The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-29
STRIKERS GAIN
RAILROAD AID
FREIGHT Handlers Will MOI
leu Oh Packing House Stuff.
AN OTHER EFFORT FOR PEACE
COLORADO SPECIALS COME TO
GRIEF AT OMAHA.

CHICAGO, July 2s.-AH the railroads
entering Chicago have become in
volved in the butchers strike
Lawrence J. Curran, president of the
Freight Handlers union, today ordered
all members of the union employed oy
the various railroads throughout CHI
cago 10 refuse to handle any freight
whatever for the packing houses
where the thousands Of employees are
now on strike. If the freight manners
live up to the order of their presldent
il viii work a severe hardship on the
packers as the notification 10 the men
states explicitly that no freight by or
billed to the packing companies. whe-
Their delivered at the freight houses
by teams or in cars, IS TO be touched
by the members of the union. What
the railroad officials viii do has not
been decided A meeting Of the rail-
road managers was held tonight 70
discuss the situation but what action
if any, was taken was not made pub
Curran's Order.
President Curran's order to the men
is as follows:
"At a meeting with the business
agents Of the local freight handlers
unions today il was decided that all
men under the jurisdiction OF our or
ganiZatiOn in the various railroads IN
Chicago be ordered not to receive or
deliver any freight of the packers
whether this freight is delivered at TIE
freight houses by teams or in cars
The order. which was signed by
President Curran and all the business
agents. was posted in all the railroad
freight houses tonight
Effort For Conference.
At the same time that this stem was
taken by the freight handlers presl-
dent. another effort to bring about Il
conference between the packers ana
the strikers was made. Henry g
Wallace, writer and lecturer on
agricultural topics of Des Moines,
Iowa and A. L. Ames of Buckingham,
Iowa, president Of the Corn Belt Meat
Producers association, are the sponsors
Of the new movement for peace
Mr. Wallace and Mr.. Ames came to
Chicago today and Immediately went
into conference with the strike leaders
Mr.. DOnnelly and his associates were
told By AR Wallace Of the hardship
the strike was imposing on the live
stock raisers and they were asked If
some concessions besides those offered
at the last conference between the
packers and the strike leaders could
not be suggested in order to bring the
present conflict to an eend. Mr. Don
nelly. who was made spokesman for
the labor leaders. said he would vel
come another conference with the en-
ployers. He also Informed Mr. Wal
lace that the strikers were willing now
to concede the time limit Ia which the
men should be Teinstated-
Packers Would Not Agree.
At the last conference with tie pack
ers Mr. DOnneIly insisted that the men
be reinstated within ten days. The
packers refused to agree to this limita-
ton. holding TO the original agreement
which allowed 45 days for reinstate-
ment Mr. Wallace said tonight that
he and Mr.. Ames would call on the
packers representative tomorrow and
'endeavor to bring about the desired
conference
Tonight both sides to the dispute at
the stockyards were claiming a victory.
According to the packers, ali the plants
in Chicago are running at nearly
their regular capacity On the other
hand the labor leaders declare the
packing industry in Chicago IS demo
rallied and that business Is almost az
standstiII. That the statement Of
the labor leaders are not altogether
true is evidenced by the fact that the
packers are slaUghtering thousands OF
animals every day.
There were several desertions from
the ranks OF the strikers TO-DAY Out
this loss was partly Offset by the quilt
ting of a number Of breakers.
Held in Allegiance.
After issuing a general order that
would have involved all the Chicago
railroads in the stOckyards strike.
Lawrence J. Curran, president of TIE
Freight, Handlers union, tonight re
considered his action and is now hold
ing his order in allegiance pending a
conference tomorrow morning with
leaders of the allied trades unions
whose mem bers are on strike. 1t IS
said however, that If President Donnel-
~ of the Butchers union and the 9th
er strike leaders express a desire to
have the order enforced II viii be put
into effect at once. The executive
committee Of the freight handlers was
in session until late tonight and it is
said that preparations have been made
to put the strike order in force if it
be deemed necessary.
President Curran's order If lived Up
to by the freight handlers would work
a severe hardship on the packers as
it explicitly directs that union men
shall handle 80 freight for the
big packing companies, either OUtgO-
ing or Incoming