. The Street railway journal . g inwhich President Mahon of the Amalgamated Association ofStreet Railroad Employees and his legal advisers took Harrison declared that the outlook for a settlement ofthe strike by arbitration was decidedly flattering. A noteworthy feature of the situation is the fact that boththe firemen and the engineers were under contract with thecompany not to engage in any sympathetic strike. Theirunions are entirely independent of the Amalgamated Associa-tion, and as they had no grievance against the management itwas assumed that they would continue in the disch
. The Street railway journal . g inwhich President Mahon of the Amalgamated Association ofStreet Railroad Employees and his legal advisers took Harrison declared that the outlook for a settlement ofthe strike by arbitration was decidedly flattering. A noteworthy feature of the situation is the fact that boththe firemen and the engineers were under contract with thecompany not to engage in any sympathetic strike. Theirunions are entirely independent of the Amalgamated Associa-tion, and as they had no grievance against the management itwas assumed that they would continue in the discharge of theirduties, the firemen particularly, as their agreement for thecoming year had only been signed during the last week. Theannouncement that both of these labor organizations had re-pudiated their contracts and violated their pledges to the man-agement in order to assist the motormen and conductors wasreceived in a very different spirit by the strikers and thegeneral public, the former hailing this acquisition to their. A UN1UM ARGUMENT forces as a very substantial victory, while the public naturallylooked with contempt and scorn upon the organization thatcould resort to such methods. The attitude of the company remains exactly the same as itwas at the beginning. The management will continue to oper-ate its cars, or such portion of them as may be possible, withthe assistance of non-union men, but, of course, the service willbe inadequate until the strike is broken. This the officers saywill undoubtedly be the ultimate result, as the company cannotpossibly make the concessions which the men demand. As might have been expected, the present difficulties havebeen seized upon by the politicians for currying favor with thatelement of the laboring class which is dominated by unioninfluence, and they are threatening to institute an active cam-paign for municipal ownership. One result of this movementwas the action taken by the Federation of Labor, which hasbeen active during th
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