The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21
PACKERS STRIKE Is OFF and ARBI FRAT ION ACCEPTED
SOUTH ST.PAU[ MEN
HEAR THE GOOD NEWS
President DonneiIy Sends Word
of Settlement at Close of
Dull Day

The strike is off, and the men will
return to work in the South st. Paul
stock yards Friday morning.
The South st. Paul strikers last
evening received the news that the
questions causing the walk-out had
been submitted to arbitration with the
greatest enthusiasm, and the official
announcement from the national Off
GERS in Chicago was awaited with the
greatest eagerness.
When the first announcement was
made it was received with some doubt,
the strikers apparently fearing that
the news was not correct. With con-
firmation the tired pickets took on new
life and discussed the situation in an
animated manner. Nine days of strik-
ing had somewhat exhausted the men,
many of whom had, during the entire
time, been on picket duty on an aver
age of sixteen hours out of each TWEEN
ty-four
The large number of picketS gath
cred about the headquarters could not
suppress their elation, and with a glad
cry they sent the news of the settle
ment to the non-union men in the
plant, most of whom spend the even
ing hours sitting on the fence sur
rounding the buildings
Being in doubt as to the nature of
the settlement in detail, the men on
the inside wondered whether they were
being sacrificed, but the strikers did
not worry. They held that Swift &
Co. need all the non-union men now
employed and all the strikers also, and
in the flush of success many of the
union members expressed the belief
that the men who had accepted work
would be permitted to become mem
bers of the union and retain their DO
sitions.
News PIeases All Parties
The news of the settlement was also
gladly received by the officials of
Swift & Co., and by Gen. M. D. Flower,
president of the Stock Yards company,
who Joined with the officials of the
union in expressing the greatest salts
faction with the end of a strike that
apparently threatened to be tedious
and long fought. Not one of the men
mentioned had any idea that there was
any definite prospect of a settlement
so soon.
Without exception the officials of the
they would abide by the agreement
made in Chicago, and that the South
st. Paul men will return to their places
at the same time as do the Chicago
men. The union men were loud in
their praises of the masterful manner
in which President Donnelly had con-
Quoted the strike and the company
officials said that, as the grievance
l1xv ;r
there had been no feeling in the mat
ter in South st. Paul, they would not
feel in the least embarrassed in TAX
ing back the men who walked out
Tuesday of last week.
The announcement that the strike
is settled is the most welcome news
mat has come to me in many months"
said President George Willis, "and you
can rest assured that SO far as the
members of the South ST. Paul union
are concerned they will carry out the
agreement made in Chicago to the let
ter The pickets will be removed from
around the plant as soon as orders to
TINS effect are received from President
Donnelly As the strike was ordered
from Chicago and has been settled
there, the South st. Paul union mem
bers will not return to work until or
dered to do SO by the authority that
ordered the walkout"
Mr.. Steep More Than Pleased
Il am more than pleased" said
Business Agent George Steep. "for the
crucial time in the conduct of the
strike had arrived, and 1 feared that
there would be some difficulty in con-
trolling the men. When l first re-
ceived news that the strike is off I was
out making a personal roundup of the
plckets, and was inducing them to give
up their clubs. 1t has been my expe-
rlence that after the first week of q
strike it requires the greatest care on
the part OF the officers of the union to
preserve order, and on this line / have
been busy for the past two days.
In my opinion the South st. Paul
men VIII not return to work before
Friday morning. wThey are tired from
long hours of picket duty, besides
which it will be necessary to hold a
meeting of the union tomorrow and
officially declare the strike at an end.
When the men go back it will be in a
body, and not few at time The
men have been warned that their con,
duct from the time of the receipt of
the news of the settlement until they
go to work will count for or against
them, as with the signing of the agree
ment, as 1 understand it, they virtual
ly become employees of Swift e Co.
and are subject to the rules of the
concern"
1T will be pleasure to again have
a full force of men," said ]. S. Bangs,
manager of the Swift plant, land Ger,
tainly 1 am pleased that settlement
has been affected. The South ST. Paul
men had no grievance, but were strik-
ing to uphold the stand taken in Chi
cago, and therefore the worlkmen can
be restored to their former places with