Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-25
LEADERS FEAR S|R|k[,
Heads of Unions In Chicago
Are Counseling Comprom-
Use With Employers
ALARMED AT GENERAL UNREST
President DonneIIy Warns Packing
House Employees That Fair Com
promise Must Be Accepted or Charter
Will Be AnnuIIed-Thnks Perhaps
Labor Has Gone Too Far.

| Chicago, May 25.-Conservative labor
leaders will attempt to gain control of
the local industrial situation and bring
| to a close the period of agitation and
unrest that is threatening Chicago with
a disastrous labor war.
| President Michael Donnelly, of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butch
ers who is at the head of the move
ment at the yards, went so far Saturday
as to inform the laborers that they must
accept fair compromise from the
packers on their wage scale, cor have
their union charter torn from the wall"
L. j. Curran announced also that the
freight handlers will try peaceable
means to gain their wage demands.
He has retained Attorney Clearance S..
barrow, who represented the United
Mine Workers before the Gray com
mission. to watch over the interests of
his union. when formal negotiations are
opened with the railroads.
Both Donnelly and Curran declare
their unions must get some concessions
and both will personally plead with
their respective employers to grant
them without long series Of confer
ences. Neither believes that the tenn
per of the workers will permit a delay.
Coupled with the announcement of
policy by the conservatives, came the
statement that James d. Glow & Sons.
manufacturers of radiators, plumbing
and gas supplies, and iron piping, have
abandoned the project of doubling the
capacity of their plants. The COM
pany now employees more than 1000 men
and has intended to make its plants
the largest of their kind in the world
During the last year organized labor
has caused the company constant trou-
Bile. The gas filters steam filters, and
supply clerks have made and broken
agreements, end have caused strikes on
the slightest provocation. One of the
union business agents even said: Ar
bitration be id"
I'VE have definitely abandoned our
plan for enlarging our plants said w.
F., Glow Saturday evening. Labor has
been unreasonable
Labor Developments.
Other developments of the day We're
as follows:
"Laurdry owners and their drivers
broke off negotiations, and the industry
will probably be tied up for another
week.
"T amsters employed by the An
heuser- Busch Company continued on
strike, but may go back to work today
If the company becomes member Of
a team owners association.
Might watchmen of the down town
and south side sections of the city pr
ganized labor union, for the purpose
of lessening their hours and advancing
their pay"
Packing Houses.
An exciting meeting was held in the
University Settlement gymnasium dur
ing the afternoon, when the packing
trades council-the central body of the
union stockyards-met to consider the
crisis brought about by the laborers.
Representatives of all the unions OF tns
district were present.
AS the situation is critical and may
involve all the unions, each was given
an opportunity to voice sentiment.
Many of the men were opposed TO ac'
cepting anything short of the fun de-
nands of the laborers. which are ~
cents an hour, or 50 a day, instead OF
the present rate. which varies from 10
to TIE cents an hour.
1t developed during the meeting tha'
the packers have announced that they
are willing to make uniform wage
scale of 171a cents an hour, or Sl.io d
day. but will grant nothing more. rms
seems too low to some of the delegates.
but was favorably received by others
especially the conservatives.
The time is not ripe for radical ac-
tion." said President Donnelly, when he
took the floor. The packers have been
fair with us. They have practically
given US the right to organize thelr
plants, and we would be foolish TO
ieopardize our interests by a strike.
when we have an opportunity TO COM
promise
The freight handlers are confident
that the railroads will make some con-
cessions, although not even the most
optimistic expects to get the full de-
mands