The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-10
TROLLEY STRIKERS
ARE TURNED DOWN
Traction Heads Refuse to Rati-
fly Tentative Agreement Ar
ranged BY Mayor of
New York.

New York. Aug. S.---The efforts of
Mayor Mitchell and of Public Service
Commissioner Strauss to settle thu
strike In New York failed today. After
q protracted meeting, the directors OF
the New York Railway company de.
clined at this time to ratify the tenta.
tive agreement proposed by the tive
public officers as a basis for settle
ment.
New York, Aug S.-A peaceful end
ef the strike on the New York Railways
.ompany's surface car lines which began
Friday night was in prospect today
Meetings OF the organization of thu
lnion men and OF the board OF directors
IL o'clock today to consider proposals.
Of settlement which already had been
approved by President Shonts OF the
company and by representatives Of the
Amalgamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees of Amer
tea. These proposals were declared by
Mayor Mitchell as a basis for setale-
troversy promised to recommend
them for ratification by directors of the
company and by the strikers.
The terms OF the proposed settlement
we're mo- made public in advance of
their ratification, but Il was reported
that the demands of the strikers for q
wage scale of soc to 33c an hour were
granted, together with virtual If not
official recognition Of their union and
an agreement to the mems demand that
future difficulties between them and
the company should be submitted to
arbitration by a committee representing
the disputants. These supposed terms
could not be verified owing to the in
teption Of the officials concerned tC
keen them secret until annrOVpd Or
yscted.
The main contention OF the conduct
ors and motormen has been for the
tight to orCaCiZe without intimidation.
Should settlement of the strike af-
tectlng the New York Railways COM
pany be brought about, it is believed
that a similar agreement would be
made with the strikers on the surface
lines in Queens county. This agreement
also may have an influence in the set
t!ement,
Managers of the different surface
cars systems promised to provide an
adequate service today after a virtual
suspension last night
There was no suspension of precau
tionary measures against possible
trouble, however, us one or two police
men rode on every car and at BronA
Row houses all visitors were barred
from communication with employees
VINO Dnu worked, slept ana eaten Inere
In solitude since Friday night.
The strikers kept off the streets H.
the early hours and no disorders were
reported.
Fail TO Tie Up City.
Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. THE strike
Of the members of the AmalgamateG
Association of Street a. Electric Rail-
way Employees was called by Harry Il
Flynn, president of the local division
at $3.50 this morning, but apparently
there was no change in the running
schedule Of the lines OF the Philadel.
phia Rapid Transit company, which
operates the street railway. Flynn is.
sued a statement saying 1900 of tn,
400 employees OF the company had re.
sponded to the strike order, and tina,
several lines were tied up and other
crippled. Strike breakers had replaced
the men out, he said.
President Mahon, Of the Amalgamat
cd Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employees announced at the
close of the employees meeting that the
tentative agreement had been ratified
and that the men We're ready to go bach
TO work If the agreement was also rati.
fled by the directors OF the New York
Railways company. The latter at that
time were still in session.