The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-14
NO! Mill STR|kE:;.
DANCER IS PAST
Cabinet Makers and Mil Owners
Reach Agreement Both Sides
Make Concessions.

The mill owners and cabinet max
ers came to an agreement last Friday
evening. The men were granted a So
hour week, time and one-half for over
time. and minimum wage of IS
day. Every employe in the mills will
receive at least 10 per cent increase
in wages. Where the 10 per cent in
crease does not bring the, wages up to
the minimum Of IS then each. man
shall be paid the minimum.
The apprentice question was agreed
to by allowing one apprentice for
every four journeymen.@ Should any
dispute arise during the life Of the
contract it is agreed that the matter
shall be submitted to arbitration, the
employees selecting two arbitrators, the
employers two, and should they be-
be submitted to an umpire selected BY
the four members of the board.
All Of the sash and door firms in
the city, except the Scott-Graff COM
! pany have signed the agreement. 1t
Is said that the Scott-Graff company
will organize company "union.'' Mr..
II. D. Scott still remains obdurate and
will have nothing to do with a labor
union.
| The trouble with the Duluth Show
Case company still remains unsettled.
That firm and the Marshall-Wells
company, it's leading owner, have been
placed on the unfair list. Union la
Dor will canvass between Duluth and
the coast and in Canada against these
firms. It is planned to work with the
farmer members of the Nonpartisan
League in North Dakota and Mime
sofa and to advise them Of the un-
friendly attitude of both institutions
to organized labor.
The agreement arrived at between
the mill owners and the Cabinet Max
ers' union ended the strike at the
Radford & Wright mill, the men re-
turning to work Monday. There will
be no discrimination between union
and non-union men. which means Of
course, the open shop for the time
being. It is expected that all the men
working in the mills will join the
union now that it has been successful
in securing an agreement carrying a
reduction in working hours and in
creased wages. Without the union
they would still be working at the old
rate and under the old conditions.
Considerable opposition developed in
the union over the sort of settlement
reached. Many of the members
wanted to stand out for the whole
thing. Organizer Orris insisted that
only members working in the mills
affected should vote ON the matter
Those working at the shipyards and
who would not be affected by strike,
he held, would not be permitted to
vote. This provoked considerable dis
cussion, but when the vote was fin
ally taken all but seven of the men
affected voted in favor of accepting
the agreement.
Mr.. Orris was not at all satisfied
with the terms of settlement but he
believed they were the best that could
be made at this time. He reasoned
that the union was young and the
main thing now was to keep it intact.
He held that if the men were patient
and stood by the union they could ex-
pect a. better agreement next year
and so on. He gave this as the result
Of his long experience in the wood
working industry where opposition to
union labor has been more bitter than
in most other industries.
| A committee from Carpenters
union No. '361 headed by Henry
| Stevens and Peter Marandaw worked
hard to avoid strike. Mayor Magney
played an important part as did also
w. M. Bergin, chairman of the Du-
luth and st. Louis county re-adjust-
ment committee. AS the conference
closed better feeling than has existed
for years seemed to manifest itself
between the employers and the union
men.
The adjustment of this trouble
practically cleans up the strike ca
lender in the building trades and
nothing now should prevent the
prompt resumption of building opera
tions in the city.
SUFFRAGE WINS EASILY.