Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1904 — BIG STRIKE IS ENDED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BIG STRIKE IS ENDED

Employes of the Packing Plants Are All to Go to Work Again at Once. ARBITRATION TO COME NEXT Settlement Reached After Hoars of Discussion at Chicago.

News Gives Unbounded Satisfaction at Other Points—St. Paul Blockade Called Off by Donnelly.

STRIKE STATISTICS.

Number days ......... 8 Number men 0ut..... 50,000 Out in Chicago 20.000 Out in other cities..... 80,000 Loss in wages $300,000 Loss to- packers..... ,$250,000 Loss to- railways.. . . .$300,000

Chicago, July 21. —The strike of packing house employes begun nine days, ago bas been settled at a conference between representatives of the packers, the officials of the meat cutters’ union and representatives of all the allied trades employed at the stock yards-. The whole controversy will be submitted to a board of arbitration, both sides agreeing to abide- by what-

ever decision this board may reach, pending the decision of the arbitration board the men will be taken back te work as rapidly as possible by the packers, and it la agreed by the packers that all the old employes are to be reinstated within forty-five days from the date work is resumed. Appeal of loft Oat Bmployee. If any of the former employes are still unemployed at the expiration of that time such persons are to have the privilege of submitting their cases to the arbitration board for settlement Half an hour after the decision had been reached to arbitrate M. J. Donnelly, the strike leader, had got Into communication by long distance telephone with the leaders of the strikers In outside cities, and had notified them that a satisfactory settlement had been reached and directed the strikers to return to work as soon as possible. CaeditlMH of Rataralag to Work. The agreement readied la practically the same as the proposition made last Saturday to the packers by Donnelly. The only difference is that in Saturday’s communication Donnelly insisted that the itrikers be aIL UksaJtack jto

work within seven days. This the packers refused, although they agreed to accept every other demand made by Donnelly. When the men return to work it will be under exactly tbe same conditions as prevailed before the ■trike was declared, with the exception that the question of a wage seals will be decided by arbitration.

SETTLEMENT IS WELCOMED everybody Everywhere Delighted Thai the Trouble Is at aa End. Kansas City, Mo., July 21. C. W. Armour, of the Armour Packing company, bus received a telegram from Chicago informing him that the strike has been settled, and that tbe strikers have been ordered to report for work tomorrow morning. Armour refused to discuss tbe settlement, stating that he had not received the details of tbe agreement. The managers of other local packing houses refused to discuss the settlement.

At the headquarters of the strikers the news that tbe packers and strikers had reaehed an agreement in Chicago was received with much satisfaction.

St. Paul, July 21.—The officials of tbe Swift Packing company branch, the Union Stock Yards company and the local branch of the Meat Cutters’ and Butchers’ union all alike expressed delight and satisfaction upon hearing that the conference at Chicago had resulted in the settling of the strike. They expressed willingness to abide by the terms of the settlement and did not try to conceal their relief.

At South St. Paul the blockade whs lifted following the receipt of an order to that effect from President Donnelly. but tbe picket lines were not abandoned.

A scene from “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,” at the Grand Opera House, Chicago.

MICHAEL J. DONNELLY. [The leader of the strikers.]