The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-07-21
There is Little if Any Change
in the Situation at Chi
cago StockyardS.
BOTH SIDES IRE STANDING FIRM.
The Packing Firms Have steadily In
creased Their Working Force By
Employing Outside Norkmen.
IN the Fight Growing Out Of the Strike
al the Stock Yards Sunday After
noon Three Men Were In
iurcd, One Fatally.

Chicago. July 1.-THE strike which f
has domoralizcd the packing indus
try throughout the country. ia which f
over 30 900 butchers and other work
ers went ont on Tuesday. has not yet
been settled
The hitch IN the negotiations is over
The reinstatement of Che strikers. The
union demands that every man who
went on strike shall be given his old
place before an agreement 90 arhitrate
viii be considered The packers de-
clare that they win retain the men
they have employed since the strike
and VIII take back The old men in the
order in which they Gle applications
for their old positions.
While the peace negotiations were
Ia progress Thursday additional prep
arations were being made hy the pack
ers az the yards Tor long siege The
packers hearing tist efforts were be-
ing made 90 induce the railroad men
who are members 90 unions to refuse
TO handle supplies for the plants
where tho men are on strike were
busy an day putting In great stocks ~
coal should The railroads attempt %
stop their supply.
Chicaeo July 6.-Ncgotatons Tor
peace in the stock yards strike are
practically at standsiin. aud tnc
strike vni continue until ono side or
the other abatos something 0f the de-
mands made mp 90 the present umc.
Chicago. July lS.-There was lttle
n amy change I'm the situation OF the
meat packers strike hero sunday.
with Michael =. Donnciy. the strlk-
crs icador. ia ST. Louis looking after
that end OF tho difficulty. there was
no effort here Sunday Co renew Che
peace negotiations which lastel
through three days last week and
were terminated Saturday uiglt with.
ont results. Whether another attempt
90 reach an adjustment OF the contro.
, vorsy by arbitration viii be made IS
. nrohlcmnfic as thc packers Aelievlne
! they had the hotter of The argument iu
last weeks conferences. are Nttic Boz
ID ciinod Co offer any concessions Co o..
- strikers. One thing is certain. thi
packers say. and that Is THAT they VIII
not rcccde from tho position they as
b summed in last weeks conferences. ans
- tlat tho strikers viii have to conform
to the employers u.tmatum hci0r
4 any of tho peace plans booking to
!. e.tier,opt bv arbifrtion will ho suc
,oe.r,,f m, aaf Ca the narkcrs' deter
4 ,,i,,tf,r D., .+.rf frnr D.. fhe flr+ tina
p. mo-, have steadily increased thci
I. ,,.o1tir.. f,r,e ,t fh,sAsiants hv the EN-
10 rloymeut of outside worEmen unit
Sunday &c was said that things wer
fn almost normal condition al sovera
~ me niants
Hinder tho conditions the hacker
D.. hay, assumed a mora fnlspsndent a
rfrnda and a-. mora determined tina
ever tbat thew and not the striker
d, snai, n,....te the terms ON which IN
I, controversy shall be- srbitratcd "A
tbo strikers DECLARE that they conco
81 every noint possibl, In last week
negotiations tbore is little Hkeuhoc
= that any Of tho other conferences +.
w. the p-csent at least. would amount
u mnch toward a satisfactory settlcmoi
IL of mo strike
a Tho sticking point 20 the who
ne question of arbitration 81. the reinstai
H. ncnt of the strikers Mr. Donnell
is- at saturdays conference with q
be packers. waived every other dcmal
d. 10 had made and agreed TO order q
men back to work. leaving the adju
ment OF all differences to arbtrad
II the employers "ouia laNe PACK
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