The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
BUILDING STRIKE
is CALLED OFF
Parties Agree to Submit the
Case to a Board of Arbl-
tration.

The strike Of building laborers, which
has paralyZed construction work since
early in August, has been called off,
and Tuesday the men who quit work
will return to their places and the work
on the big buildings now in the course
Of erection will be resumed
The contractors and laborers have
agreed to submit their dispute to an
arbitration committee, which will re-
port its findings Jan. /, 1904. In the
meantime the bricklayers and building
laborers agree to return to work and
to abide by the decision of the commit
tee when the question has been set
tied.
From now until next April, when the
decision of the arbitration goes into
effect, there will be no recognition OF
the union by the contractors.
a They will hire men without refer
ence to any fixed scale of wages, and
will deal with the men as individuals.
The decision of the committee will
not be retroactive, so that no back pay
will be received by the laboring men in
the event the committee should decide
on an increase in wages.
BY the time the decision goes into
effect the buildings in course of con-
struction will be completed.
Agreement Is Reached.
The proposition for an adjustment OF
the differences between the contractors
and the laborers was agreed to yester-
day at a meeting between representa-
tiVes of the contending factors.
The full text of the arbitration plan
is as follows:
"An arbitration committee is to be
selected as follows: The master build
ers shall choose three men of their or
ganization and the local International
Hold Carriers and Building Laborers
shall choose three of their own men and
the six so chosen shall unanimously
agree upon a list of ten names of men
engaged in business in the city of Min
neapoHs who are neither contractors
bricklayers, nor laborers. Such ter
names shall be written on separate
slips of paper and placed in box, and
three Of such slips shall be drawn by
lot under the supervision of the six
men first mentioned.
Board of Arbitration.
"The three men whose names are
drawn shall be board of arbitration
and shall decide all question which
may come before such board of arbitra-
ton. In case the three men whose
names are first drawn, or any of them
refuse to act, or are unable for any
reason to act, additional names shat
De drawn by lot, and so on until {
board as above provided is chosen
which can and will serve as such arbi.
traitors.
Such arbitration committee shall de.
eide all differences between the con.
tractors and laborers in the CITY OF
Minneapolis, and shall deliver writ.
ten report of their decision to each Of
The above-named organizations ian. 1
1904, and the decision of the majority
of such committee shall be final anf
each of the said organizations agree
to abide thereby.
THE decision of such arbitration
committee shall go into effect and BIZ
operative from April 1, 1904, to Apri
I, 1905.
Until April 1, 1904, wages and con.
ditions of work shall remain as they
were Aug. l., 1903.
All work shall be Immediately re.
sumed and continued. pending the de
cision of such arbitration commit
tee"
This agreement was signed yesterda,
by f. G. Mcmillan, president of tn,
master builders, and Robert Wilson
national organizer of the building la.
borers, and other representatives o
the labor organizations.
Cause of the Strike.
The laborers who struck were re-
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