Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-21
STRIKE SETTLEMENT
End of the Packing House
Labor Trouble Yesterday.
WORK RESUMEDAT ONCE
ARBITRATION BOARD WILL PASS
UPON ALL DISPUTES.
Terms Practically Same as Those Of
fered by Strikers saturday-Al-
lied Unions influence.
WORK RESUMEDAT0 ONCE

fered by Strikers saturday-Al-
lied Unions influence.
The following are the salient points OF
the result of the packing house strike con-
ference:
Wages and working conditions Of strik-
ers to be submitted to arbitration.
Both sides to agree by the decision of
arb:trators.
Packers agree to re-employ all strikers
within forty-five days.
Any employee not so reinstated may sub
NIT his case to the arbitration board for
settlement
Strikers to return to work at the wages
received when going out.
Arbitrators to consist of three practical
packing house men--one a representative OF
the packers, one of the union; these two
to select third member.
Packers to retain all non-union employees
now at work who wish to remain.
A dispatch from Chicago last night says:
The strike of packing house employees be-
gun nine days ago. and which has de-
moralized the packing industry throughout
the country, was settled here tonight at a
conference between representatives of the
packers, the officials of the meat cutters
union, and representatives of all the al
lied trades employed at the stock yards.
The whole controversy will be submitted to
a board of arbitration, both sides agreeing
to abide by whatever decision this board
may reach.
Pending the decision of the arbitration
board the men will be taken back to work
as rapidly possible by the packers, and
it is agreed by the packers that all the old
a ra n he rel tai ed wit lin
five days from the date work is resumed
If any of the former employees are still I'M
employed at the expiration of that time,
such persons are to have the privilege of
submitting their cases to the arbitration
board for settlement.
Strikers Notified.
The strikers will return to work as soon
as they can be notified of the peaceable
adjustment Of the trouble, and it is ex-
pected thai by Friday morning everything
will be in normal shape at all the plants
In the different cities where the employees
were on strike Half an hour after the
decision had been reached tonight to ar
bitrate. M. J. Donnelly, the strike leader
mad secured communication by long-ds-
lance telephone with the leaders of the
strikers in outside cities and had notified
them that a satisfactory settlement had
been reached and directed the strikers to
return TO work as soon as possible.
L He SttlleIHeHt OF the Qlf1lCulty by arDl-
tration was brought about by the allied
craft at the stock yards. who would have
become involved in the controversy had it
continued much longer. The representa-
ives of these unions, which represent about
1000 men. got together yesterday and sent
final appeal to the packers, asking for a
three-sided conference today between the
packers, the strikers and themselves, in a
final effort to get both sides of the contro-
Versy together again and arrange some sort
of agreement which would prevent the
strike spreading to the affiliated unions
This appeal of the allied trade unions re-
ceiVed favorable response from the pack
ers and today's conference was the result
Terms of the Peace Pact.
The agreement entered into between the
representatives of the packers and the
strikers follows:
Wages and working conditions of all
employees now on strike to be submitted to
arbitration, each party to this agreement
having the privilege of bringing before the
arbitration board for decision any question
of wages or conditions, any other griev-
anceS they may have, and both to abide by
the decision of the arbitrators. The pack
ing companies signing this agreement to re-
tain all employees now at work who wish to
remain, and will re-employ all employees
now out fast possible without dis
elimination. Employees t. return to work
at the wages received when going on strike.
pending the decision of the arbitrator; ar
10 CONSIST OF three DrdctlCal pack
ing house men, to be selected as follows:
One representative of the packing COM
panies. one representative of the Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
of North America, these two to select a
third member. The two first named shall
meet within forty-eight hours after resump-
ton of work, proceed to elect the third
member, and shall meet daily for that pur-
pose until this duty has been completed
W hen the third member has been selected
the three Shall meet daily, unless adjourn
ment be had by unanimous consent, until
the final conclusion has been reached and
the award made. Any former employe not
re-employed within fortyfive days from
date work is resumed to have the privilege
of submitting his or her case to arbitration
on question of discrimination, decision of
arbitrators to govern.
"THOMAs ]. CONNORS,
THOMAS E. WILSON,
EDWARD TILDEN,
Committee on behalf of packing compa-
MES.
approved: Committee on behalf of Anal
gamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Work
men of North America.
M. J. DONNELLY.
civilian M STERLING.
JOHN FLOERSCH.
THOMAS |. KIDD
The agreement also approved and
signed by the following representatives Of
the packers:
Armour & Co, by Arthur Meeker.
Nelson Morris & Co., by Edward Morris.
az H@Si'io * SCI So"1'ohS' ny
J. r.. Maurer.
Swift & Co. by l.. F. Swift |
National Packing Company, by ]. P. Ly-
man.
Cudahy Packing Company. by E. A. |
Cudahy.
Libby Mcneil & Libby, by Edward |
Tiden. |
The agreement reached at tonight's con-
ference is practically the same as the |
made last Saturday to the pack |
ers by Mr.. Donnely. The only difference |
is that in Saturdays communication Mr.
Donnelly insisted that the strikers be all |
taken back to work within seven days
This the packers refused, although they |
a greed to accept every other demand made