Arizona republican., 1904-07-29
THOUGHT AGAIN
Pres. Curran of Freight
 Handlers Union
HE RECALLS AN ORDER
Prohibiting the Handling of Business of the Beef Companies-AnOther Movement to Bring About a Settle of the Strike.

Chicago, July 2S.-Ar the railroads | enterin Chicago may become involved in the butchers strike. Lawrence J. Curran, president of the freight hand lers' union, today ordered all members of the union employed by the various railroads throughout Chicago to refuse to handle any freight whatsoever for the packing houses, where thousands Of employees are now on a strike. If the freight handlers live up to the order of their president, it will be severe on the packers, and the men say expii- citly that no freight delivered by or billed to the packing companies, wheth- CT delivered at freight houses by teams or in cars is to be touched by the mem bers of the union. What the railroad officials will do has not been decided A meeting of the railroad manager was held tonight to discuss the situa- tion, but what action, if any was taken, has not been made public.
 After issuing his general order, President Curran, reconsidered his ac- tion and is now holding his order in abeyance, pending a conference to- morrow morning with the leaders of the allied trades unions, whose mem bers are on strike.
 | President Curran's order to the men was as follows: At a meeting with | +ha bugipaee |, ,gan+s of tba local fraigbt handlers union today it was decide d that all men under the jurisdiction of our organization in the various rail- roads in Chicago be ordered not to deliver any freight for the packers. whether this freight is delivered at the freight houses by teams or in cars '' The order which was signed by Presi- dent Curran and the business agents. was posted in all railroad freight hous- es tonight.
 At the same time that this step was taken by the freight handlers another effort to bring about another conference between the packers and the strike, was made. Henry c. Wallace, the writ CT and lecturer on agricultural topics, of Des Moines, Iowa, and A L. Ames, of Buckingham, Iowa, president of the Corn Belt Meat Producers association are sponsors for the new movement for peace. Wallace and Ames came to Chicago today and immediately went into conference with the strike lead CTS. Mir. Donnelly and his assistants were told by Mir. Wallace of the hard- ships the strike was imposing on the live stock raisers, and they were asked if some concessions besides those offer ed at the last Conference between tn. packers and strike leaders could not be suggested in order to bring the present conflict to an end.
 Mir. Donnelly. who was made spokes- man for the labor leaders, said he would welcome another conference with the employers. He also informed Nr. Wallace that the strikers were now willing to concede the time limit in which the men should be reinstated. At the last conference with the packers, MT. Donnelly insisted that the men be reinstated within ten days. The pack CTS refused to agree to this limitation, holding to the original agreement which allowed forty-fivc days for reinstate- ment. Mir. Wallace said tonight that he and Ames wo i'd call on the pack CTS representatives tovmorrow and en- deavor to bring about another confer- l ence.
 Tonight both sides to the dispute at tic stock ya,!s were claiming victory. According to packers nearly off the plants in On cagJ are running at nearly their full capacity. On the other hand, the labor leaders declare that the Iack- ing industry in Chicago is demoraIlzed and that the business is at a stand still. Tha. the statements of the labor leaders are not altogether true is evil denced by the fact tiat the packers are slaughtering thousands of animals ev- rey day. There were several deser- | tons from the ranks of the strikers today, but this less was partly offset by the quitting e a number of the