The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-06
STRIKERS EFFECT
A SETTLEMENT
Rioting and BIoOdshed Give
Place to Peace.
A VICTORY FOR TRANSFERS
WILL RESUME WORK WITH IN
CREASED WAGES,

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> Chicago, June 5.-The document. =
> as agreed upon by teamsters- and-N
= packers. is as follows:
= AT a conference held at the =
, Grand Pacific hotel on the night OF =
> June 4. 1902, between representa- =
> tives of Chicago packers and their =
= packing house teamsters, held al =
= the suggestion Of Carter II. HaTTi- y
, son. mayor Of Chicago, and the =
. state board Of arbitration. it was =
= agreed. after due elaboration. to =
= recommend TO the two parties to =
= the controversy now existing be- =
= tween the said transfers and the =
= said packers: =
> That compromise Of their diff =
= fcuIties be effected by making the =
= following suggestions for a COM ,
= promise;
= '1-That there shall be no dis =
= elimination against union team =
2 sters. ,
p "2-The scale Of wages for team =
> sters shall be fair. =
3-No teamsters shall be COM >
= PEELED to work on Labor day. =
ANY teamster receiving more =
= than the scale Of wages stated =
> shall not suffer a reduction Of =
, wages after this agreement goes =
> into effect"
= HICAGo, June 5-Quiet reigned in
the turbulent stock yards district
today as a result of the settle
ment OF the meat teamsters' strike, but
the happiness Of the men was marred
somewhat by a report that the pack
ers will refuse to employ leaders
among the striking teamsters. The
report caused much uneasiness among
the men. The Transfers are to return
TO work tomorrow morning. A few
were given teams today, but the ma
Jority were told TO report tomorrow.
Instead OF another day Of rioting and
broken heads, there was peace and
laughter as the two sides to the con-
trOversy good naturedIy discussed the
ending Of the trouble. When the mem
bers Of the conference separated this
morning the strike was virtually at
an end. but the agreement Of the. COM
mitteemen had to be ratified by the
packers and teamsters. This caused
some further delay and it was not un-
III this evening that all arrangements
had been completed for the strikers to
return 10 work. tomorrow.
The packing transfers strike, which
has disturbed the peace Of the city for
nearly two weeks and which yesterday
caused the most serious rioting that
has occurred since the American Rail-
way union strike Of 1894. came to an
end at AIS o'clock this morning as the
result Of a secret conference between
representatives Of the packers and the
teamsters at the Grand Pacific hotel.
which had been in session since s
O'Clock last night.
The agreement reached at the con-
ference is a partial victory for the
teamsters. in that the packers have
declared that they will not disCrim-
mate against members Of the union,
New Scale of Wages.
The scale agreed upon is two cents
lower than that demanded by the
men. Tt is as follows:
Cart drivers. Is cents an hour; sin
gle wagon 20 cents: twO-hOrse, g21z
cents; fsur-horse. 27i5 cents; x-horse,
so cents.
The men are to be paid full time
from time OF leaving barn until re-
turn. with deduction of half an hour
for lunch. They will not be required
to work on Labor day
Apparently ignorant Of the strike set
tlemen, men sympsthizing with the
teamsters today dragged a meat wagon
driver from his seat. beat him severely
and then demolished the wagon. The
driver was Robert Allan. employed by
Irwin Brothers.
Five hundred teamsters assembled at
Corcoran hall near the stock yards at
noon, and ratified unanimously the
agreement made between their repre-
ouraffv-nz and r,a1t-ere NJ A ofclocLr this
morning. The document was signed
by Albert Young. president OF the Ma
tiOnal Transfers union, and by John
Meyers, president Of the local union.
II was then taken by President Job
of the state arbitration board 10 the
several packers for their signatures.
The utmost harmony prevailed, the
occasion assuming the character of a
jOllidcatiOn over the settlement OF the
strike. The men decided to return to
work tomorrow morning.
As the men passed out of the hall
n huge van carrying meat and driven
by a clerk rUmbled past The men
cheered again-cheering n man who
yesterday would have found a far diff
ferent reception at their hands
Will Take Back All Strikers.
soon after the agreement, which is
compromise. was ratified by the men
a report coming from some untrace-
able source spread that the packers
had determined 10 take back only
teamsters who had not been active ir
the strike. That the companies would
exercise a choice in taking their for
mer transfers back seemed not to have
occurred 70 the men before, and or
Investigation it was found that Severa
wOrkmen employed in the yards had
recently been discharged These mel
declare that they have been singled
out because they were strong uniOT
men and strike sympathizers- This il
denied by the packers, but the state
ments of the discharged men are be
ing carefully investigated
The men who have been discharged
are members of the Stock Yards En-
ployes union. Their organization
which was formed less than three
weeks ago and already has a member
ship OF over zoo. is affiliated with thu
Butchers union. Michael Donneily
president Of the North American Mea
Cutters union has been asked to ad
Just the trouble Late tonight a con
ference between Mr.. DOnnelly and A
w. Leonard, superintendent of tn
Union stock Yards Transit company
was arranged. Mr.. Leonard viii b
asked to reinstate the men who hav
been discharged. and unless he con
sents to do so It is said that the 500
butchers employed in the diheren
packing plants viii be called out Of
strike.
DAVID WAKEFIELD ILL