The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-13
STRIKE IS
SETTLED
Plumbers to Re.
sumo Work on
New Scale.
(From Saturdays dsily)


The plumbers strike which has been
in progress for fourteen weeks, to the
great damage and discomfort of the
people of Honolulu, has finally been
amicably adjusted, and the journey
men plumbers will go to work for their
former employers Immediately. The
plumbers struck May LIST for an ad-
vance in wages Of from five dollars to
six dollars per day, and the compro-
mise was made at $3.50 per day, which
is accepted as satisfactory by both
master plumbers and journeymen.
Thirty-two men go back to work under
the new scale, which is to be effective
for one year. though good many
others who went out on the strike
originally have left the city, many re-
turning to San Francisco and others
going to Manila.
The settlement was reached at a
meeting of the arbitration committees
from both sides, held Thursday at noon,
and the agreement signed by the COM
mittees was accepted by Local Jour
neyman's Union No. 223 at a meeting
held the same evening. The agree
ment was ratified by the Master Plumb
evening. Members of both organize
tions and of the respective arbitration
committees We're seen yesterday by an
Advertiser reporter, but neither SEEM
ed anxious to discuss the matter
though freely admitting that the strike
was ended and that the settlement was
satisfactory. Aside from the admis-
sion of the compromise and the scale
| a in "
en- out.
The members of the arbitration COM
mittee for the master plumbers were
Messrs. Bath, Gering and Davidson;
for the striking journeymen, O'Donnel,
chairman: Reed and one other MEM
Der whose name could not be learned
The meeting of the two committees at
which the compromise was reached
was held Thursday morning, after a
number of Intellectual attempts to
reach a settlement had been made.
BY the terms of this agreement the
ljourneymen plumbers are to receive
uniform rate of $3.50 per day of eight
hours. The journeymen were receiv-
ing five dollars per day and demanded
six.
The second part of the agreement is
to the effect that the master plumbers
shall employ no one but members of
the journeyman's union, and the jour-
neymen agree to work for no one not
q member of the Master Plumbers AS
sociation.
The third clause i'm the agreement
provides that the new scale is to take
effect Immediately and to be in force
for one year from date.
! The strike has been in force since
the first day of May, on which date
the ultimatum served on the master
plumbers went into effect. The strike
has interfered seriously with many
| improvements contemplated but which
could not be completed because of
failure to supply plumbing connections.
| The extension of the sewerage system
! by the Board of Public Works has also
been impeded by the strike and there
are scores of applications for sewer
connections on file which could not be
made because of failure to secure
plumbers to do the work
To one very unusual feature of the
strike is due the fact that conditions
have been no worse than they were.
The strikers, or at least as many as re-
manned in Honolulu, went to work on
their own account, and some of them
opened small shops, from which they
executed orders. The settlement of the
strike in a manner perfectly satisfac-
tory to both sides will be a source of
great qualification, as many improve
ments delayed because of the strike
can now be accomplished. 1t is cx-
pected also that the settlement of the
strike will cause the influx of enough
more plumbers from the states to sup
ply the demand for their services.
It. f. Dawson, speaking for the mas
ter plumbers last evening. said THE
strike is settled in a manner satisfac-
tory to both sides, and ! do not think
any more need be said than that. The
wage scale as agreed upon was agree
axle to both journeymen and master
plumbers and the men will go to work
VI der the new scale Immediately"
Mr.. Reed, member of the arbitra-
ton committee for the journeymen
said: 1.-THE strike has been settled and
some of the men started to work to-
day. The scale was accepted at s5.5(
at special meeting of the union held
last evening and was satisfactory to
ou' men. We do not care to discuss
the affair in the newspapers, except to
say that the terms of arbitration are
acceptable to u.s."
Some of the men went to work yes
tcrday but the majority of the strikers
VIII not return to their places before
Monday