Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-07-19
REFUSE TO AGREE
TO PACKERS PLAN
LEADERS OF STRIKE IN CHICAGO
REJECT PROPOSALS.
ARBITRATION SCHEME FAILS
Street Car in Which Nonunion Man
Sought Refuge Is stoned-Several
Injured-Fear Serious Trouble
at St. Paul.


at st. Paul.
Chicago, July 16.-Rejection by
Strike leaders of a proposition laid be-
fore them by the packers at Thurs
days joint conference was the result
of the union and his chief lieutenants
Friday. The packers were waiting for
an answer, and on 1t depended wheth-
er peace meeting will be held at pres
ent. There was activity at the stock
yards, and the air of hustle indicated
that the packers intended to proceed
with their side of the contest with
Vigor.
The union demanded the reinstate-
ment of all the strikers within three
days, and insisted that the men be
paid at the rate provided in the old
agreement, the expiration of which led
to the strike being called.
The employers offered to arbitrato
the whole controversy, covering wages
on strike, both sides to present what
ever grievances they saw fit and to
abide by the decision of the arbitrat-
ors. They also agreed to reemploy as
fast as possible all men now out, CIV
ing preference in order of application
for work, the employees to be paid the
wages they were being paid when they
struck. The principal objection made
by the union officials to the offer of
the packers is the provision that they
twill give preference in order of APP
plication for work" The strike lead
ers construe this to mean that each
man on strike will be obliged to make
an individual application.
Rioters Stone Street Car.
] The second serious outbreak of VIC
aence in the great stock yards strike oc-
CURED Friday afternoon when big
crowd rioted at the Halsted street en-
trance to the yards and stoned a street
car in the chase of strike-breaker who
had ventured out of the besieged plants.
For blocks the crowd followed the rap
idly moving car, showering stones and
shattered and several persons injured
by being struck by the flying rocks.
Chief of Police ONeill announced that
order would be preserved at the stock
yards if it required his entire force to
do so, and that licenses would be re-
voked of all saloons in which trouble
was permitted. Additional policemen
were rushed to all stock yards points
where there was fear of rioting.
j Joseph w. Morton, international
president of the Stationary Firemen's
union, declared that general strike
would probably come in "a hours and
That the struggle would be the worst Of
Its kind in history.
Packers Show More Activity.
With their working forces increased
ito about 1000 men, one-fourth of
whom were brought into the yards
Thursday night and Friday morning,
The packing firms began operations on
q more extensive scale than at any
other time since the strike began
killing of cattle, sheep and hogs in
creased 20 per cent. over Thursday
and the shipments were larger, the re-
ceipts being 5000 cattle, 5000 sheep
and 5000 hogs.
At st. Paul.
st. Paul, Mimi, July 16.-A force of
several hundred strikers lined up in
front of the main entrance to the Swift
Packing company's plant at South st.
Paul Friday and refused to let the Of
fee force and other employees into the
building. The strikers had learned of
the operation of the plant Thursday
and concluded that the office men
must have been employed on the kill
ing floor and therefore determined to
allow no one to enter the grounds.
Sheriff Crissim, Of Dakota county, was
appealed to and personally took about
rs men into the plant, including the
engineers, on the plea that the ma
chinery must be looked after. He then
refused to escort any more through the
gate
The strikers said they would allow
the office men to enter the yards if the
officials would give their word of
honor that the men would not be en-
ployed except upon their regular du-
ties. The officers declared they did
nOL Ieel calleQ upon TO give any such
pledge 10 anybody and things were at
a standstill
Militia Not Needed.
A conference was held in the govern
or's Office Friday afternoon, Judge
Jameson represented Gov. Van SAINT in
his absence, Manager Bangs, of Swift
e Co., Sheriff Grisim, of Dakota coun-
ty, Mayor Lyle and others of South
st. Paul, and several business men of
st. Paul were present The conference
had a bearing upon the question of
calling out the militia for South St.
Paul, and the protection of the stock
yards and the employees of Swift & Co.
The South st. Paul members of the
conference maintainef that the strik-
ers were not riotous, and that the
sheriff of Dakota county had not ex-
hausted his resources in maintaining
peace and order To this Sheriff Girls
i'm agreed. 1t was then decided that
the situation did not warrant the call
tng out of the militia.
Will Receive Silver Service.
Galveston, Tex July 16.-The new