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Show Chicago Str ike Is Ended by the Men Accepting Terms CHICAGO, Aug. 1. Chicago street 1 car men voted today to end the strike' by a majority of 386. Car service will be resumed tomorrow morning, probably prob-ably a' 4 o clock, on both surface and 'elevated lines, which have been ti , jup since last Tuesday morning by a trike of 15,000 men The vote was taken on acceptance ot a proposition agreed upon by representatives repre-sentatives of the union and the com-; panles last Monday, but which the ,'uerubcrship rejected that night. VO ing to strike immediately Radical leaders dominated that meting, union Officials decalred, and the referendum vote was taken today only after William Wil-liam D. Mahon, of Detroit, interna- tional president of lhe union, had come here and personally urged the Strikers to accept the offer. The men gain an increase from 18 io 05 cents on surface lines, and from 51 io 67 cents on the elevated roads, with the eight-hour day, time and one-half for overtime work and a rearrange ment of runs. The total vote of both elevated and j surface unions showed 6,360 In favor I of accepting the offer and ending the strike. 5,974 against i. oo |