Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-07-22
TO make A final
APPEAL TO PACKERS
SYMPATHETIC STRIKES TO BE
CALLED IF UNIONS TERMS
ARE NOT MET.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
OF LABOR LEADERS

IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
OF LABOR LEADERS
Striking Stockyards Employees Becom-
ing Restless and More Police Are
Called For-The Situation in Other
Cities.
Chicago, July 20.-Labor leaders from
all sections Of the city were in confer
ence at the Sherman house Tuesday for
the purpose of framing last appeal to
the packers, and to arrange for sympa-
thetic strikes at the stockyards in case
the last effort to make the packers meet
the unions terms fails. The meeting
was the largest one of labor chiefs held
since the strike began. Most of the Off
Gals present said that their men were
ready to strike If final" letter which
Is to be sent to the packers does not
bring satisfactory answer. The gem
eral feeling of the labor officials seemed
to be that the letter to the packers would
avail little. and that the declaration Of
other strikes would be necessary.
The leaders Of the stationary firemen
at the yards Monday presented an ulti-
matum to the packers. Settle this
strike Of the butcher workmen or we
quit, too,' was the notice served on the
packers representatives by Interna-
tional President Joseph W. Morton, of
the Firemen's union, and his aids.
The firemen want the eight hour day
and uniform wages and conditions at
all packing plants controlled by the
great Chicago houses. In reply, the
proprietors said they could do nothing
for the striking butchers. They de-
clared they were too busy to conclude
negotiations with the fremen and re-
Quested them to return in week when
they would try to take their matter up.
The strike leaders will remain at the
Sherman house until reply is received
from the packers. In the. event it is
Anfavorable the flremen and engineers
at the yards, 1t is said, will be first APP
pealed to for sympathetic strike.
These unions, the strike leaders expect,
will be followed by those of the COOP
ers, steam filters and other trades. The
strikers say that walkout Of the en-
gineers, firemen, steam filters and
coopers will be a heavy blow to the
packing industry. When the coopers
quit, it is said, some of the shipping
departments will be badly crippled.
Call for More Police.
Stockyards firms made an appeal for
more police Tuesday to guard their
plants. The appeal was accompanied
with the statement, the police officials
say, that serious trouble was looked for
at the yards. Reserve policemen were
dispatched to Packingtown on the
strength of the firms requests. This
demand for more officers came on the
heel Of Capt. Clancy's statement that
The would reduce the force he had under
his command from $50 men to 200, that
number he declared, being sufficient to
meet all emergencies. There were evil
dences early Tuesday that the striking
butchers and laborers were becoming
restless. Threats were heard and the
packers and higher police officials took
quick notice Of the change in the tone
OF the situation.
Strikers Enjoined.
ST. Louis, July 20.-The sweep-
Ing injunction issued by Judge Holder.
of the ST. Clair county court, against the
striking butchers in East st. Louis, ILL.,.
packing houses was served Monday BY
Sheriff Thompson on P. Morgan and
John Smith, union leaders and organic
ers as well as on the presidents of IS as
ISOLATED unions. All promised to abide
by the injunction, which forbade them
from interfering with the operation of
the packing plants or with the non
union men hired to take the places Of the
employees who walked out. There is
practically no change in the situation
either in st. Louis or East st. Louis
and thus far the strikers have been very
orderly.
Representatives Of the packing houses
were Tuesday served with the legal five
day notice to dissolve the injunction by
attorneys employed by the strikers.
The necessary legal proceedings will
follow at the expiration of that time. It
Is announced.
Blockade at st. Paul.
st. Paul, Mimi, July 20.-Althoueh
President Willis, of the Butchers union,
promised Gov. Van SAINT that the pick
cts about the entrance to the Swift pack
ing house would be removed, the plant
was effectively blockaded Tuesday when
the office force arrived for work. There
were as many pickets in front of the
entrance as previously, and a deter
mination seemed to prevail to keep
everybody out of the plant but the lead
ing officials of the company and the
women stenographers.
Desertions Reported.
New York, July 20-Probably from
one-half to two-thirds of the beef han
oilers who went on strike recently in
Brooklyn were reported to have returned
TO work Tuesday on an agreement to
accept ten-hour day at wages of S14
week Less than 200 men were on
strike in Brooklyn.
st. Joseph. Mo-, July 20.-There were
more assertions from the ranks of the
striking packing house employees Tues
day than at any time since the strike
was called.
Dies of His Injuries.
Pennington, Conn, July 20-Charles
D. Rogers, of Chicago. who was injured
In an automobile accident here Satur-
day. died at the Elm Tree Inn Monday,
His skull was fractured and he did not
recover consciousness after the acct,
dent.