The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-22
CAR MEN NOW FIGHT ALONE
REPEDI aTION az Pm ROSE'S
TERMS .lLIENlTES NPPORT.


PmLADELPHIA. March - The striking
carmen have r-pudiated the agrsement
made between the Rapid Transit company
! aud their own international president.
William n. Mahon " came a. the great
kr@t surprise that Philadelphia has ever
known,
After senator P-nrose had forc,.l the
; Rapid Transit company to grant ~ per
/ cent more than the strikers had ever de-
manded: after Mahon ia the name uf the
strikers had eagerly accepted the terms
aud had shaken hands ON the bargain
with the senator. Nice-Prsaidsnt Wolf
~ the company and others in the con
ference. after the announcement by the
senator and MIR Mahon that the strike
was over the car union. pricked ON by
! Pratt. Inundated their principal Official
! and deliberately offended Penrose. who
I had obtained for them far more than they
had asked.
The most experienced in politics and
labor difficulties cannot recall a situation
To- equal the present state Of affairs.
| Penrose. angered has returned to
Washington.
Mahon. insilted hy his own followers.
! IL on the point of withdrawing On" sup
/ port ~ the international carmens union
I The sympathetic strike il melting like
show under = spring sun. Thousands ~
union men. who had been out in sympathy
! With the car men. went back 20 their jobs
to-day disgusted with the outcome.
} r. =. Greenawalt has gone to Wilkes
barre 10 consul, ths council Of the state
I Federation 10 Tabor a. to whsthsr
state strike shall be called He does not
{ want a State strike. He ~ tisappoint "a
~ to the defiant stand taken by the local
union. hut he - like n man with a hos
! potato in his hand anxious Ia drop u
: bat the skin sticks a little.
J The officials and directors ~ the RAPID
Transit company. driven 10y senator
B Penrose into making terms which they
detestsd. ara more irritable than ever
/ before. and more ncsnsed against the
car men
The whole thing is IN a muddls and the
only thing that seems at all clear - thar
the local car men will have To fight II ont
alone without the assistance % any 81
! the bodies which have hitherto support -
them and without the measure ~ pul lic
sympathy which they enloved previous
| to their violation of good fauh There -
7 tonight no indication ~ further con
/ ferenc~s.
The car men saw that ihev rapudiated
the P@nro-e- Mahon agreement because
they did not want The strike 20 80 settled
bv politicians and bAcauss. there Na- no
exclusive recognition 20 their union m
he peac" treaty A. matter ~ fact
they had log r"Ii"d for 'hs ASSISTANCE It
the Voiitic clans hss@ecA ng senator Pen
rp@a 20 come over from Washington -
help hem nut and they had never A. anv
time th. p-ac~ uesrt 'atiuuS were on
demanded exclusive recognition. They
nuli iad ne agreement bscau~- Clarenr =
- Pratt amt John : Murphy. president
vt tho sntrai I.ahor linton W"r" passed
over hy senator P-uruss and the y z 7.
.tRc.als ani eliminated from m" -"ysrsi
s-onf~-ences.
Ths SEN. ~ and Jha = X I uffctaIs
Assumed. and 'hev had Mahon- word for
g. ths' whatever 30 agreed to. n far.
Souli re binding "a the unioU Al ~. m.
pa - ~ the hual difference on sunday
vi III. .''tat o. good faith Mahun Na-
tsllsh 81 e. tho Terms be had secured
ppnrp..s ~ p',.t ,'sTi ~ wns' ls rpusiders-d
W. q good -f~pks Tee. 4 I ufi~ia l.
N"r. no: happy -Iu"'. - ~ tad o. ConD e,e
U'rf- ttHu thew "s". Iat"ntet bui ihsS
N.re zee ~ lH" ..-- .ua company had
.uSar,i aud th-N we. pressed hard by
"a, financial ~. .-r..,'- ounf'uliluE the =
I ~ 'ck suu tn- securities - the
urpu Fraction tHmptuy. the puuDipa
,.bsIit'y n.uu"-u 100 %" V
N'er ~. agreement h'i basn stKn-. I
and .sn ind eNsTvbudv % S.ut I1r Psurp.p =
once ~ tho Arcad" buIidlng rei 80 good
, tina there Ns- haudshaking all around
Mahal and the members - he sub
. comFnittee - the committee II ten. Wh'
were acting wi,n uim. assured the Y ]
officials that the men would turn % and
, help tho company rehs bilIiat- o. ,ef
Mahon guaranteed their loyalty
The neat step Na- CDnsidsr-l by every
Y BODY ~ ne conference tO Ne purely fOrmai
. The agreement granting 20 The striker.
. reinstatement ~ heir Jobs - increased
, ray and a. the -snle priority they had -
! 10Y 81 previously a. well - arbitration q"
, the status ~ the i's men discharged Tot
Z cause was taken hy Mr. Mahon 80 th'
strikers headquarters a. he ratIhed -,
A the committee ~ teg The committee wa,
hound - course ~ The action 81 - sub
committee appointed - dea With P"nru-'
p and the y
' When Nahon and tho ~ b-commn'a,
. got to Tho s'rk"rs' headquarters At
! % rlCrk This morning they announce,
a that the battle was over and that She mel
. had won = victory Pratt Wa Their"
silent and nOrConm'ttal Murphy
equally a. unenthu-lastIc. was EtandInl
= Nv One ~ the committee of ten. IN ar
= dent supporter Ot Pratt aud Murphy
y suggested 20 Mahpn That the barn com
mi',ee It carmen. nineteen men. ono from
each harn. have an opportunity TO looi
!. over the ARTICLES h..fore the committee ~
ten ratified them formally
, I've no objection satd Nahon un
stispiciously but suppn~" they ar
scattered all over town and . would b
}. hard 10 find them.
4 on no they ~ not they ~ right here
% lid one OF the Murphy supporters.
MahOn began 10 smell nous Whe
the nineteen fled into the room ~ fel
p thai something had been framed uT
- The articles were road by the nineteen
One Of them spoke up.
, -pd Senator Penru=e and McNichol Sc
y thig'- ne asked
We'll ye- said Nahpp. -thev uAe'
:. their naus'ce with the p r. T. peopl
- 10 reaCn ~ agrN"u ent told them tha
. II was fair ana 'hail. 81 would agree 10 q
= Nv word B. pledged
|. You're dead wrong Bad the spokes
man for the nineteen We wont ayr
: TO ANYTHING the politicians do. You z
:. hack and tell Penro@e and McNichol an
= the rest Of that crowd that We have