The San Francisco call., 1904-04-21
Conference Between Officials
and Employees Said to
Have Come to Agreement
BOTH SIDES ARE SILENT
Union Will Meet to Deter
mine on Acceptance of the
Terms Offered by Company
aaSe

Whether or not there will be strike
by the streetcar operators in this city
will be determined at the union meet
ing of the men which will probably be
held tonight They will pass upon the
terms offered by the United Railroads
Of San Francisco under which they
must labor or quit.
The end Of the conferences between
the toilers, represented by their Inter
national president. their local president
and one Of the operatives on one side
and the officials of the United Rail-
roads on the other. ended at o'clock
last night. Both sides were pledged to
secrecy. and none of the participants
was willing 10 leak drop of informa
ton Whatever became public indi-
Gates that the United Railroads is Of
fering terms upon the acceptance of
which industrial peace for its present
employees and the convenience of the
San Francisco public depend.
After morning session of the con-
ference lasting from 10 to u o'clock and
an afternoon confab that consumed
five hours. President Holland of the
United Railroads fiuttered through the
corridors of the eighth floor of the
Rialto building, where the company's
Offices are. He held in his hand a few
sheets of paper and smiled pleasantly
as he disappeared into an Office where
a typewriter Immediately got busy.
Then he came back with a typed docu-
ment in his hand. still smiling and
went into the conference room again.
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS.
Eventually the room was vacated,
one by one drifting out. First came
Richard Young, representative Of
Brown Bros. the New York bankers
who underworld the bonds for $40, Qo0,-
600, which financed the purchase of the
holdings of the United Railroads. He
was on his way to New York via the
elevator and had only time to reach
his hotel and pack. He knew absolutely
nothing, but his avowed departure for
the East was the first signal OF an
agreement between the contending del
egations. Young is not a man TO quit
a field when the issue is doubtful.
Next came International President
Mahon, Local President Cornelius and
Thomas Bolan of the Garments Union.
Mahon was suave and tactful as usual.
Cornelius, suffering under an accumu-
lation Of boils, was more than usually
reticent Bolan bluntly announced he
had nothing to say.
From Mahon IT was learned that
some form Of an agreement had been
reached in the conference the accept
ance of which will rest entirely with
the men affected when they meet to-
night. The exact terms have not been
put in written language, but each sec
tion of the agreement between the
United Railroads and its employees has
been clearly defined. The sections COM
prise forty-three in all and deal with
all the questions brought up at the
previous strike in addition to two new
clauses. These latter are said to relate
to fat rate of % cents per hour, to
which the company is said to have
agreed, and straightaway hour propo-
sition, with allowances for overtime OF
ten hours labor.
RESTS WITH THE MEN.
Whether or not these shall be consid-
cred as sufficient concessions by the
United Railroads will depend upon the
men.
President Holland, except for his hur-
ried trip through the corridor, was in
visible yesterday. When a request for
an interview was sent to him after the
adjournment of the conference he sent
Treasurer Starr to say that the COM
pany had nothing whatever to say.
This morning at 10 o'clock the repre-
sentatives of the company and those of
its employees will meet again to exam
inc the articles of agreement prepared
last night under the supervision of Cen
eral Manager Chapman and Tirey L.
Ford, attorney for the United Rail-
roads. If they shall prove satisfactory
TO those in the conference the articles
Will be submitted to the men.