The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
Basis Of Settlement Found Is
Release City From Surfaces
Car Tieup
VICTORY FOR STRIKING
CAR MEN IS EVIDENT
Oscar Stratus. Firm Against
Strike. Dominates Series of
Conferences Plan Must Be
Ratified

New York. Aug. e.-Thc street. ran.
road strike which has paraly1cd H.
surface tranlc Of four borougha, =
likely 70 be ended toemoFrOw. Niglte
fan may eco tho FUN schedules r..
stunned and an the striking employees
back NJ their posta-
Thu prospect OF 4 seeflemex cnnne
after p1Ans werc being launched %
spread the serike to every tanaft ~.
tenn In the city. Not even tae ca0ckxao
suburban ltscs u tn CREST trunk rall@
roads were to be- permitted . rum.
Three conferences were held. Chair
man Oscar Strauss. OF the Public SER
vice Comn1isston. who has bean light
ing doggedly to prevent : complete
tieup. agreed upon ! new pan Of &C.
ton. He came from his huMs tn
White Plains early this morning and
met Representatives Of both sides ~
different timeA The opposing parties
did not come together except through
a meeting OF the minds.
Basis OF Settlement Found.
Great secrecy marked the AnAl
agreement. But Theodore Rousseau.
the Mayors secretary; on behalf ct
Mr.. Strauss and the Mayor made tbs
announcement at 3 o'clock tonight
that "a basis Of settlement had been
found"
The Mayor through Mr.. Rousseau
asked that there be no speculation ~
to the terms OF the proposed settle
ment.
At a. a meeting e the striking en-
Company held In the Central Opera
House tonight word was conveyed to
the men OF the prospect Of settle-
ment Of the strike. They received the
news without enthusiasm 1T frat, but
soon began cheering wildly.
It was freely predicted at this
meeting that the recognition Of the
right to unionize had been granted.
serted +thAres could be NO, hopo 81 m
agreement. For the men who had
engineered the great strike had madss
that the paramount issue
Questions A to the exact amount6
OF wage increases coulL easily b l4fe
to an arbitration committee
Tonight, even after the fact Of the
prospective settlement had been made
public, the New York Railways Com.
pany called all OF its cars into the
barns. The same procedure was fol-
lowed in Queens and in Richmond.s
The contention Of the railway oflcials
was that the general Iublic was not
Apprised, and could not be apprised
until the appearance OF the morning
newspapers There might be many
strike sympathixers, who, finding cars
operating on nearly normal schedule,
might be tempted to disorderly dem-
onstrations
ThYouGhout the long continued par
daunted.
strans Outlines Plan.
He insisted. even when the strikers
actually went from their cara. that
hope was not to be abandoned. And
on Saturday evening when all sur.
face car traf1c Of the city was at .
those points ' & Queens S'1 rsaeh aan y
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.
he stone remained Arm in his le-
termination to exhaust every 3fiiciA
means to stem the rising tide ct
strike sentiment. Mayor Mitchell went
to Chairman Strauss White Plains
home and there the chairman nut
lined his nnal plan.
They agreed TO meet the repre-
sentativss Of both sides n informal
conference today.
Tha record Of those conferences Il
told briefly IN Secretary RosseausD
statement to the press ~ ccnfoe~
sncs was hsld # the Bar AssociAtioa
lasting until ! o'clock. nofwesyI wiz
Ham b. Nahcn. william q. Fttxger.
AID. Hugh Frayns. and Louis 1ridi9sf
% attorney representing the man.
The Mayor. Chairman gtrAust ~. Ju-
Illus Henry Cohen. special counsel far
Public Ssrvtce Commissdoa yeprssent-
later. Il In the aftsrnoon. !
conference was held betwssn ~.
DhontA his attorney. James =
Quackenbush. the Mayor. Chairman
Straus and Mr.. Cohen. witch lasted
until O'Clock A third confSronce
was held later with Representatives
Of the men,"
derstood Mr.. 6traus Dominated thu
situation. He Impressed upon el1a-
pioyes and employers alike the re-
sponsibility they OWED 10 The public
and the fact that any sknbborn oh
stinancy on the part IL either stde
would alternate ! most valuable aid
public sympathy.
When the chairman smerxed 4rom
the fnal confsreiAcs. his face wAs
flushed with victory. But ~ 80
Ovesconsss Opposi,Soa.
II - known that ho met With lit
ter oppoation ~ the OUTSET u hofh
conferences But he inGi6ko6 that
there was = Way Ont. And No. lnaI1t41s
that Il waa for The parties ~ th1 coes-
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