Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1918 — BIG CAR STRIKE NEAR END [ARTICLE]

BIG CAR STRIKE NEAR END

Officials of Company Agree to Give Illinois Workers 25 Per Cent Raise. Peoria, Dec. 16. —Officials of the Illinois Traction system and the representatives of striking street car employees came to an agreement Sanday in the presence of the citizens’ committee at Springfield, H. E. Chubbuck, vice president executive, announced. The terms of the agreement were that the men were to receive 50 cents per hous and in addition they are to receive back pay at the new rate for a month and a half. The matter was then referred back to the subordinate lodges for their ratification and the vote is being taken. The agreement provides that the service is to be resumed at once. The agreement, which amounts to a 25 per cent increase for the men, was arrived at after an albnight session.