy with one side
or the other has even been laid aside for
the time, and advocacy Of the right OF the
company OF the rights Of The strikers has
been postponed The people urge now
that some adjustment Of affairs, even if
temporary, must be made. No one knows
how much pressure has been brought to
bear since yesterdays shooting on tise
company and the strikers TO compromise
for at least a long enough tine for the
voice Of law and order TO be needed with
out the aid Of guns. That pressure has
been brought. is being brought, is the talk
of the town. and hope was high today
that the strikers would listen to reason
and the company would be conciIiatory.
Such a hope was founded chiefly on ne
gotiations yesterday IN the interests of
/ peace. The outcome Of efforts made by
Mayor Blessing and Corporation Counsel
Andrews for the city. William J. Walker
and Albert Hessberg for the company,
and Mr. Woolard. the attorney, and VIII
liam McCabe, the Vice President of the
Federation of Labor, for the men.
An agreement was reached which was
to be submitted to the United Traction
! Company directors 1t was understood
that the strikers had yielded the conten-
ton which caused the whole trouble, that
the company should discharge a few nom
union employees What was believed TO be
an authentic copy of the agreement to
be submitted was circulated widely this
morning and follows:
Memorandum of agreement made be
tween the United Traction Company, OF
Albany y. Y. party Of the frs part. and
Divisions Nos 1872 ana rs. Of the ArnlEga-
mated Association Of Street Railway En-
pIoyes Of America. party Of the second
part.
..Witnesseth, first, the party Of the first
part hereby recognizes the fact that its
employees are organized irto bodies now
known as the AmaIgamated Association
Of Street Railway Employees of America.
Divisions No. IS2. in Troy. y Y. and No.
i14S. in Albany. N Y, and the said Iarty
of the first part. through its properly ac-
credited officers. will continue to treat
with its employees Of The AmaIglmated
Association Of street Railway Employees
Of America, Divisions Nos I32 and JAS,
through its properly accredited officers
rSecond-The wages Tor all motormen,
conductors, Hnemen, and pitmen shall be
20 cents per hour and that of pitmen' 5
help shall be I7la cents per hour
"Third-AH employees shall be permit
ted to return to work and there shall be
no discrimination against any of the men
now on strike for their participation in
the strike.
..Fourth-Thc agreement her, ofore
made o. the 18th day of Junuary 1880. be-
tween the party OF the first part and its
employees Of the Troy division shall re-
main in full force and effect except where
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