Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-20
LITTLE HOPE
OF SETTLEMENT
Packers Agree to Arbitration But De.
cline to Discharge Men Who
Have Gone to Work.
UNION WANTS ALL TAKEN BACK
Good Order Prevails Everywhere,
President DonnelIy Insisting That
Violence be Prevented.

Chicago. July lS.-One more effort
viii be made 10 settle the stock yards
strike by arbitration. Tomorrow
President Dohnelly, OF the striking
union, will send to the packers an
other letter asking for another con-
ference. In this letter Mr. Donnelly
VIII go over Inc history of the strike
and will ask the packers If In their
Judgment it will not be better to con-
cede the one Toint in connection than
To continue tLC strike.
The one point TO which allusion is
to be made, is the refusal of the pack
ers 10 discharge the men they have
employed since the commencement of
the strike and give their places to
the men who walked out. The CON-
munication to the packers will also
suggest to the packers that Il is the
belief of the strikers that they are,
as old employees. deserving of this con-
sideration.
II this offer of the UNION is rejected
by the packers Mr.. Donnelly declared
tonight that the allied trades at the
stock yards. numbering in all about
10000 men, will be called out tomor-
row in an effort to bring the packers
to terms. Joseph Morton, OF the Sta
tionery Firemen's union, called on the
packers tonight and aotiiied them
that unless a speedy settlement of the
strike is made, his men will be COM
PEELED to quit work
While no definite answer was given
him by the packers. he was received
in such a friendly manner that he
left the conference with the belief
that there Is still a strong possibility
Of peace and the determination of
Mr.. Donnelly to once more open ne
gotiations with the packers was the
result of the manner I'm which Mr..
Morton was received by the packers.
According 10 the reports of the
packers, the operating forces at the
plants today ~ere about one-half of
the normal strength. All the plants,
II was claime... did a great deal Of
killing and there was also a decided
increase In he amount OF dressed
meats shipped out of the city. From
the strikers side came the statement
that independent plants are doing all
the work and that the big plants are
not doing two per cent of their nor
NAL business. Today was almost free
from rioting or disturbances of any
kind.
Chicago. July l6.-All chance of
peace in the packers strike has van
ished for the time being at least. The
end Of negotiations came late today
after a conference which lasted near
ly all OF the afternoon between three
leaders of the strike and a number of
packers. The final break occurred
when the union officials insisted that
all OF the men who had gone on strike
be taken back and given their old
places.
The packers declared that this
would necessitate the discharge of all
the men they had employed since the
commencement OF the strike, and that
they could not and wound not consid-
er IL. The conference then broke up
and the strike Will continue.
A danger that confronts the strik-
ers became apparent today when they
learned that more than 200 Polish
butchers have deserted them since
the strike begun. The fact did not
become known ill this morning when
every local union held meetings and
punched the strike tickets of men,
bers. These tickets must be turned
in every day IN order tnat the leaders
may know that the members are not
at work.
After the unions met here today 1t
was found that a large number OF
Polish butchers were missing. Inves-
tigation revealed that they had return
ed TO work