The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-16
No Results from Early Delibera-
ton, but Speedy Settlement
of Strike Expected.
TERMS OF AGREEMENT
ARE NOW MADE KNOWN
Objectionable Clauses Cause
Several TO Balk at Rushing
Into Settlement.

The terms of the agreement which
was drawn up at the conferences be-
tween President Mof1tt, of the United
Hatters, some of the manufacturers
and Governor Fort last week at the
executive cottage in Sea Girt, are be-
ing discussed today by the officers of
the National Hatters Union. The
meeting is being held at Il waverIy
place, New York, with President Mof-
fit presiding. All of the members of
the advisory board of the United Hat
ters are present.
The Fort peace pact, agreed to by
Mr.. Moffitt and others representing the
striking employees. is in brief as fol-
lows:
First-The union label be restored.
Second-That the non-union workrnen
who have been filing the placesofthe
union men since the strike started last
January be discharged. and that union
employees be taken back to work at the
same scale of prices paid at the time OF
the strike.
Third-That an agreement be effected
between employer and employee for
three years duration, the terms of
which to provide that in event Of any
grievance no strike or lockout be begun
without first submitting the differences
to arbitration
Fourth-That only union men be en-
ployed during the three years except
in event of the union being unable to
supply the required quota of help, in
which case outside workmen engaged
must first be passed upon by a special
board jointly representing the union
and the manufacturer.
| Fifth-That those union eDapIoyees
| who refused to join the strike in Jan
! uary and who have been blacklisted
since, be allowed to resume membership
in the union upon the payment Of ac-
crued dues and assessments.
Sixth-That the general arbitration
| board already referred to be made up
of one representative from the United
Hatters, one acting for the employers
and Governor Fort.
In addition to President Mofitt there
is present at today's New York confer
ence Vice-President Frank P. Shalvoy,
of Newark: Treasurer James p Maher.
of Brooklyn: Secretary Martin Lawior,
of Brooklyn; c. H. Connolly, OF DAN
bury, Conn. and William Bailey, OF
Bethel, Conn: Charles W. Cullen and
James Byrnes. of Newark. and Eugene
Faucet. of Brooklyn. The meeting was
adjourned at l p. m. for lunch, and ya-
sumed an hour later.
The session started at 9 o'clock in tfrs
morning. During the luncheon interval
none of the conferees would talk of their
1 deliberations. but 1t was strongly init
mated that the strike would not be
4 settled in day.
/ 1t seemed to be the consensus OF
opinion that the clauses of the agree
ment which is to be signed by the
/ bosses and the hatters must be consid-
cred very carefully before the strikers
are willing to agree to all of them.
| Since it had been announced that the
strike would be over in five days. it was
assumed that some of the things which
the bosses insist upon are not agree
able to their former employees In the
/ building where the conference is being
held today are the officers of several
hat firms. and among them is an officer
of the No Name factory. one of those
most actively interested in the strike
situation
Officers of the United Hatters de-
] CldTcu tOudE lbdI tilSif IuceliHS WUuiQ
not be over until late this afternoon.
and that statement was taken TO indi-
cate that there have developed perhaps
differences of opinion about some OF
the concessions demanded among the
members of the advisory board them
! selves.
After the first conference between
Governor Fort, President Mofitt and
some of the manufacturers at Sea Girt.
/ II was unofficially announced that the
strike would be settled within five days.
At that time it was understood that
practically the only thing necessary 20
a settlement was the signatures to the
agreement. That this solution to the
difficulty is not quite so simple as it
seemed at that time seems now to be
clearly demonstrated.