The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-16
STRIKES BACK BROKEN.
Four Railroads Reach Agreement
With Truckers

With Truckers.
Chicago July 15.-With agreements
reached between four railroads and
their employees the great strike of the
freight handlers and teamsters. that
has paralyzed the industries of Chi
cago for a week. is apparently broken.
majority of the strikers are ex-
pected to return to work tomorrow.
By Thursday. according to the pres
ent outlook, thore will be few evil
dences of the strike.
Some of the more radical unionists
may refuse to accept the terms ac-
cepted by representative committees,
but apparently they will be able to
WELD but little influence with the ma
jority of the strikers.
1t is possible, however, that the rad
icals may prevent the strike from be-
ing called off at mass meeting of the
freight handlers called for tomorrow
morning. Upon the action taken at this
meeting Vail depend the attitude of the
striking teamsters. Their national
president A. L. Young, ordered them
back to work tomorrow, but If the
freight handlers refuse to declare the
SlIlhS OIL OlllCldlly oOkllC VI lAAC NCoAA-
sters may refuse to work, 1t is con-
coded that their officers exercise little
absolute authority.
The four railroads that entered into
agreements with their men tonight
We're the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern, the Chicago and Northwes-
tern, the Nickle Plate and the Illinois
Central. OF the four the Northwest
ern and the Illinois Central accepted
he do advice nf the
Transfers Board of Arbitration. The
Nickle Plate and Lake Shore succeed
ed in getting their men to sign the
scale presented by the railroads July
l. Consequently neither the freight
handlers nor the railroads claim VIC
tory as the employees of the Lake
Shore were the first to sign. However,
the railroads are expressing the great
est satisfaction over the break in the
strike.
The freight handlers return to work
without having obtained recognition of
thei' union, time and a half for over
tint, or the adjustment of the proba-
ton period. On the other hand the
freight handlers have obtained in
creases in pay, the smallest one being
rs cents a day procured by the truck
ers.
While the signing of the agreements
breaks the strike it does not end it,
1t is still in progress as far as twenty
of the twenty-four railroads in the city
are concerned, President Curran and
a few of his supporters are still I'M
reconciled and state they will not rec
ognize any of the agreements. The
| fact remains, however that the ma
| jority of the freight handlers are SEEM
| ingly tired of the strike and eager to
return to work 1t is probable that
| they will be given an opportunity to
do so tomorrow, for all the railroads
are ready and even eager to sign
agreements similar to that obtained by
the employees of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad.
| This agreement was signed tonight
! after all hope of a break In the strike
! appeared to be at an end. All of the
railroads had refused to accept the de-
mands originally made by the commit
tee of the strikers who had waited up
on them in the morning. Business men
were meeting and determining to de-
| liver freight under. police protection
| tomorrow. Mayor Harrison aid call
ed conference of railroad officials,
strikers and labor leaders for to-mor-
| row morning. Manufacturers and
merchants were declaring that unless
! the police could afford protection to
their drivers, the militia should be or
dered out, and the strike situation APP
peGred to be more serious than it ever
had been before.
| While affairs We're thus apparently
| reaching a crisis several of the COM
| nittees appointed by the freight hand
| lers had accepted invitations issued by
! some of the railroad managers to re-
turn and enter into discussion of the
strike situation In six of the offices,
those of the Michigan Central and Wis
consin Central. the Illinois Central the
Lake Shore. and Michigan Southern, the
Nickel Plate and the Chicago and
Northwestern, the conferences were in
progress, when unexpected announce
ment was made that a committee Of
the employees of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad had ac-
cepted the scale offered by the rail-
roads on July /. This scale follows:
Receiving clerk $50 month, first three
months; $50 thereafter.
Check and transfer clerk, $55 month,
first three months: $50 thereafter.
Delivery clerks, $50 month, first three
months; $50 thereafter.
Showers, IS cents hour first three
months; 1872 cents thereafter.
Callers, liz cents hour, first three
months, Is cents hour thereafter.
Truckers, Is cents hour, first three
months; II cents hour thereafter.
Ten hours to constitute a days
work; straight pay for over time, Sun
days and holidays.
President Curran addressed the men
and practically told them that the
were responsible for the failure of the