The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-03-14
THE STRIKE
DECLARED OFF
End Of Labor Trouble in
Boston.
DECISION OF ARBITERS
The Railroad and the Union
Each Made Concession.
AL Of the Old Men For Whom Places
Can Be Found will Re-
turn to Work This
Morning.
DECISION OF ARBITERs

Boston. March l3.-Through the united
Efforts of representatives of the great
mercantile bodies of the city. seconded
XIV the chief executives of the city and
State. in conference with the recognized
leaders of organized labor, the great
ftrike of freight handlers and kindred
krades represented In the Allied Freight
Transportation Council. was broken to-
hight.
Fully 1000 men who have been idle for
Four days win go to work in the MORN
Ing.
This result was attained at CONFER
,nce this afternoon at the office OF Gov
hrpor Crane The decision was at once
reported to the Allied Freight Transpor-
tation Council at a special meeting to-
night and unanimously endorsed
The settlement was the result OF an
expressed determination of Governor
Crane and those representing the mer-
chants of Boston to bring all possible
pressure to bear upon the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
to adopt the rules in force upon the Bes-
ton and Maine Railroad, forbidding
freight handlers to unload trains except
ut their own option and risk. All OF the
Did men for whom places can be found
will be taken back by the railroads TO-
morrow.
Transfers and longshoremen will find
nm unprecedented demand for their ser
vices and trafic of all descriptions will be
resumed tomorrow with a rush.
The Brine Transportation Company, the
loading and unloading of whose nom
union teams precipitated the strike OF the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
Freight handlers. does not appear to nave
figured in the settlement of the present
controversy.
The day was filled with conferences be-
tween representatives of the various Ia
bor unions and the city's business inter-
ests in which Governor Crane, Mayor
Collins, Secretary Easley of the National
Civic Federation and the State Board
of Arbitration took important parts.
.s Every one was fully impressed with
$ The gravity OF the situation and felt the
absolute necessity of an immediate set
Element.
As early as O'Clock a. M. Secretary
Easley, who had arrived from New York
on the night train, met number or
labor leaders at Young's Hotel, where
their side of the controversy was explain
ed TO him in detail At 10 O'Clock those
in attendance proceeded to the rooms Of
the State Board of Arbitration at the
State House and met representatives of
various mercantile bodies of that city,
the officials of various roads and Mayor
Collins when a free interchange of ideas
Governor Crane, although not present
at this meeting personally. had repro
sentative in attendance, and was kept
in close touch with all its proceedings, in
which he manifested the greatest interest.
Among those present were: Mayor Collins.
representatives of the Associated Board
Of Trade; the Merchants Association. the
Chamber of Commerce. and President
I,lcius futile of the Boston and Maine
Railroad; General Manager Barnes of
the Boston and Albany Railroad. General
Manager W. e. Chamberlain of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,
President o. F. Cox of the Allied Freight
Transportation Council; President Hart
nett of the Transfers Union. and many
other officials of the various labor bodies
of the city.
A committee of seven was chosen to
devise some plan that might be mutually
agreed upon as a basis of settlement.
The committee which consisted of Judge
Warren a. Reed, chairman of the State
Board of Arbitration; A.. A. Lawrence.
George H. Leonard and John Mason Lit
tie, on behalf of the Merchants and
Thomas H. Canning. G.. o. Powers and
Thomas Mahoney. representing the
Unions together with Secretary Easley.
then waited upon the Governor and were
eloseted with him for two hours
Meantime a large number Of labor
leaders went into conference in the coun-
Gil chamber which adjoins the office OF
the Governor. The door between the
rooms was open much of the time and
there was a general exchange or ideas ana
PROPOSITIONS While there was unanimity
of sentiment that everything possible
should be done to bring the strike to
quick termination. there was diversity
of views as TO how to do it.
Governor Crane, while impressing upon
those present the fact that he had abso-
1utcIv no authority to make pledges he
Droposed that if the strike should be
declared off and those of the men who
car would return to work, he would, as
Governor. use his best efforts with the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
Railroad to have it adopt rules that would
he in conformity with those already
adopted by the Boston and Maine Rail-
road in effect that the freight handlers
are not required to go upon trucks of
forwarding concerns and assist in I'M
loading freight.
The Governor further agreed to see the
oticers of the Boston and Maine. Boston
and Albany and New York, New Haven
and Hartford Roads and the various
steamship lines and urge them to rein
state as many men as possible
Governor Crane impressed every one
with his deep interest in the matter and
n was through his interest that the rep
resentatives of the labor organizations
agreed to recommend to their various
unions that the strike be declared off
and that every man now on strike return
to work tomorrow.
The decision was received with intense
..,,sraction ny all who participated in the
conference for although it was not ef-
fective until It had been formally rau-
f,ed by the individual unions. it was con-
a
coded that it meant the termination OF
,,on-nnionism which has cripped the COM
noerce of Boston for the past four days
and has occasioned great Inconvenience
and expense upon its merchants and cit
gems. - l,..-
When the conference with the Governor
ended nothing remained for the commit
tee except to make It's report III 'he
nn.rs af Arbitration rOoMs 10 the meet