New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-16
CAR STRIKE
LIKELY TO END TODAY
Public Service Board Induces
Company and Men to AC-
Cept Arbitration.
WHITRIDGE YIELDS A POINT
Will Put Employees Back on
Cars and Withdraw Novice
Whose Breaking In
Caused the Trouble.

Sduocu Vic 1IOuUle.
Everything looks favorable for an end
OF tho Yonkcrs trolley difficulties, and II
is possible the cars may he rrnniC before
noon to-day. This condition was broueh,
about through a conference held at the
rooms OF the 81 District public Service
Commission IN the Metropolitan RuIldinc
yesterday afternoon. At which President
Stevens OF the commission acted as
mediator
President Whitridge and a delegation of
the striking trolley men were present.
The attitude Of the trolley president vas
milder than he has assumed heretofore,
especially his attitude before the media
ton and arbitration board.
Chairman Stevens opened the proceed
ings with a long address,. I'm which he urged
both sides to sink personal grievances
and bring the strike TO an end Re sug-
gestcd that the men return TO work to-
morrow morning and submit their differ
ences 80 arbitration.
After some further talk President
Whitridge surprised al present by
agreeing to restore working conditions
as they were before the strike. 10 re-
place all OF the men discharged for re-
fusing to break In the new man sent up
to Yonkers 10 work by Whitridge. and
agreed 10 withdraw the man. He also
agreed to arbitrate everything In the
future that IL arbitral.' lie refused.
however. 20 sigu an agreement Chair
man Stevens pointed out. however, that
this would not be necessary as his agree
ment is now a part OF the records II the
commission and is a. binding as writ
ten agreement.
Whitridee Started to Go.
Fitzgerald, an organizer. representing
the men was at 1rst lOath Ia accept ihis
agreement as binding saying that the *
perience OF the men IN the past had been
that everything between The mcE and Mr..
Whitrdge would have TO be in writing 10
hold Mr. Whitrldge At this MI Whit
ridge exhibited some heat and started Ia
leave the room, but was stopped 10y
Chairman Stevens
Fitzgerald finally promised to submit;
the situation TO the men at speciai
meeting 10 be held tits morning. A,
the union headquarters ~ lOnkers last
night ii was believed that they VIII accept
the offer and return To work.
The situation a. IL now stands is Z sig
nal victory fer tine men, as tEcy prec-
tically gain ali Of the points FOR which
they struck The only difference is that
the written agreement Is set aside fOr
the agreement rs witncssrC by IA, Pubiic
Service Commission and as entered "g
their records.
At the meeting in Nonkers this morn
ing a, o'clock. Mahon. the international
president, will talk Ia the men. There l.
no doubt that the men viii accept toe
situation and go back to work
Other Lines Ready to Strike.
The employees OF the Westminster Ei.c-
trio Railway Company. OF Mount Vernon
viii hold meeting this morning for the
purpose OF voting on a proposition 20
strike IN sympathy with the Yonkers
trolley men, and 1t was reported last
night that the men viii decide Ia the
a III native II the Yonkers situation Is rot
settled by that time.
The conductors and motOrmen OIL the
lines belong to a union which
is affiliated with the Yonkers local. and
II was said that about two hundred Of
the men will attend the meeting, which
will be held in the Irish Benevolent Hail
In New Rochelle.
The Westminster Electric Company oper-
ates trolley cars I'm Mount Vernon, %
New Rochelle. Tuckahoe and Larchmont.
and covers many miles Of streets. This
is a branch OF the Union system,
which is connected with the Third Avenue
road. of which Frederick w Wh.tridge
is president Cars are operated from New
Rochelle and Mount Vernon 10 nth street
and the subway IN The Bronx. and these
lines would also be tied up should the men
decide 10 strike.
One OF the trolley men SAID last nighl
that the meeting is a special one for tile
purpose OF deciding Immediately whether
the Westchester men shall start sym
pattetic strike 10 aid the YOnkers men.
News Of the PROBABLE settlement OF the
strike to-day had not reached the West
chester men last night