Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-18


by telegraph 10 the Disrstch.I
AUGUSTA, GA, August 1.-The
following proposition has been accepted
BY the mill presidents Of the Organize
tons as basis OF settlement:
1t Is respectfully suggested that the
authorities Of the cotton-factories opsn
said factories and place al the en-
plyees IN their former positions st the
present schedule of wages. Then. the
matter Of wages and grievances, such ~
the pass system" increasing the
amount of'labor to constitute days
work, and what is termed "vic-
limitation OF members Of the Knights
Of Labor" shall be submitted to
q committee Of five disintsrested par
ties TO be mutually sgreed upon for ar
bitration. The conclusion arrived at
by said arbitration committee shall be
binding on both parties. and date from
the reopening Of the mills. Said srbi-
tration committee shall be appointed
by the following plan: The "Execu-
tive Board Of the knights Of Labor
shall select five men, the Execu-
tive Committee OF the manufac-
turtrs FIVE men, and from these
ten men each party shall strike
of one alternately until four
names remain. These four shall select
q fifth man. having with themselves
qualifications hereinafter prescribed.
The ten names from which said Arbi-
tIhtion Committee is to be chosen shall
be furnished within twenty-four hours
after this plan shall have been agreed
10, and the arbitration shall commence
within forty-eight hours after the &C
csptaDce Of the plan. No person shall
be eligible to serve on said Arbitration
Committee who is knight Of Labor or
interested in the mills either as stock
holder, president, or employees"
In the adjustment by the Committee
Of Five in the matter Of wages, the
sum total Of the present payroll shall
not be exceeded, but the committee
may increase the wages in some cases
and decrease the wages in other cases
in said committees discretion. The
Executive Committee of the Knights Of
Labor shall have the first strike in
informing the Committee Of Five, as
this proposition is authorized BY them.
The fifth man authorized to be chosen
BY the four committeeman shall not be
Of the number stricken off by either
party.
The agreement arrived at gives great
satisfaction TO all classes of our peo-
pie. 1t reopens the factories to three
thousand idle operatives. Mr.. Turner,
Grand Secretary and Treasurer Of the
knights Of Labor, is entitled to much
praise for his conservative action. He
leaves tonight for Birmingham, Ala,
to settle the troubles in that city.
L0ter.-Tbere is = hitch in the nego-
tistions tonight. In the course Of
conversation Secretary Turner learned
that the salaries Of the president, su-
perintendents, psymaster, and book
keeper did not appear on the payroll
Of the mills, and were not considered
as coming under The jurisdiction Of ths
proposed arbitration committee. He
immediately expressed himself as mis-
understanding the state Of affairs, or
dered the mill-operstives not to report
for duty tomorrow. and determined
not 10 leave the city until the matter is
satisfactorily arranged. He will not
subscribe to the proposition made to
and accepted by the mill presidents
under The conditions as to the salaries
rs narrated above.