Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-06-16
STRIKE OF 14,OOO
ENDS IN CHICAGO
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MAYORS aldermanici strike committee
were in attendance.
| Threatened breals-ups were pre-
vented after both leaders and trac-
ton officials announced they could
reach no agreement when Mayor
Thompson invited the conferees to
take off their coats. The mayor then
locked the doors of his offices. He
told the men THAI he'd keep them
there until solution of the situation
was reached.
Gold Horseshoe for Luck.
The mayor took a gold horseshoe
from his desk and hung it over his
desk clock.
THAT was given to me for good
luck" he said, 80 I'm going to wish
that it will bring good luck to this
conference
After a heated discussion on the
question of selecting a third arbi-
| traitor, Leonard A. Busby. president
of the Chicago surface lines, men-
toned the name of Mayor Thompson.
| Names of scores of prominent men
previously suggested had been
thrown into the discard.
| The committee representing the
| street car men, headed by w. D.
posal of accepting Mayor Thompson.
Within ten minutes they returned.
"We'n take him." was the simple
announcement that electrified the
weary group of men, Hand -clapping
and cheering echoed through corri-
doris of the City Hall.
Mayor Thompson unlocked the
doors of his Office. The labor leaders
put on their coats and marched out,
1 t10l u,
"Wait a minute" called the mayor,
Thanks Labor Leaders.
"I want to tell you men how much
| appreciate what you have done,
he said.
"I will accept this responsibility and
know that it will be hard. | will do
| the best | cam and see that a square
deal is given all around"
Sessions of the board of arbitration
! probably will be begun early next
week, it was announced. The plan
decided upon stipulates that all
questions at issue will be heard with
out any advance concessions having
| been made.
| Announcement of a settlement came
| too late to start cars for the rush
hours early today, and the great
armies of workers were obliged again
to depend ON the thousands of motor
busses, moving trucks, ice wagons an1
railroad suburban trains for transpor-
! tation.
officials of traction systems tele-
| graphed to Eastern labor agencies
not to employ any more men as
strike breakers. Six thousand men
already had been started here, 1t was
said. Sixteen hundred strike-brealSers
arrived last night and were placed
under guard in lodging houses and
| terminals of the companies.
Companies ooncede Points.
The companies conceded three
points i'm advance of arbitration
1. Trlppers, that is, men who are
given one run in the morning rush
and another at night, to be elimi-
mated, thus giving every trainman a
regular job.
,. Runs on surface lines not to con-
sumo over nine hours actual working
time.
3. Wages shall not be revised down
ward.
This leaves for arbitration the fol-
lowing:
/. Scale of wages.
@ Period of service before maxi
] mum wage is received.
8. Time in which a days run on the
, elevated is to be completed.
4. Adjustment of straight and swing
runs on the elevated to eliminate, so
! far as possible, waits by employees be-
tween trains.
KENT, Ohio, June 16.--A train load
of 500 strikebreakers on the Erie rail-
road bound from New York to Chi
cago for service in the traction tieup
was turned back at Sterling, Ohio,
this afternoon. When the train
passed through Kent bound west
!: the strikebreakers made q rush on
the restaurant at the depot here, but
were driven off by H. c. Bailey. the
proprietor, with a butcher knife.