New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-26
DRIVERS OPTIMISTIC.
sly STRIKE NEARS END.
Stumbling Block Is Demand Of Men
to Make Union Court of Last Appeal

There ie nossibtv of settling the strike of the
meat wagon drivers against the eighteen pdOni
houses that supply New York City, ACCORDING 10 d
well defined rImor that circulated yesterday
The strikers held meeting at their headquarters
in East 18th street, First avenue and the EN-
ployers' executive committee met IN the f1o'ei Ai
mont. The fact that the employers adni1tteo nav
Ing studied the strikers demands was sgnhca'll'
Members of the union in the interval between tne',
afternoon meeting and the night conclave hlhteo
darlxly at having things fixed" but. as usual the
statements for publication were on each side op'i
mistic and of the fight to finish ORDER
No meat was moved yesterday. since the packing
houses make their deliveries weekdays. Slaugh-
terng continued. however. There was no trouble
and the riottng that has occurred since the strike
was called on Thursday replaced by calm
in the packing towns of the East and west
sides Nevertheless. the extra police guards were
kept on duty by Inspector Burns
The meeting of the employers at the Hotel Bel
mont lasted for than two hours. During that
time the committee carefully went over those de-
mands of the men that the employers refused to
incorporate in the contract they were 10 renew
with the union. The strikers want a sixty-hour
week of six days work. with slight wage increase
and extra pay for overtime. They also wish to he
exempted from embarrassing the horses at the
barns or from cleaning the harness. They put IN
a tentative proposition that they should not De
obliged to help load meat into the wagons at liie
packing houses.
1A
der consideration the following
Under Section 1o-No teamster shall be dis
charged except for cause or laid off Tor reoeflhs
any service to the orGa'xaloh au LTids1e or Sat
urdays, and payment shall be mace III cuiie"''
Section 12-should any difficulty arise in any
packinghouse working under TINS agde re IT, 4rr,
where the grievance exists and the business repre-
Of the union a ihsn TO be to the
strikers organization for adjustment
The demand that difficulty arising between
an employee and his employer might be carried u
the union a court of last resort impressed Tue
hackers as in effect. taking away from them the
contro, Of their business and placing 1t I'm the
hands of the union. 1t was on this point that
there occurred the split in the conference OF
Thursday.
Afor tho meeting Of the packers yesterday
George w Morgan their counsel refused 10 an
swer the question to whether representatives. OF
the strikers had arranged to meet the packers eN
ecutive committee within the next forty-eisnl
hours Mr. Morgan said officially that there was
no change in the situation and the companies ex-
pected TO get all their wagons for the regular
deliveries of meat this morning
William H Noyes. a representative Of the en-
Movers met COMMITTEES OF eight striking drivers
Mt the Hotel Belmont last night Mr.. Moves VINO
f. chairman OF the employers committee mace
declined them
The drivers called a meeting for o'clock at
Jordan & Trainors Hail. Third avenue and 45th
street There rhe strikers. 10 the number OF four
hundred met 10 debate the propositions submitted
20 them by Mr. Noyes
AT 1915 this morning the strikers were still IN
session Mt Jordan & Trsinors Hall, at Third ave-
nue. and 45th street
II was believed that proposition that had been
handed to the strikers by the employers repre-
sentative was under discussion. The strikers them
.s,,.s would not talk and the leaders could not be
reached.