The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-05-21
IS ON At DENVER.
If the Arbitration Agreement Is Not
Reached a General Strike
Is Likely.
CITIZENS ALLIANCE HARD AT WORK.
hopeful Outlook ON the Great North
ern-Long Continued Conference
Indicates Ultimate Peaceful Settle
ment-StrIkers at Omaha Use Vio-
lence-Mtln ers' Strike Settled.

Indicates Ultimate Peaceful Settle
ment-str1kers at Omaha Use Vio-
lencc-Mlne rs' Strike Settled.
Denver, Col, May 15.-The Citizens
alliance committee decided to adhere
to it's original proposition for the cree
alton of one general arbitration board
to which all labor disputes shall be re-
ferred. The proposal of the labor
unions executive committee to refer
each difference to a committee of the
employers and employees directly in
terested for arbitration, was rejected
and a resolution was adopted declar-
ing that plan to be unreasonable
unnecessary and unduly cumbersome"
Unless the labor committee recedes
from the position heretofore taken, a.
general strike will be ordered within
"a hours.
Owing to the failure of the commit
tees to reach an agreement, the re-
tail grocery clerks and drivers, to the
number of 500, We're called out at noon
Thursday. Other unions are to be
called out, but whether in relays or all.
at once, is not known.
Violence at maha
Omaha, Neb., May 15.-Six assaults
were made on team drivers during the
forenoon Thursday. One driver named
Flint was badly beaten, while in the
other cases drivers were forced from
their wagons and three loads of coal
were dumped into the street. Police
dispersed the crowds, but no arrests:
were made, the assailants escaping.
Labor leaders say the guilty persons
are not members of the union, and
deny responsibility.
The laundries did not open Thurs
day and will not do so till next Mon
day. The large hotels have private
laundries and are not Inconvenience,
but the smaller hotels and those res
taurants which have reopened were
handicapped for clean linen.
At labor headquarters, it was given
out. that nothing would be done IN
til the conference committee meets
with the governor again.
1t is believed a compromise will be,
reached between strikers and employ
ers.
Conference Continued.
st. Paul, Mimi, May 15,-After two
hours conference the committeeman
and General Manager Ward adjourned
for lunch and resumed negotiations
later in the afternoon. The meet
ing was strictly secret and nothing
was given out about the nature of the
propositions considered. However, it
was regarded as a good omen thatthe
conference would be resumed after
dinner and the general opinion was IA
vorable to a peaceful outcome of the
present negotiations.
settlement Reached.
st. Paul, Mimi, May 15.-It was re.
ported late Thursday, unoficially, that
the Chicago G. Northwestern system
had settled with it's trainmen, grant
ing the same terms that have been con-
coded by most of the transcontinental
lines. The freight men receive an in
crease of Is per cent, and the passen-
ger men an increase of 12 per cent.
Double headers are to be abolished.
except on the Dakota Central division,
on which single engines are UNEQUAL to
the demand, and double headers are
necessary. Messrs. Garrison and New
man said that they had heard of the
action, but not yet officially.
More Freight TRIMS Running.
Mobile, Ala, May 15.-Mobile. & Ohio
railroad officials claim the strike sit
uatlon is improving, and that through
freight trains are running betweenMo-
bile and St. Louis. One of the striker
conductors has returned to work. The
strikers claim that with this exception
the men are holding out steadfastly.
Miners Strike Settled.
Pana. ILL.,. May 15.-The miners
strike here has virtually been settled.
An agreement has been reached, only
the affixing Of actual signatures re-
naming. A thousand miners are af-
fected.
holders Gain Their Demands.
Erie, Pa, May 1.-THE molders'
strike has been settled and the men
returned to work Thursday, after be-
ing out only two days. The men claim
that practically everything theyasked
has been given them. The principal
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pay shall be $3.50. This is a raise of Is
cents.
Situation at New York.
New York, May 1.-THE subway con-
tractors began Thursday to employ
every man who asked for work in the .
subway. in place of the strikers, who
Wednesday refused to return to wark.
In a short time a big force had hA~e
employed. Police guarded the whole
length of the subway.
More than 5000 men, comprising all
the employees of the Hecla iron works
IN Brooklyn. went on strike Thursday
demanding a reduction of working
hours to so hours a week, and that the.
hnlshers be paid 80 cents an hour and
the helpers 25 cents an hour. BY a.
cooperative system the men received
a percentage of the company's profits.
Strikers Use Dynamite.
Williamsport, Pa, May 15.-Italian
railroad graders at Marshall Hill, who
had gone on strike because one of their
number was discharged, dynamited
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