Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-17
THE STRIKE IS OVER.
Wv. eilvers win Pay Union Scale
to Bottlers.
AGREEMENT REACHED THIS MORNING
Articles q Agreement Were signed al
IL O'Clock This Morning and bot
tiers Union No. 7464 Recon-.
mend Schlitz Beer.

mend schlitz Beer.
FROM Tuesdays Daily.
AT II o'clock this morning an agree
ment was reached between the Bot
tiers Union, No. 7464 and w. ". Sill
yers & CO., local agents for the Schlitz
Brewing company, the latter agreeing
to pay the union scale. The following
are the articles of agreement, together
with the rules and regulations to be
obeyed by the. bottlers.
II The bottlers will return to work
Thursday morning at O'clock.
q Agreement 10 i36 ~
Il Between the Bottlers'a Union No.
7464, of Ottumwa, Iowa, and w. v. Sill
4srs & Co., wholesale dealers in Schlitz
Brewing company's beer.
Section /. From the acceptance of
this agreement only union men shall
be employed.
4 Sec. 2. During the dull season the
foreman may lay off the regular men
in rotation, but they are the first to
go on again.
Sec. 8. If man is expelled from
the union from sufficient cause, he
shall be discharged by the firm at
once.
Z Sec..4. Sickness is no cause for dis
charge. A man shall receive his for
mer position after recovery, provided
the time of absence does not exceed
two months.
Sec. 5. On week days nine (9) con-
secutiye hours shall constitute a days
work, including ten 10) minutes for
lunch in the forenoon, and ten min
utes for lunch in the afternoon. Fiji
ty-four {54J hours to constitute q
weeks work. All over nine (9) hours
any day to be paid at the rate OF
twenty (2o) cents per hour for men
receiving $3.50 per day, and fifteen Q5)
per hour for boys receiving SLIPS per
day.
See. 6.-Wages payable weekly.
See. q. The scale of wages is as
follows:
Such as are working at filing off
corking, wiring, tincapping, filling
tanks, trucking, fixing cases. handling
cases, Shooting, tin-foiling and labelling
day, and boys such as are working al
washing bottles. renching bottles
washing tanRs and unwiring bottles
are to receive not less than SIPS pei
day. In case of Introduction of ma
chimes The scale of wages shall bt
changed.
Sec. 8. That all the strikers ant
those that were discharged through
agitating are to receive their former
position back without prejudice, ant
to be promoted in rotation.
~ Sec. 0. All the boys who worked
through the strike in the bottling de
partment are to be discharged.
Sec. 10. That il any one of the boy
who worked through the strike wishe!
10 become member Of the union hi
name shall be brought before the bot
tlers' union and voted upon, and if HI
is allowed to become member of tn,
botflers' union he shall be allowed tt
work If the company so desires.
Sec. II. The workmen shall receive
their beer free of charge during work
ing hours, according to the rules pre-
vailing at the present time at the diff
ferent bottling establishments of tn
undersigned brewery.
Sec. ~. No workman shall be dis
eliminated against or discharged TO
working in the interest of the union
but the employer shall be notified u
to how long the employee shall be ah
sent, but he shall, however, receive n,
pay for the time SO spent
Sec. 10. In case any changes on thi
agreement shall be contemplated b,
either party it shall give the othe
party thirty (3o) days notice OF sue
contemplated changes prior to the eS
piration of this agreement.
Sec. IA. All grievances about viola
tons of the above rules shall be decitl
ed by an arbitration committee con
sisting as follows: Two men to b
chosen by the Beer Bottlers' Union Nc
4 1864, and two to be chosen by the re
speetive firms, and in case OF dis
agreement, the four SO chosen shal
appoint disinterested person as til
fifth member, and whose decision shal
be binding on both parties. 4
This agreement to continue and re
main in force and effect until April
1901.
Witness our hands and seal thi
18th day of August, 1899.
(Signed). w. v. Silyers & Co.,
Wholesale Dealers In schlitz Milwar
kee Bee. 49,, M, {. Il, 3,ss53 rs It
Bottlers'' Union No.T464.
J., ": Jones, President.
Witness; W. H. c. jacques.
Notice.
The following rules and regulation
must be strictly obeyed:
Rules and regulations Of the oottlin
department of w. V. Silvers & Col!
1st-T That no talking is allowed d,l
ing working hours except on bushes