The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-25
ALL UNION MEN
ARE COMING OUT
Packing House Strike Promises
TO be a Desperate Affair.
PREPARE FOR TROUBLE
PACKERS SHIPPING IN MEN BY
THE CARLOAD.

CHICAGO, July 24.-Determined on a
|, fight to a finish to enforce the de-
mands of the striking butchers. q
sympathetic strike Of all the un,Jn
wOTkmen employed in the meat pack
ing industry throughout the country
with the exception of the teamstcrs
viii be declared tomorrow morning at
: o'clock The indications tonight are
that the teamsters viii join-the othe-
unions on Tuesday IN order TO bring
the packers to terms The teamsters
employed in the Chicago plants at Il
meeting today declared in favor Of the
sympathetic strike. but their decision
has not been ratified yet h. the joint
council of the Transfers union.
The joint council viii meet late to-
night for the purpose of considering
the proposition. The general belief is
that the decision of the teamsters to
join in the strike VIII be endorsed b.
the council. This endorsement of the
joint council is not final. however. as
the international officers Of the Team
steTs' union must sanction the pro-
posed strike before the men can leave
their work. Under these circumstance
It is not likely that the teamsters win
be officially called out before Tuesday.
Hackers VIII Fight.
No conferences were held today either
by the packers or the labor leaders or
Jointly in an effort TO reach an adjust
ment Of tie controversy. Both sides
rested today. apparently waiting for
tomorrow S developments Whether or
not the packers would Ike any con-
cessions to the deman ds of the Ia Dor
leaders in order 10 prevent general
- L
yards would not be discussed by any
Of the packing house Representatives
today but from the preparations going
on al the different plants during the
day ii was plainly evident that the
packers intended TO fight for their IN
dependence. All the labor leaders de-
ciared that they would await tOmOr-
rows Developments before considering
further negotiations. and that the
packers would have TO make the re-
quest for resumption of peace nego-
tations. as the union had no. intention
at the present time of doing so.
Hiring Non Union Men.
Preparations for the struggle which
IS expected TO reach a climax tomorrow
morning were being made at the diff
ferent packing plants All during the
day and far into the night Dozens Of
representatives Of the packing houses
were scattered all over the country to-
day in search Of men TO fiji the places
of the strikers. -Four ira inioads Of new
employees were taken into the Yards be
fore darkness set in to join the non
union men airady established inside the
plants. Clerks were being initiated
into new duties and employees who had
been promoted from the trades we're
returned 10 their former work 20 take
the places of the egular workers who
are expected to quit work Stockades
have been erected at all the different
plants 10 protect men whose work ex-
poses them TO danger from mob VIC
lence. All through the stock yards
there were bot only evidences Of prem
srations for a long and bitter struggle.
but superintendents of the packing es-
Adjustments. police officers and union
leaders gave expression to anticipation
of trOublous times TO come.
Police Expect Trouble.
Chief OF Police O-Neil. who spent the
Gay making plans for tomorrow. said:
No one knows what viii happen.
The opportunity is here for one Of the
greatest labor contests in The country.
and apparently there is no hope OF