The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-08
LABUK INDOKSES II
Chicago Stockyards Strike
Has Federation's Support.
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND TO HELF
Each Member of Labor Unions VIII
Contribute a Small sum. Thus Ag-
Eregating Thousands IA Week.
DOnnolIy Sure of victory.

Contribute Small sum, Thus Ag-
gregating Thousands n Week.
DonnolIy Sure of victory.
CHICAGO. Aug. S.-All the labor un
ions in Chicago have Endorsed the stock
yards strike. After listening to the
strikers side of the controversy, which
was presented to them by Michael j
Donnelly, president of the striking
Butchers union, the Chicago Federation
of Labor, which is composed of every
labor organization in Chicago and has
membership of nearly 100000, adopted
resolutions last night pledging the
moral and financial support of the fed
Grated body as long as, the strike cor.
tinues. Each member of the central
body will be assessed a small sum pei
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 total sum will be
well up in the thousands each week
After fight which lasted for nearly
four weeks a settlement of the stock
yards strike seems to be as remote as
at any time since the struggle began
Neither side to the conflict during all
this time has shown any sign of weak
ening.
The packers, while claiming that
they will soon have their affairs in
normal condition again, so successful
have they been in securing nOnuniun
men, yet admit that so far they have
been able to get but 800 of their old
employees back and that the majority
of these men are unskiled workers. In
the last statement given out by the
packers il was said that nearly half as
many men were at work now as before
the strike began. These men have
been brought to Chicago from all parts
of the country. the majority of them
having never seen meat packing
plant before coming here. With these
men the packers have succeeded In ac-
complishng "A great deal of work, but
according to the striker every animal
| that has been slaughtered since the
strike was called has been at tinaIi-
| cial loss to the packers, AS In the ma
| iority of cases lack OF skilled work
men has made ii impossible to operate
the byproducts department. and this
| source of revenue, which under normal
conditions is a clear profit to the pack
ers, has been allowed to go to waste.
Last week the packers were figuring
on break in the ranks of the strikers
! when work was resumed this morning,
| but there was nothing that would indi-
! cate that the men were even consider
ing such a step or that they had any
idea of surrendering. According TO Mi
chael j. Donnelly, president of the
! Butchers union, the organization
which precipitated the strike, the strik-
ers are in a better position than they
were on July -, the day the original
strike was called.
During the four weeks that the
strike has been in force" said Mr..
Donnelly. there have been less than
200 desertions from the various unions
whose members have Joined the strug-
gle for living wages. and not one OF
these workmcn who have gone back to
the packers is skilled workman. To
Offset these desertiOns our men have
secured at least twice that number OF
new recruits from the men the packers
have brought To Chicago to take the
strikers places. From dispute be
tween the packers ana butcher work
men the strike has spread into Il strug-
gle between organized capital and In
bor. but there are not enough men and
women on this continent to break this
strike despite the assertions OF the
packers that they have nearly all the
workmen they require and that their
business is about back to its normal
basis. | have received assurances from
the most powerful labor organizations
throughout the United States that they
are with us in this fight and are only
waiting to have representatives from
our unions Sent before them and make
the request when contributions TO ouT
financial support will be freely made
Under these circumstances there Is
nothing for us TO fear, as the victory
will be with us in the end no matter
how long that may be-
Davis In His Deer Park.