New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-19
Agree Not TO Quit Again
During Continuance OF
Present Contracts.
EFFORTS OF STRAUS
BRING SETTLEMENT
Union Rights Defined at Meeting
$1,000 Employees Return
to Work To-day.

The subway strike is ended. Twelve
thousand men. who have been striking
Tor higher wages since April 3, will
resume work to-day Their demands
for more money have been met. In eX-
change they have pledged their faith
not 10 strike again during the eontinu-
ance Of the present contracts.
The settlement was brought about
through the efforts OF Oscar 5. Straus'
chairman of the Public Service Com
mission. At a meeting held in ms Of
6ce the third attempt 20 bring about
= settlement contractors and union
representatives reached an agreement.
Frank y. Sullivan. attorney for the
strikers. drew up the agreement and
signed il. Following the meeting. Com
missioner Straus issued the following
statement:
Increased Wages Granted.
For the purpose of ending the pres
ent strike and to avoid future strikes
during the construction Of the present
contract. the undersigned committee
representing the subway contractors
and the international Tunnel and SUP
wav Constructors Union OF America
agree TO the wages specified oelo",
which are 20 be the minimum rates ior
the various classes Of employees herein
after mentioned:
"Laborers, eight-hour day. 81; tim
bermen. eight-hour day. $40; timber
mems helpers. eight-hour Gay. S2.2o,
concrete machine runners, except
wherein the engineers have Jurisdic-
ton. eight-hour day. $3.50; wooden
concrete form makers, $50.
The above agreement Is hereby &C
copted for the classes Of labor above
specified. who agree TO abide by the
same and further agree that no mem
Der of the union shall 20 out on strike
during the continuance OF the present
! contracts. Il Is further agreed that
there shall be no additional classlhcs..
ton or subdivision OF the classes OF
labor or the members OF the said union
comprised within this agreement, and
the contractor shall designate and con
troll the classification Of labor on me
same basis as previously existed on TINS
work.
Union Rights Defined.
$50 that there can be no further mis-
understanding between the parties
hereto, II is understood and agreed
that the contractors will not ask for
union cards, or in any other way per
form any requirement looking TO
strengthen the union. their agreement
being only not TO discriminate against
union men. IL Is understood that the
unions will not attempt 70 organize,
control or intimdate any foreman.
at is agreed that the affiliated unions
namely, the drill runners. blasters
and powdermen. tool sharpeners, rock
men or blast foreman. and others al
fliated with the international Tunnel
and subway Constructors Union OF
America, and engineers are parties TO
and are bound by this agreement and
shall be paid the existing rates, except
that the rates for engineers shall be
$50 a week straight time, or 50 day
broken time, commencing June |, 1915.
all other conditions remaining as exist
ing at the present time.
1.-THE representatives Of Local II OF
the international Tunnel and Subway
Constructors Union shall have the
same privileges on work as representa-
tives Of other organizations