Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-08
SESSIONS BEING HELD
AT COMPANY OFFICES
Minor Details of Deliberations
Again Taken Up With Commits
sioner Newman.
MEETINGS FOR THREE DAYS
Should Differences Be Not Adjusted
in That Period, Special Ar
bitrators Will Be
Chosen.

Committees representing the
recently unionized street car
motormen and conductors who
went on strike Sunday morning
and returned to work Monday
night met officials of the local
street railway companies this
morning for a series of confer.
ences which, it is believed, will
adjust all grievances of the en-
ployes. The meetings were held
at company Offices. 1t was an
nounceed that no details of the
conferences will be made public
until they have been concluded.
1t was said, however, that the
conferences are being conducted
in the best spirit of Cancellation,
which, it is believed, will make
Those in Conferences.
Fhe committee of employees of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. comprising George A. will
burt H. e. Jones and F. NJ. Thompson,
met at the Offices of that company on
l4th street at 10 o'clock this morning
with Clarence P. King. president of the
company; S. r. Bowen. secretary of the
company. and other officials.
The committee % Of employees Of the
J. II: Goodman. H. L. White and J. L.
Gather. met at the Office of that com
pany on NJ street at II o'clock this
morning. with George E. Hamilton,
president of the company; J. H. Hanna,
vice. president, and 3. s. CARL, vice
president.
Following the conference between the
Mr.. King and Mr.. Hanna appeared at
the District building and had a brief
talk with Commissioner Newman. 1t
was said at the District building that
the railway officials appeared at the
Commissioners Office simply to discuss
minor details of the procedure of the
conferences, and that their call was not
related to the subject of the confer
ences
To Continue Three Days.
The conferences adjourned for lunch
con and were resumed at an early hour
at the companies offices this afternoon
1t Is expected that they will continue
for three days, concluding Friday. un-
der the agreement which brought them
about. Questions such as the rein
statement of the men who were dis
charged by the companies since Feb
ruary 13, because. the men charged
they had Joined the union. are being
thrashed out in the conferences, as well
as the possibility of a readjustment of
working hours and wage scales, the in
struction of new motormen and CON
ductors. the right of the men to
choose their runs" according to
seniority in service, etc.
II was provided in the aereemen,
which brought about the conferences
that il they are not successful in cIear
ing up the grievances of the men at the
end of three days. which period will
expire Friday. arbitrators are to he
chosen to settle remaining disputed
points. but the opinion prevailed todav
in all quarters that the company ON,
clals will be able to straighten out their
differences with their employees withont
resort to arbitration. After an apresl
ment Is made between the conferees II
VIII be subject to approval by the CON
ductors and motormen as a BODY and q
contract for one year is to be made he
tween the employees and the companies