New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-31
MEN SEEK PLACES BACK
OPERTURES TO PACKERS.
DOnneliy Declares the Strikers Need
No Helm.

Chicago. July 3O-The conflict betUeAn can't
tai and unionism. which has been going on IN
the packing trade industry throughout the coun-
TRY Tor nearly three weeks. shows no sign of
abatement. Tonight both of the opposing in
terests seem determined as ever on a fight
70 i nhsn' and the indications are that the
struggle Will continue until 11e side or the other
makes complete surrendtr The packers to-
night declare that they have practically won
their fight, and that the strikers are becoming
dernoraHzed The strike leaders assert that the
victory is with the workmen
rms afternoon there attempt on the
part Of distnterested persons to induce President
Donnelly of the butchers union to appeaI 70
/ President Roosevelt to offer his good offices and
orlng the strike to end. Mr. DonnelIy re-
fused to consider the proposition.
We are winning the strike and need no help
from the President" he said. There may be
rev assertions from our ranks but they are
comparatively few, and do not hurt our cas use
to any extent Leaders of four of the a1Iiad
trades unions which went on strike in synpa-
thy with the packing house butchers are said
by the packers to have made overtures to-day
TOT reinstatement. According to the packers
the emissaries from these four skilled trades
sought 10 learn upon what terms the strikers
would be reinstated. should they return in a
oody. The answer the packers say they gave to
these peace missionaries was that the strikers
would be re-enployed as fast as conditions might
warrant. but only individuals and not az
members of any union
The strike leaders discIair, INV, l,,,or-,o5--. 80
the action taken by the four unions
The livestock handlers are sticking To The no.
sitions to which they returned after being out
couple of days. They sent a. committee. TODAY
to W. E. Skinner. general agent of the Union
stockyards and Transit Company 10 inform
MIN that no strike would be called as long az
the situation remained it is now This de-
clsion was reached after a long consideration
OF the conditions, and after IT had been agreed
that waIkout would be a greater hardship
to the Transit company than to the packers
NO MERCY ON PICKETs.
Obeying Inspector Hunts orders TO have no
mercy on strike pickets found interfering. even
by moral suasion. with the non-union employees
IN the stockyards. the police were more active
to-day than at any time since the strike began
The inspector declared that he had set the ball
rolling by the arrest OF President Golden Of the
teamsters union. and that every policeman in
the stockyards district would be depended ,non
TO keep 1t rolling Strike pickets accosting team
sIers ana others were, accordingly, arrested both
sinsiy and in punches. and in some instances.
when resisting arrest. were dubbed more or less
freely by the police.
The strikers last nisht called mo, sba-i-s
Thomas E. Barrett for protection from, the DO
lice. This brought forth the declaration from
Inspector Hunt to-day that IF Sheriff Barrett
once crosses my lines with his deputies for the
purpose OF interfering with the police I shall
arrest every man Of them. Barrett and all and
shove them downstair into cells. They will stay
there for while. too. II he wants TO take
care Of his friends. the strikers let him do IL
in some other way"
Sheriff Barrett to-day declined 10 take any
action in regard to the strike that might be
construed as interfering with the police He
suggested that the strikers should go into the
courts FOR relies II the police were not follow
ing the law
The strikers conmissary was open only two
hours to-day. when the last OF Sol packages
OF groceries was given out. More than a thou
sand waiting men, women and children turned
sadly homeward TO face the prospect OF food
less Sunday. They were told that efforts would
be made 10 obtain more supplies and that pos
sibly they could be accommodated later Many
Of the individual applicants represented large
families.
Withdrawal Of credit 10 strikers by local rner-
chants and retailers. coupled with the close APP
proach Of rent day. which falls on Monday. has
brought about a new contingency that will re-
quire ready cash leniency on the ptrt Of
property owners Though IT is generally pre-
dicted that of eviction is not vet at
hand. the fact remains that on Monday more
tlan $4,000 in rent is due from strikers. a
large number OF whom make no secret Of their
inability TO meet the payments
All the nOn-union men and women enlpIoved
in the packing plants will have opportunity TO
attend religious services tomorrow without
leaving the stockyards according to plans un-
dertaken to-day by the packing house manage
ments. II is the purpose 10 have a number OF
preachers hold services in the various big res
taurantS.