The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21
SETTLEMENT REACHED - IN TRE MEAT STRIKE
THE WHOLE CONTROVERSY TO
 BE ARBIFRATED.

Agreement to This Eheet Reached at
 Conference Yesterday Afternoon
 Packers Agree to Take Back All the
 old Employes within Forty-hve
 Days strikers to Return at Once.
 Chicago. July 2O.-The strike of pack ing house employees. begun nine days ago. and which has demoralized the packing industry throughout the coun- try. was settled here tonight at con- ference between representatives of the packers, the officials O. the Meat Cut ters' union and representatives of all the allied trades employed at the stock yards. The whole controversy will be submitted to board Of arbitrators, both sides agreeing to abide by what ever 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 it is agreed by the pack CTS that all 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 unemployed at the expiration of that time, such persons are to have the priv iiege oe submitting their cases to the arbitration board Cor settlement.
 The strikers will return to work as soon as they can be notified of the peaceable 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 where the employees were on strike. Half an hour aster the decision had been reached tonight to arbitrate, M. J. Donnelly. the strike leader, had se- cured communication by long distance telephone with the leaders of the strik- l CTS 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.
 The agreement entered into between l 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 agree ment having the privilege of bringing before the arbitrators for decision any question of wages or conditions, or any other grievances they may have, and l both to abide by the decision of the arbitrators. The packing companies l signing this agreement to retain all eIn- ployes now at work who wish to remain and will re-employ all employees now out as fast as possible, without discrim- ination. Employees to return to work I at the wages received when going on strike, pending the decision of the arbi- traitors; arbitrators to consist of three practical packing house men, to be se- \ lected as follows
 "One representative of the packing lcompanies, one representative of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butch- CT Workmen os North America; these 1 two to select third member The two first named shall meet within forty Eeight hours after resumption of work, proceed to elect the third mem Der and shall meet daily for that pur- pose until this duty has been complet- l ed. When the third member has been selected the three shall meet daily un- less adjournment be had by unanimous consent, until the final conclusion has 3l been reached and the award made. Any former employe not re-employed within forty-fve days from date work is resumed, to have the privilege of submitting his or her case to arbitra- I tion, on question of discrimination, de- cision of arbitrators to govern Il ntI,o eyroa4noaf aioYaT3 hty |E,n5 \ committee on behalf of the packing companies and of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of North America, and also by the repre- sentatives of the following packers:
 Armour & Go, Nelson Morris 6 Co, Schwarzschild & Sulzeberger company, Swift & Co, National Packing company and Cudahy Packing company, and Libby, McNeil & Libby.
 The agreement reached at to-night's conference is practically the same as I the proposition made last Saturday to the packers by MT. Donnelly. The communication MT. Donnelly insisted that the strikers be all taken back to work within seven days. This the pack CTS refused, although they agreed to { accept every other demand.
 When the men return to work it will. be under exactly the same conditions as prevailed before the strike was de- clared, with the exception that the question of a wage scale will be decided I by arbitration. The old wage scale un- der which the union worked last year expired May 2S.
 4 As many of the old employees as can been reached tonight by the officials of the union will be notified to return to work tomorrow morning. All the strikers who appear at the plants will be pu ito work as fast as possible, and by tomorrow night it is believed that all the establishments will be running with full forces.
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