He must come to the barns in the morning and wait around in fair and foul weather until such time as he was needed.

Two trips were an average reward for so much waiting--a little over three hours' work for fifty cents.

The work of waiting was not counted.
The men complained that this system was extending, and that the time was not far off when but a few out of 7,000 employees would have regular two-dollar-a-day work at all.

They demanded that the system be abolished, and that ten hours be considered a day's work, barring unavoidable delays, with $2.25 pay.

They demanded immediate acceptance of these terms, which the various trolley companies refused.
Hurstwood at first sympathized with the demands of these men-indeed, it is a question whether he did not always sympathize with them to the end, belie him as his actions might.