The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
Mayor Harrison and Committees
 Reach Agreement
VICTORY FOR THE COMPANY
The Company Agreed to Reinstate All Strikers-Traffic Will Be Resumed On All Lines Today-AIl Par
 ties Appear Satisfied.

Chicago. November 25.-The strike of the employees of the Chicago City rail- way company was settled at an early hour this morning at a conference be- tween the mayor and aldermanic peace commission, President Hamilton, E. R. Bliss counsel for the company, and the executive board of the local union of the strikers. The basis on which the set clement was reached is a complete victo- ry for the company far as the original demands of the men are concerned.
 The agreement reached will be ratified at meeting of the men at o'clock this morning and it is expected that traffic on all the lines of the company will be resumed today. The only important con- cession made by the company was an agreement to reinstate all the strikers, including the outside unions, who went out in sym 9athy with the tra,nmen with the exception of those who resorted to violence during the trouble. The arbi- tration of the wage scale is to be accord- ing to the wages paid out of Chicago and not on the basis of the local street rail- ways. These are the two points that itdNC pctH h StuliiDllllB DiOCk to d DOSSl- ble adjustment of the strike for the past week.
 Demanded Higher Wages.
 The company has insisted that it pays higher wages than any similar corporation in the country. The men were fearful that the arbitration on the scale paid in other cities would decrease their wages and they fought stubbornly for their point The original demands of the union was as follows:
 1. An increase of wages amounting to 4 cents an hour for all men employed on the electric lines; before the strike the men offered to accept one cent an hour. Both sides were at all times willing to ar blfrate the Rss scale, the basis of arbi- tration being the sole point at Issue and on this the company wins
 ?. The employment of none but union men. On this point the company wins.
 3. 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 1t did not meet the approval of the union On this point the company wins.
 4. The right of the union to route cars, 1t being claimed by them that man was compelled to be on duty from fifteen to twenty-four hours in order to make a full days pay. On this point the company wins.
 5. Demanded by the union after sym pathetic strikes had been started by fire men, engineers electrical workers and teamtsers within two days after signing contracts, that all men should be taken back and given their former position. The agreement Is that all men not guilty of violence toward the company during the strike are to be taken back. Others will remain out This is the only advantage obtained by the strikers.
 New Trunk Line.
 Ever since the inauguration of the strike. thirteen days ago. the company has been gradually gaining the upper hand of the men. Under police protection traffic was opened on the Wentworth avenue branch of the system twenty-four hours after the strike was declared and the service has been gradually 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 have been oper- ated with non-union crews while the strike was ou