The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-05-15
BREWERS TO WORK
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EMPLOY.
ERS AND UNION ADJUSTED.
VICTORY IS FOR THE MEN
butte Men Benefited by Settlement Of
brewery Workers In the State Get
Increase in Wages-No Pros
pect OF Strike Now.

IL was victory for the men in tho
brewery fight, and, while II does not an,
pear on the surface. II was "A victory far
reaching ana complete.
HIief sosslon which lasted from 10
O'CLOCK Yesterday morning until G.3O In
the evening, and In which three dele-
gates from tac brewers and three from
the maltslers met the executive conn
mi'tee of the State Brewers nssocia Ion.
the employers finally conceded to tba
demands Of the men.
President Dan Mcdonald Of the West
ern Labor union was called 10 tho cons
ference, and II was largely through his
counsel and intcrccasioa that the affair
was settled amicably. In fact had il
not been Tor his advice al the meeting
ot the malistera, brewers and driyers
Monday night every brewery In the state
would be closed today.
Affected the State.
All the demands OF the men were NOT.
~ y generally supposed. confined to tho
flly OF Butte ANA 10 the men euployei
III the Butte breNefits bat were made
10 include every brewery In the state.
lhry were for scale of 81 for the
brewers ana mnItaters and $3.50 for Tho
botllers.
IN Butte the brewers ana malfgters
had been working for $3.50 and The bot.
Hers for 81, but In other cities of tho
state this scale was not being paid.
many Of the bOtllers getting Only $3.50
day.
Under the agreement reached yester-
day the brewers and maItstcrs through
out the state are to receive $i for eight
houfs' work and the bottlers $3.50 for
The same number Of hours.
1hl5 means an increase Of 50 cents a
ddy for the brewers, and while ii does
not better The condition of the Butte
bolllefs, II does mean n great deal for
the bottlers IN the other cities of tha
state.
Want Endorsement.
one condition was embodied In tho
eohceaslpn-thal the national organiZa-
non Should lnCorso the action Of tho
Montana brewers. At least this state
mem was made by the employers. but
the men claim that IL does not mean
anything, as they had simply sent their
contract East for the Endorsement OF
the national body, and that although n
had been delayed. they had been notified
both by telegraph and letter that the
agreement was satisfactory to the cen.
tral Organization and the contract was
on It's way to Butte.
Employers, on the contrary maintain
that The national organization will not
indofse the action Of the men, but IL
was learned today on reliable authority
that even If the national organization
would not indorse the scale, the brew-
efS would 90 out to a man.
Bottiefs OF Butte claim that they were
willing to give up their demand for the
benefit of the bottlers throughout the
state, FOR whom the new scale meant
a marked Increase, and that they would
be IN a position later TO ask for the
major scale.
Fight Hot One.
This fight has been a hot one, but the
men felt all along that they would win.
and, as one OF the brewers stated yes-
tetday, "the outcome was never IN
doubt"
Amicably settled was the question OF
hours, the men claiming that as long
as the employers adhered to the elghts
hour rule they We're not so particular
as to when the eight hours came in.