The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-08
OUR. AND GAR Md
STILL STAND PlT
WAGE DISPUTE
Hutchins and xahon Exchange r.
tiers, Both Refusing Fatty al
Recede From Positions Pc 81!
viously Taken.
Men Name John Mcvicar ~ ASt
traitor, But Will Consent 10 Open
Wage Clause Only.

The company cannot afford to po1
80 cents an hour. We will arbitr&f1
the whole agreement or nothing
This is In substance the reply D1h@
mitted by President Jere C.. Hutchiuf
OF the Detroit United railway, to I'll
ternational President w. D. MahoG
OF the street car mems union, FTtdoy
morning, In response to the dem&d6
or the company's motormen and co1
ductors for an advance In wageo~( 1
SO cents an hour and time and -oo
half for overtime. ". y y
President Mahon and the local aGrC
ment committee at once drafted
reply, which was submitted to Pit
dent Hutchins Friday aftcr10oG
charging the company with opGni3
up the wage clause In the aefo6166
by arbitrarily changing the wne8rxIG
and Offering to arbftrate the WuMx
question alone. As an evidences q
their Willingness to- arbitrate on -t1lI
basis, the men name John McVioof~ o1|
their arbitrator Surprise IL exproooo65
In the letter at the attitude taken II
the d. U. r. .s..
Thus, the warning factions are a.
parently no nearer a settlement th&<k|
before. President Mahon's letter CALI;
Tor another reply from Mr.. Hutchmof
TX IT Is not satisfactory Presidents
Mahon's next move will probably %.
to take the matter up with the exoc1s
tive committee of the Amalgamate{S
Association of Street and Electric Ran
way Employees Of America with q viow.
TO calling the men out. y 81
Mr.. -Hutchins' letter follows:
April 8, 1910.
William d. Mahon, Esq. President "a
Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway En-
ployes Of America, Detroit.
Mich:
Dear Sir: As Il promised you
on Wednesday last, when you
called upon me, accompanied hY
the officers and the local Commit
| tee of Division No. rs Of your ~
ISOLATION, that we would give due VI
consideration tC what was said 10 z
us and advise you, beg to says
II | understand correctly, Df-
vision No. 26 has declared by a
majority vote OF its members that
strike vote is advisable unless
we shall consent to pay motormeu
and conductors a fiat rate of 80
cents an hour and As cents an ~
hour for overtime. and that this
question has been referred under
your bylaws, to yourself as presi-
dent, and the executive commit
tee OF the national association for
ratification.
We realize our total inability,
out OF the income received from Is
the public, to comply with such
demands. OF our own volition.
the scale we are now paying Is %.
% and 81 cents an hour, while the
agreement In effect between us
provides for a maximum scale or
25 cents--the higher rate we are y
paying, having been In effect for
some SIX months.
Analysed, this rate OF pay means
that our motormen and conductors
are paid for their service more 3
| than one-fourth OF the average 8.
fare received by the company. and
| know of no city like Detroit In
! America or any other country
where the rates being paid equal
ours. And while this is true. the
rates of fare in effect In Detroit,
from which the revenue must be
derived to pay wages. are lower
(ContInued from Page Four.)