The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-23

! PHILADELPHIA. March 37.-Ths general
strike was broken at ~ o'clock tonight
when tho delegates from all Of tho unions
Of textile and hosiery workers voted
unanimously to 60 back 10 work to-
morrow morning.
A few minutes after this announce
ment was made il became known that
william ID. MAhOn. President Murphy
Of this Central labor Union. members
Of the committee Of ten. Vice President
Wolf Of the Rapid Transit Company and
other directors and State senator James
p. McNichol were in conference at the
home Of George X. Earle and were near
an agreement which would end the car
strike.
The arbitrary action Of the carmen's
committee OF ninstsen in repudiAting
Mr.. MAhOn's agreement with Senator
PenrOse resulted almost Immediately IN
alternating tho principal labor union
bodies that had been helping the carmen
in their fight.
Of these unions the textile aud hosiery
workers wer- by far the most powerful.
kensingtOn. where the looms are and
whore nearly all Of the men live. has been
the stronghold Of the general strike. IL
was thcre the boycott did the most dam
age 20 business.
This afternoon a meeting was called
for tonight in the kensington Labor
1yceum. The delegates met in secret
and went over the ground thoroughly.
They decided that they had done all
they could he expected to do TO help the
carmen. but that there was no common
sense in keeping up a losing battle
The car msn's delegates to-day began
TO make overtures 20 everybody thOy
hoped could bring about a settlement Of
their Quarrel with the Rapid Transit Com
panV. John J. Murphy went To George
II. Earle and asked him 70 make another
effort. Mr. Earle. who had retired from
the negotiaticns = week ago. sick Of the
vacillation and double dealing on all
sides agreed to maj Ike q further effort
When the kensington labor people
explOdsd the sympAthetic strike a state
ment was authorized hy Mr. Earle. SEN
ator McNichol and the car mems repre-
sentatives that conference was Icing
held in Mr.. Earle's home and that there
was every probability that an agree
msnt would b. reached.
The most important points % the pro-
posed agreement which was UNDER dis
c'i-sion at Mr. Eari's home st midnight
are:
60 join any OrEanix and there shall
lie no intimidation or discrimination
against any employees 90 doing by any
othcer OF the company or fhsir subOrtli-
netes The company will not discrimi-
nate among the VARIOUS committees Of
its employees or favor or give any encOur-
ageFnent 20 one organization over another
Any emplOyse with q grievance shall
first take 10 zap with has superintendent.
either personally or through a committee
he IL = member. II the matter cannot
be 20 adjusted " will then be taken mp by
the general manager OF an ofiicer d-~ig-
mated by him ON the second and fourth
Tuesday Of eoch month
Committeeman of Anv organization
Of employees shall have ample time OF
duty with paw mot exceeding twenty DAYS
MONTH Ia properly lnvesttgnte and
take up grievances With officials Of the |
company. aud the secretary and two other /
officers Of Anv such COMMITTEES whose |
entire time u occupied With this work |
shall be retained m the employ Of the com |
pany. and the secretary and two officers !
OF s1ch committee shall. upon retire !
menS, be- returned TO their former po-
sitiots in the service.
Wages Ot all conductors and motor /
men IN the service Of the company ON
January !, 1910. and who remained con- /
tinuously IA the service. time out on the /.
strike OF February !. 1910 not u bs
increass "a - cect1 an hour on July I, .
1910. and a further increase % Ons-hAlf
q cent an hour each July I thereafter
until a wage % IS cents an hour II reached /
Those taken into ths employ 81 the com I
pRny after January !. 1910. will receivs
p cents All hour for the first year 1t
continuous service. p cents an hour !
for the SECOND year and thereafter he /
sAtitled % yearly advances % One-half 4
cent an hour until a wage - p cents an /
hour ~ reached
Wages of employees ON IA. elevated .
soctlon shall he - announced January !. /
1910 except that increases shall he one
half cent yearly instead of one cent each 2
wo years. and new men will serve one
wear only ls.fOrs icing entitled TO AN /
Increase
The work CiAy for all mOtOrmen. con
duC'ors and train service men shall not |
b. less than nine nor mor~ than ten hours |
in any On" day. tho full dave work 10 hs'
completed within - nearly tw'lv" hours .
~ pOSslhle 10 complete. 10
In the cases Of the ITs men discharged
On February ~. the company IN wiling 70
review the evidence with representative,
the men.
The statement was authorized by the
conferee~ that an agreement had been
cached on all OF th-s@ points saveiwO
!. he matter Of "A grievance COMMITTEES end
the unemployment OF the ia men DIS
MISSED for cause
The car men = Representatives were con- !
ten ding that there should he only one
grievance committee. and thar made up
OF men from their union: that the Key
stone should not have recognition.
The r. r. T. directors were insisting
thar the only basis employers could con-
mittees properly appointed.
The car men demanded that the i7t
men he restored to work first and hear
ing gwen later. The company . represent
Atives were holding out for rehearing
before unemployment.
The failure OF sace negotiations brought
about n recurrence Of disorder Cars /
were stoned IN several parts Of the city /
early this morning and two attempts were J
made 20 destroy cars with dyua mite. I
Neither was efectual. although window /
glass was shattered and passengers /
fri Ehsened.
Policemen testified that they had been I
watching the headquarters 81 the car .
strikers for several days. satisfied that .
plans were being made TO destroy cars. !
plain clothes man was slick enough TO I
get into the room where the carmen wer's 4
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