The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-24
'nEN no REtiEIvE NCEEASL or
= TWENTY PERCENT AS AGREE
? Nett BY OFFICIAL BOARD.
Better working Conditions and Shorter
!, Hours Are Also Considered In
: Final Agreement.

Hours Are Also Considered In
= Ftnal Agreement.
The first official announcement a. tn:
result of the conference ~ tn" arbitr't'
.,tion board III the street car Siti!at!"t
was made yesterday by representatives.
ttof the company and men. The aEr""-
sment was reached Tuesday bat Il" an
nouncernent was made until yesterday
Under the new scale the nlen VEIL ~
,ceire an increase Ut twenty-five ami
.one half percent over the old. Th'. be-
fSinniltg rmployc will Receive instead "t
20 cents per hour ~: per hour. Inc
highest paid before The agreement WAS
'3IM cents while now the tmpiryc VIII
he given IA cents.
- Had no agreement been reached S"N-
eral hundred employees would have been
affected. The men served final notice
Several days ago and Il period ot tiNe
days was extended The period had cA-
,pired the day Of the agreement.
= The arbitration board Was composed
of e., E. RartlcbauSh. representing IN"
men Of local divisions NJ. lp@ ana Sd
A A. Of s. L. K. l.. james Purcell. tn;
federal commissioner OF conclllatlon |.
S. Department OF Labor. and }. -. Ien-
nison representing the Wheeling Irac-
,tion company. West Virginia Iratt'"h
company. and Steubenrillc. WelISourS
land Whrton Railway company.
The agreement Will be carried out by
IAN. executive board. representing all OF
tina lines. as follows:
wheeling Traction "orkerS-S. l..
'Rartlebaugh-< John y. Furoee, Ford
Moore. Martin Oats.
Elm GroYe W"rkers-Rooert boIo. l.
T. Mounts.
City Railway Workcrs-A- r. John
son, A. +. Riggs.
Steubcuville DivlSion-;W. o. Dell.
.Shopmen-o. =. Myers! F. VI. Robert
SON
Official Agreement.
The following are the agreement ar
ticles of the official board:
Whereas, on May 5. 1918. the Wheel
ing Traction company. Pan Handle Irac.
ton company. and the SicubenHittc ana
Wheeling Traction company. as party
of the first part ard l-'cal lhvlSion No.
103 AmalGanat.d Association "t street
and Electric Railway rnpluyrs IF Am
erica, party OF the Scrct:d part. cntrf'i
into d certain arbitration agreement.
COPY of which is attached hereto. anu
which is ln;,dc Il part r""i. and
' whereas on May \. 1918. the St"u'"n-
willie, Wel!SburG auI Nclrton Halfway
COMPANY as party vi the first part ana
Local Division Nj. ~. .\matEamatri
ASSOCIATION OF St't''' NM
way EupioEcS 90 w. '''>t
second mart. cutvr.L into i certain ar
sceott" fNt. ,, ,,,,. 49,, whi,.b ,s
bitratton agreement. copy ~ , -
attached hereto a''" VIII" - ''' -
part hereof. and
g.. " nersaS' on E
West Virginia Traction and Electric
company and ri;y Halfway company. as
party Of ;hr first part and SAID Local
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ar "
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y " -. -, -, d,,rrripcd by ar
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An ea,h GI' sad ruutr;tCtS agreed upon