The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-16
Will Stick by Demands Made.
Upon the b Company.
CRISIS Ii; j, 70 COME N AT NOON. '!l)!
Committee VIII Wait Upon the oAicials
This Morning and Present
the Employees Ulti-
matum.

Indications at an early hour this morn
ing pointed to the probability that within
a few hours Richmond will isbe in the
midst Of Its first great street railway en-
ployes strike.
The street car mems union, at a very
largely attended meeting last night, at
which more than four hundred men were
present, decided to decline to8accept the
tp1 oposItion Of the company.
The same committee which called upon
the officials of tTie company yesterday
was instructed to wait upon the officials
this morning. It was instructed to pre-
sent tho same proposition from the union
Ia nine-hour day at twenty cents an
hour.
It was decided that if the demands Of
the union were not granted by the COM
pany by twelve o'clock to-day that the
men should leave the cars at that hour.
HIS OFFICERS COh-lNG.
The international officials of the Anal
gamated Association of Street Railway
Employees were telegraphed for last
night. President Malone and the inter
national organization will. probably be
in Richmond in a day or two. -
The meeting last night lasted for about
3:15 o'clock this morning. There was
every indication of unanimty and earnest
ness Of purpose on the part of the men.
They appear to have no hard feeling
against the company, but to believe that
they should now act and act promptly.
President Simmons, who is a district
organizer, the men say, has authority
to order a strike.
representative of the company when
informed at an early hour this morn
ing by The Times of the action Of the
men, stated that the authority to call a
strike under the laws of the organization
was vested only in the president of the
international organization, MIR. Malone.
CONFERENCE YESTERDAY.
BY appointment, committee of the
union, consisting Of Messrs: w. J. Griggs,
r. D. Johnson, A. ). Porter, Harry Baker,
r. E. Evans, and A. j.. Dillon, called at
he offices of the company yesterday
morning to receive the company's reply
to the overture of the man for a. nine
hour day at 20 cents an hour. They were
in conference for half an hour with.
President Sitterding. or the Virginia
Passenger and Power Corniany;;2 General
Manager Huff, of that company, and
Major James D. Patton, at LIS slime pres
ident Of the two sone-t time rival com.
-nanies now owned and operated by the
Virginia Passenger and Power company.
The conference was very peasant
one The proposition of the company
which the committee carried back to the
union, may be summarized as + iollo"s:
THE PROPOSITIONS.
First: The men of each division may
decide by vote whether they will work
nine-hour or. a twelve-hour day.
Second: A scale of wages OF ~ ana 10
cents for main and branch line motor
men. and IS and IA cents for main and
branch line conductors.
Third-Payment by the hour if the men
desire it.
The proposition Of the union to the COM
pany was as follows:
First: For a nine-hour day.
Second: For a uniform wage for all
motormen and conductors Of 20 cents an
hour.
Third: Payment by the hour, rather
than by the day. in order to secure COM.
pensltion for overtime.
Tt will be seen that while the company
grants first and third Of these requests,
in the matter of wages, the union and and