The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-08-28

tween the mine workers and com
pani"s under this proposition he
Submitted tO the State Board 1f
Mediation and Arbitration and that
See proposition as finally agreed to
In border at beginning of this report,
Mr. Toll, in presenting the propo.
sitiOn, said: "The Board is re-
sponsible for this action. 1t is now
u question OF what you are going to
do with II. II the operators leave
this for arbitration, of course, you
understand that the question OF
recognition of the Union Is ques-
tion that we, AS arbitrators, could
not handle, anymore than we could
say that you should join this church,
or that church, or some other
church. All the other things we
can arbitrate
Whereupou Mr.. Davidson said:
~ have already stated to the
Board that the matter Of recognition
was covered as well as we believe
it can be covered ut the present
time; that necessarily would not
come up for arbitration"
Both parties then retired to separ-
ate rooms to consider the boards
recommendation and after short
time they returned to the court
room. The miners, through Mr..
Davidson, were the first to report.
lie said:
"Mr Chairman and Gentlemen,
We have decided that we will accept
the proposition as it is before you
with an amendment to make it read
twenty-five cents instead Of twenty
cents applause.
The representatives of the com
panies then again Withdrew from
the room, and after few minutes
returned, when Mr.. Meier, speaking
for the companies said
"Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen of
this Honorable Board, and Citizens
of st, Francois county, would
like to say on behalf OF the opera
tors, in view of the spirit In which
the employees have made PROPOSE
tiOn, and In view of the untiring la
bOrs Of this honorable board, that
we, the operators, in spite of the
burden it will bring on us, will ac-
cept the proposition.
1--WE feel, however, that the bur.
den is such that we must have the
hearty cooperation OF all of our
employees, and we believe that we
will be afforded such cooperation,
and with that we believe that II bet.
ter and clearer understanding will
prevail between us. The increase
of twenty five cents day amounts
to about $500 900 year in this dis
trict.
1.-THE conditions in general, we
hope will be helped aud we feel GER
tain that they will But the founda-
tiOn for such conditions IL the
hearty spirit of cooperation which
must exist between the operators
and the men.
I'VE wish to thank the board for
the patience they have had in this
matter and for the great assistance
they have been to us. thank
YOU" tApplause).
Mr.. Davidson here arose and said:
Mr.. Chairman, Gentlemen of the
Board, and Citizens assembled here,
! have only to say in reply that
am well satisfied to have this matter
settled up, because IL relieves me of
IA whole lot of anxiety, and | feel
that 1t will relieve not only me and
the other parties directly interested
but also the people OF the entire
community believe that all will
be greatly relieved that it has come
to final conclusion.
I'm regard to the spirit of the en-
ployes that was referred to by the
previous speaker, i feel that am
voicing the sentiment OF them all
when l say that they will certainly
do their part to live up to this agree
ment, and If the other side are as
true TO It, and ] believe they will
be, as the men will be, there will be
no room for me to have anything
further to say in st. Francois coun-
| ~ on labor disputes for some time
to come. thank you" (Applause).
The tension relaxed, the strike
was ended and everybody rejoiced
that a prolonged and bitter strike
struggle was averted. Both parties
signed the agreement, and Tuesday
night large number of the miners
resumed work, and the men are all
being put back in their places as
fast as tho mines can be cleared for
operations.