New-York tribune., 1910-09-03
CLOAK STRIKE SETTLED
Continued from first page.

future controversies without the stU-
nendous waste which has accompanied
this and other strikes
"a valuable precedent which may aid
in the solution Of future conflicts has
been established"
The Union Recognizes.
The recognition Of the union is tho
principal point conceded to the strikers.
1t is provided that the manufacturers
shall conduct limited union shops This
IS defined to mean shops wherein union
conditions prevail as TO working coufi-
tions. hours OF labor and rates of wages.
The manufacturers agree to give a pref
erence to union mn when hiring help.
They are not bound. however, 70 accept
any list Of men from the union. but snail
have perfect freedom of selection among
union men.
All existing agreements and obliga-
tions OF the employer are 70 be re-
spected. The manufacturers declare
their belief in the union and that all who
desire its benefits should share its bur-
dens.
The agreement contains provision
for board Of sanitary control, composed
of two nominees Of the manufacturers.
two OF the unions and three TO represent
the public The public representatives
are to be named by Meyer London anda
Julius Henry Cohen, attorneys for the
contracting parties, and, IN the event OF
their disagreement. by Louis Marshall
A board Of arbitration. made up OF a
nominee of the manufacturers. one oc
the unions and one Of the public. to BE-
selected in the same way as the MEM
bers Of the board Of sanitary control. is
provided for. It Is further agreed that
no strike or lockout viii be carried On
until the board shall have had full op-
portunity TO adjust all differences
No Sub Contracts Allowed.
One provision regarded Of great I'M
portance by the unionists is that provid-
ing that there shall be no sub-contract-
ing in the shops. The practice Of allow
ing a skilled worker to engage younger
worker at low wages has been repeatedly
brought up as a grievance by the union
lists, but the favored workers always
have had the support Of the employers
in their methods. The sUb-contract0rs
made much money and were able 10 Sc
cure helpers who did the work under
their supervision for the lowest wages
The agreement contains provisions
against giving work TO employees 10 be
done at home and provides for six-day
week Those who observe Saturday are
to be allowed to work to Sunday instead
The legal holidays OF the state also ara
TO be observed. and those working on
weekly wages are TO receive pay for
these holidays. Provision IS also made
for weekly pay day and for the dis
ciplinlng Of parties infringing the con-
ditfons Of the contract
The wage scale ranges from SO q
week for skirt finishers to s25 a week
for regular and machine cutters. As 70
piece work, the price is TO be agreed
upon by committee of the employees OK
each shop and their employers, but the
price for button holes Is fixed at mini
mum of 81 20 a hundred for Glass A and
80 cents a hundred for Glass B
The weekly hours of labor shall con-
sist Of fifty hours in six working days
that IS, nine hours on all working days,
except the sixth day, WhIch ShaII De OF
five hours only
The settlement OF the cloak strike was
at the meeting Of the Ger
traI Federated Union last night oy
Alexander Bloch, chairman Of the Str1h5
committee of the cIOaknakers- Reso-
mtions were passed denOunclng the de-
cisfon of Justice Gof declaring tna
strike TO be an Illegal combination IN
restraint of trade II was also decided
TO ask all the labor unions to protest
against the decision and that IN the
Labor Day parade on Monday every
union would have a banner with an IN
scription denouncing the decision