The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-26
Big Strike at the N. R. Aliens;
Sons Cos Plant Settled and
Men Returned to Work
PEACE CAUSES ENTHUSIASM
After Two Days of Idleness the Men
Seem Glad to Return to Work
Settlement is a Compromise
Both Sides Yielding
from Wednesdays Daily

OF the Central Leather company, for
with the combined efforts of C. w.
Allen, committee of the strikers'and
Secretary John Humphrey, of the
Wisconsin board of arbitration, a
settlement of the strike was reached
just before noon today. The an
nouncement of the settlement was re-.
ceived with hearty cheers by the men
and at one O'Clock nearly every one Of
the employees returned to work and
the wheels were moving IN every part
| of the shop in a few minutes. The
men were worn out after two days of
enforced idleness and were glad to
get back to work. There was abso-
| lute1y no trouble with the men, for
when the whistle blew most of the
men were ready at their benches and
| the few that remained on the street
were soon hurried into the building
and put to work.
| The force Of deputies and police
officers then cleared the streets Of
lloafers and by O'Clock all evidence
of the strike had been removed.
The settlement reached this morn
| ing was in the way of a compromise,
both the managers and the committee
yielding many points. By the terms
of the agreement the yardmen,
settlers, fnishers, washers, machine
Ilsetters and buffers will receive an in
crease of so cents a week in their
wages. No time was placed On the
agreement.
The developments in the strike on
Tuesday evening were unimportant,
land although the officers had expected
la wild night OF. trouble, the night
passed without any serious riots or
b1oodshed.
| At S O'Clock Tuesday afternoon,
after a session of several hours, an
agreement was signed by the mana
gers of the plant and by the committee
representing the strikers and it was
| thought that the strike had been set
tied. When the announcement was
made that an agreement had been
reached the men greeted it with
cheers, but an hour later the leaders
of the strike tore up the agreement
and the strike was on again.
! The agreement was practically a
| victory for the men, as it provided
| that all the men should return to work
| with an advance of SO cents a week
for threeSd departments and ST. a week
for the few buffers employed in the
plant. Added 10 this the company
! agreed to paythe men at the regular
rate for the time lost by the strike.
The agreement was regarded as most
fair, and it is claimed that fully two
thirds of the men wanted to accept it,
but the other third, who were of the
revolutionary nature, declined, and
the men who would accept were
threatened with violence if they at
tempted to go to work under the
/ agreement.
When it was learned that the agree
ment had beer torn up and the MODS
began to be troublesome, the mana
1 gers of the company, through their
attorney, James Cavanagh, served
notice on Mayor German that it was
their belief that state troops were
needed to protect the plant. With
| this notice the Aliens turned the
/ plant over to the city for protection.
Mayor German took up the matter
with party sof business men, and
after conference he decided that it
would be unwise to ask the governor
of the state for troops. He imnedi-
ately took steps to secure the safety
OF the plant and large force Of dep
uty sheriffs and special police officers
were sworn in to protect the property
of the company during the night.
At 6 O'Clock the mobs storned one
of the gates of the tannesy, and one
man, alleged to have been working in
the plant, was stoned. He escaped
without serious injury. The crowds
remained about the buildings until Z
O'Clock, when they left for their
homes. At night a great crowd gath
cred along the walks near the tan
merry, expecting to see a repetition Of
the rioting of the former night. How
ever, the band of special officials who
1 AAe.A 1911 P1dNN0 QHuC1 Inc. command
of Deputy Sheriff Owen O'Hare. kept
the streets cleared. Early in the
evening the men gathered about the
doors of the plant, but they made no
demonstrations. In other parts of
the yards the men we're remarkably
quiet.
At O'Clock a small body of strikers
made an assault on the fred buildinp''
and several bricks were thrown
through the window. One of the men
found hurting the bricks was prompt
ly arrested and taken to Jail, and this
put an end to this riot. Later an
other assault was made on the build
ing and the officers called fol- aid. IT
was not needed, for the riot lasted less
than minute. At 10 O'Clock the
streets about the tannery were
cleared and only small number of
pickets from the strikers and deputies
remained.
Just after II O'Clock Officer O'Hare
arrested two men. They had fired two