Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-25
WAGE INCREASE
BY TRI-CITY co.
three Year Agreement Has
Been Signed Affecting $50
Employees.
RAISE OF 5 TO IS PER CENT
Contract Unanimously Ratified at a
Mass Meeting of Men-HarmOny
Throughout Negotiations.

The Tri-City Railwsy company and
is $50 employees have signed a three
rear wage agreement, effective June l,
n which the men are granted an in
srease of from 8 TO 10 per cent. The
contract, which had been drafted by
he officers of the company and COM
nittee representing the two local di-
visions of the Amalgamated Associa-
ion of Street and Electric Railway
Employees of America, was unanimous
y ratified at a mass meeting of the
employees held Saturday evening in
Davenport
I'VE would like the public to know
hat there has never been the slight
)st danger of a breach throughout all
IF our negotiations with the company"
Archie Hart, president of the Rock Is
and division, said today. "All of our
conferences were held with ]. G. Hun
loon, the general superintendent of
he company, and every courtesy, kind
hess and consideration was shown by
aim. The negotiations were carried
Pm in a business-like manner, each
Iide giving due consideration to the
1SuIS OIL the OluST. ne DSSI plOOL VI
The harmony existing between the
company and its employees, and that
The men are satisfied with the new
concessions, was the unanimous vote
Of ratification at our meeting of Sat
nrday evening"
The agreement is signed by Presi-
tent ]. F. Porter, representing the
Tri-City Railway company, and by
Archie Hart, president, and James c.
kinsley, member of the executive
board, Rock Island division, and Os-
EAR Carstens, president. and James n.
Coleman, NJ. A. Lowman and H. F.
Bowker. executive committee of Dav-
import division.
Takes In All Employees.
The new agreement is as follows:
First-That this agreement shall
continue for a period of three years
from June /, 1910, and be binding upon
all employees of the Tri-City Railway
company affected thereby; provided,
that the same shall continue for an
other year, unless the Amalgamated
association of the railway company
shall give notice GO days prior to the
expiration of the third year thereof.
that it is desirable that changes should
be considered by either party with
reference to the subject matter
thereof.
Second-This agreement shall cover
conductors and motormen or other en-
ployes who are members of the Anal
gamated association.
Third-The railway company agrees
that it will not oppose any of its en-
ployes in joining the Amalgamated as
sociation, and the Amalgamated asso-
citation agrees that it will not coerce
or use any undue influence to compel
any such employees to join the union;
that it is understood that the men are
to be free in their election to join the
union or not, as they see fit, but that
it shall not be construed as using IN
due influence or coercion for any mem
Der of the Amalgamated association to
endeavor by argument or persuasion
to induce the employees to join the
union.
No Sympathetic Strike.
Fourth-The employees of the rail
way company by this agreement agree
that there shall be no sympathetic
strike for any outside cause or griev-
ance during the period covered by
This agreement.
Fifth-The railway company agrees
that during the period covered by this
agreement it will pay to all of its mo-
tormen and conductors, for the per
Torrance of the duties of their re-
spective positions, the following scale /
of wages: Twenty-one cents per hour
for the trainmen whose term of serv-
Ice shall be less than one year; % |