The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
Jersey City Men End It by
Accepting Offer of
Companies.
OPEN SHOP WILL OBTAIN
Men GO Back to Work Tomorrow
Fifty Per Cent. Went
Back Yesterday.

IN Washington Hall mi Eighth avenue.
that the strikers IN Jersey City had voted
10 accept tho propo,tio Of the express
companies. General Organizer W r.
Ashton formally called the st-ikc Oh
yesterday afternoon and announced that
all the strikers would return to WORK to-
morrow
By the terms OF the agreement tho
companies will rcr-nploy their men
whether they are members OF n union or
not In other words the companie. will
conduct the oren shop. The concerns
reserve IN" riGhi tn decline "a take back
those men who nave been guilty OF com
hitting or meeting To acts Of violcnce
against the companies Committees rep
ressnting tho companies and their EN-
ployees who have raised a question con-
corning the hours and rate Of wages will
get together for the purpose of reach
ing a settlement which shall be just and
satisfactory TO both parties The pres
ent rate of wages and hours will remain
in force until December l. when tho new
schedule will go into effect
The return of the strikers to work in
Manhattan was contingent on the accept
ance o! the proposition OF the express
companies by the Jersey City strikers.
but in spite OF the declaration OF Ashton
on Friday night that any one who re-
turned to work in Manhattan before tho
Jersey City contin gent accepted ths
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expelled from the union the drivers and
helpers in Manhattan began to return
to work yesterday in a steady stream
and 80 per cent. of the Manhattan
strikers were back at work before the
final settlement was announced The
Long Island drivers and helpers had also
begun to return to work during the day.
Ashton was at Washington Hall late
in the afternoon. and after he was told
that the strikers in New Jersey had voted
70 accept the terms fixed up by Mayor
Gaynor of New York. Chairman Towne
Of the New York Merchants Association
and Mayor wittpenn of Jersey City Ash
ton made the following declaration in a
dramatic manner:
i hereby officially declare tho strike
OF the express drivers and helpers on.
recognizing that they have accepted
the proposition offered by the companies
TO the men. and request them 10 report
for work wearing their union buttons
!" w" proper ho"r on MONDAY morning
ana 30 'hr.r utmost 10 clear up the accu-
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