Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-30

ference.
Chicago ILL.,, Aug. 29.-There is no
Of a break in the ranks of the stock
yards breakers as anticipated by the
packers.
The desertions from the ranks of the
strikers were today no greater than
is usual on Monday. They approximat-
ed about 100.
The executive board of the Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters and Butcher Work
mems union has formulated propo-
sition for settling the strike which
they presented to the Allied Trades
council for the action today. The de-
tails are withheld.
The Peace Pact.
! It is understood that the peace pact
which the leaders prepared provides
that the men should be taken back
as unionists and that the wage scale,
in effect before the strike shall be rec
ognized.
Packers Hold Meeting.
Representatives of the packers held
a long secret meeting this forenoon.
4 They declined to make statement
concerning it's purpose.
Teamsters May Quit.
| The packing house teamsters will
! meet tonight to discuss the advisable
| ity of declaring the strike off as far
as they are concerned. President Gold
en- said today that they would refuse
to contribute any more to the support
} of the other strikers.
Strikers Almost Stampede.
: With the strike relief fund depicted
and crowds of hungry men vainly
scrambling for food at the commissary
stores it taxed the labor leaders to
prevent stampede from the unions
ranks today.
Board Deliberates Long.
After five hours deliberation in a
secret conference at the Transit house
last night the executive board of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butch
er Workmen agreed on a plan Of pro
cedure to end the strike. 1t now rests
with the packers to say whether the
strike shall be called off within the
next two or three days or whether ii
shall go on until it settles itself un
der conditions not yet discernible.
The allied trades have given their
, consent to the executive board of the
butcher workmen to make the packers
whatever proposition it deems best ir
the interests of the butchers.
viii Return AS Unionists.
If the strike is officially declared of
the men will return to work as union
lists, even if defeated, while if it is
| not called off they cannot go back
: without disregarding their obligations
and thus severing their connection
with the organization Some of the
leaders fear the latter contingency
and are said to realize that it would
, take them years to again build up ar
: organization, while if the strike is
, called off it will mean but a few
, months when the organization would
be in position to again seek work
ing agreement.
: The packers, although victorious IL
the fight, do not deny that they are
anxious to have their old men back
. and they will treat them as well ant
: perhaps better than before the strike
was called. They almit that the
strike has been an exceedingly costly
{. affair, and they do not want repiti
tion of it. At the same time they as
I sert that the domination of busines.
t agents and shop stewards in the pas
year has been almost unbearable, ant
they hope to be rid of that for som,
time to come.
: Working Force to Be Reduced.
J.. Through tn plan adopted by tn,
! packers to have the shipments of liv,
9 stock distributed over five days of tn,
). week, instead of two days, as ha
been the custom, the working fore
will be reduced by over 5000 men, bu
those who are given work will be abl
to work full time. This will make tn
n conditions for the men much bette
d than they have ever been before. bu
), the packers say that without tn
S strike the change would not have bee,
l. possible. as the unions always oppose
J, a reduction of the working force, an,
d insisted that the work should be d
vided evenly among all the members
Can Makers Strike.
a Two hundred employees, mostly girl
e in the meat department OF the Amer
d can Co.. struck today because the con
Y pany was furnishing cans to the pacl
ing houses.