[4] The objectives included education, settlement of disputes with management, and securing good pay and working conditions.

By then the union had been renamed the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America.

[7] An early achievement was to have laws passed in a dozen states by 1899 that mandated enclosed vestibules for the motormen.

The public and small businesses sympathized with the strikers, and passengers and other unions often became involved in the street actions.

[29] The President of Local 113, Marvin Alfred, confirmed Friday morning that a tentative agreement had been reached late Thursday and that talks had continued until almost 4 a.m. "What we have right now is a deal," he said.

"We have something signed, but we're still preparing and making sure we can have something tangible for our membership," he told CBC Radio's Metro Morning on Friday.