The sun., 1919-08-10
Judge Mayer Makes Truce
in Conference of Conflict
ing Transit Interests.
SETTLEMENT AT 8 P. M.
Union Gets Part Recogni-
ton in the Selection of
Arbitration Board.
HYLAN DEFENDS POLICE
Enright Has 1000 Men Ready
to Run Cars at Time the
Conflict Halts.
HYLAN DEFENDS POLICE
The B. r. T. strike is ended.

The B. r. T. strike is ended.
Agreement ending the paralysis
which has tied up most of Brooklyn's
transit facilities for four dnys and
three nights was signed before United
States Judge julius NJ. Mayer at o
o'clock last night after conference
of six hours, In which city and State
officials participated with. the con-
tending parties. =
The agreement provides for the i'm
mediate return to work of the Strik-
ing motormen, conductors and guards
and possibly forestalls the extension
of the strike to the power house work
ers and to the transit facilities Of
Manhattan and the other boroughs.
The settlement was reached after a
day In which the makeshift service
rendered by the company had shown
some Improvement. This the COM
pany attributed to police protection,
which Receiver Garrison for the first
time yesterday admitted was above
criticism. While the elevated and
subway improvement was consider
able 1t was barely noticeable on the
surface lines.
Resumption OF night service was
promised by midnight land of the full
normal schedules on subway, surface
and elevated lines in Brooklyn by 8
| o'clock this morning.
Union Must Prove It's Case.
The agreement represents a COM
promise on the question of recognition
of the Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway EN-
ployees, the question which caused
the strike. 1t submits the other de-
mands for higher pay and an eight
hour day to arbltra ton. The union
must prove to the satisfaction OF
Judge Mayer and Lewis Nixon, Public
I Service Commissioner, that at mid
night on August 8, Friday, 1t had
within its ranks more than 30 per
cent of the employees eligible to men,
bership in order that p. J. Shea, Its
national organizer, or other accredited
! representatives may treat for the men
In the negotiations which are to
follow.
Higher pay and shorter hours will
be decided by representative Of the
men and of Receiver Llndley NJ. Gar
rison. In the event of failure Of these
arbltrators Mayor Hylan and Com
missioner Nixon will designate a
third party.
To Public Service Commissioner
Nixon goes the credit of suggesting the
plan which enabled the two parties to
agree on the matter Of recognizing
the union. the rock on which they
had split into n strike and over which
they have fought to Brooklyn's cost.
Mayor Hylan throughout the hearing
kept insisting that the strike must be
settled by some means. But 1t was
not until Commissioner Nixon offered
n means of determining the right of
the union to speak for all of the en-
ployees that Judge Mayer called the
officials and the men into his private
room and set about the framing Of
the agreement.
BY its terms Mr. Garrison will
treat with the union only on the terms
with which he already treats with
other unions on the llnes-thnt it rep.
resents the bulk of the employees af-
fected and that the bulk of them will
be bound by its agreements.
Text of the Agreement.
The agreement in fun follows:
AT conference with Judge Mayer
on August 9, 1919, the following Is
herewith agreed:
THAT the pending strike be called
off at once and the men return to
work at once upon the following condi-
TONS
81. That II II is established to the
satisfaction Of Judge Mayer and Pub
lie Service Commissioner Nixon that
at midnight, August S, 1919, employees
OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit System
eligible 20 membership IN the Amalga-
mated Association were enrolled mem
bers OF said association to tho extent
OF over 30 per cent, of such employees
so eligible, then the receiver will
entertain the grievances presented by
the committee headed by Mr.. T.. d.
Smith or such substitutes for such COM
mitteeman as may be properly sub
stituted in place thereof. according