The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-29
ALLIED TRADES
JOIN STRIKERS
TO ASSIST BUTCHERS IN Eff
FORTS TO BRING PAcKERS
TO TERMS.
BITTER FIGHT TO A F!N!Sf
FIcRcEsT WAR BETWEEN CAPT.
TAI AND LABOR IN HISTORY
OF AMERICA.
ALL FtACf NtG0TIAT.GHS OFF
TRANSFERS FAIL IN THEIR EF'
FORT TO PREVENT SPREAD
OF THE STRIKE.
Ill rtACf NtGOTIAI,G*S OFF

Chicago, July q. - With all peace
negotiations broken off and with all
the allied trades unions employed at
the different plants, with the excep-
ton of the teamSterS and the station
airy engineers, out on strike in sym
pathy with the butcher workmen who
quit work two weeks ago, the stock
yards strike has settled down to what
| promises to be one of the bitterest
fights between capital and labor in
the history of America. AS has been
threatened for some time, the allied
| trades employed in the packing in
dustry quit work when called OF yes
| terday to assist the striking butchers
in their efforts to bring the packers
to terms. At 6 o'clock last night the
statement was made by Michael j.
Donnelly, president of the butchers
union, that
Every Union Man
employed at the stock yards with the
exception of the teamsters and enSl-
neers, had responded to orders for a
| general sympathetic strike: The en-
%gineers, he declared, would join the
strikers to-day. and unless there was
a speedy settlement OF the difficulty
| he said. the teamsters would undoubt-
| eddy join their brother workmen in
their struggle for supremacy. Accord
ing to Mr.. Donnelly yesterdays strike
swelled the number of men who have
| quit work at the stock yards in Chi
| cago alone to nearly 10000 persons.
Both sides to the controversy de-
| clared last night that they were per
| fectly satisfied with the present state
of affairs and that they were willing
to make 1t a fight to a finish to de,
termine who shall direct the terms of
a settlement.
New Phase Of the Strike.
A new phase of the strike situation
developed late yesterday afternoon
when notice was given by the unions
to the Independent packers at the
stock yards that their men would not
be allowed to handle animals which
had been brought into the yards or
handled in any way by non-union men.
1t is necessary for these independent
concerns to take all of their live stock
into their yards over Union stockyard
runways, where the stock must be
handled by non-union men, since the
union men employed by the stock
yards company in this line of work
were among the employees who joined
the sympathetic strike yesterday. The
ultimatum of the unions leaves the
Independent packers no alternative
but to receive their live stock directly
from the country or else
Close Down Business Entirely.
Before peace negotiations had been
entirely broken off yesterday repre-
sentatives of the teamsters' union, as
had been agreed on Sunday night,
were in conference with the packers
settlement which would prevent a
spread of the strike.
The packers offered to change the
time Of reinstating all the strikers
from forty-five days to thirty-five
days. They made no concessions 9TH
er than this, and this proposal was
submitted to the allied trades commit
tee. President Donnelly of the butch
ers' union, however. refused to con-
slider the proposal and all hope of an
immediate settlement was lost. At
ter failing in the
Peace Negotiations
President Golden Of the transfers
union notified the members of the
international committee of the team
sters' union that his efforts to bring
about peace had been unsuccessful
and asked their sanction for a sympa-
thetic strike of the packing trades
transfers.
1.-THE men could strike without the
permission OF the international COM
mittee," said President Golden, but
the strike would not be official and
they could not depend upon the ma
tional organization for support. l will
not call the strike without the ap-
prevail of the international committee,
and If my men strike it will be with
out my sanction"
Despite the sympathetic strike all
the plants worked up to the regular
time yesterday, although at a reduced
capacity.
Complexities It Still More.
To compiicate matters still more,
the allied trades unions, which went
on sympathetic strike yesterday, held
a meeting last night and signed an
agreement that none of the unions
would return to work until the pack
ers bad signed working agreements
with each union represented at the
yards.
Strikers Lose Ground.
st. Paul, July 27-Signs of the strug-
gle which has lasted two weeks are
fast being effaced about the plant of
swift 4 Co. at South ST. Paul and
nearly 200 strikers have left to seek
employment elsewhere. Those that