The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-26
ALLIED TRADES JOIN
STOCK YARDS STRIKERS
All Union Men at the Packing Houses Except En-
gineerS and TeamSterS Out
Latter Are Expected Quit Work Today Beginning Of What
Promises to be Bitter Fight Between Capital
and Organized Labor.

CHICAGO, July 25.NVith an pesce-ne-
|. gotiations broken of and with
all the allied trades unions
employed at the different plants
with the exception of the team
sters and the stationary engi-
neers out on strike in sympathy with
the butchers workmen. who quit work
two weeks ago. the stockyards strike
tonight had settled down to what
promises to be one of the bitterest
fights between capital aud labor i'm
the history Of America.
As has been threatened Tor some
time. the allied trades employed IN the
packing industry quit work when
called on today to assist the striking
butchers in their efforts TO bring the
packers 10 terms In several instances
the men did not wait for the Official
notification from their leaders 10 90
on strike but threw down their FOOLS
and quit work Of their own voliton-
Donnelly's Statement.
At o'clock tonight the statement
was made by NJ J. DOnnelly, president
of TIE Butchers union that every I'M
ion man employed at the stoelSyards,
with the exception Of the teamSte rS
and engineers had responded 10 Of
ders for a general sympathetic strike
The engineers. he declared. would JON
the strikers tomorrow morning and
unless there was a speedy settlement
of the difficulty. he said, the teamsteTs
would undoubtedly join their brother
Worknen in their struggle for supre-
macy. According Ia Mr.. DOnnelly- t"-
days strike swelled the number IF
men who have Quit work a the stock
yards in Chicago alone 90 nearly 3D.
COO
Fight to Finish.
Both sides 20 the controversy declared
tonight that they were perfectly salts
fed with the present state of Affairs
and that tlsey were willing to make IL
a fight TO a finish 10 determine who
shall dictate the terms OF a settlement
According TO the packers, the general
strike today was d failure, II beng
claimed by them that over One-half the
members of the Allied Trades Quit
work when officially called out by their
leaders this morning. The further
statement was made by the packers
that should all the union men decide to
join the strikers it would make little
difference TO the employers as they had
sufficient resources 10 contest the
ground for an indefinite period
On the other hand. the leaders Of the
Iaborers assert that all the employees
at the packing plants, together with
several hundred al the Union stock
yards. quit work today in response TO
the general order for a sympathetic
strike
New Complications.
\ rev phase of the strike situation
developed late this afternoon when no
tice was given by the unions to the in
dependent packers at the stock yards
that their men would not be allowed TO
handle animals which had been brought
into the yards or handled in any way
by non-uniOn men, II is necessary for
these independent concerns to take all
of their livestock into their yards over
Union stock yards runWayS where
stock must be handled by non-uniOn
men, since the union men employed BY
the stock yards company IN this line
Of work were among the employees who
joined the sympathetic strike today.
The utimatum Of the unions leaves the
independent packers no alternative but
20 receive livestock directly from the
country. or close down business entire
~. A meeting of the independent pack
ers was held tonight to may out some
plan of action but no definite cenClu-
sion was reached. Another meeting viii
be held tomOrrbw TO further discuss the
matter.
Conference Failed.
Before peace negotiations had been
entirely broken of today representa-
tives of the transfers union. as had
been agreed upon last night, were in
conference with packers in efforts 10
arrange some sort of agreement which
would prevent the spread of the strike.
At this meeting the strikers we're asked
to concede that the first peace agree
s7sn--
which was later repudiated by the
strikers when a. second strike was
called be considered null and void and
that the packers submit a new propose
ton for peace terms. The committee
also notified the packers that the strik-
ing butchers would stand by last sat
urdays demand. which was that all
men be reinststsd within ten days or
their cases be submitted 10 immediate
arbitration. all butchers and easing men
to be taken back within forty-eight
hours after work was resumed No
progress toward a settlement was made
at the conference and the teamsters'
committee retired to consider a new
proposal
No Concessions.
immediately upon the return of the
transfers committee 10 union head
quarters they entered into a conference
with the representative of the Allied
Trades to consider a proposition sub
mitted to the unions by the representa-
tives of the packers. In the meeting
between the teamsters and the packers
the latter offered to change the time OF
reinstating all the strikers from forty
five days to thiTty-fve days They
made no concessions other than this,
and this proposal was submitted to the
Allied Trades committee. President
DonneIly of the butchers union. how
ever, refused to consider the proposal,
and all hope Of an immediate settle
ment was lost President Golden Of the
teamsters' union strongly urged that
the proposition be considered and that
another effort for a settlement be made.
The sentiment of the meeting was over
whelmingly against him, however. and
the committee adjourned without at
tempting to arrange any more meetings
with the packers After failing in the
peace negotiations President Golden Of
the teamsters' union notified the men,
hers of the national committee of the
transfers union that his efforts to
bring about peace today had been un-
successful and asked their sanction for
a sympatheti strike Of the packing
trades teamsters-
Must Have Permission
THE men could strike without the
permission of the international COM
mittee.'' said President Golden, but
TIE strike would not be Official and
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