The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-05
Workers 90 Back the Same as They
Came Out and the Same Scale
Of Wages Prevail Through
out.
OPERATIONS RESUMED
Source Of Satisfaction to Workers In
keokuk to Learn That the Mat
ter Has Been
Adjusted.

II is q source OF satisfaction to the I
people OF Keokuk as we'll as Musca- |
tine that the button workers strike |
has been settled and that the opera
tives returned to their employment.
1t appears that the workers simply
go back as they came out. There is
no recognition of the Button Workers
union and the same scale of wages
prevails throughout. In fact, 1t is
victory for the manufacturers.
The terms Of the settlement are as
follows:
l.. The workers are to return to
work and theirs Is to be no discrimina-
ton against any former employees by
reason Of their membership in the
Button Workers Protective union, nor
against any employees by reason of
non-membership.
3. Except to eight persons hereto
fore agreed upon, all former employees
desiring to return are to be taken
back and so far as practicable their
former positions, but where not given
their former positions they shall be
given others equally remunerative.
This Is not to be construed that they
are to be given the identical machine
or table at which they formerly work
ed unless such machine or table can
be so occupied without too great in
convenience.
g. II any factory, either for lack of
capacity or by reason of market con-
ditions or for other causes, cannot re-
employ all of its former employees on
| full time it is agreed that it may fur
nish work not less than four days each
/ week, and that the workers will re.
sumo work understanding that the
/ manufacturers do not agree to furnish
them to exceed four days employment
each week, but will furnish employ
| ment for four days and at their discre-
ton may run full time or any length
1 of time exceeding four days. 1t is
! agreed that the four-day schedule may
apply to the entire plant or to any or
all departments of the plant, or that
in lieu of the four-day schedule any
| factory in any or all of its department
/ may work it's employees in four-day
shifts, but it is understood that each
1 employee is to receive four days con-
secutive employment. Sundays eX-
cepted, if he or she desires It, 1t is
/ also agreed that factories the closing
of which caused others whose prod
ucts they handled to close Will give
employment to the cutters OF such
factories which do not resume work
applying one of the above provisions
if necessary, to thus furnish employ.
ment, but should any plant be unable
after adopting one of the above plans
to furnish employment to the former
employees Of such other plants, such
employees will be given employment al
other factories.
4. The manufacturers will continue
to permit both men and women who
desire to witness the weighing and
counting OF their products.
5. Up-todate schedules OF counts
and prices will be kept posted in eact
department OF each factory.
: g. The employees will maintain In
dustrial discipline, exercise the great
est means of economy possible II
using raw material, and in every othe
way assist their employers to main
tain their positions in the market.
Z. The schedule of wages, counts
weights and measures are to be tn
same as on February %, 1911.
S. Work is to be resumed under thi
agreement on Wednesday morning
May 5, 1911.