Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-03-25
THE STRIKE ENDED.
noEocCo woRKkRs GO BACK To
Y - Work. =
The Differences Between Employers
aud Employees to be Settled
by Arbitration.

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When IL Was known for . certainty
last evening that the strike of the mo.
rocco dressers had ended pending arbi-
tration between the parties in the caae
and the issue involved, every body put
on an additional smile of pleasure. for
there was no Disgusting the fact that
every thinking man In the city had
serious apprehensions as to the result OF
the strike. The full report in the RE :
eUBLICAN yesterday brought the stril @
up 70 . O'Clock In the aftsrnt ON, with no
Indications at that time Of break In
the situation.
To Exc cutive officer Matthew Oolwall
belongs tho chief credit Of breaking the
deadlock between both parties. About
noon on Wednesday he sent note 70
each member Of the Morocco Manu-
fActurers Exchange asking them when
tt would suit them to meet the execu-
tive board Of Knights Of Labor, Assem-
bly, No. 81, asd requesting the members
10 name Hssariy q day e. possible for .
mectiBg In case they should agree TO
one. The faces OF the memb bsrs OF the
Exchange Immediately assumed . plea
SAINT change and o meeting was i'm.
mediately called at General. j. Park
Poetles' morocco man ufaciory, Fourth
street between Orange and Tatnall, to
take into consideration Mr.. Colwsll's .
request.
The question was deliberately discus
sed in all its varied aspects for some
time, and rs Mr.. Colwell was Q we'll
known morocco dresser Of this city, the
following was adopted:
"Rssolved, That the secretary is au.
thorized to wait upon Mr.. Colwell I'm.
mediately and notify him that the mo.
rocco manufacturers are in session at j.
Parke Postles' Office, and that IL he
/ IA W proper TO call there and state his
business with them, he could do So"
Although this Was not exactly what
Mr.. Colwell asked for, knowing that q
former notice he sent the manufacturers Q
was looked upon by them as not being
suffi cient tly full and explicit, he deter
min I'd that no action Of his should in
tervene 70 prevent an amicable settle
m ent between the parties, and accord
iaRly responded 70 tne invitation, and .
d sliberate discussion ensued involving
all the points at issue In the case. Mr..
@ lwell stated that large number OF
m orocco drtssers were dissatisfied with
the wages they were r. tcei wing, while
morocco maaufs cturers 10 PhiiadelphiA
were pay ing 62l cents a dszeh more for
dressing skins taaD was paid In vii.
mington that all the board wanted was
q conferepce with the manufacturers
that the differences might be arbitrate 4
and amicably adjusted to suit all part es
conc Q ned.
The manufacturers said they could
have NO conference with the board un-
less their men were sent back to their
work.
Mr.. Colwell then promptly ordered all
the men TO go - work this morning,
after which the Manufacturers agreed
to meet the board. The tin Q agreed
upon for the meeting was 7.s0 o'cle ok
Friday evening, in the Clay ton House,
where the Moro ,co Ex ,hauze usually
hold their m eetings A few mlsundeT-
standiDes wers then explain d and Mr..
Colwell lett.
This morning nearly all the morocco
dressers were at their accustomed places
Of labor. .::but how long they will remain
o. work the employers say ia certain.
Though the latter intend to meet the
conference, they say they have, in q
certain degree, lost con fdence, and the
general impression among them Is that
the strike paralyees the business Of
Wilmington.
Isaiah M. whitesids. engineer, de-
mics that he left the fires In dang erous
condition at the works of j. Park
Postles when he went out on the strike
He says: "In the first place they &C
cused me of going OF and lea wing the
draft on the boiler and with a heavy
tire. l suppose the steam runnin !
through the shop Is correot | did thai
to take the pressure off the boiler. |
have got proof that banked the ire to
bold safely for "a hours, and wen,
back about 3 80 TO see that 1t was EAT
and then the boss had been one and
q half hours getting up steam
trying TO start. and then only
had 40 pounds. There were four men
who saw me bank the fire aud shut the
draft off,"
John G. Baker, in response 10 tele.
phone call to-day, said he wanted tn,
REPUBLICAN, TO state that he would
lose nothing By his men going out al
long as he could find salt to preserv,
his hides, and no other manufacture
need lose anything. Chemical scienc,
has come TO the aid of the morocco,
manufacturer, and he can preserve hi
hides for 25 years by the use Of salt.
was all nonsente, he said, to talk of {
lo.s; there need be none.
A represen tative of the REPUBLICAn
called At several of the manufactorie
this forenoon, and to the question 0
"What Is the situstioD?" he receive,
the invariable answer, "WelI, the mel
are at work, but We cannot tell no q
long they will be-"