The Saint Paul globe., 1902-07-12
MEN MAKE DEMANDS
BOARD OF ARBITRATION DRAWS
UP LIST OF FREIGHT HAND
LERS' WANTS
BELIEVED THAT THEY
WILL BE ACCEPTABLE

Strikers Ask That Probation Period Be
Abolished, That All Receive 18 Cents
an Hour and Time and One Half for
Extra Hours-Curran Says if Roads
Agree All Will Return to Work at
Once-outIook for Settlement Good.
CHICAGO, July 11.-Mutua1 conces-
sions by the freight handlers and by
the railroads have paved the way for
conferences between the managers and
their employees which, it is hoped, will
lead to the settlement of the freight
handlers strike. These conferences,
which will be the result of the work of
the Chicago board Of arbitration, will
be held tomorrow morning in the Of
fees Of the respective general man
ayers.
After working all day upon the sit
uation, the board of arbitration to-
night made the following recommends
ton, which had been accepted by the
railroads and by the freight handlers:
THAT a committee Of five, four of
whom must be employees of their re-
spective railroads and having full pow
er to act, meet with the proper officers
of the said railroads during the fore
noon of Saturday, July IL, to settle the
existing differences between the rail-
roads and the freight handlers"
While not so expressed in the rec
ommendation, it is understood by all
parties that the fifth member Of each
committee is to be a member Of the
executive committee Of the freight
handlers.
Curran Opposes Meeting.
President Curran, Of the freight
handlers, has from the first vehemently
opposed the meeting of any of the en-
ployes of any road with it's officers,
unless an officer of the union should
be with them. The railroads have in
sisted that they were ready at all
times to listen to the grievances of
business through third parties. The
agreement reached tonight is, there
fore, a slight concession on both Sides
The board of arbitration made it's
recommendation tonight and the ex-
ecuuVe committee of the freight hand
lers went into session to consider it.
An hour later it was announced that
they were unanimously in favor of the
recommendation and it was said by
the board of arbitration that the rail-
roads would receive the committees,
with one officer of the union included.
Prepare List of Demands.
After receiving the consent of the
freight handlers the members of the
Nd Nf cpIoi ia1, r41
lowing list of demands for the men to
present to the railroads tomorrow
morning. In drawing them up they
said they were assured that they would
be acceptable to the railroads. The
general managers said that they had
not been consulted about the list of de-
mands to be presented in the morning,
but added that they would meet the
men and use every possible means to
reach a settlement.
The demands of the men will be as
follows:
Abolition of the time of probation for
new men; all freight handlers to re-
celve full pay from the start; Is cents
an hour for truckmen (the railroads
offer IL cents); time and a half for
overtime.
1t was stated by one of the high Off
Gals of the union that the last demand
would not be made an insuperable OBJ
lection to the settlement of the strike
The roads shall make a strong fight on
it, the men will give way on this point.
On the first two propositions, however,
the men will not surrender.
President Curran, of the freight
handlers, said tonight:
If the railroads accept our demands,
and we believe them reasonable, we
will do our best to see that all the men
are at work by noon tomorrow. We
AaeV
the Chicago board Of arbitration, and
the three propositions which we will
submit tomorrow are practically the
work of that body. If the railroads will
not meet us fairly tomorrow morning
| all the teamsters in the city of Chicago
will be out before night. If Chicago
is demoralized by the strike which will
follow it will not be our fault
Members of the arbitration board
say the! are confident that an agree
ment VIII be reached.
Several Drivers Are Beaten.
J--G. Klein, a driver for the Acme
| Flexible Clasp company, was stopped
at the intersection of Sixteenth and
Clark streets this afternoon by crowd
| of pickets. They boarded his wagon,
and finding that he had a load of
freight consigned to the Erie road, the
strikers pulled him from the wagon
ana beat Ilm badly.
A driver of van belonging to the
Livingston company left the Pennsyl-
vania depot with load of household
furniture, and within the distance of a
square was knocked from his wagon
with paving stone, hurled by a man
| who had followed him from the freight
| house.
A driver of the Kennedy Biscuit
company was badly pounded by q
gTO1n of i1ICt a Ia hol
from the yards of the Burlington road.
| There were numerous other assaults
which the police were unable to pre-
vent.
The strikers had determined to make
| an extra strong effort in the neighbor-
hood OF South Water street, where
| many commission houses are located,
| but they accomplished very little
| there throughout the day. Lieut.. Cud-
| more was stationed there with strong
| detail Of police, and he would not per-
init striker to stop a team or raise
his hand to stop one. AS a result the
| freight handlers were compelled to
| keep quiet all day or be arrested.
Teamsters viii Go Out.
If the conferences between the gen
eral managers and the strikers shall
! not lead to the settlement of the strike
| it is practical certainty that all the
members Of the Teamsters' union will
| go out. The drivers for the commits
| sion houses on South Water street in
formed their employers this afternoon
| that they would handle goods for the
| lake lines and for the express COM
| panies. but that they would not after
! tomorrow deliver anything to the
| freight houses or haul anything away
| from them.
This means, according to the COM
mission men, that 100000 worth OF
produce which will arrive tomorrow
morning will be allowed to spoil unless