The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-16
IA CONFERENCE | NOT ARRANGED Both Sides yy.sh to
 DiCtatsl --E NEGOTIATION NOT OFF
 7 Agreemsnt lo/ Arbitrate May
 Yet Be Reached. Employers Wish the Mediaters to Com sider All Points at Issue, and to
 This the Strikers

Chicago, Iil, July Is 5.-Negotiations for peace in the stock yards strike are practically at standstill tonight and the strike will continue until one side or the other abates some of the de- mands made at the present time
 Both sides are anxious for a peaee- able settlement, but the stumbling block to a final adjustment is that neither side is prepared to allow the other to dictate the basis of the arbi- tration.
 The packers this afternoon consid- cred MT. Donnelly's reply to their prop osition of last night, but it proved un- satisfactory, and the union officials were notified that 1t would be impossi- ble to reach an agreement along the lines suggested by MT. Donnelly. In their answer to MT. Donnelly the pack CTS declared themselves willing to ar bitrate. but stipulated that the arbi- tration should include the entire scope of the strike and not be subject to iim- itations of any kind.
 Ready for Meeting.
 This communication of the packers was identical with the one sent yester- day by them to Mir. Donnelly and to which his counter proposition of today was reply. With the reply of the packers was sent a note to Mir. Don nelly notifying him that they would be ready for his answer tomorrow and that If he desired another conference with them they would be pleased to meet him in an effort to reach a basis of arbitration.
 No arrangements have as yet been made for another conference, but the reply of the union to the last note of the packers will be sent tomorrow morning. after which Mir. Donnelly will leave for St. Louis where he will address meeting of strikers Sunday afternoon.
 Mir. Donnelly's latest proposition to the packers was as follows:
 All grievances to be submitted to arbitration; all strikers to be reinstated Tn body; mon employed. by the pack CTS since the strike may be maintained 1T use can be found for them; that the temporary wage scale to be that in ef- feet previous to May 2S."
 Meaning of Proposition.
 This means that unskilled labor is to be paid pending the decision of the ar bitrators, IS 1-2 cents instead of l5 to l7 1-2 cents, the price paid since May 2S.
 The following is the reply of the packers to the proposition of MT. Don- nely:
 
 arbitration: the strikers to be re-em- pioyed IS rapidly places can be found for them; preference to be given the strikers in the order of their ap- plfcation for work: all men now at work to be retained and temporary wages to be in accordance with the schedule at the time of the strike"
 The allied trades unions al the stock yards are becoming restless and un- less settlement Is reached iA the near future. they may decide to stop work in sympathy with the men all ready out.
 Allied Crafts Dissatisfied. The members of the Allied Crafts at the yards In this city number 14,000 or 15,000. and majority of them be- long to a union. A mass meeting of the men will be held tomorrow night when the question of their work will be decided.
 The work in the packing plants in this city was continued today on much larger scale than at any time since the strike has been declared. Many new men have been employed among whom. it is said. are skilled workmen. and the packers declare that they are doing more than they expect ed they would be able to do at tho time the old employees quit work.
 This afternoon a non union work man was attacked by a crowd as he emerged from the yards. He was beaten, kicked and stoned. hut man a ged to reach a street car and escaped The crowd threw stones at the car and injured striker who was on board.