The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13

overtime was paid As a matter OF fact
b. said. the COMPANIES paid overtime %
~ cents an hour for waybill clerks. ~
cents an hour for platform men and 20 .
cents an hour tor callers Drivers re-
Ceivsd a quarter of days paw for over
tune. no matter hn~ many or how few
hours they worked
There wis MT much done in the wav 90
sending ult cabs by the com IA nl,.s y--ter-
dav President M"ad.. II the New York
Iran 'portatIon Company said that only
a frw cabs had h.'..n sent out hy IN. com
pauy MnIl. the men w-r. wiling Ia
worn thu company dI'i net want rNl"'s'.
them to violence
Henry r"wn'. chairman of the New
YORK Merchants Association, sad Sesier
day that h. had guu" To Jersey Iity at |
O'Clock in IN. afternoon AZ the request
of Mayor WulI-un and addressed the.
meetings. or ~" strikers at Hawkes. Hall
and Drin- Hall before the strikers went
into "N"'u.INr -'.~-s"n Before tn'' ~
eouIiNr session u.1-Iu h" hula conference
with a committee II Tie strikers. Includ
ing org IuiI-' James Ack-rnEIn. one II The
committee. NJ strikers Representing the
Jersey CIV and Manhattan men ~hu
conferred with NlN"r ,,nVnnr several
day, ago.
w. went over the propositions mad'.
by the cnmpIui.'-. he said -ard th,
OBJECTIONS - the parts 10 the proposition
were taken mp ~"rililm. | wis able Ia
convince them that ih"r" was no loophoi.'
IN anv oI them and that the Co,npan MES
were slnC~r.. IN ih.,r pr.'r To- the men and
would 1t, . hv heir promises II the strike
were declared IN. Inc cummitte- prom
Used then that ~ the executive session
they would recommend this. acceptance
OF the proposition. When they left ~" |
was confident that Tin" proposition would
be- accepted 10y th- J..r~..v Gay strikers.
Lat. IN III" afternoon General Organ.
iz.r Ashton 10 the transfers announced
Al Washington Hail that "A settlement hat
been made with Park 4 T,lford and that
their drivers will go Ia work Io- morrow
unde. uuIun conditions.
Tn. headquarters "f the strikers at
Washington Hall Were filled all he al er-
noon with representatives III unions IL
drivers VINO We're To b- Ordered nn strike
In sympathy II there hai been nn settle.
ment uf IN" cypress strik" Most ~
them -aId they Were relieved hat they
were not required - call ont their men
though they would have been ready -
strike when called ON. Delegate McNally
Of the Building Material Drivers Union
said that his organization had voted al
. meeting in ltah Hall Twenty fit h
street and Eighth avenue. To- strike IA
sympathy when called on
The settlement ~ the e1pr-asm,.n' =
strike he said ia IN. b.--f news I have
heard in hong time Oar members
are well paid and hav. M grievances
They are paid g.. : day with ~ cent.
an hour for overtime. aud work .Indc-
union conditions. strike ~ these
drivers would hav. tied up an building
work. and am glad they did not have 20
go out
ASH IN said thar every on. who re-
turned to work Tomorrow would wea-
a union button and h. had mad. arrange
ments for an unlimited supply II them.
Some 81 IN" men waiting IN IN. cnrri-
doris were surlv and said they would not
return to work except under closed shop
conditions They did not say his 10
Ashton. howeNe-
There was much rejoicing throughout
the Horseshoe IN Jersey civ when u be-
came known that the strike wa- AZ an end.
Groups of men and women gathered on
the streets To talk tbs. matter over and
there was a great difference Of opinion
as 70 whether the victory belonged 30 the
companies or to their employees.
This was the average strikers view Of
10 as EXPRESSED by one young man.
-Tbe comn,nv yx;ns on, q, it, s,and Tor
- u-...,, =,
I ~ -,
'"'- III any """o'
about that We are going back IA indi-
viduas. huf We are now union men with
the backing OF the American Federation
of Labor behind MS The companies
know VIVA, we can do This strike has
h.ap an .x,.,sive o,a for ,bo,, md ,h.,.
80, -, na,L -, -, ,h- -.
=. a -,
r'h '"se,ner !" sure 'hat we
ger square deal from Inc companies u
Ne have any grievances and our griev
ancee are Just"
Chairman Toxne ~ the Nercbap,s
Association is.,,.d a s,,,.m.,, vss,a,,I.v
a-.,,.;,;... b.; =, a. r. -.
' P''' :" WV ~
P0~'0' ~" gS'
Before attending the conference 81 the
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