The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-24
GENERAL STRIKE
OF PACKERS MEN
Ultimatum Presented TO En-
pIoyerS Last Evening.
PREPARE FOR STRUGGLE
BELIEF THAT SETTLEMENT Is
NOW IMPOSSIBLE.

HICAGO, July 23.-Attempts to set
tie the second strike of tie pack
- ing trades failed today and to-
night the butchers union and allied
organizations, after a long conference
sent an ultimatum to the representa-
1ives Of the packers demanding a set
element of the strike before Monday
morning. on penalty of a general walk
out Of all union employees at work IN
the stocky ards at Z O'Clock Monday
morning.
The conference between the repre-
sentatives of the allied trades ana the
packers and the bU -1hers, which ad-
1ouTned last nigLt after falling To-
reach an agreement was resumed early
this morning AT noon the cOnferees
gave up hope Of reaching an under
standing and the deliberations were
brought to an abrupt ending, after the
packers had expressed a desire to live
ND to the terms of the arbitration
agreement reached last Wednesday
right any wrongs that might lave
been committed by their fOremen and
superintendent and had announced To
the union men the name of Samuel
Mclean Of the National Packing COM
pany to represent them on the arbitra-
tion board provided for in the agree
ment which settled the original strike.
The union men refused positively 10
consider that agreement valid on tie
ground that it had been broken by the
packers. They then retired TO the Of
fee of tie Federation Of Labor, where
an ultimatum to the packers was pre-
pared under the direction Of Michael
J. Donnelly. president of the Butchers
union; Thomas I. Kidd of the Amer
lean Fedora ton Of Labor, and repre-
Sentatives of trades that VIII be asked
10 iofU i'm the general strike
Ultimatum Of Employees.
The ultimatum Is as follows:
Mr. Edward Morris and associates:
After careful consideration by the rep
CeSentatlVes of the teamsterS and ne
Chanical trades We have come TO the
conclusion that she agreement which was
reach on Wednesday has been flagrautly
violated by the packers TO the extent
of rendering il. in our opinion. null and
Noie- hence we cannot consistently eX-
pect The butcher Workmen TO renew it
IN lis present form because OF such vio-
latiOn
we desire to emphasize our belief in
the principles Of Cancellation and arbi-
tratiun, but 10 provide against such vIO-
latiCnS in the future we again offer the
following propositions as a solution OF the
present difficulty
THAT all employees be hired back in
ten days. Any person not re-employed
at the end of that time his or her case
viii be submitted TO arbitration.
That ali killing. cutting ana casing de-
partment men be rcinstated i'm their
former positions within fOTty-elght hours
after the resumption of work
we regret TO say that if the foreSo-
ing propositions are not acceptable to
YOU the, allied trades Will cease work
on Monday morning.
Trusting. however. that you VIII CO.
operate with as 20 bring about an ami
cable understanding and thus avert the
possibility OF a widespread strike, we
GEORGE F. GOLDEN.
Chairman.
JOSE W MORTON
Secretary Committee of Allied Trades
The reply of the combined packers 10
the ultimatum of the allied trades was
delivered late tonight. The COmmuuica-
ton. which IS addressed TO Chairman
Golden and Secretary Morton, is as fol-
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