Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-21
10 SETTLE STRIKE
ARBITRATION OF THE PACKERS
STRIKE APPEARS TO be
IN SIGHT.
ILLINOIS BOARD TAKES HOLD
UNIONS WILLING TO ACCEPT SET.
ELEMENT THROUGH ARel.
TRATioN.
= MEAT FAMINE IS IN SIGHT
PACKERS DO BUSINESS ON SMALL
SCALE, BUT PRICES SOAR
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MEAT FAMINE IS IN SIGHT

Chicago, July Rehabilitation of the
grievances which precipitated the gen.
eral strike in the meat packing houses
In various parts of the country ap-
pears to be in sight. The initial step
toward settlement of the controversy
by mediation was taken last evening
by the state board of arbitration.
When the members of the board of ar
bitration reached Chicago they at once
went into conference with Michael ].
Donnelly, the leader Of the strike, and
listened to his side of the story. They
then went to the packers and heard
their side of the difficulty AS result
OF these two hearings Mr.. Donnelly
sent communication to the packers.
in which it was stated the p
Unions Were Willing
to accept settlement through board
of arbitration. Il is expected the EN-.
ployers' reply will be conciliatory. The
state board Of arbitration said that
both sides appeared to be willing to
adopt conciliatory methods, and a
peaceable solution would probably be
reached within short time. Shortly
after II o'clock last night, after as
siduously using the telephones be.
tween the employees and the packers,
the state board Of arbitration arranged
meeting between the officers of the
unions and the representatives of the
packers for 10 o'clock this morning.
Plants Are Opening.
Packing house employers declared
yesterday that the plants are opening
and that the strike is being broken.
They asserted that the packing houses
are partly in operation, and that some
Strengthening is going on. Furthermore,
the packers said there will be no meat
famine in Chicago. All the packers
claim to have bird men yesterday and
declare that their plants will DO kept
in operation.
St. Paul Fears Famine.
st. Paul, July 15.-Unless the strike
of the butchers and meatcutters at the
big packing concerns is broken within
a week st. Paul may have to face a
meat famine or else change its diet.
The most anxiety is felt over the
supply of beef. Prices coared yester-
day. Stakes advanced in price owing
to the diminished supply, from to
cents at retail. Porterhouse steak
sold from rs to 80 cents a pound and
sirloin from Is to Is cents a pound
Roasts advanced 2 cents a pound, and
the commoner cuts, used principally
for soup and pot roasts. advanced from
2 to 2 IL cents a pound.
viii Do Their Own Killing.
Kansas City, July 15.-At one of the
six local packing plants, Armour's,
which was shut down Tuesday as re.
suit of the butchers and meat cutters
strlSE killing was resumed yesterday
on small scale. The other plants
expected to be running soon with new
men. The big retail dealers have
made arrangements to do their own
killing temporarily, so there may be no
great increase in the price OF meat
very soon.
Looks Bad at Omaha.
Omaha, July 15.-At South Omaha
yesterday the Swift company began
slaughtering few cattle. At all the
other plants the limited force was
kept busy in an attempt to take care
of perishable stock which was left on
hand when the men went on strike
Edward Cudahy of the Cudahy Pack
ing company said his plant had taken
no consideration of an early resump.
ton and that everything was at pres
ent at standstill. He did not be-
lieve anything would be done for sew.
eral days.
Largest Ore Shipment.
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