Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-16

Chicago, June 16.-After a day of
conferences in which Samuel Gompers,
Labor. and other national labor leaders
participated. the strike Of the cooks and
! walters was no nearer a settlement
Hast night than it was u week ago.
| The hotel and restaurant men declare
that they have the unions defeated now
and purpose to fight it out to the end
Gompers the disputed points were yes
terday narrowed down tp union recog-
milton. The employers are not inclined
| to grant this concession. and it looks
as tho the contending forces will nor
get together again in peaceful confer
ence.
were closed by the strikers will be
opened this morning with non union
employees. In this list is included Vo-
gelsangs, the Union. k.nsleys and the
Bismarck. Most of the strike bound
hotels are in shape to open their cafe
| service today.
The Steam Power Council took
hand in the controversy yesterday. and
| the members are endeavoring to bring
about arbitration. A committee from
the council conferred With the joint
board representing the Unions, and to-
day VIII meet with the associations
representing the other side to the con-
| troyersy. 1t is not probable that they
will be able to bring about resump-
ton of the negotiations which were
broken off last Thursda, night at the
Palmer House conference.
Insist on Recognition.
Members of the joint executive board
of the strikers unions yesterday came
20 the realization that they must waive
some of their demands, else their unions
would be crushed in the struggle The
board has practically agreed to drop all
of the disputed questions except that of
union recognition.
President Gompers ted the joint
board 1t was wrong in refusing to treat
with the employers association. The
majority of the members were inclined
to agree with him on this point. The
national labor leader listened for more
than an hour while the strikers told
their troubles. He gave willing ear
and has taken the matter under consid
Grafton. President Gompers will go
down in the state this morning. return
ing late tonight, when he will meet the
joint board again and give the mem
bers the result of his deliberations.
Shortly after the arrival of President
Gompers at 9 O'Clock in the morning a
committee from the Steam Power
Council was busy with The joint board
advising that a truce b. declared and
the strikers ordered back to work pend
ing arbitration.
Damper for Strikers.
This proposition put damper on the
plans laid Sunday by the strikers. 1t
was intended to make ten-strike
pulling" all Of the down town restau-
rants and cafes. Two c-mmittees were
sent out and met with some success be- |
fore they were called off. The employees
OF five of the Lakota cafes were placed
under the ban. but the strikers returned |
to work later in the day. a raid was to
have been made on the sock yards dis
trict. Strikes We're to be ordered al the
Transit House, the Exchange restau-
rant and several other places in that |
vicinity. Committees were on the way
to the stock yards when they were re-
called.
Union leaders admit that the crisis in
the situation. so far as The life of the |
unions involved in the struggle is con.
cerned, is at hand. Non-union en-
Lioyes are coming on every train. and q
number of assertions in the ranks OF |
the strikers We're reported yesterday.
Most of the hotels have secured suffi-
cient help with which 10 resume their |
cafe service. 1t was given out at head
quarters for the hotel men last night
that they had wired their agents to dis
sending any more help" to
Chicago at present. The Hotel Keep
ers' Association paid out yesterday So
900 in railroad fares for the transporta-
tinn Of sn.calIed i1nnligra ntS