Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-16
PACKERS AND BUTCHERS COULD
NOT AGREE ON TERMS
YESTERDAY.
MEETING AGAIN TODAY
Strikers Demand the Reinstatement Of
All and Wage Scale Equal to the
One Which Recently Expired
Trouble at st. Paul-Prices Higher.

Trouble at ST. Paul-Prices Higher.
Retail meat dealers OF ottumWa
state that there has been no ad-
vance in the price Of meats to the
consumer since yesterday. Pork
and all pork products are from 2Ia
cents to 8 cents pound higher
than few days ago. The. price
Of beef remains the same. The To-
cal dealers generally are of the
opinion that prices on all meats
will still further advance within
the next few days unless the
strike of the meat cutters In the
larger cities Of the country is set
tied.
GAINESVILLE, WIS.,, july 15- Agents
for the packers are Offering
$5 per day and board to local
butchers to help break the strike
in Chicago.
ST. Joseph, Mo-, July Is. = All
three of the local packing plants
are in operation today with non
union men.
New York, July is. - The price
of beef continues to advance to.
day and provisions are also at
fecsed.
Kansas City, July 15-Five pack
ing houses operated their killing
and butchering departments on
limited scale today. A number Of
new men are at work at each
plant.
Retail prices of meat in the
packing house district have ad-
vanced one to two cents per
pound.
ST. Louis, Mo-, July 49,. - The j
prices on fresh, meat continued to
advance here today. The packers
are operating on small scale on,
the East, Side Of the river.
Chicago, July 15.-The strikin,
meat cutters and butcher work
men this afternoon refused tt
submit their differences to arbitration
on the packers terms formulated a
the joint conference yesterday. A re
ply to the letter of the packers renews
the demand for the reinstatement o
all the striking members of the union'
involved and for a wage, scale equalin,
that in the agreement which expired
May %. Nevertheless the packers hav,
cons ented to again meet the labo
leaders this afternoon.
DonneIIy to Try Again.
President Donnelly of the ANA
mated Meat Cutters and Butch
or Workmen's union today DE-
{clared that the proposal mad
yesterday by the packers a
the close of the joint conferenc
could not be accepted by the union
involved in the packing house strike
He added that another communicate
will be submitted to the packers bu
he would not indicate what change
might be made in the demands whic
were rejected.
Strike Breakers at Work.
q Thousands of non-union men wer
Imported into the yards this mornin
and 1000 are now at work. Ever
plant killed extensively There was n
interference nor rioting.
Disturbers Are Quieted.
Later some of the strike picket
along Halstead street in the neighbol
hood of the stock yards caused di:
turbance but were dispersed by tn
!, police The scarcity of fresh pork
4 the chief feature of the meat situs
tion here.
Wagons Leave Yards.
Many wagons left the yards toda
loaded with fresh meat without inte
ference.
Trouble In ST. Paul.
st. Paul, July 15.-Several hundre
strikers today refused to let the offic
force and other employees into Swift
plant in South st. Paul The sheri1
was appealed to and took twenty-fv
men to the plant. They were admitte
but the mayor and party were refus
ed admittance.
1t is expected that the governor wi
be asked to send troops.
Increased Activity Reported.
Activity in the big. packing esta1
lishments is continued and an increas
is reported. A number of companie
have arranged to have their KILN
and dressing done by eastern plant
May Call Others Out.
The strikers declared that if peac
proceedings fail today, the allie
tradesmen still at work will quit.
Terms Hard to Settle On.
Both sides willing 10 arbitrate, bu
neither disposed to allow the other t
dictate the conditions under which arb
tration should be agreed-such was th
situation last night at the close of th
third day of the packing-house strik
AS in contrast with the efforts towar