Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-12
FOURTH week Of BIG STRIKE
BOTH SIDES or MEAT PACKING
STRIKE ARE CONFIDENT.
Chicago Federation Of Labor. Corn
posed Of 100000 Membership,
Pledges it's support In Moral and
Financial way-Pseklna Houses
Operate at Loss.

All the labor unions in Chicago have
indorsed the stockyards strike.
| After listening to the strikers side
of the controversy, which was present
ed to them by Michael ]. Donnelly.
president of the striking butchers
union. the Chicago Federation OF La
Dor, which is composed Of every labor
organization In Chicago and has
membership of nearly 100000, adopted
resolutions Sunday night pledging the
moral and financial support of the fed
Grated body as long as the strike con-
tinues. Each member of the central
body will be assessed a small sum per
i week and the whole amount will be
turned over to the striking unions to
help in the support Of the strikers and
their families during the struggle with
the packers. The exact amount each
member is to be assessed was left in
the hands Of committee with orders
to report results tomorrow.
Big Sum Available.
4 While the officials Of the federation
of labor were unable to give an exact
J estimate of the amount Of money which
would be secured from this source, 1t
! was stated that the total sum would be
], well up in the thousands each week.
| After fight which has lasteu for
: nearly four weeks, settlement Of the
, strike seems to be as remote as at
! any time since the struggle for SUI
} premacy began. Neither side to the
! conflict during all this time has shown
: any signs OF weakening.
J, The packers, while asserting that
i they will soon have their affairs in
: normal condition again, SO successful
have they been in securing nonunion
men, still admit that so far they have
I been able to get but $50 of their old
k employees back and that the majority
: of their men are unskilled workers.
!. Operate at Loss.
In the last statement given out by
! the packers it was said that nearly hall
as many men were at work now as be
= fore the strike began. These nen
! have been brought to Chicago from all
!, parts of the country, the majority Of
= them having never seen a meat pack
I ing house before coming here. With
these men the packers have succeed
! ed In accomplishing great deal Of
, work. but according to the strikers
{ every animal that has been slaughter
|, led since the strike began was killed q
4 a financial loss to the packers. as II
1.-THE majority of cases the loss OF skin
! ed men has made 1t impossible to worl
!, In the byproducts in the departments
q and thus this business which. unde
!. normal Conditions. Is clear profit :,
:, the packers, has been allowed to go t
waste.
-, According to Michael ]. Donnelly
= president Of the butchers union, thu
!. strikers are in better position thar
they were on July IL. the day the strik'
was called.
d Much Help Promised.
There are not enough men and We
le men on this continent to break thi
70 strike, despite the assertions. Of tn
le packers that they have nearly all tn
workmen they require and that thei
,e business is about back to its norma
ID basis. have received assurances iron
IS the most powerful labor organization
le throughout the United States that the.
are with us in this fight and are onl,
e, waiting to have Representatives iron
Il. our union sent before them and max
d, the request when contributions TO on
he financial support will be freely made
IN Under these circumstances there
is nothing for US to fear, since victor
will be with MS in the end, no matte
20 how long that may be-