The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-11-27
Street RAIL WAY
STRIKE SETTLED
Was a Big Victory for the Com,
pany Which Adjusted the
Demands.
SETTLED THEIR OWN WAY
After Thirteen Days of Idleness All
Strikers, With Exception of Those
Guilty of Violence, Will Be Ta-
ken Back to Work.

Chicago, Nov. 2G--The strige of the
employees of the Chicago City railway
was settled at an early hour this morn
ing at conference between the mayor,
the aldermanic peace committee, Pres
ident Hamilton and E. r. Bliss, counsel
for the company, and the executive
board of the local union of the strikers.
The basis on which the settlement
was reached is a complete victory for
the company as far as the original de-
HandS of the men are concerned.
The agreement reached will be rati-
fed at meeting of the men at
O'Clock this morning, and it is ex-
pected that traffic on all the lines Of the
company will be resumed today.
The only important concession made
blythe company was an agreement to
reinstate all the strikers, including the
outside unions who went out in SYM
pathy with the strikers with the ex-
ception of those who resorted to yio-
lence during the trouble.
The arbitration of the wage scale
is TO be according to the wages paid
outside Of Chicago, and not on the
basis Of local street railways. These
are the two points that have been the
stumbling block to a peaceable adjust
menr of the strike for the past week.
The company has insisted that it pays
lllSIiei wages LHan any Slullldi Colpo-
ration in the country. The men were
fearful that the arbitration on the scale
paid in other cities would decrease
their wages, and th2y fought stubborn
ly for their point.
Demands Of the Union.
The original demands of the union
We're as follows:
l. An increase Of wages amounting to
cents an hour for all men employed on
r,tf ,t,,f, -t,s1-
men offered to accept l cent an hour.
Both sides were at all times willing to
arbitrate the wage scale, the basis OF
arbitration being the sole point at is
cue, and on this the company wins.
2. The employment of none but union
men. On this point the company wins.
g. That the officials Of the local union
be given the right to say what men
shall be- discharged, and their discharge
not to stand if it didn not meet the eD-
proval of the union. On this point the
company wins.
A. The right by the union to regulate
the routing of cars. it being claimed
by them that man was compelled to
be on duty for from fifteen to twenty
hours in order to make a full days
pay. On this point the company wins.
S. Demanded by the union, after SYM
pathetic strikers had been started by
1iremen, engineers, electrical workers
and teamsters, within two days after
signing contracts that all men should
be taken back and given former posi-
tions.
The agreement is that all men not
guilty Of violence toward the COM
pany during the strike are tc be taken
back. Others will remain out. This is
the only advantage obtained by the
strikers.
Strike Lasted Two Weeks.
Ever since the Inauguration Of the
strike thirteen days ago the company
has been gradually gaining the upper
hand of the men. Under police pro-
lection traffic was opened on the Went
worth avenue branch of the system
tWentyfour hours after the strike was
declared and the service has been grad
ually increased ever since. On the
third day of the strike another trunk
line was opened for the patronage OF
the public and since that time three
other important branches have been
put in operation, making total of
five lines that had been operated with
nonunion crews While the strike was
On.
While the service on these lines has
not been at all adequate to public de-
mands, still the company has been
gradually extending the service and
had more nonunion crews than could
be used, as each car in operation had
to be guarded by squad of policemen,
and the city was already taxed to the
limit to afford protection to the num-
Der Of cars that had been put into
service.
While there was considerable vio-
lence displayed by synpathzers of the
men during the first few days of the
strike, still there was a remarkable
dearth Of disturbances when the extent
Of the struggle is taken into consid-
Grafton.
+ Numerous cars were damaged during
the riots, but the loss to the company
on this score is small.
Hundreds of arrests were made in
the thirteen days that the trouble last
ed and a number of shots were fired
by rioters, but not a single death oc-
CURED that can be charged to the
strike.