Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-07-29
LABOR STRIKE
HAS Been SETTLED
Packers and Union Working
men Agree to Arbitrate
Differences.
MILL. RETURN TO WORK
Strike Has Lasted Nine Days and De-
moralized the Packing Business
All Over the country-Text
Of the Agreement.

Chlcago, July 22--Ihe strike OF the
backing house employees, begun nine
days ago, and which has dernoralized
the packing industry throughout the
country, was settled Wednesday at a
conference between representatives OF
the packers, the officials OF the meat
cutters union and representatives of
the allied trades employed at the stock
yards.
The whole controversy viii be sub
mitted to a board OF arbitration, both
Sides agreeing to abide by whatever de-
cision this board may reach.
Pending the decision of the arbitra-
tion board the men will be taken back
TO work as rapidly as possible by the
packers. and it is agreed by the pack
krs that all OF the old employees are
to be reinstated within forty-fi five days
from the date work is resumed. Ii n
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 arbi-
tration board for settlement.
The strikers will return to work as
soon as they can be notified of the
peaceful adjustment of the trouble and
1T is expected that by Friday morning
everything will be in normal shape at
all the plants in the different cities
where the employees were on strike.
10 ttcLuTH TO WYNN
Half an hour after the decision had
been reached last night TO arbitrate, M.
j.. Donnelly, the strike leader, had got
into communication by long distance
telephone with the leaders of the strike
I'm outside cities and had notified them
3that a satisfactory settlement had been
reached and directed the strikers to re-
turn to work as soon as possible.
The settlement of the difficulty by ar
1ifnntfnV xra hrAYf0hf a bout hui tho
allied crafts at the stock yards, who
would have become involved in the con-
tPoversy had 1t continued much longer.
The representatives of these unions,
which report about $4,000 men, got to-
gether yesterday and sent a ina APP
peal to the packers asking for a three
sided conference among the packers,
the strikers and themselves in a
final effort to range some sort Of
agreement which would prevent the
strike spreading to the affiliated unions.
This appeal of the allied trades unions
received q favorable response from the
packers and yesterdays conference was
the result.
Agreement Submitted.
TIE agreement entered into between
jthe representatives of the strikers and
the packers is as follows:
wages and working conditions Of
all employees now on strike to be SUBJ
lmittcd to arbitration. each party to
This agreement having the privilege of
bringing before the arbitTators for de-
icision any question OF wages or con-
4ditions or any other grievance he may
have and both TO abide by the de-
cision Of the arbitrators; the packing
companies signing this agreement to
retain all employees now at york who
wish to remain and will re-employ all
employees now out as fast as possible,
-,g.Gto,-N" nA.r1nxran 40
TetCrn to- work at the wages received
when going on strike pending the de-
bcision of the arbitrators; arbitrators
10 consist of three practical packing
house men to be selected as follows:
"One representative of the packing
companies. one member of the Anal
ganated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen Of North America; these two
TO select a third member. The two
first shall meet within forty-eight
hours after resumption of work, pro-
coed TO elect the third member, and
shall meet daily for that purpose until
this duty has been completed. When
the third member has been selected
the three shall meet daily unless adj
Ijournment be had by unanimous con-
sent until the final conclusion has been
reached and the award made.
ANY former employees not re-em-
ployed within forty-five days from date
work is resumed to have the privilege
of submitting his or her case to arbi-
Irari0n on questions OF discrimination,
decision Of arbitrators 10 govern.
Thomas j. Connors,
Thomas +. Wilson,
Edward Tilden,
COMMITTEE on Behalf of the Packing
Companies.
approved by the committee or be-
half OF the A~malgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen of North
America. M. j. Donnelly.
WIN. NJ. Sterling.
John Floersch.
Thomas r. Kidd"
THE agreement was also approved
and signed by the following representa-
ltives.
Armour & Co, by Arthur Meeker.
Nelson Morris & Co., by Edward Nor
ris.
J.. e. Maurer.
Swift e Co. by L. r. Swift.
National Packing company. by j. p.
Lyman.
cudahy Packing Co, by E. A, cud-
ahy.
,Tilden.
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