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Perrysburg Journal
Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio
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The sealers' strike in St. John's, N.F., ended on March 12 when workers accepted owners' offer of $3.50 per hundred weight for seals (up from $3.25) and free berths, after initial refusal led to defections and police protection for ships to sail.
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It Is Ended by Giving Them an Advance in Wages.
St. John's, N. F., March 12.—The sealers' strike here is ended and the sealing steamers have sailed for the ice floes. The men Tuesday afternoon refused the owners' offer of $3.50 for seals, besides the abolition of all berth charges. As a result of this refusal, public opinion strongly condemned the men, the concessions accorded by the owners being regarded as liberal. Some of the crews then withdrew from the majority and decided to accept the owners' terms. The police afforded these men protection and enabled the owners and crews to reach the ships in spite of the threatening overtures of the strikers. In the meanwhile scores of men joined the other ships. The aggressive strikers boarded these vessels and drove the men ashore, but they could not keep pace with the defections. Finally the committee of the strikers, seeing that the situation was getting beyond their control, decided to accept the owners' terms and ordered the strike off. The committee directed all the men to join their ships and within two hours the ships had crews and were sailing to sea.
The terms of the settlement are that the men shall get $3.50, as against $3.25 last year, per hundred weight for seals; they also get free berths, as against the former charge of $3.
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St. John's, N. F.
Event Date
March 12.
Outcome
settlement terms: $3.50 per hundred weight for seals (up from $3.25 last year); free berths (abolition of $3 charge). strike ended; ships sailed with full crews.
Event Details
Sealers initially refused owners' offer of $3.50 for seals and abolition of berth charges on Tuesday afternoon. Public opinion condemned the strikers. Some crews defected and accepted terms with police protection against threats. Strikers boarded ships but couldn't prevent defections. Strike committee accepted terms, ordered men to join ships, and vessels sailed within two hours.