The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-12
PEACE AFTER STRIKE RIOTS
TRENTON STREET. RlILWAT 90.
GIs ES N az EIERA FONT.
VsetsrS Wen for O1a S,sapsOs go ~ T'uSile
seAa,weai Rastlng Was Net bS siriA-
e~s Iat ~ SSmpathlsesu with rhen
NSang NOman sert~WsiS Hurt.


sentiment Maeting Mas Net b. StriA-
e-u Isat ~ SSmpa thlsesa with Thcun
OSHng WOmaa ssri"wsiS Hurt.
TRENI1N. y J March ~ The di-
rNctors ni the Trenton Street Railway
Company capitulated with iis striking
employees this afternoon and tonight
an agreement was signed under which
the men are TO return to work Tomorrow
morning The company ac~cded to sub
stAntially all the demands Of the nen en-
cept the formal recognition OF the union
and this was virtually included in pro-
VISION that the company should treat
with q committee Of the men a. &" future
differences which misgh, arise.
The settlement 81 the strike followed a
dAy Of riOting and disorder during which
cars were stoned. their crews attacked
and n number oG persona injured. With
the aid oG nfty-seven strike breakers
brought from New York late last night
the company succeeded IN keeping
eightsen or twenty cars going over its
lines until the factory hands were let out
at noon From that hour until , O'Clock
the attacks upon the strike breaker~
became more violent and the company
finally issaIed an order recalling all cars
on the city lines to the barns
In the meantime a citizens committee
consisting Of the Leading business men Of
Trenton was called together and after
discussing the situation a conference
vas asked for With the directors of the
railway company then in session at the
ONCE OF Ferdinand W Roebling one OF
the directors. Mr. Roebling sienified a
willingness To confer and the citizens
committee chose a. their Representatives
for that purpore Archibald &. Ma'idOck
William } Convery. Charles A May.
Charles n Gallagher and Harry A. Ash
more Al the conference the directors
agreed To meet the demands Of the men
in the matter Of wages. raising them from
~ TO y cents an hour. Last Sunday the
company tried to head OF the strike by
cOnceding q raise from 1871 70 ~ cents
This the men refused 20 accept,
The directors further agreed Io-dav
that there should he a roadiu-tmsnt ot
the hours OF the men 20 that zen hours
/ to no Completed within twelve consecu.
tive hours. should constitute a days
WORK This will DO aNaV with the swings
or shifts under which men have heeT
on duty. though not continually from
! : or 40 clock in the morning until o 'clocl
! the following morning II was also
agreed thai IN future the company vii
treat with its employees With references
to all grey ance- arising between the
company and them AZ any time and thai
I oil employees and those Who have isser
recently discharged will he reinststed
! In their places
Il. 81.
men through the citizens COMMITTEES
and after Il had h~en agreed to- II was
aligned nv REPRESENTATIVES, Of both tbs
strikers and the company
Up 10 the time the cars Were recalled
the police had their hands fIll trying q
| keep order A. the corner of State RDc
Clinton streets a large crowd assembled
! and amused themselves by stohinG every
car On one Of these Miss VaIeska era
m,s . teacher 81 languages OF I'hiladel
I phIa Was the only passenger She had
juat arrived IN Ireh'on and did not know
that . strike NAs on Frightened by
the breaking glass and missiles Niss
rArnis ran 10 the door NJ the car and
jun ned OF. In dong 80 she fell. break.
! ing her nose spraininE an ankle and
1 hFulsang hsr head She Vas tAlSen TO a
! physician Office and her injuries we're
attended TO
In The pottery district 81 Ea-i Trenton
: the riOting vas carried on for several
hours. As each car passed " vas made
{ the target iOT missiles hurled from fac
I tory Windows ~ Mulberry street a
mob Airacked = car. ~ hich they dlsmantled
4 and threw the moforman into the Assam
I rink Greek The ob Dispersed b~tors
the arr, al Of the pOllce 81 this point
/ One OF the common occurrences Of the
day WIS FOR the drivers 81 the W gOn.
20 get in front OF an approaching car. thus
deiayIng them until q crowd rad assem-
bled and voiced its sentiments toward
the crew One NJ the strike bTsC kers wher
stopred IN the manner raised the tende,
Of hts cor and rem y INTO the re. Of "a
express wagon tntil he had forred n from
the tracks The police made numtS.l
OF arrests Of drivers wNo were charged
With violating city ordinance
The company sIcCeeded IN running
the cars on - Princeton and lAaWrenCe
vile lines without interruption until ;
late hour ia the atternDoH. This wa,
made possible by attaching to the car
signs bearing the three words -Unues
States Mail The effect vas ma xica /
Although these cars pissed through
some 81 the most disorderly pa rts og IN,
CITY there was not even a glass hrokes
IN them. The company. however,. though
q unwIse TO trust To this expedient ate
shutdown. and the frn0etun cara were
called In with the others
The strike was insugur4ted unde
conditions that caused the pubic gcner
ally Ia sympathize with the men tn.
existence 81 the strike was used a. at
excuse by hundreds Of citisens man,
81 them usually we'll behaved to settl.
their supposed grievances against IN.
company The strikers themselves die
not figure appr~cia bly, IN any 20 the dis
order Only one 81 their. number va.
arrested and that was Tor applying az
eptthei TO one ~ the men who returned
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