The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-23
WILL CONFER \ 1 /; R
AGAIN TODAY
Unless Permanent Agreement Is
Reached Allied Trades May,
be Called Out.
STATEMENT OF DIo o. ! :. | !,
,sy Associated press,

Rs5 tBy Associated Press) zfa5a 80 Z. &
CHICAGO, July %. The stockyards
strike, which was renewed this morning
In Chicago and all the other points
where tho big packing companies have
branches, because the strikers were dis
satisfied with the manner In which tho
arbitration, Will continue for another
former employees pending ettlement by
day at least. a "a ji
A3joint conference between representa-
tiycs OF both sides 10 the controversy
and representatives Of the allied trades
in All attempt to bring abouta peace
able adjustment Of this second strike, was
unsuccessful, and tho meeting was ad-
tourned tonight at $3.50 clock, with
tho understanding that another confer
ence would DO held tomorrow morning
ut s o'clock AT to-day's conference,
which lasted five hours, committee Of
ion, consisting Of five representatives OF
tho packers and five representatives OF
the meat butchers union, was appointed
to 70 over tho whole situation, but the
committee was unable to reach a work
ing basis with Which both sides would
be satisfied. ss5ttS
Allied Trades May Strike
Whether tho difficulty can be salts
factorily settled at to-lnorrow's meeting
Is problenatic, as both the packers and
tho strikers maintain that they are liv-
ing up to Wednesdays agreement. for a
settlement by arbitration, and that 1t Is
tho other side which Is responsible for
the renewal Of, hostilitics. After tho
night adjournment, a committee ap-
pointed for tho purpose, merely ans
nounced lthat the peace citations to-
day llad failed, but, tina t there was stili
shope5 of Eanfagreomcntsln the near future
No written stateiilen De swha t transpired
in@ the. meetings was. given out - as !!ias s.
been Customary at former conferences
and the committee declined to give any
further information except thatSanothers
meeting would be held tomorrow.
Unless a settlement Is reached III to-
morrow the general belief is that q sym
pathetic strike of the allied trades ,Iint
tho packing industries, which was TIL is
ened last week, to enforce the dcmtnids
of the strikers will be call led x All thcse
unions have sgnificd heir willingness
to stand by the butchers 81 they are
called on assist u they trouble With
In the following atement, given out
Tonight by Mr. Donnelly.$ president Of
tho butchers union, the reason why the
strikers refused to return to work to-day
is set forth: 81.
u The packers signed an agreement
a that there would bono Discrimination
ID. insthe rehiring OF the m en-. u This was 88
accepted in good faith. On the re-
turn of tho men this morning they
We're lined up like cattle. a The fore N
mon, superintendentsa and others, wal 81;
Ing through the.l line would pick out a Il
man and say: You come up The n
next man would be pushed out Of line "a
f and told that he could not be used, 4!
and 1t was salway sr the good.Sactive
union men whomYthe could not5use.
''Superintendent Pension. Of the 8
Armour Canning Department, address,
I ed the employees in the following 81
language this morning You went
3S away like Cattle, and we will take
you back s. like cattle
The Strike Order.
According To- estimates.. $3.50 men were
Il directly affected In Chicago alone by
&to-day's strike. Fully that number OF
strikers were on hand at GSoclock this
d morning III ex pectting siFm i'm mediate employ
3ment 8whilel theyS,s Eere expecting rein
Statement later Tic cattle butchers had
mo so oner !repo # ed han he chargdfof dis
continuation was raised. The butchers
left lin a bod u, and Mr.. Donnelly's gem
eral order declaring another strike fol-
lowed. II t was sent TO all the employees
of various packing houses in the differ
ent cities affected blythe previous strike,
The order read:
Order out all the departments again;
companies violated agreemeps.'..I e
The Rioting Begins.
The first rlot;ng Of the day came When
Frank Miller was set on byta crowd ,Of
strike sympathizefs, Tbay bsat him SO
badly that at the III: siewood Union Hos
,spital, where The was taken 4 t was said
he had little chance of recovery. Miller
was a ttacked In front OF Armour and
Company S plant, and after fhe8nad been
almos kicked to death he was found by
pedestrians, who sent for a physician
1t was found that Miller,s skull was
fractured and his jaw broken.
Further trouble came wien Jnsephl
Youniche, employed at N elson Morris and
Company's plant, was taken out Of the
yards SO that his knee, that had been
fractured by the falling of a slid. could
be cared for}by a physician. Tho doctor,
after attending the wounded man, called
an Ambulance to have the sufferer taken
back into the conpany's improyised hos
pital in the yards. A crowd, assuming
that ounlctle was a non-union man. at
tackled the ambulanceaand nearly inset
the vehicle n&an 3endeaYor 10 reach 5lne
supposed foe. With drawn rnvolvers. two
policemen and the doctor defended their
charge. s III