| Show TheStrike Ended M CHICQP f III October F j i 18 The strike of the i packing house workmen waa formally ndth afternoon The strikers held a mass meeting on the pr inc about 3 pmfat which between 12 GOO and 14 > 000 were present The proposition prop-osition raturntoworkon tne tenhour nlan wasvdarried almost unanimously and the strike declared at an end Shortly afterwards Barrva Knight of Labor aeletite waited on Armourand said the Strike was dt ab end and that the men would return to work tomorrOw morning withbut making any conditions The packing bouse owners wjll ketp all their new men knd by running the houses up to their full capacity expect to be able to retain in their employ nearly all their old men This evening Armour jto atahd brhis oftmade assertion as-sertion that the porkers could better afford cohcession to beef men than to porkmen Instructed his manager to give all beet men who return to work tomorrow an advance of 50 cents per day over old rates Some I timoaff > r fhestrike had been declared at an end announcement was made that the packers had adopted a winter schedule of wuges I to go into effect immediately Thfs equals the temporary adance of 10 per cent The scale does not take effect until the middlq of November I |
