The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-03-22
COMMITTEE DECIDES TO CALL
OFF EMPLOYEES AND SUES
FOR PEACE.
MANY RETURN TO WORK
Minister Of Public Works Barthou Re-
ceives Delegation in Conciiatory
Spirit and Premier Clemenceau Later
Confirms Statement in Regard to
Governments Attitude.

Paris, March 21.-The great strike
of the employees of the postoffice de-
partment, which practically isolated
Paris and cut off France from COM
munication with the outside world
for the past week, collapsed today.
The strike committee decided to call
off the employees and made the first
move to effect settlement, virtually
suing for peace. The government will
meet the committee half way.
The Conditions.
This afternoon representatives of
the linemen called on M. Barthou,
minister of public works, ostensibly
for the purpose of protesting against
the charges that they had cut the
wires, but during the course of the
interview they communicated to the
minister the terms on which the allied
associations collectively would re-
sumo work. These We're, first, the
resignation of M. Simyan, under sec
retary of posts and telegraphs; Sec
| ond, that no employees should be dis
| missed on account of the strike. They
also desired the assurance that the
delegates of the associations here
after should be permitted to lay their
grievances directly before the minis
| ter of public works
| M. Barthou veceived the deputa-
| tion in conciliatory spirit, He said
| the government could not discuss the
| resignation of an official except with
parliament, but he practically gave
| the delegation the satisfaction they
| demanded on other points, explaining
to them however, that the govern
ment had not yet exercised it's right
of dismissal.
Premier Clemenceau later met the
deputation and confirmed M. Bar
thou's statement with regard to the
attitude of the government At the
| conclusion Of these private interviews
with the minister the strike commit
tee met and decided upon the resump-
| tion of work tomorrow. This decision
| was announced at a mass meeting al
which 5000 strikers were present. AL
ready the strikers are returning tc
| work.
An official statement which was is
sued this evening reports that more
than a third of the strikers resumed
| WoIk III IdTlS To-Day. All DTdnCfes
of the service, with the aid of the
military, are beginning to assume
something like normal conditions.
Demonstration Checked.
Early in the afternoon several thou
sand strikers, inspired by the Unior
of Commerce and Industry, united il
a demonstration against Secretary
Simyan in front of the central post
office, but a large force of police sta
toned there found no difficulty ir
holding the strikers in check.
The publication in todays offlcia
journal of lengthy circular ad
dressed to M. Simyan and the posta
chiefs, minutely instructing them al
to the manner of applying the promo
tion system recently inaugurated, il
evidence Of the fact that the govern
ment has no intention of abolishin.
the system, which was repugnant t,
the men. The circular states that tn
object is to remedy the widely vary
ing methods employed in the selection
of employees for promotion which ha
caused most regrettable jealouse
among the officials of the same grade