The federation, cited by Efe, said it "assumed the strike to be called off."
"The bottom line is there will be no strike and soccer is the winner again, despite the trouble between everyone," federation spokesman Jorge Carretero said. "The League accepts its debt to the referees and will pay. And the referees are satisfied because the debt has been recognized."
However, Iturralde Gonzalez said it was impossible for referees to receive the money by Friday, the deadline they had given for strike action to be avoided.
He said it would be decided whether they would end their strike on Friday when he received the response from his colleagues to the league's announcement.
The dispute began when the federation, which normally pays the referees, returned a payment from the league on the grounds that it didn't meet the entire sum owed.
Those from the top flight were each owed around 12,000 euros (US$14,440).
While the referees' committee was to hold an emergency meeting only hours before kick off on Saturday, the state-run Higher Sports Council and sports minister Jaime Lissavetzky had pressed for the strike to be called off before then.
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