Streetcar Workers Asked City Hall to Mandate 21 Cents an Hour

The following resolutions were passed at the regular monthly meeting of the Seattle Street Railway Employes' Union last night:

Whereas, The Seattle Street Railway Employes' Union did, several weeks since, present a petition to the board of aldermen of this city, asking that the franchises of the several street railways be so amended as to require the payment by such corporations of a sum not less than 21 cents per hour to their employes; and

Whereas, Said petition was signed by 128 business houses and reputable citizens to the total number of about 900; and

Whereas, The railroad committee of said board, although reporting adversely on said petition on recommendation of corporation counsel, gave our representatives a fair and impartial hearing; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By this union that we denounce the action of President Miller, of said board of aldermen, as unfair and unjust for declaring the adverse report of said committee on such petition adopted, when in fact it was not adopted, as was clearly shown when a division was demanded by our friends, a vote taken and President Miller compelled to reverse his ruling; and be it further

Resolved, That we hereby acknowledge the services rendered to this union by Aldermen Jordan and T. U. Dalton, through the press of this city, and that we commend these officials as men who are willing to tender labor as well as capital an opportunity to be heard before our courts of law, and that these are the kind of men who avert strikes and boycotts instead of invoking them.

H. P. Woodin, Secretary pro tem.