Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-31
LYNN'S LOCKOUT.
The Trouble May Be Set
tied by Arbitration.
Mayor COnnery Delegated Power
To Decide Upon Board,
Pending Decision by Which Men
Will Return to Work.

Lynn, Mass, Oct. 90.--After a ses-
sion lasting for more than four hours,
/ today the executive board of the
| Knights Of Labor cutters, 500 of whose
members were locked out two weeks
ago following the announcement that
| they would work but eight hours d
day, and representatives of the shoe
manufacturers concerned, reached an
agreement II submit their differences
to arbitration. Mayor William p. CON
| merry was delegated the power TO de-
eide upon the arbitration board the
cutters and manufacturers being un-
able to reach an agreement as be
! tween the state Board of Arbitration
and q local board Pending a decision
| b. such board as may ne selected by
the mayor. the men will return u
work The hours upon which they
shall return temporarily will also b.
| decided By Mayor Gonnery.
The representatives of the % manu-
| facturers concerned in the trouble.
either through the locking out of their
cutters or allowing them to work on
the S-hou schedule under protest and
the executive board of the Cutters
Assembly were invited to meet at the
eifice of Mayor ConHery this afternoon
4 delegation Of the manufacturers,
agout L in number. and headed by
James W Hitchines. responded for
the manufacturers and the entire eX-
eeutive board Of the cutters. headed
| by Master Workman Stephen NJ.
Walsh for the locked cut employees.
| At the outset Master Workman
| Walsh explained t. the aasemblage
which Was presided over bY the may
or that as the new schedule Of hours
which was the cause OF the difficulty
was decided upon ~ n so-caifcd Red
| Letter meeting of tie Cutters As
sembly the executive board had M au
thoritX to enter into any positive
agreement. He said. however. THAT the
Assembly was in favor of arbitration
and heretofore had always agreed to
the decisions of such board. 50 that
he had no doubt but what such would
/ be tie case this time He pledged
himself and the executive board MEM
| hers to appear before the next Red
Letter meeting which lie announced
would be called at once, and urge the
acceptance Of any Recommendation Of
an arbitration board.
| Much of the time of the meeting
was devoted to discussion OF the
| form of arbitration. both sides early
agreeing that the matter should be
| submitted to some such board. The
manufacturers held cut for the State
Board of Arbitration. but Master
| Workman Walsh and his followers
would not agreed and argued that
| local board be named. the manufac-
turers TO pick one man. the cutters
another and those two to select the
third
Major Connery is expected 10 make
announcement, tomorrow as to which
arbitration plan he has decided upon
| and also as to the terms under which
the cutters will return to work. In
this latter matter should he decide in
favor of greater number of hours
than the new cutters schedule calls
for-eight hours Il day-it is possible
/ that the cutters may not agree on the
ground that that schedule having been
set at a Red Letter meeting they have
no authority to violate it, Should the
hours arranged by the mayor be agree
able to all parties the men may be eX-
pected To be back at their benches by
"Wednesday morning.
About a month age u circular was
addressed to the manufacturers Of
the city announcins that by vote OF
the Cutters Assembly, Knights of
Labor, the shoe cutters OF the city
would, on Oct IS, commence work upon
a schedule calling for eight hours
day for the first five work days of the
week and five hours on Saturday. a
Injecting of manufacturers was called
land il was voted not to accede to this
ldemand. In spite of this, however,
the majority of the 1900 or more shoe
ieutters Of the city went to work on
that basis, on Monday. oct. 16. The
following gay about 500 of them, EN-
lployed in some 20 shops, were locked
out and have not since been employed
In several other shops the men were
allowed to continue at work under
protest while in few the hours We're
openly agreed to by the manufaetur-
ers.
The shoe manufacturers met in spe-
cial session, this evening. following
the adjournment of the conference ut
the office of the mayor and ratified the
action Of their representatives at that
conference in agreeing to submit thei'
differences with the cutters to arbi-
tration.
one man was killed and large amount