Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1919 — CHICAGO TIEUP ENDED; CARMEN ACCEPT OFFER. [ARTICLE]

CHICAGO TIEUP ENDED; CARMEN ACCEPT OFFER.

Chicago, August I.—The' Chicago , street car men voted today to end ■ the strike Iby a majority of 385. Car service will 'be resumed tomor--1 row morning, probably at 4 o’clock, on both surface and elevated lines which 'have been tied up, since early Tuesday morning by. a strike erf 15,000 men. j, The vote was on the question of accepting the proposition agreed upon by representatives of the union and the companies last Monday, but which the membership rejected that night, voting to Strike immediately. RadicaMeaders dominated that meeting, union officials declared. The ! referendum vote was (taken today after William D. Mahon, of Detroit, 'president of the union, had come here and personally urged the strikers .to accept the offer. The men gain an increase from 48 to 65-cents an hour on surface lines and from 51 to 67 cents on the elevated roads, with an eighthour day, time and a half for overtime and a rearrangement of naps to better advantage of the men. The total vote of elevated and suriface unions showed 6,360 in favor :of accepting and ending the strike and 5,974 against. The closeness of the vote was a Surprise in, some ; quarters. - ——; —