The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-25
OLIVE BRANCH
IS IN sight
SILK STRIKE APPEARS TO BE
NEARING END.
Meeting of Girls Employed by Har-
vey Bros. Will Be Held This Morn
ing to Determine Whether to Re-
turn to Work-Proposition Made
by Joseph Harvey to Committee
Saturday will Be Considered.
Mother" Jones Says 1t Is Salts
factory-Condition at Other Mills.

FROM 0tNeIOpneulS WHICH nave W.
Cured during the past few days,
settlement of the silk mill strike, now
entering into its third month seems
imminent As told in Saturdays Trib-
une. an adjustment Of difficulties took
place at Harvey Brothers Forest city
mill. and the girls will return 10 work
there this morning.
A conference was held Saturday be-
tween committee of the strikers from
Harvey Brothers South Washington
avenue MILL superintendent Joseph
Harvey and Mother" Mary Jones, az
the result of which a special meeting
of the Harvey local has been called FOR
this morning in Carpenters hall. The
committee will report the results OF
this conference. and vote will be then
taken on accepting the proposal and
returning to work.
Other meetings were held between
employers and employees. notably
conference between the KlotZ girls and
the mill authorities. The strikers from
the Simpson mill at Minooka also met
with their employers. and will today
report to the executive committee.
Mother" Jones said yesterday the
conference with Superintendent Har-
vey was eminently satisfactory. and
also expressed herself as confident that
the return to work of the girls at the
Harvey mill would result in u general
cessation of hostilities and return to
work
TERMS DECIDED UPON.
The terms decided upon at Satur-
days meeting were satisfactory to
both parties. Superintendent Harvey
declared his Willingness to settle all
minor grievances and provide in every
reasonable way for the comfort of his
employees. AS result of the liberal
policy of the mill owners. the strikers.
not to be outdone agreed to slightly
lessen the demands of their wage scale.
The scale finally adopted is a fair
medium between the original wages
paid the girls and the terms stipulated
for in the scale drawn up by the en-
eCutive committee. 1t is almost cer-
tain that the proposal of Harvey
Bros. will be accepted at this morn
ing's meeting of the girls and that
work will be resumed tomorrow. or at
least during the early part of this
week.
The conference between the Klotz
girls committee and the mill author
tiles was held at the mill Saturday af-
ternoon. Besides the strikers commit
tee there was present Superintendent
Frieder. of the Carbonate mill. who is
also secretary of the company. and
Second Vice-President Britton. of this
city.
The former yesterday declared to a
Tribune man that a settlement was
now in view. and that he expected the
girls would be back at work within a
comparatively short time. Their de-
mands." said he. "have now dwindled
down to a mere demand for the re-
moval of a certain forelady, who is OBJ
noXious to them. They have no good
reasons for their objections TO her, and
it would be absurd for us TO grant their
demands in this respect.
1--WE have expressed our Willingness
to pay the same scale of wages in this
city as ait our Carbondale mill. and the
girls realizing that this is between II
and 20 per cent higher than that paid
at any mill in this region, seem to be
perfectly satisfied to return on these
| terms. | understand that the girls are
To soon hold a meeting and decide
| whether or not they will return to
work.
KLOTZ TO RETURN.
George Klotz, who has been at tn,
| Fredericksburg. Va, mill during the
| past several weeks. is expected home
| during the early part of this week. The
| strikers from Mulherin & Renard's Tay.
! lor mill held a meeting with the firm
Friday. and We're informed that they
could return to work only on the same
terms as prevailed before the strike
Mr.. Mulherin stated yesterday that the
owners would stick it out for five years
| If necessary, rather than make an,
such concessions as the strikers de-
| mand.
At a meeting of the Sauquoit girls
held Saturday. a wage scale was drawr
up. which will be presented to Super,
intendent Davis. There was a hearing
before Alderman Howe Saturday II
the cases against several of the Dun
more and Petersburg strikers. charged
with disorderly conduct. 1t was con
! tnued until this afternoon.