The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-17
WILL WAGE
 DISPUTE SETTLED
Arbitration Board Agrees on Reductions Ranging From
 10 to 25 Pc Cent
By Associated Press

New York. August l6.-Wage re- auctions ranging from 10 per cent for skilled men to 25 per cent for common labor today were agreed upon by the board of arbitration to considering the wage dispute between union paper mill workers and Ill newsprint manufacturing companies
 The award. which fixed 40 cents an hour rate for outside common labor affects about 12,oOo workers and will become effective August 22. The In .ternational Paper company was not eparty to the agreement.
 V The agreement provides for 8 re- turn to the 1919 schedule of practi- cally all classified positions above common labor and paid below 50 cents an hour and a 10 per cent re- duction on all positions receiving 50 cents an hour or over. The average reduction over the whole list is given at 15 per cent. slightly lower rate, it was stated. was fixed for bag fac tories, craft and speciality paper mills,
 The agreement will continue in eff feet until May 1, 1922, but is subject to reopening by either party after December 1. The. same wage scale was fixed for both Canadian and American manufacturers. The follow insg were parties to the agreement
 Labor organizations; International Brotherhood of Papermakers, United Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mills Workers, United Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, International brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Interna tional Association of Machinists, Interna- tional Brotherhood of Stationery Bremen and Oilers.
 Companies: Abitibi Pulp and Paper company; Spanish River Pulp and Paper company; Union Bag and Paper corporation, St. Maurice Paper Com Hpany, Ltd, Minnesota and Ontario Power and Paper company, F. T. Frances Paper company, Hanna Pa Hper corporation, Cliff Paper company. Tidewater Paper Mills company, St. Regis Paper company. Pettebone Cataract Paper company.
 The trouble between the paper makers and the manufacturers be- gan last April when the organized workers. by an overwhelming ref eIGHuQHl NOtSs TeJSCLeu pTOpOSdlS lOT a new agreement providing 30 per cent wage reduction. a nine-hour day instead of eight hours and elimina- tion of overtime.
 Failing to obtain any notifications of the proposals in conferences with the manufacturers, the unions called strikes in paper mills, effective May l, and by May Is virtually all paper production in the United States and Canada was reported at standstill. The shutdown was of short duration. as some of the mills signed with the union, and others began to operate with non-union workers.
 During July the unions and the II companies that participated in to- days award agreed to arbitration and the men returned to work Three rep- resentatives of the unions and three manufacturers representatives, with Judge Frank Irvine of Ithaca as a neutral member aand chairman. con- ~stituted the arbitration board.
 Although all plants of the Interna- tional Paper company were rendered Widle by the walkout, the company de- clined to recognize or deal with the unions. but invited all its employees to return to work and promised not to discriminate against union mem bers. Non-union workers also were used, and a number of plants are re- ported to be In operation.