The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-16
PROPOSALS OF THE RETAIL
DEALERS
Union Teamsters Threat
en- to Tie Up
ENTIRE MEAT INDUSTRY
Other Unions May Be Drawn Into the
straightforward strike Of Grocery
and Market Wagon Drivers Will Be
Ordered sunday--The Police Antiei'
pate Lively Timeo.


and Market Wagon Drivers Will Be
Ordered Sunday-The Police Antiei.
pate Lively Timeo.
Chicago, Aug 11.-Peace proposals
made today to the stock yards pack
ers by a committee of retail meat deal
ers were emphatically rejected by the
former and the union teamsters now
threaten to tie up the entire meat in.
dustry by stopping all hauling Of any
kind for tn packers or their customers,
The tension between the teamsters
and packers became more strained at
ter the latter refused to meet the
strikers to consider ending the strike
and meeting of the Grocery and Mar
ket Wagon Drivers union was called
for Sunday afternoon to vote on a gen.
eral strike of every member working
for retail dealer who buys of the
packers.
Other unions according to Interna-
tional President c. B. Shea of the
teamsters will be drawn into the strug-
gle no matter whether they have agree
ments with their employers or not.
IL do not consider anything viola
tion of agreements that is done to up
hold the principles Of trades unionism,"
he said.
The grocery and market wagon driv-
ers assert that the retail meat deal
ers will act in harmony with the union
and that no meat will be bought of
the packers until the present strike is
IAI 1,A t~p h1tr th.a
packers and retail meat dealers Ed
ward Tilden, Thomas J. Connors, ]. E.
Maurer and Thomas r. Wilson repre-
sented the packers. The dealers at
the conference were: James s. Agar,
Oscar F, Mayer, George Duddleston,
Ralph Cudahy, G. w. Foster, Sol. West,
erfeld, Ernest Heg and Joseph Leve-
man.
1--WE asked for this conference"
said Chairman Agar, ito lay before you
the danger not only to our our busi-
ness but to the general public II the
strike of butcher workmen is not soon
settled Our teamsters threaten to
strike If we do not cease buying meat
from you The milk, ice, lumber, box.
shavings, furniture, brick and in fact
every class of teamsters doing busi-
ness for you or your patrons declare
they will strike If the butcher work
mems strike is not soon ended"
This statement had no effect on the
packers. They said that the strike
was over, that the plants were being
operated as usual and that no condi-
tions existed that made a peace con.
ference necessary.
1--WE made one agreement with the
butcher workmen and they violated
It," one of the packers said. I'VE
seen no need of making another"
The retail dealers continued to call
attention to the danger being done all
kinds of business by the strike and
said that they feared the outcome IL
the trouble spread to all the team.
sters. After FIVE hours conference
the dealers withdrew into another
room and there decided that nothing
could be accomplished by further par.
leying This was reported to the pack
ers and 1t was unanimously agreed
to adjourn sine die.
After the conference adjourned this
statement was given out by Chairman
Agar of the meat dealers committees:
I'VE were courteously received by a
committee representing tn packers and
we were informed that considering all
that has passed and present condi-
tlons no good reasons exist why any
further conferences would be benef.
cial."
Chairman Agar called up Business
Agent Kelly Of the Grocery and Mar
ket Wagon Drivers union by phone
and informed him of the answer OF the
packers.
"Well, 1t is now a fight to a finish
with the packers" said Business
Agent Kelly.
Chairman Agar and Kelly then ar
ranged for meeting to be held in the
real estate board building at o'clock
Friday afternoon. Reports of the rep
resentatives of the allied trades COM
mittee all teamsters' union Interested
and International President Shea will
be present.
"The meat dealers are much exer.
cised at the answer of the packers"
said Business Agent Kelly. They will
be with us In this fight. The union
will meet Sunday afternoon to declare
general strike. We will not stop the
dealers selling meat purchased before
the strike is ordered. That would be
hardship. But we will not handle
any purchased after the strike Is Or
dered, This affects the cold storage
warehouse also"
II Is feared that the immediate
result of this last refusal OF the pack
ers to talk any kind of compromise
with the strike leaders will be re,
siimnfion of the Yinlanca which mark