The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-07-29
All the Allied Trades Unions
With the Exception of
Two Quit Work.
THE TRANSFERS AND ENGINEERS.
What Promises to Be One Of the Bit
terst Fights Between Capital and
Labor is Now On.
Efforts Of Teamsters Union to Settle
the Trouble Failed and They and
the Stationary Engineers viii
Join the Strikers.

Chicago, July 26.-With all peace
negotiations broken of and with all
the allied trades unions employed at
the different plants, with the exception
Of the teamsters and the stationary
engineers. out on strike in sympathy
with the butcher worlNmen who quit
work two weeks ago. the stock yards
strike Monday night had settled down
To what promises TO be one Of the bit
terest fights between capital and labor
in the history OF America. AS has
been threatened for some time, the
allied trades employed in the packing
industry quit work when called on
Monday TO assist the striking butch
ors In their efforts to bring the pack
ers to terms. In several Instances the
men did not wait for the official notl'
ncation from their leaders TO 20 on
strike. but threw down their tools and
quit work OF their own accord.
At G o'clock Monday night the state
ment was made by Michael J. Donnel-
ly. president OF the Butchers union,
that every union man employed at the
stock yards with the exception OF the
teamsters and engineers, had respond.
cd TO orders for general sympathetic
strike. The engineers, he declared.
would Join the strikers Tuesday morn
Ing. and unless there was speedy set
tiement OF the difficulty, he said the
teamstors would undoubtedly Join
their brother workmen In their strug'
Gle for supremacy According TO Mr..
Donnelly, Mondays strike swelled the
number OF men who have quit wcrk
at the stock yards In Chicago alone to
nearly 10000 persons. Both sides 10
the controversy declared Monday
night that they were perfectly sails
icd with the present state OF affairs
and that they were willing TO make Il a
fight to a finish TO determine who
shall dictate the terms OF a settlement.
A new phase Of the strike situation
developed late Monday 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 oI
handled In any way by non-union men
II Ia necessary for these independent
concerns TO take all OF their live stoci
into their yards over Union stoel
yards runwnys. where the stock mus
be handled by non-union men. since
the union men employed by the stool
yards company in this line OF worl
we're among the employees who joine,
the sympathetic strike Monday. Th'
, ultimatum OF the unions leaves th'
Independent packers no alternative
but TO receive their live stock direct
! ly from the country or else close dow
: business entirely. meeting Of III
: independent packers was held Nor
u day night to map out some plan o
action. but no definite conclusion wa
! reported. Another meeting will b
held Tuesday to further consider III
matter.
Before peace negotiations had bee
entirely broken OF Monday. represeT
tatlyes OF the teamsters' union, as ha
beon agreed on Sunday night, were
conference with the packers In an G
u fort TO arrange some sort of settl
" ment which would prevent spread {
u the strike. AZ this meeting the pacl
d era were asked 10 concede that n
u first peace agreement, signed lal
" Wednesday, and which was later r
,, pudlnted by the strikers when n Sc
u ond strike was called, be eonsiderC
u null and void and that the packo
submit a new proposition for pea'
terms. The committee also notih'
the packers that the striking butcho
= would stand by last Saturdays
y mand. which was that al! men be T
= instated within ten days or their cas-
= be submitted TO immediate arbitration
~ all butchers and casing men to be
Nv ken back within rs hours after wo
was resumed No progress toward
settlement was made at the conf,
encc and the teamsters committee !
10. tired to consider new proposition.
an Immediately upon the return of {
". teamsters committee TO union hea
of quarters they entered into a conf
10 ence with the representatives of I
allied trades TO consider propositi
submitted to the unions by the rep
sentatiyes of the packers. In {
H. meeting between the teamsters a
elk the packers, the latter offered
lst change the time OF reinstating all t
In strikers from as to S5 days. Tn
IN made no concessions other than Il
49, and this proposal was submitted
the allied trades committee Pre-
dent Donnelly. OF the Butchers uni'
however, refused to consider the p
RS. posal and all hope of an immedit