The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
LABOR STRIKE
HAS Been SETTLED
Packers and Union Working.
men Agree to Arbitrate
Differences.
WILL RETURN TO WORK
Strike Has Lasted Nine Days and De.
moraIized the Packing Business
All Over the Country-Text
of the Agreement.

Chicago, July 22-rhe strike of the
packing house employees. begun nine
days ago. and which has demoralized
The packing industry throughout the
country, was settled Wednesday ut 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 will be sub
united to Il board of arbitration, both
sides agreeing to abide by whatever de-
rision this board may reach.
Pending the decision of the arbitra-
ton board the men will be taken back
to work as rapidly as possible by the
packers and it is agreed by the pack
crs that all of the old employees are
to be reinstated within forty 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 arbi
1ration board for settlement.
The strikers will return To work as
soon as they can be notified of the
peaceful adjustment of the trouble and
it is expected that by Friday morning
everything will be in normal shape at
all the plants in the different cities
whore the employees We're on strike.
To Return to Work.
Half an hour after the decision had
been reached last night to arbitrate, NJ.
j. Donneily the strike leader, had got
into communication by long distance
telephone With the leaders of the strike
in outside cities and had notified them
that Il 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
bitraton was brought about by the
allied crafts at the stock yards, who
would have become involved in the con-
iroNerSy had it continued much longer.
The representatives of these unions,
which report about $4,000 men, got to-
sether yesterday and sent Il final APP
peal to the packers asking for a three
sided conference among the packers,
the strikers and themselves in q
final effort to arrange some sort of
agreement which would prevent the
strike spreading to the affiliated unions.
This appeal of the allied trades unions
received 4 favorable response from the
packers and yesterdays conference was
Tia result.
Agreement Submitted.
The agreement entered into between
The representatives of the strikers and
the packers is as follows:
Wages and working conditions Of
mitted to arbitration, each party to
this agreement having the privilege of
bringing before the arbitrator for de-
risiOn amy question of wages or con-
'iitions or any other grievance he may
nave and both to abide by the de-
rision of the arbitlators; the packing
companies signing this agreement to
retain all employees now at work who
Ni#l to remain and viii! re-employ all
employees row out as fast as possible,
without discrimination; employees to
return to WORK at the wages received
When going on strike pending the de-
.cisiOu Of the arbtratOrS: arbitrator
o CONSIST of three practical packing
house men to be selected as follows:
ON" representative of the packing
companies: one member of the Anal
"ainatnd Meat Cutters ana Butcher
| WnrlNHan OF North America; these two
10 select Il third member The two
| first shall meet within forty eight
| hours after resumption of work. pro-
'eci 10 elect the third member. and
| shall meet daily for that purpose until
this duty has been completed. When
| II" third member has been selected
Tie three shall meet daily unless adj
sent until the final conclusion has beer
| rcncled and the award made.
Any former employees not re-em.
! ployel within forty-five days from date
| wC'''; IS resumed to have the privilege
/ Of submitting his or her case to arbi-
| ir" rinn on questions of discrimination
| decision Of a"bitratorS TO govern.
Thomas j. Connors,
''rhomHS e. Wilson,
Edward Tilden.
"rpirmitten on Behalf of the Packing
Companies.
Approved by toe committee on be.
half of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters
! ana Butcher WOrkmen of Nortl
Az erica. M. j. Donnelly.
WIN. NJ Sterling.
John Floersch.
/ Thomas r. Kidd"
the agreement was also approved
tnd signed by the following representa-
lives.
armour e. CO. by Arthur Meeker.
Nelson Morris 4 Co.. by Edward Nor
rie.
@chwarzschid & sulzberger CO., b,
j. +. Naurcr.
swift & Co, b. l.. +. Swift.
National Packing company. by J. 2
l.%uran.
c',dahy Packing Co. by E. A. Cud
shy.
Libby, Mcneil & Libby. by Edward
ridden.