The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-04
NO STRIKE
ON TODAY
Further Effort to Reach Agree
ment Will Be Made.
CoUNSELs CAREFULNESS
Solution Of Problem is LETT to National
Organizer Orr and the Local Ex-
ccutiye Board - President
Griegs Reelected.
COUNSELS CAREFULNESS

Griegs Reelected.
There will" be no strike of the street
railway employees to-day. At o'clock
the meeting of the employees at Sanger
Hall has just adjourned, and the situa-
tion gives assurance that further efforts
will be made to reach an agreement With
the officials of the Virginia Passenger and
Power Company in the matter of wages,
which is the chief issue between the coma
pany and its employees.
The matter may be briefly summed up
by stating that 1t now seems certain that
tho situation Will be turned over to Ma
tional Organizer Orr and the local EXecu-
tive Board, Of which President Wilbur j.
Grggs is chairman. and Messrs. w. II.
Cleaton, c. w. st. Clair. =. w. Redford,
p It. DeForrest, G. Z. Hamlet, u. o.
Griggs, j. w. Whelton and r. II. Thomas
are the other members.
At 2:30 o'clock Mr.. Orr concluded his
address to the men, and in the course Of
1t counseled them to proceed slowly and to
act with deliberatton.
PRESIDENT GRIGGS RE-ELECTED.
The other meeting Of the division was
preceded by the nomination OF officers,
which resulted in the denomination OF
President Wilbur +. Grlggi and most OF
the members OF the Executive Board.
a resolution was adopted by the meet
ing referring the matter Of an agreement
with the company to the Executive Board,
in conjunction with General Organizer
Orr, and pledgng every effort to exhaust
al, means to secure an amlcable agree
ment. A report will be made by the
board to the regular meeting of the dlVls-
Ion, which will be held on Friday night.
Meanwhile the board and the general or
ganizer will confer with the officials OF
the company and are given plenary pow
ers. It Is expected that an effort will be
made to reach some solution of the pres
ent crisis by mutual concessions
THE MEETING IN DETAIL.
When President w. j. GiIggs raped
the asscmblage to order at O'CLOCK in
Sanger Hail. nearly six hundred members
of the Ainalgamated Association Of Street
Car Employees, Division No. 152. showed.
their monthly cards and business was
proceeded with,
So great was the crowd that many
members were compelled to find seats
on tile stage. Only two or three outside
labor leaders were admitted to the hall
On the platform We're International Or:
2Enrl!zer Orr and State Organizer4 for; the
American Federation OF Labor w. III.
Mullen.
The first business before the Body was
the nomination of officers for the ens,1-
ing term. The election Will be held on
Friday night. The following were placed
in nominations:
President, w. ]. Griggs; Vice -Presl-
dents, w. J. Todd, j. w. Whelton W.
NJ. Woodruff Financial Secretary and
Treasurer, a. j. Joyner; Recording Sec
rotary A. L. Tyler; Conductor, w, u:
Edwards: sentnels. Messrs. Rhodes aud
! Martin; Wardens, Messrs Evans bif
ber and Shelton.
Executive Board, Messrs. Dodd, z, q
criggs, DeForrest Braxter, Johnson,
Trlce, Ford, Stevens. Jett, Hamlet Seal.
Redford, Whelton, Miller, Drinnan and
Owens.
After the nomination of officers several
| candidates were initiated, during which
time Organizer Orr was introduced lby
President Griggs and addressed the meet
ling. He spoke of his visits during the
past month to cities where trouble eS-
| listed, and when he referred to a victory
gained out in the West he was literally
applauded Hhe then reviewed the stu
| ntio min this city, and said that he was
we'll acquainted with the various papers
that have been submitted pro and con,
and urged the union to stand frm III any
course that may be pursued. The men
who operate cars are endangered. he said,
ndtthey should not be subjected to this
responsibility for more than nine hours,
and should receive therefor fair COM
pensation. lie lkened the motorman ana
conductor of the trolley car to the train
crew, and brought out the idea that me
man at the throttle would not think or
assuming the grave responsibility for
such q ompensation as twenty cents an
hour He dwclt on the strcngthEof the
organization in this city. and pledged the
support of the International IN assisting
the men in improving their condition. ana
urged that their strength be shown when
called upon to act. Gren things cannot
be accomplished In a day nor month";
He advised eXhausting every means pos
sib!e to bring about a peaceful settle
lnent, although it might take time you
are working every day. ne said "and
! ndoing so you are accommodating the
public. After everything falls you can
rest assured that l. WIFI be with you on
the spot, but we must not be too fast,
He thought the demands OF Division NO,
15a were reasonable. and that the trouble
could be amicaby settled. Mr.. Orr was
literally applaudcd during the delivery OF
his address.
VOTE UNANIMOUS.
AT the conclusion of the speech of Mr..
Orr, Mri j, w, Whelton, OF the executive
board, ana Mr., w, II Mullen. State or
ganizer of the Federation OF Labor made
addresses Both We're enthusiastically
received. notably the speech of Mr., Null
len, which was loudly appauded, He
counseled the men to proceed deliberately
and pledged them the sympathy OF or
gan!zed labor in their just demands
The resolution referring the negotla-
tions between the employees and the cdln-
pany to the executive board We're then
Introduced and adopted with entire
unanimity.
The meeting at 5 o'clock adjourned un-
I'll Friday night when it is expected the
board and the organizer Will make
further report of their negotiations with
the company, and receive further instruc-
lions. IL deemed necessary 10 prolong
the negotiations further,