The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-03
PETERBOROUGH AGAIN YIELDS
t>JOyS arr THE SCHEDULES
rUyl WANT IN THE StBD AZ.

,.,, ,bc romnan,'s Agreement With Them
i,n.rcs ON March I and There wa BE
Sew peal Al irOund-GOt All We
asked. Wen Say--New Demands soon.
rho lnferborough Rapid Transit Com
., t-a,n granted the demands OF the
,,.r- represented ON the subway and
.r.,.,,ed roads yesterday aud there will he
o., .tr.tr-at present. Whether the men
,,a- really intended TO strike will not be
,.r,y, unit they make still more demands,
-. tbeyara expected soon to do. and the COM
,.r, takes serious stand against them,
rfr mems grievance committee arrived
ot,b,, marlborough Office at II 80 yesterday
>, receive the cumpany's answer TO their
demands for the abolition of the new sched-
mia and restoration Of the old in the sub
,,v The COMMITTEES at once went into
conference with General Manager Hedley.
The conf renee resulted in an agreement
IN. which the new schedule, which adds
n,o the day. work Of the mutormen, is to
i.-f oriv until Monday, when the old sched-
,.,. of six trips a day for local trains ana
.oven friu- day for expresses will be re-
.rmed until Feb. 81, when the schedules
v,ill all hc revised. The years agreement
with tho unions expires on March /. The
,notarmen are now guaranteed in writing
sf,eon minutes rest at the end of each trip.
b.,t the conductors and guards have only
a verbal agreement, by which ther rests
an. tbc same that they have on the elevated
roal- worrying from eleven to twenty
,n.pu;e- between trips. They appeared
m have gained nothing during the con-
terence. though they declared that they
acre satisfied with the result. General
Na"1r r tl'rHv md
w have hal about two and half hours
discussion of all the differences between
the mana. meut and the men and each
ttiot l dispute has boon s'ttled TO the
satisfaction If both sides. There will be
.T1e OH schedule is to h. recstablishod
on Monday. said William l.. Jenck. spokcs-
man flr The motorm'n. There won't be
arv strike. We will get the fifteen minutes
rst at The end of each trip and everything
What about the now achodula;' he was
oh we haven't come to that yet
thinN il will be some kind OF a compromise
Who're do the guards and conductors
como Ia Under tn fifteen minutes?'
On they'll ct it, replied Jenck.
Grearg Pepper representing the guards
and conductors was In rcppery mood. =,
Don't You worry, he said, Wei get all
tn rest We want
Tie train crews are ged at the end
of every trip The same conductors and
guards do not 90 with the motorman all
dag but with the next available train.
Tie object of the company in putting on
the extra trip day was TO increase speed
and improve tho service without paying
more wa ges. The officials contended that
a. II takes time 10 get matters working
smoothly on now road like the subway, !
the men would he able 20 go through the |
ueg schedule in the same time as they
originally went through the old schedule. /
TIE men have been accused by the com (
vanv Of -soldiering' that il Of deliberately F,
le1gihening the time Of each trip in order /
% force the company 10 employ extra !
men As each extra man comes on the I
organizers try 10 get him into the union.
August Belmont pre- ident Of the Inter- |
borough company, said before yester-
days conference that there was not the !
slightest chance Of strike. The idea
MAS absurd