The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-14
THE STRIKE ENDED.
The Worlds Fair Strike Has Been
Satisfactorily Adjusted to
Both Parties.
The Men Accomplished Really Moth
ing-Thcy Go to Work Today
as Usual.

CHICAGO, April 10.-The great strike
at tie worlds fair is thing OF the past
! and the men will walk back to work to-
morrow morning aud ninety-nine out OF
100 will work for the same pay and the
, same hours as before the strike. For
the first time since the inception OF or
ganized labor it came squarely in con
tact with the United States government,
and while all questions of wages were
satisfactorily settled the right of the en-
ployer to use non-uniOn or union men.
the right OF men to bc in the ranks of
organized labor or without them, was in
sisted upon by the national representa-
tives and acknowledged by the union
men themselves. tor twelve hours to
day the results Of the painstaking ev-
penditure of more than S20,O0OOOO, the
good name Of mighty nation, and its
pledges to other nations were imperled
and endangered. while the men who
reaped the benefits of the expenditure of
that money argued with the men who
controlled. over the question of 5cents
an hour and the rights of men to think
and act as they please within the law.
1t took cool heads and temperate blood
to guide the dispute to peaceful issue,
but the heads were there. 1t was 10
o'clock when the meeting between the
council of administration and the repre-
sentatives of the building trades council
came to an agreement whi h is to con
tinue throughout the entire period of
the exposition and under which further
trouble will be impossible. The men
have received the formal concession OF a
% nd hn,n H.
ed to the demand of the exposition oili
ciale. that they may employ any man
whether he be or be not member Of
any labor organization.
The first step looking forward to peace
was made this afternoon when COM
mittee Of strikers was appointed to sub
nit to the worlds fair council of admin
istra'ion the following proposition:
That II the worlds fair coun il will
agree to submit the differences between
the men and exposition to arbitration at
.. M, April II, the building and trades
council will order the men back to work
at once. pending the result of arbitra-
ton. The building and trades council
binds itself TO abide by the decision of
tine arbtrators; one arbitrator to be Sc
lected by the building and trades coun-
ci, one by the worlds fair management
ana thlru Dy tneSe tWo
This proposition was submitted to the
council of administration as the labor
mems ultimatum. The council of ad-
ministration was in session and promptly
returned an answer that it was
prepared to meet the men at once. The
matter must be settled soon and it could
be settled then as well as any other time.
TO this the committee agreed and the
result was "a meeting which for long
hours went over all the aspects Of the
casa--with but two short ad!Ournments,
one by each side-for consultation. At
10 o'clock tonight the council of admin
istration presented to tho executive com
mittee of the strikers the following reso-
iutions which were preceded 10y short
preamble. setting forth the existence Of
the strike.
Resolved. That it employ men, work
men or artisans in the several trades
represented by said executive committee
for the performance Of work under the
direct charge and supervision of the
Worlds Columbian exposition, repre-
sentatives Of union organized labor shall
be entitled to equal consideration with
those Of non-uniou, and that workmen
heretofore employed by said exposition
company who have this day gone out on
IL Elllht slldIl IOl u ltlueCt lliNhi
hereafter on that account it being the
express purpose of the council that or
ganized labor as such shall not be dis,
criminated against; and
Resolved further. that there shall be
paid to every artisan SO employed by the
exposition company at least the mini
mum rate Of wages prescribed for the
trade in which he is employed and. Re
solved, that an authorized representa-
tive or delegate of each of said trades
shall be furnished with pass emitting
him to free admission to the grounds
and shall have the right to confer with
workmen of his trade at all times pro,
vided such conference shall not mate
rally interfere with not retard the work
Resolved, Further, that the conccs
sions made in and by the foregoing reso
iutions are so made with the distinct un
derstanding that they shall be accepted
by said executive committee as ful
settlement and solution of the present
controversy; that the men who have
gone on strike shall return t
work at once, and that the provision:
and stipuations of said resolutions shal
continue in force and be operative dur
ing the whole period Of the exposition.
These resolutions were at once signed
by all the members of the strikers OK
ecutive committee, representing 5000 t.
5000 laboring men, and the trouble wa
over.
There was great relief expressed OIL
both sides when the thing was over, 70
the members of the council OF admins
tration and of the strikers committe
alike were fearful of the weight of pub
lie opinion which would fall upon tn
party that opposed or obstructed tn
success of the exposition.