Evening journal., 1904-07-23
BUTCHERS STRIKE
Goes MERRILY ON
Union Leaders Allege Breach
Of Contract.
RIOTS FOLLOW ORDER TO GO OUT


the Terms Of Settlement.
Chicago, July %. The stockyards
strike. which was renewed yesterday
morning in Chicago and an the other
points where the big packing com
panies have branches because the
strikers were dissatisfied with the man.
ner in which the employers proposed
to reinstate their former employees
pending a settlement by arbitration, IS
liable to continue for some time.
A joint conference between repre-
tentatives of both sides TO the contro-
vcrsy and representatives, OF the allied
trades in an attempt 10 bring about
peaceable adjustment OF this second
strike was unsuccessful and the meet
ing was adjourned with the under
standing that another conference
would be held.
At the conference, which lasted Eve
hours. a committee of ten, consisting
Of five representatives of the packers
and five representatives. of the meat
butchers union, was appointed to go
over the whole situation, but the com
mittee was unable 10 reach a working
basis with which both sides would be
satisfied. Both the packers and the
strikers maintain that they are living
up TO Wednesdays agreement far a
/ settlement by arbitration and that It
is the other side that is responsible
for the renewal Of hostillties.
President Donnelly's Statement.
President Donnelly, Immediately after
calling the men out the second time,
gave out the following statement rcla-
tive TO his action:
"The packers agreed TO replace the
men without discrimination. They
agreed that the men should report for
work and be taken bnck. Instead OF
being furnished with checks when the
men went back to work, they were met
by a superintendent or a policeman
who picked out certain men and told
being furnished with checks. when the
told others TO go home; that they did
not know when they would be needed
OF whether they would ever be needed
"This was a plain violation Of our
agreement ! called up Mr.. ConnOrs of
Armour & Co and told him that the
agreement was being hagrantly vio-
lated; that the men would refuse to go
back to work. l did that as soon as
men had reported from the yards what
was being done there. Mr. Connors
wanted me to come Immediately TO see
him and show how the agreement was
8 being violated. / told him that there
e was no chance 10 do business with him
until the other trades had been repre-
s sented."
a Three thousand cattle butchers re
ported at the stockyards here for work
= The general greeting received was. eve
cannot take back more than half the
regular force"
Immediately there was a woeful dis
play Of chagrin and disappointment
The men held a conference Of an i'm
promptu nature and reached an agree
ment to act as a unit or not at all
You must take US all back or none.
came the reply Of the union men whC
saw performing the tasks they hat
done before numbers Of nonunioI
e. wOrkmen. The packers refused to ac
cede to this. and a committee was SEN
b to see President Donnely. The lattei
'' was quickly in communication with bis
advisers. Within an hour and a hal
the decision was reached to reopen th'
strike.
Riotins Begins.
Serious riCting followed the call 70
a renewal Of the strike The FIRST az
j. tack on a nonunion man occurred a
noon. A negro laborer was set upoi
n by a squad OF union pickets and chok
4 ed He managed TO escape withou
o. serious injuries. A man named Fran
n Miller was set upon by crowd o
d strike sympathizcrs. They beat hin
n so badly that at the EnglewOod Unio
% hospital. where he was taken. IT wa
II said he had little chance Of recovery.
,ll During the evening small sized riot
q were numerous. and It kept the polic
H. busy until far into the night scatteriD
4, the belligerents. In one Of these III,
10 turbances a young girl named Josi
q Rominsky. who had taken a striker
place in one Of the plants. was mobile
by nearly a thousand boys and girl
The Rominsky girl was set upon by IN
10 crowd while she was on her way hom'
= She was chased for several blocks an
4. pelted with mud and stones. Whe
" she finally re lched home she fell on Ii
~ doorstep exhausted from fright an
,f bruises.
m The girl was dragged into the hou'
M by her father before the pursuin
10 crowd could reach her. Seeing that 81
p. had escaped them, they commence
i. battering the house with stones an
.. bricks. A riot call was sent in. and
ne took wagon load Of policemen TO di
no perse the youthful rioters.
MT Nonunion Men Attacked.
st. Joseph. Mo. July 23.-Ernest @
forts on the part Of the police depar