Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-11
Mayor Gaynor Brings About an
Agreement by Which Strike Is
Seemingly Settled.
NOT ABSOLUTELY Q ! j E: g CERTAIN
Express Companies Publish as .Advcr-
tlsesncnt Long Statement Defining
vheir Position.

New York. Nov. 1l.-After backing
and filling for five hours. an executive
session of the striking drivers and
helpers of the five transcontinental. ex-
press companies decided tentatively,
early this morning to return to work
on Monday under the terms of the
agreement signed yesterday afternoon.
If the Jersey City men approve of the
agreement, the mon will go back. II
tn Jersey men reject the agreement,
the New York men Will stay out.
Drivers and chaufreurs on strike not
employed by the express companies are
not affected.
The strike was settled in a fashion
today in the Office OF Mayor Gnynor in
the belief Of the mayor. the represen-
tativcs Of tho strikers and the e1ecu-
tive officers OF the companies, but the
agreement although drafted and signed
by both parties. was threatened with
rejection tonight:
The day was stormy In the streets,
and lowering tonight in council. The
men gathered In mass meeting to oon-
slider tho agreement recommended to
them for ratification. but although
the mayor. when he left his office, hal
issued a statement congratulating
Henry B. Towne, president of the Mer-
chants association of New York. who
had attended the afternoon conference,
for his share in settling the strike
1t was seen that the strike was not
settled at all. On the contrary, one
after another OF the speakers arose in
opposition to the agreement.
The hundred chauffeurs who struck
in sympathy with the express men and
went back to work a week ago when
their demands were granted. were d.
rected to strike again because the COM
pany would not permit them to wear
the union button. 1t was ordered that
all garages still hostile to the union
be picketed tomorrow. The tone of the
meeting was quietly belligerent.
THE AGREEMENT.
Tho agreement, in the form Of a let
ter to Henry F. Towne. president of
The Merchants. association Of New
York, follows:
I'VE are willing to take back our
employees who nre OH strike. whether
or not they have Joined q union, reserv-
Ing the right. however. to decline TO
take back any Of them, whether they
Re members ofn union or not, who
may have committed or melted acts,of
violence and hostility against lie.
Those Of our companies. whose en-
ployes have raised question concerns
ing their hours of employment or ratio I
of wages. will agree. after tho men re-
sumo work. at. once to .take. up these !.
questions with their employees or COM
mittses, for the purpose Of reaching
n settlement, which shall be just and
satisfactory to both parties. with the
Understanding that the former hours
and rates Of wages shall continue In
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changes mutually agreed upon shall
then become effective"
To this offer, the representatives or
the strikers asSented, as follows:
"The undersigned, O committee rep
resenting the employees of the express
companies which Join In the annexed
letter to Mr.. Towne. hereby receive the
terms OF the said letter In settlement
of the strike and advise the said en-
ployes 70 resume work thereon at once
and end the strike. We proposed these
same terms through the mayor last Fri
day at his request and aihcre to them
now at his request"
Before the agreement was signed.
tho day had been turbulent, confused
and full OF statements and counter
statements.
There was more rioting than at any
other time during the strike. John
Williams, the state commissioner OF
labor. threatened IN official investlga-
ton IL matters did not mend, to which
II. s. Ju,ier. general manager of the
American Express company. replied
that his company would welcome nll
publicity.
Counsel for the Adams. the United
stutcs and the Wells Fargo companies
obtained mn order from judge Coke Il,
tho IIni.ad States circuit court direct
Ing tho city to show cause tomorrow
why II should not be. restrained fror,
enforcing thc}ordinance which requires
carriers OF Interstate express matter
to take out city licenses
Two hundred applications for IL
censes were filed. In each case tho
applicant was required to state wheth-
m, he he Ind ever heen convicted OF n
crime AMI whether he carried arms,
1T was directly due to Mayor GAY
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