Show CARMEN CARMENI A MN V I ON N STRIKE STRIKEr t r ORD t. t B Believed Referendum Will WilliMean Mean Resu Resumption of i 1 Car Service By Associated Press CHICAGO Aug 1 Surface i.-Surface Surface and e ele elevated elevated ele- ele eva e- e va ed streetcar men began voting at 8 oclo o'clock k today on a proposition to re- re the strike vote taken at a mass mc meeting ting of of their union mem mem membership and acceptance of a compromise compromise com com- promise wage scale agreed upon by union and company heads last Monday Leaders of the men were confident the referendum vote would result in re resumption resumption re- re of sk streetcar service tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row morning On Monday afternoon a n conference of company and union representatives reached leached a of 65 cents an hour in wages for surface men and 67 cents for elevated men a raise from 48 cents an hour for surface and 61 51 1 cents for elevated men A few hours later this compromise wage scale was presented for acceptance or rejection at a mass meeting of the men At Atthe Atthe Atthe the meeting the union leaders were hooted down by members said to be radicals and with shouts the compromise compromise compromise compro compro- mise wage scalp scale was rejected and a astrike astrike strike voted for 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning The walkout became effective effective tive tivo at that hour and since then the tieu of local transportation has been complete Conservative leaders of oP the streetcar men have claimed the vote did not represent represent rep rep- resent the majority of the union member member membership mem mem- ber hip but merely the radical element In he organization STRIKE AT DAVENPORT DAVENPORT DAVENPORT la Ia a. a Aug 1 1 i.-Em- i. Em Em- of the Railway company early this morning voted unanimously to strike The strike tied up streetcar tra transportation in Davenport Ia la Rock Island and Moline ill and adjacent towns and on the Muscatine Ia la and Clinton and the Davenport Davenport Dav Dav- Muscatine l interurban lines The company offered the men 60 GO cents an hour maximum wage contingent contingent contingent con con- on its getting a cent 7 fare |