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Show STRIKE OF PACKERS II 0M1 SETTLED Government Mediator Gets Men and Employers to Accept Terms. OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 11. The most extensive ex-tensive strike in the sacking house industries in-dustries in the history of South Omaha was settled satisfactorily late today, through the efforts of Frederick L. Feick, government mediator, and the men will all return to work tomorrow morning. The terms of settlement were signed by representatives of the packing companies, , by a committee of strikers and by Mediator Me-diator Feick and afterwards ratified by unanimous vote of a mass meeting attended at-tended by most of the 5000 men and women who have been on a strike. All employees are to receive an advance ad-vance of 2V cents an hour in wages', all strikers are to be reinstated without discrimination; dis-crimination; the employees are to be permitted per-mitted to organize unions; packing house managers agree to meet committees of their employees to adjust grievances; hiring hir-ing for each plant is to be done by one man. Mr. Feick, who arrived here yesterday, yester-day, had been in almost continuous conference con-ference with one side or the other, drawing draw-ing from each such concessions as were necessary to bring about an agreement and it was an eloquent appeal from him to their patriotism as Americans that won the overwhelming vote of ratification ratifica-tion from the mass meeting. Mr. Feick told the strikers he" knew they were not receiving wages enough, but that the country is now in war and they should help the government now that the government might help them later. He promised a thorough government govern-ment investigation of the packing industry in-dustry and a proper adjustment of all grievances nt an early day. |