The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
CRESCENT CITY IS
 STILL MINUS CARS
ar Men Consent to Open Me- gotiations Through Mayor.
NO ATTEMPT TO RUN CARS
Mayor capdevleile Feels Hopeful That the Differences VIII Be Adjusted at an Early Date.
 President Pearson Arrives.

New Orleans, October 1-When the New Orleans Railway company this morning summarily broke off further ne- gotiations looking to settlement of the street car strike. it looked as if the gauntlet had been thrown down. and 1t would be fight to a finish. That was at 2 o'clock this morning.
 Mayor Capdeviele did not give up hope. however, and during the course of the day had 8 conference with the car mems executive committee in which they ex- pressed a willingness to reopen nego- tiations through the mayor. No more let- ters passed, however. The car men finally came to the point where they were will ing to submit the alleged violations of the contract of last April to a conference be- tween the car men and the railway off cials, and in the event that they could not agree, that an arbitrator be appoint ed agreeable to both sides. This question is tonight the subject of a conference be- tween the mayor and the railway officials. The latter insist in the first place that the men go back to work immediately.
 Union Men Give Tn a Little. The fact that ihe union has come around to the view of submitting the al- legged violations of the April contract shows a change from the attitude they have been assuming during the past two days. It Is move towards the original proposition made by the railway com pany Monday morning. ana IS the first real step that shows any indication of bearing fruit
 In the meantime the general situation shows no material change. The company has not made any effort to run passenger cars. If there Is no settlement tonight it is understood that an effort will be made to operate cars tomorrow. The company has prepared call for several hundred men and preparations have been in progress all day looking towards a re- sumption. President Ben Commons of the carmen this afternoon made tour of all the car barns and cautioned the men to abstain from violence. He urged them not to molest any of the cars which may be taken out. The broken feed wires have been repaired near Audubon park, and as the company has ample forces in the power houses, everything will be ready. The postal authorities have got ten after the company for failing to transport the letter carriers with the usual facility and four mail cars were run without trouble. Tomorrow, no mat ter what turn the negotiations take to- night, nine mail cars will be sent out protected by four policemen each.
 President Pearson Arrives.
 President Pearson of the railways com 1 pany arrived from New York this morn- ing and immediately went into consulta- tion with the other officials of the com pany He was joined by the chief con sulting engineer, Charles H. Lederly, of 1 St. Louis, who has just had some experi- ence with strikes in that city. MT. Pear | |. | strike beyond expressing his approval of everything done by the other officials in 1 his absence.
 Mayor Capdevielle tonight before go- l ing into conference, said to the Associat- ed Press:
 T have good reason to hope at the l present time that we will be able to ad- l just the differences that have kept the l eontendng clements apart. I am more encouraged tonight than at any time since the trouble began.'
 1 The labor situation, aside from the car | strike, seems to show some improvement. l The threatened strike of the teamsters and loaders may not take place. The boss draymen have made up their minds 1 to stand out against the demands. The negotiations brought about by the mayor for a temporary settlement of the car strike again fell through. The mayor had conference with President Pearson and other railway officials late tonight, at which they expressed their willingness to accept the proposition advanced by the mayor on condition that the men resume work in the morning. The mayor then sent for the carmen's committee and re- lated the result of his conference with the railway officials, and then was sur prised to find that the carmen had changed their minds and would not con- slider such proposition. They insist upon taking up the new. agreement as well as the old
 Efforts are still to be made at midnight to bring them together again.