The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-02
STREET-CAR
MEN TO MEET
Important Action VIII Be
Taken Thursday Morning.
THE STATEMENT is DENIED
Counclmen Not Urging the Men to
Strike, Says Chairman Griggs, and
Any Sympathy They May Have
is as Citizens.

Division 152 Of the AmaIgamated Asso-
ciation Of Street Railway Employees will
meet Wednesday night after midnight at
their hall for the annual election of offl-
GERS, and the transaction Of other Inn
portant business. It Is expected that
some action will be taken by the division
on the communication OF General Man
ager 8. w. Huff. in answer to that of
the Executive Board. printed In Sundays
Issue.
Just what action will be taken by the
division remains to be seen, and cannot
be forecast at this time. Mr., Wilbur J.
Grlggs, chairman of the Executive Board
when seen yesterday by a reporter asked
to be excused from making any propfle-
ces as to the future action Of the or
ganlzation.
STATEMENT OF MR.. GRIGGs.
He stated, however. that an erroneous
impression seemed to exist as to the agree
rnent entered into by the men with the
company ten months ago. That agree
ment, drawn by the Arbitration Commit
tee, to whom the differences between
company and employees wero referred. was
for no specified time. Had it been for a
year the men would have lived up to the
agreement. AS It was they accepted 1t at
the time because they had agreed to
abide the report the men had been work
Ing at starvation wages, he said ever since
that time, but were under no agreement
to continue for year nor for any other
period.
Referring to a published report that
the employees were being urged to strike
by certain Council,nen, who promised
them the support Of the Council, and that
they would see that the company was
forced to operate its cars or forfeit it's
charter. Mr.. Griggs denied the statement
NJ Tho {- fol No rha
E he stated. were notinAueEced by any such
thought, and SO far as he knew had had
no talk with Councilmen on the subject.
MATTER OF COUNCILMEN.
From other sources 1t was learned that
some OF the Councilmen are in sympathy
with the employees in their demand for
increased wages. but the point made by
Mr.. Griggs was that the organization
knew OF no such effort, as alleged. It Is
regarded as entirely probable that some
Of the Councilmen are In sympathy with
the desire of the men to secure raise OF
wages.
AS CITIZENS: AND NOT OFFICIALLY.
Under the agreement entered into ten
months ago which ended the strike at
that time main line motormen now get
1912 cents, and main line conductors,
II 1-2 cents per hour. and branch line
motormen 1912. and branch line con-
tduCloTS, ID IL ceIlS an Ilour.5 ne contract
submitted to the Passenger and Power
Company, and which that company,
through General Manager HUFF declines
to accede to, asks % cents an hour for all
motormen. and 81 cents an hour for all
conductors on the Richmond and Man.
chester and interllrban lines. and Is
cents for motormen and II cents for con-
ductors on the Petersburg line.
The meeting of Division l52 of the en-
ployes organization will be held Wednes-
day night, or more exactly about A.
M. Thursday and will probably last two
or three hours.