The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-16
NO SETTLEMENT OF THE
STOCK YARDS STRIKE
NEGOTIATIONS FoR PEACE IN
sTooKYARDs At STANDsTILL.

STOCKKARDS At STANDSTILL.
Both Sides Anxious for an Adjustment
Of Differences but Neither is Pre-
pared to Allow the Other to Dictate
the Basis OF Arbitration-RepIy Of
the Packers to striks Leaders PropO-
sition.
Chicago. July 15.-Negotiations for
peace in the stock yards strike are
practically at standstin tonight, and
the strike will continue until one side
or the other abates something Of the
demands made UP to the present time.
Both sides are anxious for aspeacea-
BILE settlement but the stumbling block
to final adjustment is that neither
side is prepared to allow the other to
dictate the basis of the arbitration.
This afternoon the packers consider
ed Mr., Donnelly's reply to their prop
osition of last night, but it proved un-
satisfactory, and the union officials
We're notified that it would be impossi-
BILE to reach an agreement along the
lines suggested by Mr.. DonneIly. In
their answer to Mr.. Donnelly, the pack
ers declared themselves willing to ar
bitrate, but stipulated that the arbitra-
tion should include the entire scope of
the strike, and not be subject to re-
strictions or limitations of any kind.
This communication Of the packers
was identical with the one sent yes
terday by them to Mr.. Donnelly, and
to which his counter proposition of to-
day was q reply. With the reply Of the
packers was sent note to Mr.. Donnel-
ly notifying him that they would be
ready for his answer tomorrow, and
that If he desired another conference
with them they would be pleased to
meet him in another effort to reach a
basis of arbitration. No arrangements
have as yet been made for another con-
ference, but the reply of the unions to
the last note Of the packers will be
sent tomorrow morning, after which
Mr.. Donnelly will leave for st. Louis,
where he will address mass meeting
of the strikers on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Donnelly's last proposition to the
packers was as follows:
"AlI grievances to be submitted to ar
bitration; all strikers to be reinstated
in body; men employed by the pack
ers since the strike began to- be re-
tained if use can be found for them;
the temporary wage scale to be that in
effect previous to that of May 28s This
! means that unskilled labor is to be paid
pending the decision of the arbitrators,
is 1-2 cents an hour, instead of IL IL
cents, the price paid since May 49,
The following is thereby of the pack
ers to the proposition Of Mr.. Donnelly:
''All grievances to be submitted to ar
bitration; the strikers to be re-employ-
ed as rapidly as places can found for
them, preferences to be given the strik-
ers in the order of their applications for
work; all men now at work to be re-
tanned, and the temporary wages to be
an accordance with the schedule in ef-
kSCl DIT lllGl .Ll1ilG sOls lllG SlFlhc.
The Allied Trades unions at the stock
yards are becoming restless and unless
u settlement is reached In the near flu
ture they may decide to stop work in
sympathy with the men already out.
aThe members Of the allied crafts at
the yards In this city number between
$4,000 and $1,000 and a majority of them
belong to the union A mass meeting of
these men will be held tomorrow night
fwhen the question OF their quitting
work will be discussed.
The work In the packing plants in
this city was continued to-day on a
much larger scale than at any time
since the strike has been declared.
Many new men have been employed,
among whom, it is said, are many skill
ed workmen, and the packers declare
they are doing better than they expect
ed they would be able to do at the
time the old employees quit work.
With the increase Of the working
force, the packing houses were to-day
able to fill all orders. and slaughtering
was done on a sufficiently heavy scale
TO warrant some buying at the yards In
the morning. The workmen who have
taken the places Of the strikers were
not molested while in the yards, and
as long as they continue at work, the
packers declare that a meat famine can
be averted for many weeks.
Around the stock yards district to-
day the expressed opinion was that the
strike would last well into next week.
Commission men and traders who are
evonaraJIu In touch with tha situation
sent dispatches to shippers throughout
the country, advising them to hold
their live stock until later and warn
ang them especially to refrain, from
sending the usual heavy shipments on
Monday morning. A