The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-11
Suggestion of the Mayor That Strike Should End Pro-
 duces Results
ALL THE MEN 60 BACK 10
 WORK ON AGREED TERMS
oue.tton. suII in Dispute Are to Be Taken Up Later With the Express Companies aud Brought to
 Adjustment

New York, November 11.-After back ing and filling for five hours an executive session of the striking drivers and help CTS of the five trans-continental express companies decided tentatively early this morning to return to work Monday un- der the terms of the agreement signed yesterday afternoon. If the Jersey City strikers also approve the agreement the men will go back; if the Jersey men re- Ject the agreement the New York men will stay out. Drivers and chauffeurs on strike not employed by the express con- panies are not affected and may settle their differences as they choose.
 A committee representing the employees --not the union which has organized and conducted the strike-and the executive officers of the five companies met in Mayor Gaynor's office late this after noon and signed an agreement for pre- sentation at mass meeting tonight for ratification. With the agreement ac- cepted by the men the strike will end to- morrow. The agreement in the form of letter to Henry R. Towne, president of the Merchants association of New York follows:
 Agreement of Companies
 we are willing to take back our em- ployes who are or strike whether or not they have joined a union, reserving the right, however, to decline to take back any of them, whether they be members of a union or not, who may have conn mitted or melted acts of violence and hostility against us.
 Those of our companies whose em- ployes have raised question concerning their hours of employment or rate of wages will agree after the men resume unrlx al to falr nm hoe pctf fnnc c with their employees or committees for the purpose of reaching a settlement which shall be just and satisfactory to both parties with the understanding that the former hours and rate of wages shall con tinue in effect until December 1, nexts and any change mutually agreed upon shall then become effective ADAMS EXPRESS CO,
 'W. M. Barrett. President" AMERICAN EMPRESS CO,
 H. & Julier. Vice President NATIONAL EMPRESS CO, q
 70. N. Smith, General Manager ''JNITED STATES EXPRESS CO,
 Frank H. Platt, Director WELLS FARGO EXPRESS CO,
 ''E. A. Steadman, Vice President"
 Reply of Strikers
 To this offer the strikers replied as follows:
 'sThe undersigned, a committee rep resenting the employees of the express companies which join in the annexed letter to MT. Towne, hereby receive the terms of the said letter in settle ment of said strike and advise em- ployes to resume work thereon at once and end the strike. We proposed these same terms through the mayor last Friday at his request and adhere to them now at his request.
 "DANIEL P. O'CONNOR,
 "Of Adams Express Company.
 THOMAS w. TALON,
 "Of American Express Company.
 E. J. MARA,
 \ "of National Express Company
 JAMES c. ACKERMAN,
 "Of U. S. Express Company.
 JAMES w. DONNELLY,
 "Of Wells Fargo & Co., Before the agreement had been signed the day had been turbulent, confused and full of statements and counter statements There was more rioting than at any time during the strike Counsel for the Adams, the United States and the Wells Fargo companies obtained an order from Judge Coxein, in the United States circuit court directing the city to show cause to- morrow why it should not be restrained from enforcing the ordinance which re- auires carriers of interstate express
 
 that the companies will press this point in order to settle the matter once and for all.
 Gaynor Forced Terms
 It was directly due to Mayor Gaynors attitude that the agreemnt was drawn up and signed. Last night the compan- ies issued and today printed in the ad- vertising columns of the newspapers long statement defining their posi- ton.
 When I was shown the published statement of the express companies" said Mayor Gaynor, q saw that if boiled down it meant the same as the terms the men agreed to last week on my request. I sent for Mir Towne and asked him to reduce it to such a short form and see if the express com panies would not sign 1t, and they all signed It. then got together the com mittees of the striking employees and they signed paper agreeing to the terms.
 MT. Towne is entitled to great credit for settling the strike. The worst of the trouble today came not from the express employees but from the striking taxicab chauffeurs, who went out with them in sympathy. They mobbed taxi cabs driven by non union men and squabbled with the police until 1t was necessary to threaten them with drawn 4 revolvers and with swinging night sticks. Bottles, stones, bricks and loose ends of iron flew thick and there were many broken heads, but only five ar rests