The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-18
HATTERS DECIDE
To SIGN PACT TO
end LONG STRIKE
Agreement Prepared by Judge
Davis and Priests Calls for
Arbitration in Future.
COMPROMISE MEASURE
DECLARED SATISFACTORY
s'Stint" Law Abolished and Use
Of Label Is Left Optional
With Purchasers.


With the formal signing today in the
office of Judge Thomas A. Davis in Or
ango of articles of agreement between
representatives of the firm of Il. ".
Connect & Co., of Orange and Newark;
the United Hatters of North America,
subordinate Unions 13 and a. of this
city. and Nos. and II, of Orange, the
hating business in this district has
been placed on a firm business basis,
with terms stated in black and white,
for the first time in the history of the
hating enterprise
The signatures of the Connett firm
members to the document will be fol-
lowed this afternon by the signatures
of the Hat Trimmers' Union officials,
and 1t is an open secret that in the
near future it is probable the other
manufacturers i'll the district will ac-
oept the proposition to settle the strike
on the equitable basis provided by the
joint committee labors of Judge Davis,
Father John f. Boylan, pastor of the
Church of Our Lady of the Valley, ard
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Agreement Compromise.
Tho new aereemen, which marks the
.s.,;v,,,,,,a oe Tho end of the nine months
ae,ht ,y,ll also end il is expected, the
aa,,sa, of yninors strikes in the years
~. con,e II obviates the likelihood of
f,,t,,ra tronb,e nv providing for arbitra-
tionF of all disn,tes. and when the in
strun,ent which was carefully drawn
hy Indye Davis and approved by the
,,.iests and narties to the proceeding,
shall have been signed BY all parties,
Rating strikes and lockouts promise to
he absent from the future course of
F.. business IN this vicinity.
rhe new agreement is a compromise
cnston, IN the past had permitted the
svista,,.a of so-called ..stint" law
under which il was customary for the
sora,,,an In shons to hand the "weigh-
o,,tsn ~ nortionsr of work. to the en-
,lnyaes with an even hand Then 1t
became necessary. in some instances, for
s.,s,t ,,,orkers 70 wait until their fellows
:, h,,s,y seasons the compelled idleness
of fast workers was not relished by
emn,overs. The stint law. or custom, Is
abolished by the terms of the agree
n,ent. and the national officials of tine
union
seeing that during the busy periods
business will not be hindered
In the matter of using the union Ia
bel The label. as the STAR has ex-
pIained. will be placed in all hats where
the order calls for them, and in all
hats where no mention is made of the
label by the purchaser If the pur-
chaser does not want the label placed
in the hat. it will not be put there. The
bill of prices will remain in effect three
years and then be rearranged, If de-
sired. Other harmonious settlements
Of mooted question are included to
provide for lasting agreement, with
. both sides satisfied. The main view OF
the various parties to the settlement,
John A. Moffitt, national president;
Judge Davis and the clergy and the
Connects, has been to fix upon per-
manency to avoid future troubles
In keeping with the ideas Of Gov
clause. at the suggestion of Judge