Show CHICAGO BREATHES SIGH OF RELIEF OVER END OF STRIKE Citizens Were Living on a Pewder Magazine MAYOR HARRISONS OPINION One of Points Gained by Car men Is Better Hours General Satisfaction That Affairs Were Adjusted by Arbitration Without Further Trouble Chicago Nov 21lhe Chicago street airmens strike was brought lo a rice today by the ratification by the men of a compact agreed upon by their leaders and representatives of the company After thirteen days of turmoil service on the various lines of the Chicago City Railway company covering an area of llftytwo square miles was rcBumed HELD SECRET SESSION The strikers met In Federation hall their headquarters and the place was crowded when President Buckley of the local organization called the meeting to order The fIrst act wa H to exclude newspaper men from the hall and for nearly two hours thereafter the public was Ignorant of the details of the proceed pro-ceed IngG Sounds indicating that speeches were being made nnd frequent cheering gave notice that the terms hcccptcd by thE strike leaders were acceptable to tho men The first news was that the mel by practically a unanimous vote hal accepted the proposition to arbitrate the matter of wagts the scale to be based on wages paid in other cltlea Soon a second announcement proclaimed pro-claimed the acceptance of the whole compact With this announcement come the statement that the union had been ordered to report to the various barns ready to take out curs immediately imme-diately I PAY GOOD WAGES The agreement as ratified by the men and previously accepted ly representatives representa-tives of the company provides for the settlement of the wage question by aboard a-board of arbitration Their presort wages are not to llgure in tIme calculations calcula-tions hut Instead the now scale is lo he based on time market value of the men Kcrvlcos AP the company claim to pay the best wages time new arrangement it Is thought may not result In an advance ad-vance of the pay of the employees Clause 2 of time agreement provides for thc betterment o the working hours a new schedule to bo arranged by the company In conference with a committee of trainmen The company retains the right to run as many cars as are necessary at nil times endeavoring en-deavoring always the agreement run jto make the work as agreeable to the men as Is consistent with the performance of Us duty to time public BETTER WORKING HOURS The third and last clause provides that the strikers shall be taken back without prejudice Membership In the unkm shall not constitute proper cause for discharge from the companys employment < plo menl With thin exception the company com-pany retains the right to employ discharge dis-charge or discipline Its employees as It sees lit POWDER MAGAZINE President Mahon said after the conference con-ference 1 yubmltled the whole agreement section by eoctlon Each section was explained at length Unions vote strikes on amid vote them off I never rejoice over a victory nor lament over a defeat I hope hero t will never be another an-other strike on the n Mayor Harrison declares Chicago hap great reason for being thankful for the settlement of the Btrike t He says the citizens have been living in n powder magazine In which men were walking about carrying lighted matches The 1 l4y is almost as much to be congratulated congratu-lated on the fact that the magazine did not explode as on time settlement of the dispute In his opinion PUBLIC THAT SUFFERS F think said Mayor Ilnrrtaon the agreement is as fair as It could be rmidc without lighting the thing to the last ditch Our purpose was to get both side together to prcvont a fight to the last ditch for In that kind of a fight It Is the public that suffers |