Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-29
Become Involved in the
Packers Strike.
Freight Handlers Ordered Not
to Handle Packers Goods.
Live Stock Raisers Appeal for Settle.
ment-Strikcrs Willing to Again
Confer-Both Sides As Usual Claim
Victory.

in the stock yards strike. A general or
der was issued, today, by Lawrence J.
Curran, president of the Freight Hand
lcrS' Union, notifying all members OF
til" union employed by the various rail-
roads throughout Chicago to refuse to
handle any freight whatever for the
packing houses where the men are now
OH strike.
! If the freight handlers live I'D TO
the order of their president, it will work
severe hardship on the packers as
the notification to the men states eX-
plicitly that no freight delivered by or
/ billed to the packing companies, wheth-
| CT delivered at the freight houses by
teams or in cars. is to be touched by
| the members of the union.
What the railroad officials will do in
such an emergency is not known. A
meeting of the railroad managers was
| held, tonight, to discuss the situation,
but what action, if any, was decided
upon, was not made public.
President Curran's order to the men
follows:
AT a meeting with the business
agents of the local Freight Handlers
/ Unions. today, it was decided that all
/ men under the jurisdiction of our or
ganiZat ton in the various railroads in
Chicago be ordered not to receive or
deliver any freight of the packers,
whether this freight is delivered at the
freight houses by teams or in cars"
The order was signed by President
| Curran and all the business agents,
! WAS posted in all the railroad freight
| houses tonight.
| At the same time that this strike
was being taken by the Freight Hand
lors president, the first move i'm an eff
| fort to bring about another conference
| between packers and the strikers was
| being made. Henry c. Wallace of Des
Moines. and A. l.. Ames of Rucksing-
; ham. Ia. president of the Corn Belt
! Meat Producers Association, are the
| sponsors of the new movement for
peace. They came to Chicago, today,
i and Immediately went to conference
! with the strike leaders. Mr.. Donnelly
and his associated were told by Mr.
! Wallace of the hardship the strike was
| imposing on the live stock raisers and
they were asked if some concession be-
sides those offered at the last confer
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leaders could not be suggested in or
der to bring the present conflict to an
end.
J Mr. Donnclly. who was made spokesman
! for the labor leaders, said he would wei
come another conference with the en-
ploycrs and consent that the effort be
made. He also informed Mr.. Wallace
that the strikers were willing now to
concedc the time limit in which the men
should be rcinstatcd AT the last confer
cncc with the packers. Mr.. Connely had
insisted that the men be reinstated within
IA specified time. which the packers re-
, fused TO agree to do. Mr.. Wallace said,
tonight, that he and Mr.. Amcs would call
on the packers representatives, tomor-
row. and endeavor to bring about the
desired conference.
| Tonight. both sides to the dispute at the
stock yards were claiming a victory. Ac-
cor,ling to the packers all the plants in
Chicago are running at nearly the resu-
lar capacity. On the other hand. The labor
/ leaders declare the packing industry in
| this city is completely dcmcraIiZed and
that business is almost at standstlll.
: That the statement of the labor leaders is
not altogether true is evidenced by the
! fact that the packers are slauShtcring
thousands of animals every a hours.
There were several assertions from the
ranks of the strikers, today, but this
loss was offset by an equal number OF
strike breakers quitting their new posi-
tions.
Chicago. July 2S.-Arthur Mceker of
the Armour CO., today, declared that
j the answer given by the packers at the
conference with the State Board Of Ar
bitration, last night, reflected i'll it's ell
| tircty the position of the packers and
that the statement attributed to him
that they were willing to go back to the
agreement entered into with Mr.. Dom
nollys organization was entirely un-
founded.
"Our position is" he said, that we
had an agreement with the butchers
organization and the allied trades
which they have failed to live up to.
and under the circumstances the pack
ers do not care to make any further
agreements with them"
According to President Skinner of the
Union Stock Yards and Transit Co., 600
the prospects of the strike. today, and
refused to work in the yards caring for
livestock.
According to the employers there
were 13,474 rren at work in the big
packing plants here. today, taking the
places of more than 25,420 strikers.
Reports that freight handlers in the
| employ of the Chicago Junction Rail-
way Co. had struck were denied, to-
day, by officials of the company. All
the freight handlers reported for work
/ as usual. today, and all were sent to
other departments of the companys
service where they will be retained I'M
: til the freight handlers return to their
usual duties.
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