Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-12
SETTLEMENT NOT NEAR
LAST EFFORT IN CONFERENCE
!. "a y PROVED rKu1TLEsss.s
Strikers Hope to Force Roosevelt to
Take Up the Fight against
the Packers.

A dispatch from Chicago last night
saws: The stock yards strike tonight
seems no nearer a settlement than 1t dld
the day the struggle began. Efforts OF a
committee composed Of retail butchers
and grocers to bring about conference
between the packers and the strike lead
ers was of no avail today. The retailers
committee was in conference with Ed
ward Tilden, John E. Maurer, Thomas
Wilson and Thomas J. Connors, repre-
senting the packers, for three hours this
afternoon and at the end of the meeting
the following statement was given out
by the committee of business men:
I'VE were courteously received by a
committee representing the packers, and
we were informed, considering all that
had passed and present conditions, no
good reason existed why any further con-
ference with the strikers would De oene-
fetal"
No statement was issued by the packers
regarding the conference, and they all
refused to discuss the matter further
than to confirm the statement given out
by the intermediary committee. T. go
Would Force Presidents Hand.
When the strike leaders were informed
of the determination of the packers to re-
fuse to enter into further conference with
the unionists they began to form plans to
force the hand of the legal department OF
the United States government in an en-
deavor to bring about settlement. This
move was decided upon by the legal al
Visers Of the strikers after they had re-
ceived what they considered reliable In
formation that the Attorney General
would not make a move to bring INTO
operation the perpetual Injunction now
held by the government against combfna-
lions among the packing firms unless or
dered to do so by President Roosevelt
The plan, in effect, is this:
Tomorrow or next day an action Will be
started in the federal court in the name
of a striker who holds stock in one of the
biggest Of the packing concerns, demand
ing that the Injunction be put In opera
tiOn on the ground that the Illegal COM
bination still exists and that through 1t
the shareholders are suffering loss
This, 1t is expected by the strike leaders.
will induce President Roosevelt to take
up the fight and force the packers to pro-
duce their books, contracts and agree
ments In open court Such a step. 1T is be-
lieved by the strikers will bring the
packers to terms and end the struggle.
Drivers to Vote Sunday on Strike.
The officials of the Market Wagon Driv-
ers Union have ordered q vote to be taken
by the union on Sunday on the question OF
strike by these men. "There will be
meeting OF 5000 grocery and market wagon
drivers Sunday afternoon" said Business
Agent Kelly Of this 1nion:, "and II peace is
not secured by that HtlmS +somethin def
mite done between retailers and packers
our men Will undoubtedly decide to join the
other unions already 5<oA strike. Should
such a decision. be ..reacied at this meet
ing the meat supply OF the city will be cut
on Monday morning.
Strike-B Breaker Attacked ON Doorstep.
While standing on his doorstep tonight
John Schuman,9 a strike breaker, employed
by Swift & Co., was attacked by rioters
and severely beaten. Before the police
could reach the scene of the disturbance
crowd OF 400 rioters had gathered about the
place. Schuman was thrown to the ground,
and every one OF the disturbers who could
get near enough administered a kick to the
PROSTATE man. A riot call was sent in, but
the crowd. seeing the policemen coming,
scattered, ana no arrests were made. While
Scnuman was seriously hurt, 1t Is not be-
lieved his injuries are fatal.
Negro Mobbed Inside Stock Yards.
A negro strike-breaker was mobbed to-
DAY inside the stock yards. He was stand
Ing on passenger coach platform while q
train was paSSfnr fha chut0R Wb0Rn n