The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-22
WARNING FACTIONS
AGREE ON PACT TO
END LONG DISPUTE
Vehicles Move Unrestricted in
City for First Time Since
July is
GUARDSMEN'S RULE ENDED
Workers Given Definite Wage
Scale, Guarantee Of Senior.
ity Rights

Minneapolis, Aug. 20-(R)-Thirty-
six days Of industrial strife, pock-
marked by death and violence before
the dawn Of military rule. was term
mated Wednesday by pact Of peace
between striking truck drivers and
their employers.
And for the first time since July is,
commercial vehicles in the city moved
unrestricted and unguarded over
streets that on July 20 were stained
with the blood of 68 persons, two OF
whom later died from police wounds,
inspiring Governor Floyd b. Olson
to impose military rule by the ma
tional guard July rs.
Guardsmen packed away machine
guns and rifles Wednesday, dissolved
the military courts and pardoned mill
tary prisoners as members Of general
drivers and helpers union No. 574
went back to work with the governors
latest statement ringing in their ears.
This settlement" said Governor Oh
son, lis practically an acceptance Of
the Haas-Dunnigan proposal"
Based on the peace proposal advan-
ced some days ago by the Rev. Francis
Haas and E. H. Dunnigan, federal
mediators, the terms of settlement
adhered closely to demands of strike
leaders
Donoghue's Terms Accented
In duplicating the action OF the en-
ployers' advisory committee the UNI
ion membership Tuesday accepted the
terms submitted them by P. A. Dono-
ghue, representing the national labor
relations board at Washington. Tho
workers were given q definite ware
scale and assurance that seniority
rights would be recognized In rein.
statement of employees without dis.
elimination.
Drivers will receive SO cents an
hour and inside workers, platform
men. and helpers will be paid 20 cents
an hour for one year, tho agresment
stipulated. Provision also WAS made
for separate elections among employees
OF all firms affected to determine
representation for collective bargain.
ing. The elections will take place
within ten days.
Previously. the employers advisory
committee had insisted upon reinstat-
ing workers from preferred" lists. ex-
Guiding any workers known to have
been guilty OF unlawful acts during
the strike. The wage scale finally
agreed upon was first offered by en-
ployers compared to the suggested
scale OF 4212 cents an hour and 52,a
cents for helpers and drivers especial.
~ recommended by the federal media
tors.
The peace plan also stipulated no
employers shall discriminate against
any employe because of union mem-
bership, set up machinery for arbitra-
ton OF future differences, and provid-
ed the regional labor board shall is
sue consent decree putting terms OF
the settlement into effect.
The strike, which also BROUGHT
death to two citizens whose automo-
bile collided with a national guard
SQUAD car after military rule was i'm
posed, provided bitter attack on each
other by the governor and the en-
ployers' committee.
Communists Held Responsible
Charges of the employers that COM
munists fomented the walkout and
subsequent violence were denied by
the governor whose powers to impose
military rule and q system of military
permits for truck movements were
tested in the United States district
court by group Of business firms.
The court ruled in favor of tho
chief executive. whose troops raided
strike headquarters after q day OF
sporadic outbreaks of picketing by
strikers and made several arrests.
Other strikers later were arrested and
the citizens alliance offices -aided at
the express order of the governor.
Records and papers were seized
substantiating, Governor Olson claim.
ed, his charge the employers hired
stool pigeons" Meanwhile, efforts
to arrive at an amicable settlement
were stalemated, occasional beatines
OF truck drivers and picketing per-
sisted, and the employers appealed to
Washington labor officials and Presi-
dent Roosevelt for new mediators.
AS . last resort the national labor
relations board last week ordered cleo
tons in all firms to determine renre.
sentation for collective bargaining. p.
A. Donoghue. representing the labor
relations board. arrived last Saturday.
and during work Of arranging the
elections, drafted the peace plan with
Father Haas and Dunnigan, that end
ed the citys second major labor dis
pute this year, which was an out
growth Of the May strike OF truck
drivers.
Truck drivers returned to work &C
Z q. m. after the long strike, eeti-
mated to have caused Z loss Of more
than 100000 q wages to Minne-
apolis workers.
Hundreds Of trucks rlmbled out Or
the city from warehouses to ncrth-
west towns that have hoen waiting
for more than I month Tor otxIers .
be filled. ss.s.as
More than 1000 men xonE 80 ~
the work they left July 10 O.. hAd -
forced to give up because q para
lysed business. by mid-forenoon busl-
ness and transportation had resumed
n0emalcy.
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