The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-22
is TO BIZ lRBITRATED
Pg1ers and Employees Have Decided
Upon This Course.
STRIKE Is NOW OFF.
Each Side Selects a Representative
and They the Third One, and
Men to Be Reinstated as
Fast as Possible.

Chicago. July 21-The strike o
packing house employees was settled
mere Wednesday night at a conference,
between representatives of the packers
the officials of the Meat Cutters unior
and the representatives OF ali the al.
lied trades employed at the stocl
yards. The controversy will be sub
mited TO board OF arbitration. botf
sides agreeing 10 abide by whateye,
decision this board may reach. Pend.
Ing the decision of the arbitration
board the men viii be taken back Il
work as rapidly as possible by the
packers. and u is agreed By the pack
ers that ali old employees are to be re-
instated Within forty-fve davs from,
the date work is resumed. II any al
the former employees are sim uuem-
ployed at the expiration Of that time
such persons are 10 nave the privilege
OF submitting their cases 10 the arbf-
raiton board for settlement
The strikers viii return to work AS
Ss's'ii as they can be notified Of the
praeeahle adjustment of the trouble
lhe agreement entered into bv the
representatives of the packers and fh..
strikers follows
Wages and working conditions OF
All employees now on strike Ia be sinh. -
nJtted 70 arbitration. each rart,, ia This
agreement having the privilege Of
bringing before the arbitrators for any
decision amy question of wages or con
dlilons. or any other grievance they
may have. and both 10 abide bv the
decision of the arbitrators. The pack
ing companies signing this agree TO
retain an employees uoN out. as fast
Employees return TO work at wages ra
cetTed when going ou strike pending
the decision Of arbftrators; arbitrators
10 consists of three practical packing
house men. TO be selected as follows.
One representative Of the packing com
pAhirS. one representative Of the
Amalg mated Meat Cutters and Butch
er Workmen ot North America. these
two 10 select a third member. The
two first named shall meet within
forty eight hours after ra~umption of
work proceed TO elect the third man
and shall meet daiy for that purpose
until this duty has been completed
When The third member h1e been Sc
|ected the three shall meet dtiIv ur-
less adjournment be had by unanimous
consent until the final conclusion has
b''en reached ana the award made. ANY
former eHpioye not re-empioy-d within
ioriT-hr~ days from date work is re-
summed GO haE" the privilege Of submit
ting his az her case 20 arbitration. on
Questions az discrimination decision or
arbitrator to govern
The agreement reached is uractl-
cally the same as the proposition maa-
last saturday 20 the packers by Mr.
ponu"tIH The only difference is that
in Stature days communication Mr.. Don
nets Insisted that the strikers be an
taken hack to work within seven DAYS
This the packers refused although they
arranged to accept every other demand
made by Mr DouneIIv
The men return 10 work under ex-
acuy the same conditions as pre-
vailed b"for" the strike was declared
with the exception that the question OF
a wax" scale VIII be- decided BY arbi-
tration. The old wage scale under
which the union worked last wear ex-
plrgd MAJ ~