The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-30
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n At o'clock tonight Homer RI. Cal
secretary OF the national organiza
: tion of batchcrs' workmen. made
final appeal over the telephone to thu
/ representative of Schwarzchill am
: Sulzbergar fnr meeting between thu
members Of The firm ana the officers
! of his union, but he was told the cast
ern packers had nothing to offer the
men should such meeting be ar
ranged and a conference would only
be a waste of time. When this an
nouncement of the eastern packers
had been communicated TO Donnelly
he decided on the strike order
That all probabilities of a settle
4 ment In Chicago are remote as ever.
was plainly demonstrated today when
Henry G.. Wallace of Des Mones.
| Iowa. and l.. Ames of Buckingham,
| Iowa, called on the packers with
proposition from the strike leaders
Offering to concede the most important
point in the controversy If the EN-.
peace negotiations.
Wallace and Ames We're told by the
packers there was no possible chance
for any further eoncilatory move and
that the packers were now in posi-
ton where they would ignore labor
unions and proposed to do so The
packers answer was delivered 10 the
strike leaders and the men from Iowa
left for home tonight.
From statement made by DonnelIy
today it would appear the men are be
coming anxious to get back to work
I'VE shall be glad to confer with the |
packers any time, said Donnelly.
While | cannot say our position Is |
In any way changed, we are not anxi, |
Gus to keep up a running fight and /
shall be glad If a settlement can be
effected
A meeting of the allied trades was
held today to consider the question of
the renewal Of the strike of live stock
handlers. These men quit several
lays ago, but returned to work az the
nstigation of the independent pack
srs. who were unable to obtain live
stock enough to carry on their bust
less with these men on a strike. The
nen went back TO work with the I'M
that only animals intend
ID for independent packers were to
le handled A few hours after the
men retsrned TO work. however, they
we're handling live stock indiscrimin.
tely. No decision was reached today
kept to appoint a committee to call
n officials of Union Stock Yards com.
amy tomorrow to request cessation OF
Of live stock for packers
those forces are on strike
The advisabllity Of accepting the
fer Of the freight handlers to join the
trike was considered at the meeting,
ut no decision was reached u
Following the arrest of George +.
oIden. chief of the Packing House
eamsters' union for picketing. riots
acame more frequent In the vicinity u
1.-the stock yards this afternoon In
ne disturbance the mob captured 4
'aded meat wagon after ii had left
lie stock yards, upset the wagon and
rev the meat into the street
The most serious riots occurred In q
outh Chicago, where FIVE men were
rested for trying to prevent the de- 8
very of meat. Although the strikers
I'd their friends became very bolster
Is when it became known that Gold y
/ had been arrested and made all
,rts of threats, no one was seriously IN
jured in any Of the disturbances't that b.
CURED
The police have the situation so well in
hand that before the would-be riot q
s can get fairly started they are
altered in all directions by the blue in
'ats. Il
More business was done today by
Q packers than at any time since the
rlke began. With today's additions
che new employees obtained from
Inside sources the statement was an
ade by one of the packers that fully
irteen thousand men we're now at W,
pfh lio - htail y HAIL de many
en- as went on strike. The packers o.
,clare they have more unskilled la
n than they want and that when the ii,
illed labor they have procured in nc
her cities reaches Chicago. all the "a
'-product plants viii be opened for
'eration. co
At a meeting n the strike leaders ,r
night, a resolution was adopted do ~
,uncing the city administration. in
lding Mayor Harrison Chief Of Po-
e O'Neill and Inspector Hunt. The "a
tier is the officer who arrested Pres
ent Golden Of the Transfers union
Is morning. was decided TO ap- g..
al TO Sheriff Barrett for protection.
What benefit the strikers hope to ,.t
rive from an appeal TO the county
ficials Is known only to themselves. m
DANGEROUSLY ASSAULTED.