Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-30
THEIR LATEST PEACE PROPOSALS
ARE UNDERSTOOD TO BE VERY
REASONABLE.
READY FOR CONFERENCE
Members Of National Executive Board
of Butcher Workmen's sunion Are
Gathering At Chicago to Consider
Plan for Settling Strike - Team
sters Cease Picketins.

Chicago, Aug. 27.-The members OF
the national executive board of Anal
gamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen began to arrive today pre-
paratory to the holding of meeting
which, it is generally believed, will re-
suit in some steps looking toward
termination of the strike at the stock
yards.
mo step of any Importance will be
taken until formal action is taken by
the board" said President Donnelly.
this morning.
Propose Arbitration.
The peace proposal to be presented
to the packers, which has ben for
INFLATED by the allied trades confer.
ence board, is understood to be a sim.
pie proposition to return to work with.
out prejudice, as the demand for labor
at the plants shall warrant, and to
leave all questions of wages and work
ing conditions to arbitration.
Teamsters Stop Picketing.
Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 27.-"Meet Mon.
day and take vote on the condi-
tions," is the substance of telegram
which Cornelius P. Shea, chief OF the
packing house transfers, today sent
to his men in Chicago.
This is construed by some to mean
that Shea is DESTROYS that his follow
ers elect whether or not they shall
continue on strike at the stock yards.
| Today the transfers abandoned their
picketing.
DonneIIy Listens to Others.
While President Donnelly emphati-
cally denied last night that he had
summoned the executive board here
for the purpose of officially declaring
the strike off, he made: an admission
that might indicate that he considered
the end near. -s.
In answer to direct question, Don.
nelly said:
"The strike will never be called of
until the packers consent to confer
ence."
| The packers have never said that
they would not meet with Donnelly,
although they have refused to listen
to overtures made by outside parties.
They have said repeatedly that they
will not enter into an agreement with
the butcher workmen while the pres
ent strike lasts, and there are no in
dications now that they have changed
their minds on that point, but they
might agree to conference as a pre-
liminary step to calling off the strike.
An Important Action.
Since the second strike order was
issued President Donnelly has never
once sought a conference with the
packers directly, and the present
| move is likely to have an important
bearing on the strike. 1t may be con.
strued to mean that the butcher work
men have come to realize that an
agreement at this time is impossible
and that they are willing to call the
strike off on almost any terms, or 1t
may be a step to encourage the strik'
ers and head off \ break in the ranks
Monday morning.
Urge Settlement.
It is known that several of DonneI
ly's advisers have counseled him tc
call the strike off if he can get any as
surance from the packers that they
will treat the men fairly and deal with
committees as they have done In the
past. 1t is said that Donnelly will
agree to such proposition in order te
save his organization.
Conferences Avail Nothing.
Chicago, Aug. 27.-The conferences
of the committee appointed earlier II
the week to attempt settlement o
the stock yards strike yesterday re
: suited in nothing, there is no presen
: prospect they will result in anything
in the future and the chances of al
agreement between the packers and
! strikers appear very meager
!, After a session of three hours May
g or Harrison said:
"The packers have said Just wha
Y they said before-that they are run
ming their plants, and have nothing t,
: arbitrate, and there is no reason VIII,
! they should confer with the men,"
Then it's all OFF," was asked.
5 "That is about what 1t amounts to-