The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-25
GREAT STRIKE
Of MEAT WORKERS
IN EFFECT THIS MORNING.
ALL UNION MEN, EXCEPT TEAM
STEERS, WILL WALK OUT.

ers Seem Determined to Fight to
the Inst-TeamSters Won't Join the |
strikers ThrOng-Packing Plants |
preparing to Get Along With New
Men.
chicago. July 24-Determined on q
eght to a finish to enforce the demands |
of the striking butchers, a sympathetic
strike of all the union workmen en-
Moved in the meat packing industry
throughout the country. with the ex-
reptfon of the teamsters, will be de-
clared tomorrow at O'Clock.
Instead of joining i'm the sympathetic
strike tomorrow, the teamsters will
make another effort to bring about AN
adjustment of the controversy by AR
bitration. This decision was reached
late tonight at a meeting of the joint
council of teamsters' unions through
out Chicago, who met to consider the
endorsement of a decision reached this
afternoon by the packing house team
sters' union to quit work with the
other allied unions. The decision of
the stock yards teamsters was almost
it is necessary, according to the rules
of the teamsters' union for the joint
council to sanction any strike move
ment all the union teamsters in the
employ of the packers will remain at
work during the struggle, or until the
Joint council gives their permission to
a strike, should their efforts to settle
the matter by conciliation tomorrow
prove futile. The committee appoint
ed at to-night's meeting were notified
to get into communication tomorrow
morning as early as possible with the
packers. Whether the teamsters' eff |
forts for peace will prove successful |
none of the packers representatives |
who were communicated with tonight |
would say.
No Conferences Held.
No conferences were held to-day |
either by the packers or the labor |
leaders, or Jointly, in an effort to reach |
an adjustment of the controversy.
Whether or not the packers would |
make any concessions to the demands |
of the labor leaders, in order to pre- |
vent a general walkout of the trades |
al the stock yards, would not be dis |
cussed by any of the packing house |
representatives., but from the prepara- |
tons going on at the different plants |
during the day it was plainly evident |
that the packers intended to fight for |
their independence.
All the labor leaders declared that |
they would await tomorrow develop |
ments before considering further ne
gotiations and that the packers would |
have to make the request for a re- !
sumption of peace negotiations, as the |
unions had no intention at the present |
time of doing so.
Preparing for the Struggle.
Preparations for the struggle, which |
is expected to reach a climax to-mor
row morning, were being made at the |
different packing plants all during the |
day and far into the night. Dozens |
of representatives of the packing |
houses We're scattered all over the |
country to-day in search of men to fill |
the places of the strikers. Four train |
loads of new employees were taken to |
the yards before darkness set in, to |
join the non-union men already estab-
hshed inside the plants. Clerks were |
being initiated into new duties and |
employees who had been promoted from |
trades were returned to their former |
work to take the places of the regular |
workers, who are expected to quit work |
tomorrow. Stockades have been erect |
ed at all the different plants to pro-
teet men whose work exposes them to
danger from mob violence. All through |
the stock yards there were not only
evidences of preparation for a long
ana bitter struggle, but superintend-
ehts Of the packing establishments, |
police officers, and union leaders gave
expression to anticipation of troublous
times to come.
Trouble in Delivery.
1t is not believed any trouble will be
eNperienced until the several firms be-
Gin distributing meats to the local |
trade with non-union drivers. 1t is |
on this apparent predicament Of the |
packers that the labor leaders were !
4epending for success in the struggle |
ne situation makes the teamsters !
lhe most important body of men in |
lne whole controversy. With these |
men on strike the union forces expect |
t" prevent any non-union men who |
lake their places from leaving the |
ards and scenes similar to those dur |
ing the Caravan" days of the 1902 |
strlke undoubtedly will be the result |
The strike is prolonged. Transfers |
outside the yards are to be asked to
,eiuse to handle meat from any of the |
branch houses, and if the non-union
men are engaged to perform this work
liots are bound to be the result, as
lnese branches are scattered all over
me city in order to make it more con-
NeIlent to supply the downtown trade.
Live stock II Scarce.
Another handicap the packers will
meet with in the morning is a scarcity
VI I'VE stock. Commission men for
me past week have flooded the coun-
NY with messages advising shippers
u9t to send any stock to market. It
ESQ developed to-day that commission
men during last week bought all the
IlNe stock they could and shipped it
Cul 10 the country in the vicinity of
CHcago, to be fed until after the strike
~ settled. AS soon as the strike is
oettied the intention is to rush this
STOCK back to Chicago, when IL is be-
.eVed exorbitant prices can be OBJ
famed. An estimate OF live stock In
.ne pens Of the packers tonight was
''gUV gI, cattle, 5000 hogs and 5000 sheep