The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-08-02
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| 20 came to an end yesterday when the
striking muchnists Of the j. Morton
Poole Company, the only men who were
out. voted to return to work Oh Mon lay,
after having been granted nine hour
| day with per cent increase over the
| wages they had been receiving.
Charles W. Sehl, chairman Of the shop
committee of the strikers, visited the
plant of the j. Morton Poole Company
on Monday afternoon to get his tools.
He was Informed that the company had
a proposition to make to the men. MIR.
Sehl said he could not receive it indi
vidmallv hut that it would have to he
made to tn" shop committee. The CO m.
mttrc which is composed Of Mr.. 'Sell.
Robert Brown and WI liam Richardson
held meeting and decided to visit the
plant and receive the proposition.
The visit was-madc tuesday afternoon
They entered the Office and We're met by
j. Morton Poole and Alfred ID. Poole
J. Morton Poole said the company
would grant the machinists the nine
hour day. they demanded but could only
pay them for nine hours work. The
committee did not give the company any
decided answer bnl said they would sub.
nit the proposition to the men. +,
The proposition was laid before tn !,
men at their meeting Wednesday morn
ing and after considerable discussion
it was rejected. The shop committee
paid visit to the Office of the j. Morton
Poole Company yesterday afternoon and
| reported the action taken by the men.
The j. Morton Poole Company stated
that it could not afford TO give ten hours
| pay for nine hours work. An endeavor
was then made to reach some compr0-
mise. The suggestion was made TINT
10 per cent. increase be allowed. The
company offered TO pay 5 per cent. in
crease
This new proposition was submitted To
the striking macmnists at Il meeting
held yesterday morning. Sixteen of the
twenty maChiniSts who were on strike
wcrc present at the meeting.
| The proposition was finally accepted
| by unanimous vote. The men decided
|
The shop committee at II o'clock yes.
terday morning visited the office of the
J. Morton Poole Company and reported
that the men had accepted the firms
proposition and would return to world
| The members of the firm were muttl
pleased to hear the news. The commit!
tee presented to the firm vote Of
thanks which had been passed by the
strikers in recognition Of the fair and
square manner in which the firm had
treated them and their committee
through the strike.
| The members of the firm in rcsponsc
said they hoped the good feeling would
continue to exist.
| The members Of the shop committee
received numerous congratulations yes
terday On the successful termination Of
the strike ana the able and efficient man
ncr in which it had been conducted.
Chairman Sehl had kept his men in line
and there was no disorder among them
at any time.
| Tho machiniStS Of the J. Morton Poole
] Company previous to tn, strike were
| receiving from 20 10 0U cents an Hulll i,
which is more than the scale paid at
some of the other shops. In the matter
of pay for overtime. the men fare very
| well as time and half time starts as soon
as the nine hours are completed.
The vote of thanks was rendered the
firm because a report had gotten about
that the firm had not treated the men
fairly This was untrue
BIG VICTORY FOR MACHINISTS.
| The action taken by the machnists
of the j. Morton Poole Company yes
terday brought to close the great strike
which was begun on May 20. On that
day the machinists in all the machine
shops in the city where the demand
for a nine hour day with ten hours pay
was refused, packed up their tools and
| quit work in obedience to an order from
the International Association of Ma
chinists. The PuSey 4 Jones Company
and the 1Iilles & Jones Company con-
cedcd the demand on the Saturday prcvi-
Gus to May 20, thus avoiding Strikn.