Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-07-21
EACH SIDE DEFIANT.
No Immediate Possibility Of Settling
Packers Strike.
Onion Leaders Declare the Upheaval
Now Under Way Will he as Gi-
gantic as Was the CoaI Strike
Year Ago.

Chicago, July 1S.-There Is little II
any change in the situation of the meat
packers strike here. With Michael ].
Donnelly. the strikers leader, in St.
Louis looking after that end of the diff
Guilty, there is no effort here to renew
the peace negotiations which lasted
through three days last week and were
terminated without results. Whether
another attempt to reach an adjust
ment Of the controversy by arbitra-
ton will be made is problematic, as
the packers, believing they have the
better Of the argument, are little in
cliIed to offer any concessions to the
strikers. One thing is certain, the
packers say. and that Is that they will
not recede from the position they as
sumed in last weeks conferences and
that the strikers will have to conform
to the employers ultimatum before
any further peace plans looking to a
settlement by arbitration will be sue
cessful. To add to the packers deter
mination to stand firm is the fact that
they have steadily increased their
working force at the plants by the en-
ployment Of outside workmen. Under
these conditions the packers have as
sumed more independent attitude and
are more determined than ever that
they and not the strikers shall dictate
the terms on which the controversy
shall be arbitrated. AS the strikers
declare that they conceded every point
possible in last weeks negotiations,
there is little likelihood that any fur
ther conferences for the present. at
least. would amount to much toward
satisfactory settlement Of the strike.
To complicate the controversy still
more. the allied craft at the stock
yards, numbering $4,000 workmen.
have become restless and are anxious
to join the men already out in O SYM
pathetic strike. Whether these men
will go on strike or not will be de-
cided when Mr.. Donnelly returns from
st. Louis. These unions, representing
80 of the mechanical trades in the
packing plants. have decided to quit
work ii Mr. Donnelly says so.
St. Louis. July 1S.-NIichael Dom
nelly. international president Of the
Amalgamated Association of Meat CUT
tiers and Butcher Workmen. was In
East st. Louis Sunday. He advised
perfect observance of the law and the
avoidance of all trouble with the en-
ployers and the authorities. President
Donnelly addressed a mass meeting Of
strikers in East st. Louis city hall.
Several thousand men were unable to
find admittance owing to the great
crowd. President Donnelly received
an ovation when he stepped on to the
platform. At its conclusion he said:
I've shall never again enter into arbl-
tration unless every man. woman and
child who has been discharged or who
is out on strike has been returned to
their former positions without preju-
dice" said Mr.. Donnelly referring to
the sundered negotiations. This
strike is only in its infancy. 1t viii!
be the most gigantic in the history of
the country since the coal strike. The
meat strike affects every workingman.
It enters into the personal life of every
home. for meat is an absolute neces-
sity."