Bisbee daily review., 1921-03-24
ASSERT PACKER
 SETTLEMENT |S
 MERELY TRUCE.
Gives Time To Prepare For , War, Say Mems Leaders;
 Davis Averts Strike

WASHINGTON. w March g. - Pros. poets of an immediate strike in the packing industry were ,averted to- Sight through. the mediation of See retary of Labor Davis.
 Compromises by the emploves in accepting a wage reduction and bv the five big packers in consenting to a six months extension Of the Alschuler arbitration arraHgement made possible the settlement after three days of conferences in which representatives of packers and em- Tloyes and Secretaries Davis. Hoo- yer and Wallace participated.
 The settlement as agreed to
 follows:
 Reduction 6f wages of 8 cents
 an hour for hourly workers and
 to 12 1-2 per cent for piece
 workers
 Retention of the basic eiqht-
 hour day and overtime rates as
 crowded in the war time AIschu.
 Ter ruling.
 Extension until S<bten1ber IS
 of the arrsnoement whereby
 "uuc oSfnuei AiScnuier snail de-
 eide all questions of hours. wages conditione and sdiustments not
 snecificallv provided for in the
 agreement.
 Pressure bv the government was understood to have been largely re- spolSible for the agreement. The cortrnvnrsv was inc first major la hor TSficulty to face the new admin istration. and President Hardin~ re- ferred the matter to Secretary Davis who called in Secretaries Hoover and Wallace.
 Divided on Real Meaning
 Stater7antS iSSued after tho sipr- ing of the agreement showed some diveroerce of 0DiriOr as to the real meaning of the settlement. Score Jar-- Ds--;s said it has prevented a "frike of very serious consequences '' The eroloveG' delegstas Denn,s lane and Redmond s. Brennan. de- clared the agreement is a truce to prenare for war"
 The nackerS' representatives James G. Condon and Carl Meyer. de- clared ';his will enable the packers ta\ \co"'1leie nlars annCtlnced to ad- irst between tehmselves and their emOloves all matters of mutual in tereSt'
 Repres entativeS Of both sides were understood to have accented an in --itati0n of secretary Davis to meet President Harding tomorrow.
 Dur'n~ the three days of confer ences representatives of the two sides fa"ed each other in joint ses- sion. but twice. on Monday wher each side stated its case. and late 'todav when the final terms were signed IL is understood that at the last moment there was a threat of fur'hsr discussion. but Secretary Davis is said to have exclaimed,
 Davis Demands Arn,Iinn Sto,
 Whats ihe use of arguing. Sign" The representatives thereupon af- lived their sisnatures.
 Secretaries Hoover and Wallace took no active mart in tTa separate conferences between Secretary Da- wis and each, side following Mon- days conference. but it is understood conclusions which they reached aft CT hearing the statements by both sides Monday had considerable bear mo in shaping the final settlement.
 Approval of the efforts Of the new secretarv of labor was voiced to- nisht by BSnnan. sreakine for the emploves Tn .verbal statement. he said he greatly admired the snir- if shown by Secretary Davis. even thouph he did not agree with all the Secretarv's economic beliefs.
 Secretary Davis. in verbal state ment. said:
 'I am highly gratified that strike
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