South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-10
TRANSFERS TO
RESUME STRIKE
THIS MORNING
Employers Refuse to Make
ANY Concessions to Men
at Conference.

-Four hundred members OF the
Transfers union will end their As
I hour armistice with the coal dealers
and other employers today. and VIII
resume their strike for a stipulated
scale OF wages.
This action by the members OF
the union was decided upon follow
ing the failure Of the employers
last night TO meet their demand for
a wage scale and stipulated hours
and woEing conditions.
The employers and representatives
Of the union men In the council
chambers 1t the city hall last night
upon an arrangement reached at
! the time the members of the union
entered into a 4S-hour armistice
when it was presented to them that
many families in the city were suf-
ferinS for the want of coal.
Employers Meet.
The employers held a prOtracted
meeting before the representatives
Of the union were called in. During
the discussion Of the proposals 10 ne
offered the union, il appeared TO
be the general desire 10 ignore the
demands made by the men for 20
cents an hour, a nine-hour day and
stipulated working conditions
The proposals offered by the en-
ployers are contained in four para
graphs and are the same as those
contained in the formal statement
issued by the Builders and Trad
ers' exchange, and are the same as
those offered 20 the International
HodcarrierS' and Common Laborers
union by the contractors.
The Proposal.
~, Of f.a
sails declares that it is not the in
tention Of the employers to reduce
the wages of the working people.
The second paragraph reads:
ITO employ laborers without re-
gard to the fact that do or do not
belong 10 the labor organization
The third paragraph reads:
"To base the pay Of the employees
on their Individual skill and ability"
The fourth paragraph reads:
"To maintain reasonable working
hours, and the best working con-
ditions possible. The employees have
the right TO submit grievances TO
tn employers individually or
through committees selected by
themselves"
Organizers Proposal.
7. l. Devering. international or
ganizer for the Teamsters' union.
when presented with the employ
ers' proposals. charged the employ
ers with breaking faith with the
men. lie told them that at the
meeting in the mayors Office wed
nesday at the time the men agreed
to the 4S-hOu. armistice that the
coal dealers at. that meeting had
practically agreed 10 the working
conditions and the hours, and that "A
final settlement would be reached AZ
the meeting last night. He declared
tha the men would not accept the
proposals of the employers He de
clared that what was submitted 10y
the employers did not even COnsti-
tute "a basis for discussion.
When the employers proposals
were submitted 20 the members of
the union at labor headquarters.
they voted TO reject them.
I4aborers i'm Session.
Following conference n o q
throughout Friday between officials
Of the Hodcarriers' and Common
Laborers union and contractors,
whihc was attended by Fred l. FielI
Of Elkhart. representative of the
department of commerce and labor.
another conference with unlon Off
aiaIs and men at labor headquarters
was SLlll III progress d. al .tdi ~
hour Saturday morning with little
hope OF a settlement Of the labor
dispute. The latter union-unlike
the TeamSterS' uniOn-is holding out
for a closed shop and a minimum
wage scale Of - cents an hour and
stipulated working conditions. in
cluding fixed working day Of eight
hours aud one-half.
The morning and afternoon ses-
sion Of the conference between un-
ion men and contractors was sup
posed 10 be secret. Little appeared
90 be accomplished a. these ses-
sions
The brewing trouble in the strike
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