Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-08
VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS
r.. pifitulties at Chicago Have Been
Settled by Arbitration.
rho carpenters Corceds But Few
Points to Their Bosses.
Willis They Gain the Objects for
Which They Struck.

-.ur,eo, May The great carpenters
- finally settled so far as the new
80 association is concerned. Fully
M ;ournsymen carpenters will 90 to
ir Thursday The arbitration COM
49, NJ the new bosses ASSOCIATION and
l...,,+ribers met the evening and settled
.Ls js.t detail. The journeymen achieved
1T sweeping victory. They made
',ofsssions of but two points. The only
recruitment was that of the stubbor-
- * the old masters association he's left
~. members wholly out of the final deal
Tss atFtiaI statement of the terms Of the
i,,.lsnIspt will not be issued until tomor-
',,rrov but it is reliably stated that the
'i,..,,r7art urovides for an eight hour day.
,rsrtina only to be allowed between GER
t,.0 stimulated hours at night. The mini
,--,r, rate Of wages is fixed at 35 cents per
l-,,r nm TO August LIST. and thereafter at
9-l ,pnts. over time to be rated at time
"a half and Sunday time as double
'ina In the matter of apprentices, con-
,.s.ious were made by both sides The
smnIoyels agree to employ only union men
even for foremen.
An International Strike.
rurr.Go, Nav According to pre-
Hrtjon. of the stock yards coopers there
ia probability of their cause being taken
nm 6v the English dock laborers and the
.tr,ke becoming international At a meet
inc of the Brotherhood of United Labor
,o5ay committee was appointed to COM
mrnicate with John Burns, the English
,bor leader and request him
m order the English longsbore-
men not TO handle any beef or other pro-
igrts shipped by Chicago houses. The
committee says that Burns has taken
rralt interest in the cause of the men at
ha wards The men, in an open letter, say
that by the terms of their agreement,
.pned after the great strike of 1888. they
are subject to discharge without warning,
while in the case of quit
ang they must give two weeks
notice OF forfeit ten days pay, which the
employers will hold. Some times, they
.ay they are only given two OF three
iav, work per week. but are compelled to
remanor lose their forfeit money and are
compelled to work Sundays If a man is
two minutes late in the morning be is
locked an hours pay, but if the works is
finished before the close of the day h5 is
not paid TOT a full day.
CHICAGO. May 5.-The carpenters read
in the afternoon papers Saturday and the
morning papers Of Sunday that the ar
btration committees had come to an
agreement and that work was to be re-
lmed for the new bosses association to-
day Without waiting for orders from
the strikers headquarters, many of them
80 D.. ,r-,rl- ANhg,, a..
fact became known at headquarters, run
pers were sent out to take them off Secre-
ary Howard of the carpenters council
SAYS the men will not be allowed to re-
sumo work till every point of difference
between the bosses and the men has been
fully settled and that this in all probable
ity would not be accomplished before
Thursday or Friday
The co0pers at the stockysrds, who had
resolved to 20 on a strike this morning,
evidently thought better of it, as they
vent to work as usual.
About three-fourths of the men EN-
p.oyed in the planning mills, box fa,to-
res and sash, door and blind factories,
who went out for an 8-hour day have re-
turned to work at the terms of the
bosses
Several meeting of sash, door and blind
factory employees were held this afternoon
tar the purpose Of effecting an organiza-
ton. Il is understood the movement is
lacked 10y the carpenters, who, is said,
have agreed to set no work turned out by
mills which refuse to concede the S-hour
dar At one or two mills men who went
" work this morning knocked off when
notified Of the new movement.