Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
STRIKE ENDED.
The Firemen at Armour's Packing
Plant Return to Work.
GOYCOTT DECLARED OFF.
The Iron Workers In COnVentlon-CathOllc
Knights and Ladies' In Sesslon-LOn-
don's Peaoo society Meets to
Promote Arbitration.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 9O-The
strike Of the A firemen of the Armour
packing plant has been declared on.
The firemen will return to work at ~
cents an hour for eight hours, and all
the union men discharged by the Ar
mour company since the strike began
will be reinstated without prejudice
]. Z. Fitzgerald, chairman OF the grieV'
nnce committee of the Industrial coun'
Gil of this city, sent this telegram at
noon to-day to the Associated press TO
be wired everywhere:
To organized labor everywhere; The boy
colt placed on the products Of the Armour
Packing Co. has been declared on Existing
difficulties have been amicably adjusted
j. E. FITZGERALD, Chairman
The settlement of the strike was
brought about by promise made to
the men yesterday afternoon by MIX
b. Armour that if the fremen returned
to work at the company's proposition
of 20 cents an hour they would lose
nothing in the end. This promise was
made at conference held in the Ar"
mour offices between August McCraith'
secretary of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, j. L. Fitzgerald, 2. e.
Duffy and Charles McCambridge, OF
the local grievance committee, and Su-
perintendcnt Tourtellot and Solicitor
L. e. James, of the Armour company.
The conference began at three o'clock
and a few minutes later Mr.. Armour
ioined in it. 1t was the first time one
of the Armours had been present at
any of the many conferences held be-
tween the representatives OF the LABOR
unions aud the Armour management
and the labor leaders took 1t as a GOOD
sign. Mr.. Armour listened attentively
while the whole situation was discussed
and propositions for q settlement
were made by the labor leaders and
declined by Mr.. Tourtelot and Mr.
James. At five o'clock Mr.. Armour
said he would have to leave. AS he
left the room Mr.. Armour asked Mr.
James TO step outside with him. In q
few minutes Mr.. James returned ant
said to the labor men: MIR. Armour
has told me to notify you that If the
striking firemen will return to work
at our offer Of 20 cents an hour for
eight or IL hours they will lose moth
ing by it and organized labor will lose
, nothing by it." The fremen after
wards at q meeting unanimously
: agreed to the proposition.
Iron Workers In Convention.
DETROIT, Mich, May 3N-One hun
dred and seventy-five delegates were
present when the annual convention o
3 The Amalgamated Association of lror
and Steel Workers of America was
+ called to order yesterday, Presiden
| Garland, of Pittsburgh, presiding
. The delegates represent 80, 600 workers
a but 500, 900 employees Of the iron trade
4 are governed by the decisions OF thi
> body. Forty-flve lodges have been en-
rolled during the past year and th'
3 representation this year is the largeS
since the Homestead troubles.
| Catholic KnightS and Ladies'.
8 MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 90 The thir'
5 biennial meeting Of the Catholi
| hnlPnLS anu l1ullCS VA SAhSA w. 20 -
! here yesterday with more than lO
delegates from all parts of the coun
trv present Bishop Byrne, of Nash
vile, delivered the address OF vel
3 come. Reports of the several officer
were read. That Of Secretary Henle,,
|. sho we'd large increase in membershi,
= and the finances Of the order in excel
; lent condition. The sessions will con
/. tinue tomorrow.
LondOn'A Peace Society Meets
= LONDON, May 2O.-A meeting OF tn
L Peace society was held last evening 10
u the promotion of plan OF arbitratlo
g of differences between the Unite
e States and Great Britain. A letter wa
: read from United States Am6assa
: dor Bavard, declining an invitation
J. attend on the ground that although h
IS sympathized with the movement, 1t wa
: not his province to actively assist
u until the voice Of both nations shoul
!, have declared in its favor