Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-17

over crossings.
The appearance OF the first sur
face car some hours after the ele
waited trains were running was the
occasion Of demonstration in the
downtown district.
Windows OF office buildings along
the route we're crowded with persons
who cheered the visible evidence that
the forty-eight-hour strike was at an
end.
AII-NiEht Conference.
The settlement was reached after an
ail.night conference behind locked doors
in the mayors office. II was attended
by Mayor Thompson. the aldermanio
mediation committee, the grievance com
mlttee Of the unions and the presidents
or the traction companies.
The arbitration board will consist OF a
representative OF each side. with Mayor
Thompson the neutral member The lat
ter generally was credited with ending
the strike The other arbitrators have
not yet been named
The strike was remarkable in that no
violence was traced to a striker: that no
arrests were necessary and for the good
humor with which the public accepted Il.
The selection Of Mayor Thompson came
1T the end OF a fifteen-hour conference.
which began yesterday afternoon. Union
leaders, officials OF the traction lines
and members OF the mayors aldermanic
strike committee. were in attendance.
Threatened break-ups were frustrated
after both labor leaders and traction Of
ficials announced they could reach no
agreement when Mayor Thompson in
vited the conference to take off their
coats. The mayor then locked the doora
Of his office. Ho told the men that he
would keep them until a solution OF the
situation was reached.
The mayor took a gold horseshoe from
his desk and hung II over his desk
clock.
THAT was given to me for good luck"
he said. 80 I'm going 20 wish that Il
willAbring good luck to this conference"
Thompson IL selected.
After heated discussion on the ques-
ton OF selecting a third arbitrator.
Leonard A. Busby. president of the Chi
sago surface lines. mentioned the name
of Mayor Thompson. Names of scores
had been thrown into the discard.
The oommitteeN representing the street
car men. headed by w. d. Mahon, retired
with his assistants to another room 10
consider the proposal of accepting
! Mayor Thompson. Within ten minutes
: they returned.
Wen take him." was the simple an.
nouncement that electrified the weary
~ 81.
ing echoed through the corridors OF the
city hall.
Mayor Thompson unlocked the doors OF
the office. The labor leaders put on
their coats and marched out their face
wreathed in smiles.
Wait n minute" called the mayor
Il want to tell you men how much
appreciate what you have DONE" he said
Il win accept this responsibility. an,
know II will be hard. viii do the bes
can. and see that a square deal Ia givel
all around"
Sessions OF the board Of arbitration
probably will be begun early next week
II was announced.
Announcement Comes Late.
Announcement OF a settlement came To-
late TO start cars for the rush hour
early today and the great armies o
workers were obliged again 20 depend o.
the Thousands OF motor buses. movln
trucks. ice wagons and railroad suOurba
trains for transportation.
Officials Of the traction systems tele
gFaphed 10 eastern labor agencies not /
employ any more men as strikebreaker.
six thousand men already had bee
started here. it was said. Sixteen nun
dred strikebreakers arrived last night an
we're placed under guard in lodgin
houses and terminals OF the company.
Companies Coneede Three Poiats.
The companies conceded three points {
advance OF arbitration:
/. Trippers-that IL. men who are give
one run in the morning rush and anothe
at niEht-to be eliminated. thus Givin
every tralnman a regular toD.
?. Runs on surface lines not to consum
over nine hours actual working time.
q. Wages shall not be revised dowr
ward.
This leaves for arbitration the follow
ing:
: Period OF service before maximum
wage Is received.
3 Time in which a days runs on n
elevated are 70 be completed
g. Adjustment OF straight and swir
runs on the elevated to eliminate. 30 10
az possible, waits by employees betws'
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