Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-12-08 | Page 7 | Bitter War Has Ended

BITTER WAR HAS ENDED Contracting Firm' and Union of Chicago Settle Their Differences. CHICAGO, Dec. 8. A bitter fight of year and a half between the E. A. Bysdon company, sheet metal contractors, contract-ors, and Sheet Metal Workers' union 73 has been settled. In the strug-- strug-- fie one killing and many assaults were committed, public schoool building repairs re-pairs were tied up by sympathetic strikes and the Rysdon company was fined a, total of J3000 by the Sheet Metal Contractors' association and the vnlon. The union men began work in the shop of the concern today. -This was the most notable labor war In the city's history. In which only one email union and single employer were Involved. Courts have been resorted to several times, and Injunctions were Obtained by and t gainst both factions. The long war was the result of cherges by the union In May, 1903, shortly after an agreement had been signed that too many apprentices were . being employed. The settlement is a complete surrender surren-der by Rysdon. His employees go back on a "eloped shop" bisis. a union scale f wages, and a full payment by Mr. Rysdcn of all fines assessed against him. - . '