Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-14
STRIKE IS OVER.
CONTINUED from page l.,

VI tedHhS.
The governor further agreed to see
the officials of the Boston & Maine,
Boston & Albany, and New York, New
Haven & Hartford and the various
steamship lines and urge them to REIN
state as many men as they possibly
can. Gov. Crane impressed every one
present with his deep interest in the
matter and 1t was largely through his
influence that the representatives of
labor present unanimously agreed to
recommend to their various unions that
the strike be declared off and that
every man now on strike should return
to work, tomorrow.
This decision was received with in
tense satisfaction by all who had par.
ticipated in the conference, for al
though it was not effective until it had
been formally ratified by the indiyi,.rs,
unions. it was conceded that II meant
the termination of the gigantic hattie
between unioh' -.n and tho non-un-
loillslli WI ..cn has crippled the COM
iiieic ~ Bestea for the past four days
Id has entailed great inconvenience
and expense upon it's merchants and
| citizens.
When the conference with the Gov
| ernor ended nothing remained for the
| committee except to make it's report
TO the meeting in the board of arbitra-
| ton rooms which had delegated it, and
after the report had been adopted the
meeting dissolved.
| Immediately upon the decision to call
off the strike had been reached the
| labor leaders hurried from the State
| House to put themselves in immediate
| touch with their respective unions at
special meetings which were being held
in anticipation of the necessity for i'm
| mediate action of some kind.
| In every instance the action of their
! representatives in ending the strike
| and ordering the men to return to work
In the morning, was endorsed and 1t
was plain to be seen that the men were
only too glad to see the termination OF
IA struggle that seemed until today, tC
| battle all efforts at settlement.
After the committee had left the
| Governor, the latter, to the newspaper
representatives expressed his great
pleasure with the result attained by
| the conference.
| Said he: "Inasmuch as the strike has
been declared off it now becomes the
duty of the public to do its part, and of
other employers of labor to see that the
men who went out are reinstated so far
as possible
! The following official notice of the
termination of the strike will be print
| ed in the morning papers, and in add
ton committees will endeavor to notify
| those of the strikers who cannot be
reached through the press in time tC
begin work at their regular time:
ITO all members or labor organiZa-
tons affiliated with the Allied Freight
Transportation Council of Boston and
vicinity, greeting:
Brothers: An agreement has been
reached at a conference between all in
terestS represented in the strike of the
freight transportation industry of this
city, which agreement has the endorse
ment of Gov. Murray Crane, Mayor
Collins, Secretary r. NJ. Easley of the
Civic Federation, and a committee OF
| this council and committee of Boston
business men, the strike of the Freight
| Transportation Organizations is here
by officially declared off. All men who
went on strike are hereby ordered to
return to work, this morning.
I'm issuing this order your represent
atives cannot speak in too warm praise
of the work done by the public-spirited
citizens who have so freely contributed
their time and their ability in the in
terests of peace.
I'VE particularly desire to thank
these persons and the men in the labor
movement who have so nobly stood for
the principles contended for by the
trades unions of Boston.
| (Signed) oscar +. Cox, President
Allied Freight Transportation Council
Handlers Union 6527.
William Hartnett. President Team
Drivers Union Is.
"P. O'Day, Secretary of Strike Com
mittee.'
Meetings of the Building Trades
Council and of the Boston Central La :
Dor Union were held, tonight, having
been called for the purpose of consider
ing sympathetic action in connection
with the strike.
At the former meeting President Cox
of the Freight Transportation Council
ANNOUNCED that the strike had been de-
clared off, and after the meeting had
IenuOfSeu Il proposition To the erect that
its members should handle no material
delivered by nom union men, it adj
journed. The Central Labor Union,
upon receiving announcement of the
termination of the strike, adjourned
without taking any action.
Secretary IIasley of the Civic Fedora
ton. who was seen, this evening. ex-
pressed his pleasure with the satisfac-
| tory outcome of the strike A sympa-
thctic strike, he said, is like a confla :
grafton and there is no telling where
it will end. He said both sides to this
dispute were disposed to be very fair
and said that the state and city were
| extremely fortunate in possessing eX-
ecutives like Gov. w. Murray Crane
/ and Mayor Z. A. Collins who took such
deep personal interest in the questions
at issue.
| The day along the water front and in
the wholesale district was fully as
quiet as yesterday. The thousands of
strikers, dressed in their Sunday attire,
lined the sidewalks or promenaded the
roadways. deserted of vehicular traffic.
| In short. an observer who was in igno-
rance of the true state of things would