The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-07-28
GREAT STRIKE OF
ALLIED TRADES ON
PRESIDENT OF CHICAGO fedora
TIoN ORDERS GENERAL WALK
OUT AT sToCKYARDs.
ALL BUT TRANSFERS
LEAVE THE PLANTS
Latter Restrained by Their Joint
Council from Joining War on Pack
ers, But May Do So ,Later-Last
Efforts Towards Peace Fail.

Chicago, July 26.-The long-expected
strike at the stock yards took place
at noon Monday. At IL. o'clock Pres
ident William G. Schardt, of the Chi
cago Federation Of Labor, acting for
the joint committee of the allied
trades, on the request of the striking
butchers, ordered all the union men
except the teamsters to leave the
plants.
President Schardt's action came i'm
mediately after a fruitless conference
with representatives of the various
packing firms. This conference was
called at the request of President Cold
en-, of the clearinghouse teamsters, who
had been refused permission to strike
until n more effort had been made
to secure peace.
Decide to Call Men Out.
When this conference failed to bring
results, the labor leaders held a hur-
ried meeting in Golden's office, and it
was decided to call out all the men
still at work. Mounted on a horse,
n of the butchers rode through the
yards and issued the call. Most of the
workers were at lunch, but returned
to the plants, took their tools and
clothing and left.
No effort vas made to reach the fire.
men or engineers, who were told OF
the strike at six o'clock, when the
night shift went Oh.
The teamsters requested their joint
council to hold a special meeting Mon
day night, at which they again re-
Cuestel permission to join the strike.
Teamsters Held in Check.
The packing house teamsters, 1000
strong, on Sunday voted to strike, but
were restrained by their joint council.
A committee Of the transfers will ask
the packers to reopen peace negotia-
lions with all the strikers. If the pack
ers refuse the teamsters will appeal to
their international executive commit
tee to sanction a strike. The strike
leaders had depended on the teamsters
to deal the packers a telling blow by
refusing to haul meats for local con-
sumption or to and from railway yards
and distributing stations. Failure OF
the teamsters to go out would mean a
serious reverse to the strikers.
While the sympathetic strike will af-
feet only Chicago at the beginning it is
expected by the labor leaders to spread
rapidly to the eight other meat distrib-
uting centers in which the butchers are
on strike.
The situation in other cities remains
unchanged, with the exception of st.
Paul, where, the packers say, the
strike is broken.
Points in Unions Demands.
The three points in the ultimatum of
the labor representatives follow:
All strikers to be reinstated within
ten days.
Workers in the killing, cutting, and
casing departments to be taken back
within 48 hours after the resumption
of work.
Rejected by Packers.
In reply the packers unanimously re-
affirm their previous stand. They pre-
pared a letter, in which they declared
they had an agreement with the
butchers and were ready to put it in
force at any time. Therefore they
were in no position to negotiate for a
new contract.
The packers declared that they did
not see how they could take back all
the men within ten days, for they
could not supply work enough; neither
could they furnish work for all the
skilled butchers inside of 4S hours.
To Hear Arguments.
Belleville, ILL.,, July 26.-Judge Hold
er, of the circuit court, Monday grant
ed attorneys for the packers of East
st. Louis three days in which to con-
slider the afidavits of strikers who
have applied to have dissolved the in
junction granted last week, restrain
ing them from interfering with the
operation of the packing plants or the
men employed therein. The argu-