New-York tribune., 1903-05-06
an AGREEMENT SIGNED.
Men Erpected to Return to WOrk
T0-morrozo-No Negroes Coming.

A settlement Of the strike in the subway was
announced late yesterday afternoon at the
office of John B. Mcdonald. in the Park Row
Building after a conference had been held
there between representatives of the contrac-
tors and the Central Federated Union 1t IS
expected that the strikers will return to work
tomorrow and that there will be no further
trouble Mr. Mcdonald and John ]. Palas,
chairman of the Central Federated Unions s
committee. signed the following statement Of
the basis of settlement of the strike:
The proposition is that the men return to work
on the subway pending arbitration oy the Two
committees. provided for under the agreement
Of June 4 1901; that immediate application be made
by the Central Federated Union 70 take the Rock
mehs eIen an& nto f6s rssuT aeement the as the
recent application of the Gable Splicers Union
The only sub-contractors for subway work not
represented at the conference were the Degnon-
Mclean company and McMillen & Mclean. AS
nearly two thousand of the four thousand strlK-
ers among subway employees were in the em~
ploy of the Degnon- Mclean company. it seemed
to be important TO ascertain if that company
would abide by the terms of agreement Mr.
Degnon could not be found later, but other con-
tractors who were represented at the CONFER
ence said the Degnon-McLean company anu
McMilIen & Mclean would abide by the agree
rnent. Some members of the Central Federateu
Unions committee said there might be deIdy
of forty-eight hours to enable the unions "
ratify the agreement. but they would do all they
possibly could do to have the men return 10
work to-day pending the ratification
Two thousand members of the KockInens ana
Excavators' Union met in their quarters at No
. 900 Eirst-eve last night. and ratified almost
unanimously the agreement signed in the aI'er-
noon. The men will probably not go back TO
work until Friday morning. by which time the
wages and hours may have been settled
The Central Federated Union committee ap-
peared at the meeting. 1t presented the oileI
of the Contractors Protective Association 10
the union This offer was 81 81 day TO all
the men. The hours of work were left TO De
settled at the meeting tomorrow by the COM
mittee This offer seemed to meet the approVal
of the men, They expect the hours TO be eight
or nine The contractors say they won't con-
cede an eight hour day. They are now paying
81 81 to the ten hour day men and 81 % to
eight hour men.
The striking employees of the subway con-
tractors were paid yesterday afternoon Follce-
men were stationed at the places where the men
received their pay. and strong police reserves
were stationed along the line OF the subway IN
Forty-second-st-. and north of that street III
Broadway as far One-hundredth-St Iie
strikers made no troublesome demonstrations
however and the police had no work to do
William Bradley. of the sub-contractoFs
in Broadway, said there was no truth III d r.
mort that he had engaged five hundred negroes
70 take the places of strikers. There was re-
mort yesterday that some of the sub-contrac'ors
we're making arrangements TO bring seVeFai
hundred negroes to this city from the South ~
work in the subway. in anticipation OF loHs
of the strike. but thls was cOH'N-
dicted. ,,,,,
r,,ta Commissioner Greene yesterday talked
Nth ,nsnectors of districts through wnich the
.,,,,,,,,, masses and was assured that the ponce
-1d he able to keep order along the subway
Tn PeIhau-ave in The Bronx. where the lay
irg of large city water mains has been aeiaSed
bv a strike of italian rock drillefs ana olsserS'
the police reported that more men were at "orh
yesterday. Policemen were stationed Ihere 10
keen away all Italians except those VINO "S'ii'eu