The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-31
FIGHT TO FINISH
WITH PACKERS

Continued from FIRST page.
bed trades unions which vent
On strike IN sympathy with
ne packing house butchers are
said BY The packers 70 have made
overtures today for reinstatement
According 70 Inc packers the ennis
ssTiss from these four skilled trades
sought 10 learn upon what terms the
strikers would be -einsla1ed. should
they return in body
The answer The packers say they
gave n these peace missionaries was
that the strikers would be re-smploy-
Cd as fast as conditions might war
rant, but only as Individuals. and not
as ueub ers Of any union
The strike leaders 5isclsiued any
knowle1Es whatever Il the action
taken by the four unions and repeat
- -he-r assertions that The outlook
for victory for ths striking workmen
was more satisfactory than ever.
No Appeal to President.
During the afternoon there was an
attempt on the part Of disinterested
parties 10 induce Presid DENT DonneIly
q The Butchers Union - appeal 70
President Roosevelt for his good Of
fces and bring the strike 10 an end.
M Donnelly refused 10 consider the
proposition.
We are winning the strike and
need no help from The Presi dent said
Mr.. D0nnellT- There may be q few
5eseruons from our ranks but they
are comparatively few and Do not hurt
our cause 10 any extent. AL talk
about ibe strikers being On the verge
q starvation Is nonsense.
Up 70 date there have been about
per cent o. the entire number Of
strikers who have applied for relief
We are prepared 10 carry On the strike
Indefinitely. having stations Wen
equipped 10 supply an or men with
food, and the Distribution viii be in
creased as The strike continues"
DonBeIIv OF for Omaha
President DonneIly left tonight for
Omaha where he viii address q meet
ing Of the strikers Tomorrow He also
VIII visit Kansas City and St Joseph.
and VIII return TO Chicago next Thurs
day.
A COMMITTEES from ths striking trades
met the officials Of the Union Stock
Yards and Transit Company to-day in
reference 70 the work q The live stock
handlers After the situation had been
canvassed il was decided 10 permit The
men 10 continue handling live stock
both for the packers where their union
men are On strike. and the independent
concerns un1l some method might be
devised whereby the Union Stock Yards
and Transit Company could be protect
ed from possible injunction proceedings
fer discriminating against the big
packers.
strike Breakers Coming In.
The packers continued to-day TO add
10 their forces Of non-union men Dur
ing The day 500 strike breakers, most
Of them white men. arrived al the
stock yards. Against this arrival OF
new employees was registered the oeser-
ZION of 800 men, who have been taken
into the Yards since the strike began
Tia relief stations opened to-day by
the Packing Trades Committee were
besieEed all day by men and women
seeking food. BY evening all the sup
plies N ths stations had been given
away Several hundred persons who
had failed TO reach the counters until
TOO late. were turned away empty
handed. The strikers say the reason
the supplies gave cut so quickly WIS
because hundreds Of outsiders took al
vantage Of the opportunity 10 secure
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