The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-07-29
THE STRIKE sETTIHb.
Strikers Are to bo Taken BACK to
Work at Once. y

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A special from Chicago Wednesday
says: The strike Of packing house
employees begun nine days ago and
which has demoralized. the packing
industry throughout the country, vas
settled Wednesday at conference
between representatives Of th hpack.
ers, the officials of the meat Cutters
union and representatives of all the
allied trades employed at tho stock
yards. The whole controversy will
be submitted to a board of arhltr
tion, 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 as
possible by the packers and 1t is
agreed by the packers that all the
old employees are to be reinstated
within AS days from the date work is
resumed. If any of the former en-
ployes are still unemployed at the
expiration of that time such persons
are to have the privilege of submit.
ting their cases to the arbitration
board for settlement. The strikers
will return to work as soon as they
can be notified OF the peaceable ad-
justment of the trouble, and 1t is ex-
pected that by Friday morning every
thing 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 to arbitrate, M. J. Donnelly,
the strike leader, had secured COM
munication by long distance telephone
with the leaders of the strikers in
outside cities and had notified them
that satisfactory settlement had
been reached and directed the strikers
to return to work as soon as possible.
THE ALLIED CRAFT.
The settlement of the difficulty by
arbitration was brought about by the
allied craft at the stock yards, who
would have become involved in the
controversy had 1t continued much
longer. The representatives of these
unions, which represent about IA 900
men, got together and sent final
appeal to the packers asking for q
three sided conference between the
packers, the strikers and themselves
in final effort to get both sides CT the
controversy together again and ar
range some sort of agreement which
would prevent the strike spreading to
the affiliated unions. This appeal Of
the allied trade unions received a
favorable response from the packers
and Wednesdays conference was the
result.
The agreement reached at Wednes-
day night conference is practically the
same as the proposition made last
Saturday to the packers by Mr.. Don
nelly. The only difference is that in
Saturdays communication Mr.. Don
nelly insisted that the strikers be all
taken back to work within seven days.
This the packers refused, although
they agreed to accept every demand
made by Mr.. Donnelly.
When the men return to work IT
will be under exactly the same condi-
tions as prevailed before the strike
was declared, with the exception that
the question Of a wage scale will be
decided by arbitration. s4I
AS many Of the old employees as can
be reached by the officials of the union
will be notified to return to " Z. All
tue strikers who appear at ants
will be put to work as fact as posaible
and it is believed that all the estab.
iiShments will be running with full
forces. =: ! :.