The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01
MEDIATION
IS HANGING
In BALANCE
BY United Press

BY United Press.
Chicago, July Arbitration as a
means Of settling disputes between
capital ard labor is hanging in bat
ance. And the pendulum is the pres
ent arbitration proceedings being con-
Quoted by the mayors mediation
board. The eyes of the entire world
are on the dial.
| This was the statement today OF a
high labor official. and his expressions
were echoed by his associates, all la.
Dor officials, in discussing the recent
strike of l4,500 street car and elevat-
ed men, which completely paralyzed
Chicago's greater transportation facil-
files and tied up business for two
days y
They reached this conclusion. they
said. from their own experience and
from observation of mediation in other
strikes. They pointed out that they
were defeated when. Chicago was
threatened with traction strike
three years ago At that time they
stated that never again would they
consent to arbitration and they bided
their time until the three years of their
contract expired
= The recent ruling in the western
wage rate controversy against the
ninety odd thousand trainmen on SO
western railroads was also mentioned
os an example. That ruling was de-
clared to be adverse to the labor in
terests, and labor heads we're loud in
their protestations that they had beer.
"bunked.' w. f. Stone. head OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
was bitter in his arraignment of the
ruling and Of arbitration "as the train
men got it."
Go back in the history OF arbitrary |
proceedings as means of settling |
labor disputes" said ar official today, |
and you'll find that Lab has triumph
ed in extremely few OF them. Take |
for instance the ruling at Indianapolis
in the traction strike Of 1913. The men
submitted to arbitration after fight. +
When the award was handed down tnv
men got an infinitely small raise in
wages ard a slap In the face in the
way OF an open shop. The company
was admonished and dire led to show
no discrimination against the men be-
cause of their affiliations with the
union. The company has rever lived
up to the award. and the men are tied
iown by contract, by court injunctions
and what not from striking again.
Arbitration received hard blow
hen, II received much harder blow
n the trainmen ruling. and now IL the
men are again defeated, after main
aiming one of the most peaceful
strikes in the history of this country,
I will be the death knell of arbitrs-
ion.
THE principles of arbitration are
ust as equitable, but labor has found
t impossible to get that kind And
he proof of the pudding is in the eat
ng"
Officials, however, are jublant over
he way the strike was conducted in
,hicago. The men were orderly. Not
shot vas fired and only two minor
asses of violence reported to the POI
Ice. and they were not directly trace
BILE TO strikers, but rather to their
ver Jealous sympathizers.
"We showed the world how to con.
net strike in a peaceable manner"
aid L. A Bland OF the labor interests,
tho sat in the II hours conference
nth the mayor and officials from both
ides that preceded peace. There I
'as no violence on our side, which is {
n itself great victory IL