Show MAKES A COMPROMISE t Decision of Colorado Board of Arbitration Arbi-tration On Smelter Strike WAGES AkE INCREASED 4 TEN PER CENT HIGHER THAN OFFERED MANAGERS I Question of Union or Nonunion Labor La-bor Is Ignored and Is the Only 1 Obstacle Now In the Way of Reopening Re-opening the Plants The Cleveland I Cleve-land Strike I Denver Cob July 31The state board or arbitration today fed Its report re-port on the Investigaton of the smelter strike The decision It reached Is a compromise between the demands of the smelermen and the offers of the American Smelting Uefnlns com pany commonly known as the trust The board has fixed a wage schedule on the basis of an eighthour day for the Inside men and a tenhour day for the yard menThe men-The wages recommended average abut 10 per cert higher than those offered of-fered by the smelter managers The board stipulates that in case of an agreement to work longer than eight hours the men shall receive pay at the same ratio oC wages as recommended fOE eight hours The question or union or nonunIon labor Is Ignored and this point Is now the only obstacle In the way of immediate imme-diate reopening of the smelters as the men pledged themselves to abide by the decision of the board and I Is believed the solution or th managers wl accept soluton the problem offered by the arbitrators Dennis Sheed manager of the Globe smelter after the announcement of the decision of the state board of arbitration arbitra-tion published the following notice ton publshed Collowin1 notce Denver Cob July nTo the Pub lie For ten days past the manage meat of the Globe plant of the American Ameri-can Smelting Refining company have offered to open their works and give employment to 800 or more or their old employees at i considerable advance on the scale of wages herEtofore paid but said employees not having returned these works will he closed indefinitely DENNIS SHEEDV Manager j B Grant manager of the Omaha Grant smelter was In Lladvie today when the board gave its decision HG declined to make any statement before seeing the full text or the decsion but he sail that the boards eoncusions cut absolutely no lglre in the situation and would not hurry or delay the blowing In of the smelters |