The sun., 1893-04-11
THE W0RLD'S FAIR STRIKE.
1T Was SETTLED LAST NIGHT At
CONFERENCE, AND DANGER IS PAST

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CHICAGO. April 1O.-The strike inauuurnted
at the Worlds Fair grounds this morning was
Council Of AJminis,ration With the Executiys
Committee a OF the BuiidiDa Trades, T V Council '
E1no,,ti"n comnany ] "a coueep,oJ ] oJ M su, - there @
.sxora %, "e ths
grounds who must sien the agreement before
THAR n, an viii rotnrr - wo,s Th.ro ors 600
men who % viii no. % rstnrn ~ 70 wort iu ths morn.
Ing on this account
A committee will be at work early endeavor-
Ing to get those contractors to sign the agree,
enable the great enterprise to be pushed to an
early Ts. ss..;ss S,s,io,' ., -. 49,, .,,
tsrnoon t. oo was . long one. and both side.
oussed. Director o, WI" Work. JS Burnham proved
to Trade, r,ssasnt cons h Ms ,s ,Du Of tho ,a nnd.s ling
agreed whom work on tho Fair was com m fenced @
that union and % non-unIon uni ~ msn should orS work
together without discrimination. 1t was this
question Of hiring non union ZEN that was the
real cause Of the strike.
PRESIDENT Russell finally acknowledged that
in that one particular the Building Trades
An agreement was then drawn up by George
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m.tee =. ',,, oi inc builaine Ifades:
nSa u as hs dsS SsS
Ing Trades Council .and the Council OF
bian Exposition. 1t -, wns alleged and
woTk in the several trades represented by
essss % said
tion Company. discrimination had been made
and ,us' ''D's''a'A,''eS o' ORGANIZED 'Ao0.'
Whereda. Such alterations, II we'll founded;
fsees to ia the Ssws a1
Wotks @ and IN order that It's views and Ioliey
IN this behalf en- % may Re clearly DECLARED and
Rssotrea That IN the e%pioymens ny Ta oi Work
a men or artisans sans u the several trades repre-
sSsted zen S1 said Executive ios
Shs1e' na ss
G ans Sss S
Gmnanv WIN Sa saia anv posoat anp Ion
on strike. shall not be refused employ.
mSnt hereafter on that nat aseount, It being the
iabSr. as nI such. shall not bo Disseminated
pany At least the minimum rate q wages pre-.
and ,0i 'ns 'laa' IN "n'en no Is 'mpl0''o'
Frthss that 4, h'
snail 1 With O. pass sss snttns iG aass
tree admission to the Erounds. and shall
WIZ e SUCH 9 5
shall not materially Interfere with or retard
'ne Rssofr.d. &Srk. Further. that tho con....,on.
made IN and bE the foregoing resolutions are
10 maze mth.. Thn TFhha. tnS pisthtnot undsrsSana-
,nG sad tRss 1ect1s th1eS mn,,tts snn accepted ,H
sertiemens eha tha. 40 tsSoinu0n OF the pre- present
thas rsen tme men s wnG nave gone out
that ths p,ovisions apd stlpaistlons shsll con.
Ghois nsrIod %, ths EEnosisinn uur'ne 'he
s2sS TSs@ @ steye . eresnbIe ana rs.o!ut,ons hay.
l9th day OF Aprii. 4; y: isss. we %: On behalf
Trades, Council fully accept and agree to ob:
serve T % the same. es Witness our hands the day
@ a.. =; T. huss6Ld, GJ. =; II C2GeswEtI: WILLIAM
FE5I EDTED aUenf tbs
Council
The strike was then declared of. and Presi-
return 70 WORK e" morrow morning as IL moth
saS
Delegates wi, VII be stationed outside the
grounds to instruct the men TO 60 back. but
not to allow the men working Tor those con-
tractors who have not signed the new scale to
resume WORK. me meeting broKe up ~ Q
very friendly manner. the delegates shaking
hands with President Hieinbotham and Di-
RECTOR q WORKS bufnhami E,i M -
tered It's tirst big ftfiEe which has been for,
work this ~ Forming. with prospect that 1000
more would loln peIore nieht:
ment between the Worlds Fair officials and
the ,represeptatlves OF union lnborI by which
all disputes between employers AM employees
on the fair WORK were TO De settled by arbi-
tration.
Ihe men contenden thht some q tne falr
officers had recentiy shown disposition.
now that the ,Falr arrangements are nearly
com pleted to DENY noihttolanE S anything asked.
carpenters' carr % W Troubles which have been pendD DC nd
iipg Tor some time: the Exnibition iuthor.
ties: It y asieged; aeenning 70 sgn tne t scale
proposed Dy tne CarpenteLs oni0n i3r tne new
season. although majority OF the large CON
frnR nj IO-nA