The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-20
WERE OUT ONE MONTH AND GO
BACK TO THEIR KEYS ON
A COMPROMISE.
BOTH SIDES AGREE TO ARBITRATE
Two Representatives of The Contend
ing Parties Are to Appoint
Il Third.
(By the Associated Press. J

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-After
being out just a month, the strike of
the telegraph operators in the Oak
land and San Francisco offices of the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph
companies was settled this afternoon
The operators almost unanimously
voted to return to work under the
same conditions and salaries as pre-
vailed when they went out on strike
and to arbitrate their grievances and
d1Herences as provided for in the
compromise offer contained in the
letter from Col. r. c. Clowry of June
10th. BY the terms of agreement.
signed by |. N. Miller, .Jr., assistant
general superintendent of the West
ern Union, l.. w. Sterror, general SUI
| perintendent of the Postal. and Ma
tional President S. J. Small for the
| telegraphers, both companies are to
re-employ without prejudice all tele-
| graphers who were on strike and the
question of increased wages is to be
taken up after resumption of work
The employees of each company will
appoint representative and the COM
pany one, the two to select third,
who will constitute the arbitration
committee. In the event of their fail
ing to agree on the third arbitrator,
the latter Is to be named by the chair
man of the interstate commerce com
mission and the labor commissioner
jointly.
While the telegraph companies do
not openly recognize the union and
insist upon dealing with their own
employees. the fact that representa-
tives of the company signed an agree
ment with Small is regarded by the
operators as recognition of their
organization. About $50 operators
who were involved will return to
work Monday morning.
President Small today sent the fol-
lowing telegram to General Secretary
Treasurer Wesley Russell at Chicago.
Communicate promptly with all
local officers and say that the settle
ment of the San Francisco trouble is
entirely satisfactory to us and urge
them to caution members against
further strike talk. Under the terms
of the New York Clowry-Neill agree
ment and the San Francisco agree
ment we can adjust any grievances
that exist. | will issue a statement
to the membership along these lines
when | return to Chicago. | have
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our members and appreciate their
nfidence in their general officers. :
President Small said:
"The terms of the settlement are
entirely satisfactory to the telegraph
ers.
"We were not fighting for the sign
ing of a union contract. All we de-
sired was the acknowledgement of our
right to organize and the privilege
of adjusting our grievances through
committees of employees. That we
have secured.
1.-THE settlement of the San Fran
cisco strike has far-reaching signifi-
canoe. 1t will put quietus ON the
strike talk throughout the country.
'The vote of the members at to-
days meeting was 103 in favor OF
accepting and four for rejecting the
compromise proposition. 1t is hap
py coincidence that the strike ended
on July 19, just "a years after the
date on which the biggest telegraph
ers' strike in history was called