ME' IULL TEXTILE : -vonies VICTORIOUS Textile Workers of CouwoMiia Town Reach-Agreement 7ith v t v MM Management. ?, Btrike?at, ter Arcade,; mills which haaV beea :inv progress feveral weeks, baa been . brought to 8eY'?i - t irrftftmeniv -entered 4 J. vmw management: including foremen, and returned In solid phalanx. The marine pipe fitters and help ers, who are always on the job, went but with the other crafts' 100 per cent t strong," and, of course, when the Federated . Committee suited, they went backjin the same, order. t v - w And,, of course, Jack Morrison and his doughty clan " of sledgers 'went up the i hill and : then v back again.? They were 100 per cent, also. , . ; Yard . Steward Speed' ' sayW, the piece counters and checkers '.are- still counting and were very, sorry to have the workers .walk out. f All they lacked,'of a4l6o-,'per cent walkout were three men J. M.' Monk." J. M- wijson, and J: M. Croom. LABOR CONDITIONS , ' : ' NEARER NORMAIj n ' t - ' the "Xi Kp striking 'operatives. - H EL1 Thompson, of the .bLa Board of Conciliation, and X L, Da vis of Columbia, secretary-treasurer of the South Carolina 'Federation of Labor, wh'o spent several days here, using their efforts to bring about a 4 reconciliation of differences, have re . u,a their laborsThere suc- rWullv concluded. They Veld nu- .J Columbia, S. C, Sept. 30.Labor ' conferences with - both conditions - are gradually, improving cVriifftra and r management in their in; South' Carolina, and , the supply , 1. 0 bringing tne vwo lacuons w- " uemana are uoaiw : equai ,iuu ?ether. . . -:T:; aUany time sjnee the ending of the Under the terms of .the agreement war, according to officials of the a local union of the textile workers . United States Employment Service will be organized at the two (Milages, 'inColumbiaV .Business men are be- being composed solelyiof the opera- f ginning'to build homes stores and tives of the two mills. : When ; the plants, arid this is giving many men local is organized,the management jobs who, were not heretofore efa- will meet with, ine auxy consi.ij.uie" ycu. mucu cuuouuvuuui wui. .m STATE SUPERINTENDENT CAMP REPORT3 JIANY WARE HOUSES ORGANIZED,' . committee as often as desired to dis cusd matters needing attention. The "agreement entered into, by em ployees and mill owners follows : "Agreement, entered into, between the officials , of ; the Arag'on Cotton going on,, men needing positions are getting. J. them, while contractors wanting laborers ar finding ' their wants readily filled. : ; i vv - - . .V--7 Parm labor is still scarce, but conr ditions are expected to improve .in Miila'- and Arcade Cotton ;, Mills and ?.inis class ot work the coming winter Local Union of the OJnited lTextileand: spring;;; Men seem tobe desert Workers oL America; to be organized ing the.;farms for city work, and in said villages 'compSsed of em-.farmers -are having a hard time get ployees of said mills: ting theiri crops gathered. '. In many "No 1- No discrimination shall jcountles local situations ; are not be made by either party for or good, but the general status over the against any person now or hereafter to be employed by said cotton mills on feccount of his or her affiliation , with or membership"in any organi zation whatsoever. Every . employee shall have equal treatment; whether m,ember of an prganization pr not. "No. That a levellng-up in wages will take place in the various departments . that are now, to the knowledge of the company, nnder- paid."-"'" A-'iT n .' :rh-;,'V..' "No. 3. .That 55 hours shall con stitute: a week's work, day run; 50 hours night run. ':Ut:?.y '. "No. 4. -That all overtime re quired by the mill be paid for at time and a half time, but if run At request of employees, to be paid for as straight time. : ... 1 , . "No. 5. That the , present bonus system of paying loom fixers be abolished and said hours' be figured as straight wage. , X" " "NOi 6. ---Hereafter ihe above com panies agree to meet with the chosen representsftives of Aragdn Cotton Mills a)nd Arcade Cotton Mills local union of the United Textile-Workers of America, when same completes its organization' . ' , . :.f ' v News that the strike had been ended was received With much satis faction by the people of Rock Hill, -the business interests having lost thousands qf dollars in trade as a result of the disagreement at the mills. . State indicates that labor Is rapidly going back .to a pre-war basis. ; .Another angle that has cleared , up is the supply of clerical workers. For some time past there . has been a .surplus of these men and women, but since the opening of the colleges throughout the country many.-boys and girls" have left their positions to attend school. This makes room; for many jobless men ' and ..women1- who have stepped into the vacancies; For the . first time in months the ' Colum bia office of the United States Em ployment: Service has calls for men and ; women clerks. S 4 " . ' ' Farmers, bankers and other busi ness men in at least eleven of the cotton-growing counties Aof North Carolina are planning to build co operative warehouses for the. storage of cotton and other produce, reports Mr. , W. . R. Camp, State Warehouse Superintendent - .and-: Chief of the North .Carolina , Division ' of;Markets. Beginning; in .the northeastern ; sec tion -of the State," a co-operative or ganization is" be'ing formed in Pas quotank County. Nean by;, in Hert ford and Bertie Counties;, a company of- farmers has already; been organ ized with, $100,000; authorized capi- tal,"and with $50,000 having, been paid In. r This warehouse .company wm ue Known r as - tne , unowan Co operative Warehouse Company. r In Northampton .County, farmers; bankers and merchants, realizing tne seriousness of the situation, are co operating to organize a warehouse company to operate a" chain at Jack son, Seaboard, and' Rich Square. The whole chain will be under one com pany and a high-priced man secured as'v manager. UThey now : pla.n v to pay this -manager a minimum-salary qf $2,000, vfth a, percentage of the net profitsinadeTbytheyhoiise&These wlirbe used to market peanuts and cotton, Thehouses at Jackson and Seaboard will be' made ? of v cement. brick being unobtainable. :. 1 f fv;'r: : : t 3IOST SOUMEItS REPORTED . ( , A8 "AHSSING!: ARE AXIVE ; m f Washington, D. CIAs a result of a special investigation conducted un der a military commission ; into the number of men listed during battle as wounded in action, it is announced that only 23 per cent or about 6,000 of the 25,905 recorded as missing were actually dead. The commission investigated every missing report, and on evidence obtained succeeded Iq. listing all but'two men, who have been finally classified as ''presumed to be" dead." Of the others it was found 25 j per ' cent were , lost : from their outfits and later returned; 16 per cent were prisoners '-and '36 per cent were found1 sick, or wounded in army hospitals. r A child does not truly live without play. . -, STROOB CAIilED OFF, . - T AT WILMINGTON Men Agree to Return, to Work, Pend ing Adjustment by Government. Wilmington, N. C. At a meeting of the Federated Crafts ,of Shipyard Workers, held in this city last Wed nesday, the membership'of all unions involved .voted unanimously : to re turn to work; .pending investigation and; adjustment of grievances by a representative of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. . Following adjournment the 'com mittee' 'Issued the following 'state ment:, ' .. .Jfil::' . "We, the Metal Trades Cbnimittee of the Employees of the Carolina Shipyard, now ; on strike, do hereby agree to return to work, . pending, an investigation and adjustment of. our grievances by a representative of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.' , - "(Signed) Edgar. U Penney, Boil er makers and Iron . Shipbuilders, Chairman ; J Jack Morrison i Black smiths," Chairman; John Cosgrove, International1 Association :-'ot- Ma chinists; U L. Hearmer Black smiths; E. C. France, v Stationary Engineers; M. J. Crumpler, Electri cians; : James Brennan, International . Association of Machinists r J.:. E. George, Sheet Metal Workers; W, J. Reardon, Boilermakers 0 and ' ' Iron Shipbuilders," ; I p;. .As a result of the above, ili7 00 ) workers filed Into the Carolina'ship yard in most orderly manner; and the wheels of 'progress were in motion in short order. f: x , "The workmen in the erecting de- - partment, who went, on strike' 100 per cent strong, returned in the same manner. .. . , The chlppers and caulkers' and the test gang, also went out 100 ner cent strong, arid everything -seemed alii ngm wHu mem until they were or dered to return to work, as they had -counted on a month's vacation, and . they; were slightly disappointed on account of the rapid'action. " J The men in the . pneumatic innu r room went out 100 per cent strong, In connection with our colossal mmm we will run for one week an ... ... , . p .. You cannot afford to miss this Blanket Sale and this week of Bargains. Items too numerous to mention. 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