The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-23

CHICAGO, July 22.-The packing
house strike was today ordered re-
newed in Chicago and all other
cities. Violation OF agreement by the
packing house proprietors is assigned
as the reason. The following telegram
was sent by President DOnnelly TO all
the employees of various packing houses
in the different cities affected by the
previous strike;
order out all departments again.
Companies violated agreement
tSigned)
MICHAEL DONNELLY,
s'President International Meat Cutters
K Butchers WOrkmen."
President DOunelly has requested
leaders of all allied trades TO order out
their men in sympathetic strike.
Today 5000 cattle butchers reported
at the stock yards here for work Only
half of them were given places There
upon all refused to work They report
ed ira a body at their union headQuar-
tiers. The general order for a renewal
~ the strike was soon forthcoming
While the immediate prOvOcation for
4he renewal Of the strike was apparent
y the failure OF the packers 10 take
back A large proportion of The strikers
who reported for work today. the real
cause OF the rupture was inferred 10 be
9 circular issued yesterday by the pack
ers The circular purported to explain
u the public the agreement entered
into with the labor leaders. Seemingly
The circular could be taken as implying
that the agreement did not bind the
packers TO re-emplOy all of the men
who walked out. The construction the
labor leaders had placed upon the
agreement was that ali should be re-
employed within forty-five days.
Must Take All or None.
When the 1000 butchers and their
helpers went into the yards here today
10 take their old places, the general
greeting received was:
We cannot take back more than half
the regular force.
The men held a conference of an inn
prOmptu nature and reached an agree
mcnt 10 act as unit.
You must take US all back or none,
came the reply of the union men, The
packers refused to accede to this. and
2 committee was sent out to see Presi-
dent Donnelly-
The latter communicated with his ad-
visers. Within an hour and a half the
decision was reached to reopen The
strike.
The news of the strike at the stock
yards was followed within an hour by
an announcement that a joint confer
ence al the Offices Of Armour & Co. had
been arranged 10 take place this after
noon between the packing house pro-
prietors and the labor leaders to dis
cuss the alleged unjust discrimination
o. the part of the packers
The portion of the packers circular
OBJECTIONABLE TO the union is as fol-
lows
In the agreement reached the pack
eis reserve the privilege OF retaining
y their employ ali employees that have
peen hired while the strike he's lasted.
mus guaranteeing To these men the
1alr treatment they deserve and gain
ing Tor the packers one Of the most
important points for which they con
tended. aud for which they stood ont
= long me privileges Of arbitration
"ltnln the limit Of A. days covers the
question of Discrimination only and i
~ no way intended 10 guarantee to
me Strlklng employees thar they viii
. taken back and given the places
now nlled BY non-union men,
president Donnelly immediately
Hfter calling the men out the second
time, save out the following state
nent relative TO his action:
The packers agreed 10 reDfsra the
men Withoue discrimination re-
agreed that the men should report FOR
work and be taken back Instead -
being furnished with checks this morn
ms when tie men Went back 10 work.