The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-29
Big Strike Comes to an End and
Men Return to Work Without
New Arrangements
NO TROUBLE FEARED NOW
Men After Three Days of Striking
Volunteer to Seek Old Places and
the Gates Are Thrown
Open to Them Again

Peace relgns again at the Allen tan,
merry and the strike is off. After the
two days of rioting and negotiations
the end of the big labor fight came
Saturday when the men voluntarily
returned to their work in the different
departments and at nine o'clock work
was resumed in all the departments.
At that time fully one half Of the men
were back at work and at noon all the
men save a few who had taken no part
in tie strike and for this reason had
remained at their homes, were back at
work There was no trouble and the
only excitement was among the men
who were getting back to work and in
thor enthusiasm for their old positions
they fought with themselves to get
through the gates into the various
buildings of the big plant. The troops
which were held in readiness in Mil
waukee to come to Konosha on q
minute notice were disbanded by
General FaIk just before noon and at
that time it was declared that the set
tlement when had been made was sat
isfactory to all concerned. There was
in reality no settlement.
On Saturday the new committee
representing the men went to the Of
fees of the company and formally ask
Cd that the mon be paid for the time
they had lost in the strike, but before
this request was made the ranks of the
strikers had been broken and the rush
for work was on. The tannery of
fcials greeted the members of the COM
mittee, but told them that it would be
impossible for them to grant the re-
quest ana then the men asked to be
permitted to return to work under the
terms proposed by the company and
this was Immediately accepted. A
few Of the men did not return to work
until this afternoon, but the greater
part of them were back in the plant
before the noon whistle blew.
1t was pay day at the big plant and
at noon when the men came to get
their money there were few envelopes
remaining. There was no sign of
trouble and c. w. Allen declared that
he thought that the strike was over
and that there would be no further
trouble. The men in some of the de-
partments have gained small increase
in their wages and this the company
declared on Friday was all that they
could grant.
The buffers made the first break in
the strikers and when they went into
the plant in body just after eight
O'Clock it was a signal for others to
the rush for the plant was general.
Tt was not like the rush on the former
days, but it was a good natured body
of men who went in pulling of their
coats and hats ready to go to work.
The settlement of the strike without
the calling of the troops is a feather
in the cap of the Kenosha officials
and both the police department. and the
sheriff are entitled to a great deal of
credit for the way they conducted
their forces The men who were in
jured in the first day of the strike
are all recovering and the men who
were arrested during the riots were
discharged at the suggestion of high
officials of the tannery and with the
consent OIL the chief of the police de,
partment and the sheriff
Friday night at the tannery was
repetition of Thursday night and not
once during the night was there any
call for the services Of the deputies
on the police officers. The men. who
had been kept busy during the day
of negotiations seem to have. been
tired out and after the last meeting
of the strikers which closed just before
seven clock most of them went to
their homes. Not man was to be
seen about the tannery during the
night and General Falk closed up his
headquarters in the offices of the com
pany and went to the home of Nathan
Allen for a good night S sleep just
after nine o'clock. He left orders.
however, thaJ he should be called at
the first sign of trouble.
Inc developments late Friday after
noon seemed to indicate that the strik-
ers were losing ground and as early
as FIVE O'Clock delegation Of the
buffers who declared that they had not
been striking came to the plant and
asked that they be permitted to re-
turn to work and that they be given
credit Tor the time lost in the strike.
This was refused, but the men were
told that they could return to work
this morning. They accepted the
proposition and declared that all they
asked for was protection from mob vio-
lence. Other delegations made SINH
lar announcements during the evening
There was trouble in the ranks of
the strikers when the committee re-
ported to them that their demand for
pay for the days consumed bv the