The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-26
OUT JUST FOURTEEN DAYS
DURATION OF THE TROLLEY
STRIKE IN CHICAGO.

Four O'Clock This Morning-com-
pany Not oHcialIy Notitled Until Last
Night That strike Had Been Declared
or-Mayor Harrison Happy.
Chicago, Nov 25.-Although a basis
of settlement of the strike Of the en-
ployes of the Chicago City Railway
company was decided upon at 1880
O'Clock this morning and the agreement
was ratified by the men a. few hours
later, not a single car Is in service on
the entire system tonight. The only
cars operated to-day were manned by
nom union crews under the came condi-
tions that prevailed since the inaugura-
tion of the strike a week ago last
Thursday. :ts ..-
For some unexplained reason the
management of the Chicago City Rail-
way was not officially notified until to-
night that the strike had been declared
off. While the men were ratifying the
agreement decided upon early this
morning by which the men were to re-
turn to work, the company continued to
operate cars under police protection on
the five braeh lines that had been OPP
ened for traffic since the Inauguration
of the strike, and as no official notice
Of the cessation of hostilities had, been
received by the officials of the road at
5 o'clock tonight, the usual time of
abandoning the service since the trou-
bic began, arrangements were made for
the cars to run tomorrow guarded by
the police. Tonight, however, Assist
ant Chief Of Police Schuettler, who has
had charge of the police who have been
guarding the cars, was notified that his
services and that of his men would be
required no longer as word had been
received from the strikers union that
the strike had been declared off. The
trainmen have BEEN ordered to report
for duty at o'clock tomorrow MORN
ing. This makes the time elapsed since
the walkout fourteen days to the hour
and minute.
The electric linernen, firemen and en-
gineers, cable splicers and coal team
sters returned to work Tonight and to-
normal conditions.
The following statement, signed by
Mayor Harrison and the aldermen, is
in the hands of President Mahon:
"The mayor and committee guarantee
to the organization that if any man
shall be unjustly trsated in reference
to being taken back by the company
they will stand by the organization and
see that justice is done him by the
company in his reinstatement"
Mayor Harrison declares that Chica-
go has great reason for being thankful
for the settlement of the street railway
strike. He says the men were walking
about with lighted matches in their
hands over a powder mill. The city is
almost as much to be congratulated on
the fact that the magazine did not ex-
plode as on the settlement of the dis
pute. in his opinion.
IT am very we'll, exceptionally well,
pleased with the outcome" Mayor Har-
rison said.
II think the agreement is as fair as IT
could be made without fighting the
thing out to the last ditch. Our pur-
pose was to get both sides together to
prevent fight to the last ditch for in
that kind of a fight it is the public that
suffers.
"We have great cause for thanksgiv-
ing, and I hope it will be a long, long
while before we have another street
railway strike"