The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
PHONE STRIKE
COMES TO END
Unions Win Victory: Back
on Jobs Monday
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retroactive pay from January I,
1919. authorize local adjust
ment board for the Seattle phone
workers. permit contracts OF phone
operators and electrical workers to
expire simultaneously and guaran.
tee no Determinations. This word
brought TO Seattle by the delegates
who returned from san Francisco
was verified by kilograms from inter.
national officers.
Orders Are Positive
A telegram ordering every tele-
phone operator on the Pacific coast
10 return 20 work lat once" and
signed by Julia 'O'Connor was re-
ceived here Sunday afternoon. The
telegram follows:
AN operators Involved in strike
against the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company are TO return 10
work az once. These are positive In
structions and In accordance with my
promise given Saturday TO the wire
control board. was heard on ret
roactive pay. Am positive OF salts
factory results Also outlined our
case on other points and asked board
TO make recommendations.
"Pnlsbury. representing company.
was present. He agreed to the jus
ticc of the oneyear agreement. OPP
orators and men secured desired
changes In the adjust board plan.
1--WE viii receive answer from wire
control board Monday. p. m. Ser.
vice must be restored at once with.
out waiting for result of referendum.
Otherwise all concessions secured
here become invalid. Wire at once
that this order il executed"
Great Victory Won
Altho dissatisfaction was expressed
by some union members at the La.
Dor temple meeting. the sentiment OF
most OF the strikers was in favor OF
returning TO work.
1--WE have not received all that we
asked for" declared Miss Blanche
johnson, chairman OF the phone OPP
orators, but | consider that we won
great victory.
IL am In favor of returning to
work with our minds free from all
feeling against the company. ! be-
lieve that the company IL going to
treat us fair and square this time.
and IL there should be discrimination
against union girls we will now have
an adjustment board to settle these
grievances"
| The vote 10 return 10 work was
passed unanimously at both the tele-
phone operators and electrical work
ers' mass meetings.
Men Go Back
'''rhe mems demands forSncreased
pay. II granted. would have resulted
in the difference or a few cents only"
declared John Mulinix. of the cleo
tricai workers. With US Il was only
question OF helping the operators.
Had they voted to remain on strike.
we would have followed with a like
vote"
Tacoma union delegates. who were
present at both meetings. concurred
in the action taken by the Seattle
unions. All the smaller cities In the
state were expected 10 fall in line
and return to work Monday. follow
ing Seattie's action.
Only one dissenting voice in the
form Of telegram from the Yakima
unions reached here Sunday. The
telegram stated. I'VE protest going
10 work until we secure more in
formation on the settlement" That
Yakima would return to work as soon
as they heard of Seattie's decision
was the prediction OF local strike
leaders
Expect Word August
Local union leaders expect the set.
Element negotiations to be completed
by August /. The new contract will
cover the period from June 16. 1919.
to June 16, 1920. making II binding
for one year instead OF Is months, as
the company had previously desired.
| The following telegram. signed by
J. r. Noonan, international president
OF the brotherhood OF Electrical
Workers. arrived here Sunday in an.
| swer to the protest kilograms sent by
the Seattle locals saturday:
| Decision relative to retroactive
pay will not be rendered by wire con.
troll board until employees are at
work. Later referendum can deter
mine acceptance OF decision. Advise
eraser that orders are put i'm effect
immediately. r. Noonan."
Jack Quinn. Seattle union delegate.
who was on his way to Washington.
/ ID. c. to appear before the wire con
troll board, was stopped at Chicago
when news OF the settlement reached
here. He will go 10 international
headquarters at Springfield, Illinois,
before returning to Seattle.