The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26
Butchers Strike is on in
Earnest.
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT
Transfers Abandon All Hope
of a Settlement.
Packers Declare They Can Operate
Their Plants without Trouble
Greatest Industrial Con-
test Impends.

rh,o.go Ju,v 25.-With all peace
narot,ations broken off and with all
the allied trades unions employed at
the different plants. with the excep-
ton of the Transfers and the statloh-
arv engineers, out on strike in sympa-
thv with the butcher workmen who
quit work two weeks ago, the stock
wards strike tonight had settled down
to what, promises to be one of the bit
terest fights between capital and labor
in the history of America.
AS has been threatened for some
time the allied trades employed in the
packing industry quit work when call
cd on to-day to assist the striking
butchers in their efforts to bring the
packers to terms. In several instances
the men did not wait for the official
notification from their leaders to go
on strike, but threw down their tools;
and quit work of their own accord.
At o'clock tonight the statement
was made by Michael j. Donnelly. pres
ident of the butchers union. that every
union man employed at the stock yards
with the exception of the transfers ana
engineers, had responded to orders Tor
a general sympathetic strike. The en-
gineers, he declared. would join the
strike tomorrow morning and unless
there was speedy settlement of the diff
ficulty he said, the teamsters undoubt-
eddy would join their brother work
men in their struggle for supremacy.
Both Sides Satisfied.
According to Mr.. Donnelly, to-day's
strike swelled the number of men who
have quit work at the stock yards In
Chicago alone to nearly 10000 persons.
Both sides to the controversy declared
tonight that they are perfectly salts
fed with the present state of affairs,
and that they were willing to make 1t
a fight to a finish to determine who
shall dictate the terms of a settlement.
According to the packers, general
strike to-day was a failure, 1T being
claimed by them that not one half the
members of the allied trades quit work
when officially called out by their
leaders this morning The further
statement was made by the packers
that should all the union men decide
to Join the strikers, 1t would make lit
tie difference to the employers. as they
have sufficient resources to contest the
ground for an indefinite period
On the other hand the labor lead
ers assert that all the union employees
at the different packing plants. to-
gether with several hundred employees
of the union stock yards quit work in
response to the general order lor a
sympathetic strike.
A new nhase of the strike situation
deyeloped late this afternoon when no
tice was given by the unions to the
independent packers at the stock yards
that their men would not be allowed
to handle animals which had been
brought into the yards or handled in
any way by non-unicn men. 1t is nee
essary for these Independent concerns
TO take all of their livestock into their
yards over union stock yard runs,
where the stock must be handled by
non-union men since the union men
euployed by the stock yards company
in this line of work were among the
employers who Joined the sympathetic
strike today.
The ultimatum of the unions leaves
the independent packers no alternative
but to receive their live stock directly
from the country or else close down
business entirely.
a meeting of the independent pack
ers was held tonight to map out some
plan of action, but no definite conciu-
sion was reached. Another meeting
will be held tomorrow to further con-
slider the matter.
Effort to Secure Peace.
Before peace negotiations had been
entirely broken off today, representa-
tives of the Transfers union, as had
been agreed upon last night. were in
conference with the packers in an ef-
fort to create some sort of settle
ment which would prevent a spread of
the strike. At this meeting the pack
ers were asked to concede that the
first peace agreement. signed last We'd
nesday and which was later repudiated
bv the strikers when a second strike
was called. will be considered null and
void and that the packers submit
new proposition for peace terms.
ooror7ittae also notified the mack
ars that the striking butchers would
stand by last Saturdays demand. which
was that all men be reinstated within
tom DAYS OF their cases be submitted
+, Immediate arbitration; all butchers
ar6 casing men to be taken back with
IN fortv-eight hours after work was
resumed. No progress toward settle
mont was made at the conference and
the teamsters' committee retired to
consider new proposal
Immediately upon the return of the
Transfers committee to union head
Quarters they entered into conference
with the representatives, of the allied
trades to consider proposition sub
mitted to the unions by the packers.
In the meeting between the teamstcrs
and the packers the latter offered to
change the time of reinstating all the
strikers from forty five to thlrty-hNc
DAVIS They made no concessions other
than this. and this proposfl was sub
nitted 10 the allied trades committee.
President Donnelly, Of the butchers
union, however. refused 10 consider the
proposal and all hope Of an immediate
settlement was lost.
President Golden Of the teamsters
union. strongly urged that the propo-
sition be considered and that another
effort for a settlcm mt be made The
sentiment of the meeting was over
whelmingIy against him however, and
the committee adjourned without in
tending to arrange any more meetings
with the packers.
After failing in the peace neGotia-
lions. President Golden of the team
STEERS union notified the members OF
the international committe Of the team
sters union that his efofrt to bring
about peace today had been unsnccess-
III and asked their sanction for sym
pathetic strike of the packing trade
teamsters
The men could strike without the
perm, ssion of the International COM