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Mill Owners and Strikers End Dispute at Conference Yesterday — Mills Will Start Today. Concord, June 10.—Today at 4 o'clock at a conference held in the office of J. W. Cannon, the mill troubles in Concord and Kannapolis were settled satisfactorily to all parties. Representing the unions were J. H. Monroe, president, and L. M. Earn hardt, secretary and treasurer of the Con cord union, and Otis A. Menton, presi dent, and Charles A. Luther, secretary and treasurer of the Kannapolis union. Representing the mills were J. W. Can non and M. L. Cannon, of the Cannon, Cabarrus and Gibson mills; L. H. Webb, of the Locke; F. J. Haywood, of the Brown and Norcott, and D. B. Coltrane, of the Kerr bleachery. The settlement is entirely satisfactory to all parties and work will begin tomorrow and all people will be ordered out at once. An open shop policy will be pursued and no dis crimination will be made. This ends the great turmoil of the past eight weeks. Mill owners make the following con cessions which are agreed to by the un ion: The mill owners will make no discrim ination between union and non-union em ployes. Mills are to be operated on the principle of the open shop. Mill owners will cheerfully meet with committees of their own employes at any time for the purpose of adjusting any matters of mu tual concern that may arise and grant them a 55-hour week and a basis of pay for 60 hours’ work and in addition to this cancel all obligations during 10 weeks the mills were closed down. These were accepted by the representatives and there appears now to be nothing but har mony between mill owners and employes. A big jullification meeting was held at the courthouse tonight. The wires are busy calling union people to work.
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The Gastonia Gazette
Gastonia, North Carolina, US
Wed, Jun 11, 1919
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