Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-16
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
PACKERS AND BUTCHER;
ARE IN CONFERENCE sE,
IN CHICAGO. Il
MAY REOPEN THE CASE.
Attempt Is Made to Again Begin Nsa
sotiations for Peace-PoIice lnspeot.l
or Hunt Orders the Arrest Of PielcI
cts at the Stock Yards-Teamstersi
Refuse to Deliver Non-union Meat.

cts at the Stock Yards-T eamstersl
Refuse to Deliver Non-union Meat.
Chicago, Aug. 10. - 1t is reported
that committee of the Allied Trades
conference board is in conference with
the packers looking to reopening ot
negotiations for peace in the stock
yards strike.
Denial Held At Naueht.
The strike leaders and big packing
firms denied forcibly today that apy
efforts have been made by either side
to bring about another conference,
looking to peace in the stock yards
strike.
Despite the denials suspicion that
important proposals are under consid1
Grafton was caused by an, early meetA
ing tc..ay of the Allied Trades conferk
ence board. A
Orders Arrest of Plckets.
Police Inspector Hunt today order.
ed the arrest Of all pickets loitering
about the stockyards. A dozen men
were taken into custody.
Teamsters Aid Strikers.
| Thirty-fve hundred teamsters ems
ployed by the retail and wholesale
markets will not, hereafter, deliver
nonuion meat. The decision was made
| today h
Meeting Held Sunday. =
i special meeting of the allied
trades conference board was held suns
j day morning. Details of the meetings
could not be obtained. in fact the lead.,
ers denied that such meeting had
taken place. 1t is known, however,
that messengers were sent to the
homes of the delegates and they were
summoned to conference at s o'clock
yesterday morning.
Will Arrange Terms.
The purpose of the meeting, 1t IL
said. was to give committee headed
by President Donnelly full power to-
act In making settlement with thai
packers. There was said to be divi.j
sion of opinion among the delegates,
those representing trades with only oil
few men on strike claiming they weret
entitled to as much consideration ag
the larger unions.
The committee was finally given. thel
desired power, it was said, with the
understanding that on the question Of i
reinstatement all the strikers should
be treated alike, no matter to which /
union they belonged.
The same emissary of the packerBi
who is said to have been carrying!
propositions back and forth betweenl
the two sides to the dispute was scent
again closeted with President Donnel.}
ly last night. The latter refused toj
give any information regarding thei
peace negotiations, and said he wasI
more interested in raising funds to-
continue the fight
Address Note to Packers.
A representative of Swift & Co.
said last night that he knew nothing
definite about negotiations, except that
ne understood "a proposition had come
from the workmen to j. Ogden Armour. /
4 and that the latter had sent Il baclsl
with request that it should be adj
dressed to all the packers instead ofi
to himself individually. He further
said that IL that were done the packers
, would in all probability hold meetingi
and act upon it.
Basis of Settlement. \
The basis of settlement is said to be
that all the strikers will be reinstated
as fast as possible, and that wages and
working conditions be submitted to ar.
bitration That was the substance Of
! the former agreement. and the packers
are said to be willing to accept 1t again.
provided they are not asked to dis.
charge all the men who have been
hired since the strike began.
Strike Breakers Unsatisfactory. :.
Less than 10 per cent of the men
hired during the strike are said to be
satisfactory to the packers, and az
heavy shipments of stock has been
held back for several weeks 1t is prob.
able that will be rushed here as soon
as settlement is made, it is said that
, practically all the men who desire re.
instatement would be taken back with.
in two weeks.
On account of the number Of unions
now involved in the strike and the con.
tract which was signed between all
of them that they Should stand together
when 1t came to settlement, the sit.
uation is much more complicated than
1t was when the last agreement was
reached, SO that 1t may take longer
to complete the details.
End of Strike Near,
Despite the denials of the strike lead.
ers, 1t is certain that peace negotia.
: tions of some sort are under way. and
unless something unforeseen happens
the end Of the strike Is near.