Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-16
STRIKE IS AT AN END.
! nROR TROUBLES AT PACKING
CENTERS SETTLED.
Butcher Workmen Accept Terms Pro-
nosed by J.Ogden Armour-Old Wages
n Prevail - Packers Agree to Take
Former Employees Back.


The great stockyards strike in Chi
c,go reached an end at midnight
i thursday. On terms similar to those
7roDosed the previous week by j. Og-
tor Armour, the Amalgamated Meat
r,tters' and Butcher Workmen's
r-nion took the initiative Thursday
evening and declared the strike at an
ond so far as their organization was
i concerned.
acknowledging the defeat of his or
ganizatiOn and insisting that the offers
If intermediates should be received as
. sontion of the industrial difficulties,
President Donnelly assumed an atti-
tude of leadership that had been taken
from him by the allied trades confer
once board, and in an imprisoned adj
dress to representatives Of the various
backing trades forced the end Of the
strike
After q day of meetings, conferences
and voting, the struggle that began
Julr 70 reached a finale when complete
authority to act at his own discretion
WAS placed in the hands of President
D0unelly.
Within an hour the packers had been
apDrised of the situation, and had an
,wcred that the old men would be re-
reived back at any time under the
terms which were rejected by the ref
nrcndum. More satisfactory conditions
for both employers and employees are
embodied in the agreement.
Terms Accepted by Strikers.
Tie terms offered by the packers
and accepted by the leaders of the
butchers are as follows:
The packers agree to give work to as
many Of the strikers as are needed, Civ
ing preference in future to the old men
in hiring employees.
Present non-union employees to be kept
50 far as they wish to remain.
Wages of skilled men to be the same
as before the strike.
The packers agree to treat the labor
ors fairly and declare that in the future
he plants will be run more evenly the
SIX days or the week.
The Union Stock Yards and Transit
company to reinstate all striking live
stock handlers as rapidly as possible.
The butcher workmen and members
If the allied trades began Friday to
apply for their positions. There will
he 10 wholesale discharge of the col
orcd and foreign laborers who have
acted as strike breakers.
Hope in the Future.
The return of the strikers to the
packing houses after almost nine weeks
II voluntary idIeness will not imme-
diately bring to an end the dispute
which started the strike, the matter
Of q reduction Of the pay Of the I'M
skilled men, but better conditions of
employment are augured. More work,
.eSs politics and amicable adjustment
If differences will probably follow the
ratification Of the peace pact. Cur
Ailment Of the working hours has
1cen one general cause of discomfort
among the packing house employees.
In the past the butcher workers and
their immediate associates have not
been given full time because the ad-
ju>Jmcnt of unskilled laborers to the
work did not permit the rapid DISPOSE
ion Of the carcasses and by-products.
Often the butchers were given only
tour full days Of work during the
week. In solving the problem Of break
Ms IN strike breakers ethe packers
cached a solution of the difficulty, and
now declare that they can give the
skilled men a full week Of work and
handle their output.
History of the Strike.
The strike, the largest in Chicago
tor ten years, was called July II, after
The packers had announced a reduc-
lion in wages Of the unskilled men
from l712 cents an hour to 161a cents.
The men made a demand for a raise
% 1875 cents An agreement TO Srh-