The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-11

CHICAGO, April lO.-The great strike
at the Worlds Fair is thing OF the
past and the men who walked out this
morning will walk back again to'mor'
row morning, and ninety.nine out OF
every hundred will work for tho same
hours and the same pay he received be-
fore he struck.
For the first time since its inception
organized labor came squarely in con-
tact with the United States government
and while all questions Of wages were
satisfactory settled the right OF tho en-
ployer to use non.union men or union
men, the right OF men to bo in the ranks
of organized labor or without them, was
insisted upon by the national repre-.
sentatives and acknowledged by the
union men themselves.
It was 10 o'clock tonight when the
meeting between the council OF admin
istration and representative OF the
building trades council came to an agree
ment which Is TO continue throughout
the entire period OF the exposition, and
under which further trouble is i'm
possible. Tho men have received the
formal concession OF u minimum rate Of
wages and have yielded to the demand
Of the exposition officials that they may
employ any man, whether he be or be
not q member ofany labor organization.
At 10 o'clock tonight the council OF
administration presented to the eXecu-
tive committee OF the strikers tho fol-
lowing resolutions which were preceded
by a short preamble setting forth the
existance OF the strike:
TIE RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That in the employment OF
workmen or artisans in the several
trades represented by said executive
committee, or the performance Of
work under the direct charge and
supervision OF the Worlds Columbian
Exposition, representatives OF union or
organized labor shall be entitled to
equal consideration with those OF non.
union, and that the workmen hereto.
fore employed by said exposition
company, who have this day gone out
on strike shall not be refused employ.
ment hereafter on that account, it be.
ing the express purpose OF the council
that organized labor. as such, shall not
be Disseminated against; and
"ReSOiyGd, further, That there shall be
paid to every artisan SO employed by
the Exposition Company at least the
minimum rate OF wages prescribed for
the trade in which he is employed; and
"RcSoiCed, That an authorized repre-
sentative or delegate OF each Of said
trades shall be furnished with u pass
emitting him to FREQ admission to tho
grounds aud shall have the right to
confer with tho workmen Of his trade
at all times, provided such conference
shall not materially interfere with, or
retard the work.
"ReSoted, further, That the concessions
made in aud by the foregoing resolu-
tions aro SO mado with the distinct un.
derstanding that they shall be accepted
by said executive committee as full
settlement and solution OF the present
controversy, that the mon who have
gone on strike shall return to work at
once, and that the provisions and stipu.
lations OF said resolutions shall con.
tlnue in force and bo operative during
the whole period OF tho exposition"
A CLOSE CALL.
These resolutions were ut once signed
by all tho members OF the strikers
committee, representing tho 5000 or
5000 laboring men, and the trouble
was over.
1t was close call for the exposition,
not only for its opening but for Its suc-
ccss. The work OF tho mon who struck
to-day Is nearly over and while they
could not have ruined tho Fair, they
might by stopping the work 80 have
delayed matters that tho expedition
could not hRvo boon In complete roadi-
nos5 by the first OF August, There was
great relief expressed on both sidos
when tho thing was over, for tho mem.
bcrs OF tho council OF administration
and OF the strikers committee alike
were fearful OF tho weight OF public
opinion which would fall upon the party
that opposed or obstructod the SUCCESS
VI hO SApvolllOus
WHAT THE STRIKE WAS.
Tho strike to-day was nh attempt to
unionizo tho Fair-nothing more, moth.
ing less. Tho labor leaders claimed
that tho Worlds Fair people had not
kept faith with them because they had
roiusod to consider tho making OF q new
agreement in tho face Of tho fact that q
majority Of the contractors employed
by tho exposition had alrcady made ar.
ranuomUnts with tho men which wCro
entirely satisfactory to tho lattor NinG
out OF every ten mon who struck to-day
wore employed by contractors who wCrG
on q friendly footing with thom.
Two years ago when tho labor ropro.
ecnintiyes mado Il duMaud that nunO
but union men should DO employed at
the Fair, thoy were asked II they could
guarantee that the unions could furnish
enough men to enable tho work to la
prosecuted without delay. After taking
account OF stock thOy wcro forced to
confess that the unions wore not strong
enough to furnish all tho mon. ThOy
were then informed by tho national
commission that the government could
not and would not discriminate against
men becnuso thOy worO or were not
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