The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29

and the Buck Stove Range Company.
of St. Louis, was brought to an unex-
pected end in the Cincinnati office Of
the International Molders' Union last
week. The result was a clear victory
for organized labor.
The manager Of the company and the
representatives Of the unions involved
will confer within 30 days in St. Louis
to fix wages, hours and conditions Of
labor corresponding to those in the
shops Of union competitors in st.
Louis
After the death Of J. w VanCleave,
on May Is, Frederick Gardner came
into control, although Lee Van Cleave
son of the late president, is manager
of the plant.
Mr.. Gardner has been large stock
holder for many years. He opposed
the policy Of Mr.. Van Cleave but al
ways was overruled.
When asked whether he considered
the undertaking victory for organ
lied labor, Mr.. Gompers said:
| am not going to crow, but this is
extremely gratifying. | believe that
it will help the union movement enor-
mously, for the Buck Stove fight has
been one of the greatest that organized
labor has had to engage in This is
a great boost for union labor
Not the least inkling of the mission
of Mr.. Gompers in Cincinnati leaked
out until the signing Of the agreement
at s clock Tuesday. The settlement
was reached only after an eight-hour
battle. The Buck Range represent
ative made larger demands than the
labor men would accede to and for a
time during the afternoon it looked
I as if the gathering of men from New
York, Chicago and St. Louis would ac-
complish nothing
But as William H. Cribben, of the
big stove firm Of Cribben & Sexton,
Chicago, and representative Of Lee Van
Cleave, the new manager, said: "We
got all we felt we could get, and so are
satisfied and the agreement was fin
ally signed.
Mr.. Gompers held conference with
Frank L. Rist, local organizer for the
Federation, after the completion of the
stove business, and left for st. Louis
at o'clock Wednesday morning to
make arrangements for the meeting Of
the American Federation Of Labor to
be held there in November.
The five articles Of the agreement
are as follows:
l. A conference to be held by Off
GERS at the labor organization involved
and Mr.. Van Cleave within 30 days
Of date, at St. Louis
z. The agreement in regard to
wages, hours and conditions of employ
ment shall take effect 80 days from
this date, based on wages and condi-
tons existing in shops of competitors
in the city of ST. Louis operating un-
ion shops.
B. The labor unions will make
known that the difficulties between the
two organizations have been satisfact-
ory adjusted
4. The Buck Stove and Range Com
pany will withdraw all suits now pend
ing against the labor organizations.
D. A copy Of the agreement will be
published in the journals Of the labor
organizations and displayed in the lab
or department of the stove company.
The agreement was signed by Will
liam III. Cribben and Thomas Hogan,
OF Chicago, representing the Buck
Stove and Range Company and the
Stove Founders National Defense As
sociation; Joseph F. Valentine and
John FL. Frey, of Cincinnati represents
ing the international Molders Union
of North America; T. NJ DAILY, of New
York, and Charles R. Atherton of Gin
clnnati, for the Metal Polishers, Buff
fers Platers and Brass Workers. Inter
national Union; Frank Grimshaw, Of
Piqua, Ohio, and J. H. Kaefer, of De-
trolt, for the Stove Mounters' Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Foundry EN-
ployes and Samuel Gompers, of the
American Federation Of Labor.
The battle between employer and
employe, which has now passed into
history, began in the fall of 1906 in the