The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-09
STRIKERS MEETING.
General Business-Committee Appear
 -Suhnoits Pronosition

Submits Proposition. l A meeting of the striking conductors
 and motormen was held at 9:30 yes- terday morning in Aurora hall with practically the entire membership or the new union in attendance. The
 meeting was called to order by Vice
 President Platt, who introduced MT. Hare as chairman.
 The announcement that the charter | had been received was greeted with great applause. After the anounce-
 ment, MT. Hare put under obligation all the men present, according to the ritual of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes of Amer
 lea.
 One of the principal pieces of busi- ness before the meeting was the consideration of an attempt made py an automobile firm to establish lines Of 'busses in the city, the busseS to be run l by the strikers It was unanimously voted that no member Of the union take employment of this kind. for the present at least, but should the strike continue the action of the meeting might be changed to suit the circum- stances.
 Speeches were made by MT. Farms worth, a Waterbury railroad man, and
 some other out of town men. Certificates of membership were re- cived for the charter members of the
 union and certificates for all the mem bers will be received shortly. The meeting adjourned shortly after noon. Immediately after the meeting of the
 union, the committee appointed at the public mass meeting arrived at the hall hnd held a conference with the execu- five committee.
 During the conference Messrs. E. I. l Atwater, J. c. Gallagher and MT.
 Hamblin, representing the New Haven
 Business Mems association, the Cham
 Der of Commerce and the Chapel
 Street Merchants meeting, arrived at the hall At their request the execu- tive committee broke off their audience with the mass meeting committee and went into secret executive session with
 them.
 At this session the executive commit tee was given proposition which had
 been agreed to by the road and which
 the joint committee stated would close the strike if accepted by the executive committee.
 It was stated that this proposition
 was over President Parmelee's sigma ture and was to the effect that the company would take back the twenty
 one men discharged and furthermore the joining of union by any motor- man or conductor would not be cause
 for his discharge or unemployment. At 1:45 the committee of three from | the chamber of commerce which had
 been sent to confer with the railroad officials appeared and were enthusiasti- cally greeted. This committee was com posed of NJ. Sonnenberg, Joel A. Sperry and c. A. Baldwin. They asked the road officials if they would accept the
 proposition of the business men that disinterested committee be named to
 pass upon the cases of the discharged men. After a discussion that went | thoroughly into the subject the road
 officials agreed that they would over
 look everything on that score and would take back the 21 discharged men
 without inquiry.
 | This report from the committee was 1 duly reported to the businessmen at the rooms of the chamber of commerce i and then anothar committee was
 created to wait upon the men at Auro-
 ra hall and tell them what the off,
 cials had said. This committee was
 composed of John c. Gallagher. Ed
 ward I, Atwater and William F.
 Hamb,in. In Aurora hall they asked 1 the strikers if they would accept the
 statements that had been made by
 the railroad company in addition
 to the statements of the railroad off,
 cials previously made that they would
 not discriminate as against union la-
 bor and the strikers agreed. 1 This was getting together with great
 rapidity and there only remained the question whether the road would re- ceive union men as a body. It was proposed in Aurora hall that
 railroad company be composed of the
 employees of the road exclusively, all
 outsiders barred. and this was a ques-
 ton that the business men had to
 take up again and after their return
 to the Chamber of Commerce hall a
 new committee was appointed to ~vait
 on the officials of the road with this fresh proposition.
 l At this point in the proceedings the
 chances of a settlement seemed to the
 committee quite favorable and further developments were awaited.