OCR Text |
Show END Of the big strike WITHIN WEEK; OLD MEN TO BE GIVEN PREFERENCE i e i CHICAGO, Sept. 5. The Tribune says: -. As the result of a conference Just held between representatives of the unions Involved In the packing-house strike and of the owners of the plants, the end of the long labor struggle Is set for the middle of this week. An understanding was arrived at by which the men will meet today or tomorrow to-morrow and vote on the question of calling off the strike. According to the ! plans made, they will be Instructed to cast their ballots in the affirmative. 1 These plans were made with secrecy and care. They originated a week ago in Chicago with certain of the packers and of the conservative" labor leaders. Fearing the execution of the scheme would fall If attempted In Chicago, it was determined to make the first move in New York. The ending of the strike in the Eastern East-ern city by the vote of the men on Saturday Sat-urday was this first step. The settlement settle-ment there made was the same as that now proposed for Chicago. The following are the chief points of the arrangement: The unions to call off the strike. The packers to re-employ as many of the strikers as they can give work' to, and to give the preference to the former employees in the future: as many of the new workers as wish to remain are'to be retained. Wages of the skilled men to remain at the rate paid before the strike. The packers, who have often declared de-clared they would not meet the labor men, win undoubtedly deny today that a conference has been held. But the fact remains that duly authorised representatives rep-resentatives of the owners of the packing pack-ing plants did meet the labor men. What doubt existed as to the position posi-tion of tMe switchmen in the strike has been dispelled by Grand Master Frank Hawley of the organization. Hawley. at a meeting of the union, said the men would remain at work. The first serious break in the stock yards strike In Chicago came last night when fifty striking live-stock handlers were reinstated and at once resumed their former duties. |