Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-21
Solution of Quaker City Trolley
Trouble Depends on To-
days Session.
FEDERATION CHIEF HALTS
STATEWIDE CALL-OUT
Hopes Matter Will Be Adjusted
by Pending Decision of
Employers.

PHILADELPHIA, March 81. =
Whether settlement of the street car
strike will come today depends much
upon what action the directors of the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
will take at their meeting this after
noon. The striking motormen and con-
ductors have rejected all propositions
that do not contain an exclusive rec
ognition of committees of employees al
filiated with the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Street and Electric Railway
Employees.
Following the strike last summer a
rival union, known as the Keystone
Union, was organized among the en-
ployees, and it is charged by the ANAL
gamated men that the company is dis
eliminating in favor of this rival or
ganization. The company in it's last
proposition declared it could not compel
the men to belong to any one organiza-
tion, but that they could do as they
pleased, and the company would not
discriminate among the committees of
different organizations, but would treat
| all alike.
| indorse the last proposition made by
| President Kruger to the men, which
called for an open shop.
| There was little or no change in the
general strike situation. A considera-
BILE number of men returned to work
today in the Kensington district, but
building operations throughout the city
are still almost completely tied up.
Tho fro aoropanv annoy1npad
| had 1900 cars in operation, and that
| it opened two lines today that had
been tied up since the strike began.
| President Greenawalt, of the State
Federation of Labor, is withholding his
call for Statewide strike in the hope
of an early settlement of the carmen's
| troubles.
| The Committee of Ten was in session
| this AFTERNOON to hear the report of
| President w. d. Mahon, who was in
conference with United States Senator
Penrose and other politicians until
early today.
| The committee of ten having the gen.
eral strike in charge today issued a
statement that the situation, as far as
it was concerned, was unchanged, and
| that the battle was still on. The state
ment of the carmen made public by this
/
committee says:
"Since Saturday our association has
been in negotiation with representa-
tives of the company making every
effort within their power to secure a
settlement of the dispute between our
association and the Rapid Transit Com
pany.
"At the outset it was requested that
we should submit to them the PROPOSE
| tions upon which We were willing to
settle. These propositions were submit
| ted, based upon the contract that the
men had sought early in February. In
reply to these requests the company an
swered in a lengthy document ad-
dressed to the mayor of this city, in
stead of to our committee.
Fight for Seniority.
"1n their letter to the mayor the COM
pany officials offered to post bulletin
| in the carbarns specifying certain
conditions under which we might re-
turn to work. These conditions pro-
vided that the men could return. with
the exception of 174 men, these being
| the portion of the men that the COM
pany locked out on the. 18th of Febru-
ary for their activity in the union.
| AS TO the OIueT IileH Ictulhih6 W
work, they would not grant them their
old places, but stated that they would
agree to pay them 50 day until such
a time as they could receive runs that
would pay them that amount. But
this provision would take from the
men their rights of seniority, for which
they have worked many years.
1.-THE company also proposed that we
| should concede to the recognition of as
many committees as the company
might desire to form, and to recognize
Keystone and any other kind of labor
organization.
| "To accept these conditions would
have been to surrender not only the
conditions that we have secured in
the past, but to surrender even our
union and it's rights that had been con-
ceded.
"These propositions UP to the present
time have been refused, and, therefore,
the situation. as far as we are con-
cerned, is unchanged and the battle is
still on"