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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1902-11-20, Page 7OPENING OF HEARING OF COAL STRIKE CASE, Commission Began its Work at Scranton To -day. Abetr at of Statement Presented by Mr.(*Michell Acting for the Mine 'bis trsL _The Nezardous Nature of the Work and the Many Fatal. Hies Occurring Brought to the Notice of the Commissioners -Hopes That the Result of the Arbitration Will be to Establish Better Relations •ltatween the Parties. Scranton de„pl telt soy s: The rom- nSssithe, upµwIute)1 by President Loose telt'to arbltrate the differrn:'ee bel ween the nnth encite mine workers and their employees began the hear- ing of the mimeses' side of the ease today. Totlowine 18 an abstract of Mr. Mitchells etatt'melt for the min - 00i Mr. Mitchell prefaced his suite - went with the hole: that the commie - 11r111 tooted rnu'r't•ed lu estub11sh111g n reht1to'netee between tee oper1lor4 and the miners that will insure peace and 4Ulbd)Ly In the industry for an tIo' 41e sand definite tfooi rtuereasel pee lar tin• ,duet's, a shorter work day for the laborer's, the weighing of the conthe lereselltorlia1) 4))rt4411101�t led ot ot. to ler Mille, Mr. Mitchell spoke Mt fol- lov4ll oa the question of Maher wat;rs'. "01 the 117,000 men end hoes employed In nod almond the mines, (+trippings, wnaheries anti breakers in the anthracite coal fields, 64,1)72 or sit per cent. :u'e employed on contratet or piece' work, tine remaining 80,000,117 per cent. err empl0)e,l by the bone, day, week or uwittle Of the 64,07_ contract amen .17,804 nee miners and )6,268 err miners' idiom's. "'rho work of it meter and It nee- er's laborer Is extremely hazard- ous; In filet, it Is more dangerous than employment in any other Int portant industry hl the world, 'the ltt4ke Taken. "The number of persons k.Iled and iujnred 141 greater than In ally other industry. Each day the nntlu'neite coal mines are in operntion 2 6-10 eerwue 108e their lives, awl three times ars many are maimed, auad ye, these mail receive less wages nnnu- 11)) than are re.e:ved by men p:1• - (orating precisely similar work in of her Heide, under more favorable anti lees hazardous conditiou8. 'tree number of years n min can retain 1014 health and strength in thee oc- t•np:ttloe Is limited. The entire 20 rt. c1 u)e tvitk'h they demand 11e an n- erease In their wages would not suf- fice to carry all ins,^are of one 110'118llnlf doIlnrw. "It ):ems hull llir and lust t:uit The Immediate rlmely le the stp- aredou of the emcee by lao•, ter i l01bunalion of n. location law by which it maim be mums (limited for lvllltee 10 lice among the Mucks, end the meting further oat of town of the native locations. Three Meas- ures are denunwh41 by Uie ne'esstties of the eau). The I1ou801g of the poor 1. the mixt immediate problem. And w hat Is needed is n helping 1)1111 'society 10 nesIHt the pour to tweet small cottages, which money inn le, rrtlmmel by the monthly inetahnrnt 4vete1. --- TO APPLY THE CLOSURE, Education Bill to be Forced Through the House. HHEALY WILL. OPPOSE LIBERALS. London. Nov. 17. 1 n. 111. -- tier wages pi'1 this,' 41¢841,•,, of stork- Henry ('ampbell-l3nnnermnu rallied ecu slwuld 1)4 041 14(11'it 401 login- the Liberal opponents omite f the mi ee, then wages {rail to 811 11(41 alei- 011110 t bell In full strength )eshr• 9)11,8 it other Indasirice. Is it err. day, when he propelled an amend- ment to I'remier Balfour'8 , guillo. tn0)1y not jest to n,:k that tli' tine motion," as his new 04011)o'1 nti""1.c+ rew•ivns high lung" ars for the ecieatlflc use of the closure pail to miners 111 the bitt.aniunu4cu'tl re oday 1),v day nus rough'} described. or in the 8rl and mud gold men's' There was the usual exchange of u1. lu teh r limn oropp•'r mines' � It • b all u) which work 66 l"48 hnrardoln+, comp menta and reproaches e - (leer from liability to testiest', retirees tw-ecn ten tau efdas u. the 110ns0. The Miaisteriai'sts could assert lug lees experlenee and 1(418 skill, anti that tate debate had already out lm 1)'(1)1 paid thein labor fn 1hr 1111-' e He elt( teal field8',„ ort the protracted iti or 1S 0f the original cduattlml bill of 1870, end What the 'keened Means. that the obstruction had been ear - lit 1teiportiug the demand for the recd to an unreasonable length. redtclioa of 1111. boors of day ether- The Liberals could reply that the "r4, Mr. elllchell showed that It 1 proposal Tor endowing the denum- emeemt)vt to poetically a demand 'notional 8chb0)8 out of the raters, for 20 tier cooe iieren4r• of enngten- without adequate provision for radon for 88,(11)0 tarn, or 57 per local control, required critical ex - cent. of n11 mine cmploym'#. He s•tll nethmtion, mrd that the hill 11118 feather that the right -hour day le been thoughtfully diseeseed and the st11lll4rd working by the mining muterinlly improved be the pro- 111+ln4t•). bright home oonetilut•' a loeged debate41. (111,4'8 work in eh•' coal mines of (tient Britain, all the silt pr, gold mud replier mimes, 1)144 in (e0 hdto- nduotJ, coal mini% ill the different `'la lox of the cull ttlry. Defending the third demand that the Inhere shall he pall by welted, and that 2,3111 pound) shall (•onst1- 111rr n ton, lir. :Mitchell declared, that "The anthracite compnniee net eitlsfbvt with net extra legal turn of from 2,740 to :3,130 pousie env,• 11 eest'm of docking, through w'hlrli they npproprlatr additional part of the miners' (ermines. A miner le dueled all the way from 501) to L- 10)0 pounds upon it ear, 119 e pmelt y far loarlhlg hnpurillr>s for whi,'h he 108 already been pennitzed to the (etvie of from 711(1 to 1)00 teenier ern 0x(40114 of impure weight. In other words he 1s pnulehOd twice for the scum 9Tfenee." Mr. Mitchell then took rip the fourth demand of the miner; for n. lends agreement, with the neve,- holey e111ei)iner3 for the adjustment of all grievancee,. lle omtllnel the 1 14to1y ;end toliey of lite l 1111' 1 'Mew Worker:, of .tnierlci, and explained that le els einistllattun, the ;1n- ihrucllr ash bitunrhmrue nine work- er' 111(1 same rule for Ow local )014- (0nnolo of 1rn'))) alffalt•s, eon.) reused 141111 11 plea for the children. --- - - - _- --------- -. ---- - whites 116 have ler lens' self-ree- CHINESE CONVERTS KILLED. unit but ale° to many respectable Iwo:settee Tho House divided before midnight, It is nanny understood that where ' olthaugh the 12 o'clock rule had whites live Intermingled with blacks I been eu8pend011 In expectation of a and .11'imales the most revolting de- ' tlolouged debate, and the Govern- velApments will occur. 1041140orp' meal emerged with a majority of proper,11118where the whites are dwell- 1.d. The bill will now be passed ing, Is full, and people aro living In , b) \ovember S8lh. many lnstairms lu back yards In ro0m8 that can only be dnc�rlhed as hovels and not fit for human limbi- FRENCH NEGOTIATIONS. tattoo; but there IN no alternative 1 -louses or rooms of decent descrlp- :11. 1MIca88(8 Pennlsr lu 4411 N'ilitld thin y,re not to be had Laurier. Aer04.6 the street from Arededorp Is the Malay location, and many of louden, Nov. I7. -A Hauler des - the owners of the houses are 84111 patch from Paris to -day, referring occupied by poor willies. , to the negotiations curried on in The :robs, efelttys mud other col- Feenee by ell' Wilfrid Laurier and red races, else made room for these Hon, W. 8. fielding, of Canada, ear( whiles, and at present the whites that those geetirmen left satisfied aid blacks 1110 side by side, inter- with -tbr.rrsull8 obtained, but that mingled. In some rause the whites tate success of the negollattofe bangs Ito) lel the yards of the blacks. on a condition which bas not been Time aro white children bring realized yet, and which does not seem rc'arcd, 4vbdt 1140 social eundidoi le to make much progress. 11. 1)elcuea, than the 0(1006 are 011 418111ng tertn4., the Foreign (,Mater. lel0mise4 Sir and the nets' (leeredlti.oa e, ep- Wilfrid Laurier an ann0111 hubsldy of patting, add self rsuret le the (10,004) to the company running a last 6tage8 of renin. Trench line of stcamehips between In order to substantiate what I France mud C'tum,.a. 1T hen 811 Wlifid say, 1 1.118t11 1101` three. ceases that the Laurier 1ilE visiting Lillo he used carred• In ono 8lreet 111 the Malay this prontlee to induce nur11ufnetur- Locution. reef( to 11nd money to perohame the 1. A white woman, whose , hue- atram(rs, tied wens assured that the bund is a pristine' of war, took up utmost would be dot;, to that (nd, with a blah Hutu, and f8 living pub- but this 118 yet has amounted to very Ilcly with hila. little. 1 young whale girl, drawn into tau, 401•Lex by this wlek,si women. MESSAGE OVER SEA. and who at present 114 es with her, - hum taken up with an Arab' 0lrirbei t'unfh•uuttiun or Fuccrs8 n) 3. .1 young aha ie girl, age, 17 1'x18Brc(u f' eauw. was 0)1e-re:I a 8ltmttleal 111 110 Arab shop at (3 per month. After .hour, Noe, 17. -'elm elluictry of n time the girl was eethwed, :end Marine has received a deep:it h from then left her meteors house to lite the teteutin of the 11. 1111„ cruiser 1(1) 1) an 'Mai, in 6pi1' of Brat pan- Carlos .11bet•te, which was placed nt 161,10,1 hallet0d on err by het• )me mite, and efterw-altdls the enlrentlea the 1)1 ta6))I or 841100 Marconi for or her parents to m04e 00 from wlrel4411 ttlegrepll experiments, and her emptier. The mother 0118 06001, (4•1)111) 141 110w at 'ydn17, Not Stets "Wily did you tome to live In this (('1, steeling that the ship Mille coin- lova 'oar locntlon l" elle replied, 'Theis' was mullein 1ed by 111011118 of the illll.aalnt 0(01 4741111 a room to be held in Ire- (}stet.: with the station tit Poldhn, ' 11ed00)), and 1 1.8)43111 1101 get another C'or'nwel1, England, throughout the house." "What rent do you pay?" voyage end alter entering the port "Two {4umd8 a month," of Sydney. The Morality Law' slates that If The experiments confirmed the pos- e colored man colentet8 with n. white eihilit( of r0mmenienling e.muline- (401aa11 with her moment, that the oualy with Europa and America dur- penalty i8 up to six yell PH' imprison- Lug the navlgntkin of the .%llantie meet, 44i1h fifty lashes. In the face 11t a dtstnnce of at irate (3,000 miles. of such a drastic Ina, which wee en- It will be easier to nester cont- acted because of the oanger of the rnnnlcat'on when hletralments more demoralization of the w•hltes, w41 powerful then these that wen be have such conditions in the fare of curried on ships ere installed at open day in our midst. , shore stations. Liberal Argument. The Liberal argument arias well grounded. There has been no a 1. et•uction In the ordinary' sense, end the. time of the House of Com- mons has not been wasted by men iucompeteut to 111501194 tun subject with intelligence and Judgment. Hou. Mr. Breve, Sar William Ver- non Ilareourt', Lloyd-afeorge and the 11'elsh tnembers leve made alai, incisive eperche8, and the hill hug been amended in various; de- tails and rendered more logical and c0n41i6tettl. The 1.ibernds have been justified, moreover, 111 9ay1.1144, on the strength of the by-eleetious, that tete country was behind 4hem and against the Mlnieters. Logic and reason were set aside In y'es- terday's closure of the debate. Healy Suppo't6 the Bill. The proceedings, 011 the whole, were fume, tend the discuesion tvould halo been tositf4ely ,hill but for the interposition of Mr. Timothy Healy, vibe lute returned to 1Sest- mio6ler atter a long absence. 311'. 11(11114 declared his intention, as nn Irishman and as Catholic, to tote for the bill, and argued that the tlo4 ernmrnt was engaged 111 n Just and holy' cause. The Liberals listen- ed' 111 chilling silence, while the Tor- ics were naturally dellgltled. Government Alajority'. Mr. Chamberlain, who followed whiles who aro the viethus of dire 1 ylr. Healy, ttuulkly udnlilted tont I the obstruction was justifiable. Boxers Active in Many Parts of China. AD IS/ STROUS CONFLAGRATION. victoria, .�'r,t+, Nov. 17. -}tall 0)1- 810414. re1/01'4 m reerudesce11ce 01 the Boxer movement in many provinces and hard righting between the Boxers and the Lmperraa troops, lu Szrehutn the'1304100811144e plundered all the tile (eget( between Tasecimu and Ch0ngtu, and in one pane massacred 1,7110 Catholic (anvert4.'They, the last ad- vices were received at Sitatighat from Che1gte '14(ng(se It was besieged by Iloxers. Ota Oct. 1 two parties of }taxies entered Cbengtu, flonrish)d knives and wa8e11 Boxer flags. The propel were prude 61rlcken, and fled to uonf081011, hit the prompt emit() of the earrie0u resulted in the ltee- rre being driven from elle cloy with heavy lass, and eleven, IIeluding a woman, looked upon as a prophet/tee, were eaitllred and beheaded In Pout of one of the 'amens. 1 peo- clamatlou has been posted at Chrngtu offrtinq one hundred lapis for the heed of ettelt Boxer captured within the. city. .t fire at Kwell'», lewnugsl, caused great lose of life mud property. It or- iginated in a firecracker shop, An the mem were testing powder. - u plo1lion followed, and the fire email wad burned several hundred louses. Many Chines() were burned to death. Pure iili'lled houses all around the Christl'tn Alliance m1416ime which w'118 ml4Cratc.hed. The reed) of this freak of the fire is that ninny Chinese have 6fnoe come to the mission to be bale Wed. . NOT IDEAL CONDITIONS. Jolianne,burg Goes Nee Frim ie, le. a I)eirrabie Place 10) ht )t1. The following litter to the Trans- vaal Leader slows that coullllmis in Johannesburg are far from ideal: Cir,-lt ryas an 111 -advised taceeme engendered by the old liovernment to place the poor whites side by side with the 'Malays, Arabs, 11111110(, and Kerne/efts 141 tate ease 111 the w'esl- ern portion 01 this city. It 11., now re6nitieg in the demor- alization not only of such poor absent, while their lenitive are being COST OF MOLINEUX TRIAL MAY REACH HALF A MILLION Miner Robbed of His Savings York Becomes Insane. eve Turk. Nov. 17. --II line been eetinated that the teed ,f 'Wheel 1S. yhdinlux lune rant mote than any ether for a eapital offense in any country where the English sys- tem of jurisprndenee is 11) vogue, The cost to the county el New Yolk of the first trial approximated 4'1251t,0011). This 'vas expended in tar - ions directions, largely In fres fur handwriting exports, who were brought llom distant (Males, and for (1411,th)14 who elul(14orid to flue ylulimmette. 111')'('111rnt 4 11,00 Itis 13111 hirthday to the time of lee :ores). Tlfe defense expended 11)0111. 873;0111) in the fire' 'vial mud it Is estimate,' that the total (01 both in New )lees for the 1))t, 111:110(4, w111 foot up nearly v;,t)1WOO. licllo (0' Itobbet•e I11sane. Nee fork, NOV. 17.- lbonwea'd leund with it beg of gold nuggets and hie pockets (1111 of email, a x,11011) h 111, won, In ter nd11ca of Trench (,mama, Jacques Ln Travers, a native of Prance, lets been robbed in thief wily, and 1s now 111 the 1118nIle ward ul Bellevue. Travers end his partner lad reached title illy uu their way back to France, and. e8 neither umter- elood Pnglleh, they took as room in n lodging house neer the (lecke. Loth displayed their treasures car(I(41lly, and when Travers 'vent out alone 10 purchase a hatch he 1s believed t0 Intro been Induced t0 drink drugged lliuor. Ile retnrnell shortly to MS room, 1118 gold gone, tehen he renezed its lose he became violently 1(011ue and was tl,kru 1)1 charge, by the pollee. THE FIRST SURPLUS In the History of the Canadian Post Office, GREAT iNCREASL OF BUSINESS. teen in 1898 1 applied to Parlla- nI) ll1 for authority to reduce the postage, 1 ).011ited out that the 1110 mediate result would be a loss of retinue, but that the reduction 400uhl lead to 1011 increase, use of the po411. Of 110e, and that to about three years the department would 110811 1 111 1y recovered its lost r1•4 - (nue. The SOlmdllens of tele titw W118 c•halle11ged by our opponents on the Iluur o the House, us it had been prevloueiy, but we had no faith in due. clews, and at the commence- ment of 1899 1e01100d the Eugliha rite loom 5 toe cents, and the do- mestic rete hi Canada nn+i the rate. from ('arindtl to the tutted Stmte41 to 2 cents, These reductions, unless accompanied by an enlarged busi- nres, would doubtless hate involved a1. loss of revenue or about ems mil- lion dollars a year, which, added to the annual eitortage of about eight hundred thouteawl dollars. would have resulted in a shortage of about eighteen hundred thousand 110(114t n yens. .t few weeks after these reducl1on8 went into operation we had a bye- (leetien 111 11'461 11(41'(0, :141)1 Ser (7101rles Tupper and other of his speakers nd'hrs8trlg the eleetore ¢s- sn11ed me for these reductions, de- cb,,rIng that whilst they 4voele bene- fit the manufacturers, banker4 and rich people generally, they meant an addition of a million or dollars at year 10 the deficit of the depert- ment, which would have to be peed by the 1at'nlere, the workingmen and the poor people of the country. Dur- ing the last three years and up to this moment, that contention hoe been very continnonbby advnneed by our opponents. For three ye11I'6 it wens to them 0 powerful campa(gn argument against 1(41. 1 have wellet1 p01iettly these three years to nuke my reply, and 1 now p40(400e to make it, and per- haps when I do sot 7011 will think lite warranted In also indulging In :1 little prophesying; at least I will reek it, and say that never again after to -night will our opponents criticize our actions in the retitle - lion of loitage to the people, or 00011 allele 10 it. (('hears.) My an- swer to their years o: attack i6 that, uotwll.IDt.nndlug our haling chellp- ened the rates of pestege to the people, that instead of having to rip- ply 40 Pnrliaulcut, ale Waft neee6)a07 in 1898 for n vote of $781,000 out or the taxes or the people. where- with to )n1y the deficiency of the dr- p,rtment of that year, we have for the fiscal year Just closed, not 11)11411 of n d0ller, hut for the first time in the history or the 001)11 0?') a ALI1pins-not n large one, but still e. anrplui-of over $5,000. ((treat ebeering.) In -view of tele r'e- eult, {w'rhnps you will 1111110 me )146- tified, then, In prophesying that to- night epee the attacks or our op- lenents neon us for having cheeps (lied the entee of postage to every I) by niton, or tie blow pip,', Iscum- eiesied in ,ening' ^30 gh'le before he 141 i0)n•isvnlvl. 41 ('union mud 11,1141 Kong it is nut unt0un1 for girls meet: len to bring .811)0, and tilos) or foerteen to bring •T'll)). PRISONER IS HYPNOTIZED. Negro 1.t -('silt le( Repeat., Confession MA is Not 1141 oted. leatlunnale (1a.. Nev. 17 -Hypnotism lam been (i plied as a t'8t to a foreleg' eonyiet native eliller, et negro, w ho conker:et the murder of Ou1te 'mermen sed his ),111(1 sertltut. Miller sail he wits hired by a white man to 0111 Beeirmile. Ilio cunfeeslnn btus been generally regarded as u fah- eicatien, 11ud he was put under hyp- notic intluence to prole or dl8prove l,1i strange) Story. • In !168 trance 3ltll. r sail he did not fire the She's that killed Bourqule, but hearth them and knees alto fired thein. lit tvn9 putt into it buggy with 1110 officers ¢11'1 mute, to go through with what he alleges to have been 111.4 comtection whit the temp sly. Still 111 a (ranee, he drove into the country' and painted out rho exact tocallto 41110:- he sail the shooting 'weltered. Miller d19cribrod minutely four men who, according to his story, murdered Bourquin. Miller is illiterate. Ills story Is not believe', la spit,' of its 11ppv: eat hypnotic eouflrnt:item. NEGRO DIES AGED 133. � .1 Kentucky Beak Claimed to Have Malted on Leli13314. , llarrulsherg. Ky., \n1.. 17.-1•:lijuh Income, colored, probe hey the oldest main 1n the 1101111, died here Tuesday. Ile ehtino'i to he 1:13 years of age, aIle ''herr is 11;1')117 11 doubt that he 10116 ns old as Stilted. He could re - c011111 many incidents, of the war of 1812 14111:1) he would not have known in any way but be ohm rvation. When l.afa3ette vieted th141 pine In 1824 eerie Lige ser0)1 1111)1. lie 11 1K0 met Aaron Burr when lie left Blenner- haesetl and taunt here. Lt 1820 1:1i- jnlis moiler pitted hint 414411081 an- ; Other negro whose Mester 10(18Iu111- leering at Chub Orchard 8(40i.nge. The thee was 10 be from the butler place 1 to Perryville, it (lista nee of 30 miles. The muster 4)110Se Oa Hill was swift- est was to gel both Degrees. Feettit i made the run in foo' enure. Ills rival fell deed hair tiny between the plwcee. BOGUS RUBIES. Aol111) int tit, te6 I)0(' tu•ed u1. In' Al - 1110a 1'e(tlet. 1'11ris. Nov. 17. -The value wf ruhie8 le threatened with sensible Matinee Hoe owing to the perfection 10 11. heir the menefaetere of nrtICVaiai 1 (t,11°s has Leen Intel) brougllt. littl a•lo 11111(14 ml rh.bies could be • mad, that were 011 eeperri'1:11 ex:tn11- ' 101110,• 1ppaueuty real. Examination 1:8 lir 0(1.70 tope. leave)er, re - 1 x,'111)11 finw's and imperfeetlons, bet the Auaelemy of 7.ca'neee today et - i a1111DVi apeeltaene o) artificial stoner) nr11ohu'tur^:1 be 11. Vermeil!, which' the numbers d(4,ierel were superb in color, awl 11)1)14) 111 purity and bril- liant'," to the grnt.1l1 rubies. The eroc'sS d) pro 3u.'tiou. which is part - Mt !zee 0)C utadn.-Sir1Pllli0013fMeek 1le,;.tk 4,'ly not w„ -)l). 111 Toronto. PRINTERS' Si RINE OVER. GIRLS SOLD AT HONG KONG. V `Hemel Shute'frodr Neill rd 11'1(11 ('at - ton nod Di6tri0* San 1'ratiel,eo. Cal., \o4 17. 110041 hong toll c044 41)4111' thou 111,1.. k11 g,',111 rut 1)11I in the 411114etrade in girl bet were hong Kong, ('nn - tun and 0L+tutlt pruvinees. Hen - Me els of girls. rhirfl3 of teudrr pear's, ;r,' known to Is1 Ming in ,inter) 1, 'hang 1.04341. 'rile trek 1: rerriod un 2(1 i,jc:c;t) that 11 is dnubtfni i1 11 ran b broken uie h4 the secret quarter); of 1111, 'slay trade' girls ere •1111 10 he bought and sold :lade. Late') there has been a large de - mend for good looking giele from Ifni How. Hand of Helmut. with the rr,(111 that priers have store than t1,•1101l 1t 1(tei Huw bast month n former :01)1 els• Ittotll"t•lese children, ono of three )ears for e:10, :mil one of five year. fur 13.3. (Iffielals re- t) etly .a'iz,•I .1 mall Who end sae - on ('un: patty Wt'111 Pay l elan Seale in ()pen shop. 'Patein() littera tc,i--'I'ue etnik' of lbs Uri 1,1 ' imp 0,1,1 by the T. Ld- 11111 I',nq.u:). 1.ic61.•.1, ons bean NI1411(.1011te a ringed b.'Uveel •t eununitLev representing T)pogrnphi- 11)I 1')1inu No. int awl the mtuutl'.r- wenl of the 1)'l; ,Irptrtuten;nl (t01441 The trouble nes ler 000011) of an nllemet Lunde b) the Typo- erepldcnl Union to make ter )?,ton printing bureau n union seep. Re- cently the mien appointed at spec - 1111a1 committee and wetulclef them to see the firm with n 1104 10 ad - Justine the difficulty 'rhe (emelt- tee was kindly t'rc011el, awl at the eou(erence an agreement was e11- Irr":I 11110 by 101)1(1) the 1000 w114) Weill 011 strike will b' taken back gild the union rate of w-ngr's paid. The firm reserved tee right to em- ploy union or non-union mum just rue they desire'.