Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-17

Federation of Labor, and that these
two arbitrators select the President
of the United States umpire, and
these three to say whether we should
have a contract at all and what the
terms of 1t should be. This plan the
company also refused to enter into.
I'VE stand ready to reafflrm our posi-
ton and tender through you as medi-
tors the District Commissioners or the
President of the United States"
Women to Serve as Pickets.
Woman members of the families Of
the conductors and motormen of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany are to go on picket duty. They are
enthusiastic. and want to get to work
just as soon as they can get the union
headquarters of the men to make the
assignments. according to Mrs. T. r.
Mcdaniel of % 18th street northeast,
leader In the women's side of the strike
movement.
Confident that they have brought
about strike condition that will re-
suit in the Washington Railway and
will enable the union men to return to
work. the strikers who assembled in the
vicinity of the northeast car terminals
today were in a quiet frame Of mind.
Many of them declare they have not
yet felt any strike conditions. They
look upon the period during which they
have been out as a suspension" such
as any of them are likely to get for
some infraction Of the companys rules.
They say they know the cars are not
running on anything like a regular
schedule despite the reports of the
company to the contrary. Night service
on many Of the lines. they point out. is
not furnished after dark, and on one
or two lines only until 10 o'clock.
Invited to Return to Work.
An emissary from the railroad COM
pany at the east barn at 14th and East
Capitol streets came out to the strik-
ers today and offered the men good
daytime" runs II they would come
back and take out their cars. He told
them. according to the statements of
strikers. that they would not have to
sign the individual contract which had
been offered. The men stood firm.
The men at the east barn today said
that many of the cars now are out OF
commission awaiting repairs and that
practically all of them will have to
have some shop work done when the
strike finally is over. number OF
new plows have arrived, the union men
say, and these are being used to re-
place the large number destroyed dur
ing the first few days of operation Of
the cars in inexperienced hands.
However. they say that where tne
pillow hangers''-the part Of the car
which holds the plow in place-are
pulled off these cars are entirely out
Of commission and cannot be used until
a shop force can be organized to place
them. Some of the cars are larger
than others, and the hangers" are not
interchangeable.
The strikebreakers are not as enthu-
siastic over their jobs as they were
during the first few days. according
to the strikers. A number of them
have gone away, according to the
strikers, because the "pickings' are
not as good as they were during the
early days. A few new men have been
brought on, they say. but the service
is not nearly as good as it was the first
two days Of the strike.
BY a special arrangement the confer
ence of the employees committee with
officials of the Capital Traction Com
pany was continued again today. The
conferences were resumed after the
time limit had been extended second
time by mutual agreement. Both sides
were optimistic about an agreement.
Bread for Strikers Families.
Penalties of striking street car men