Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-19
Packing House Employees
Will Again NegO-
tIate.
OTHERS MAY JOIN
Failure Will be Followed
by Sympathetic
Strike.

Chicago, July 19.-The labor lead
ers drew up note today and sent.
it to the packers. The note asks for
another conference.
Chicago, July 19.-The packers to-
day expressed themselves confident
there would be no important spread of
the strike. The cutters, luggers, and
statesmen employed in the scattered
wholesale stores of the packers have
been called out.
One More EnOrt.
Chicago. July 19.-It was decided
last night that one more effort would be
made to settle the stock yards strike
by arbitration. President Donnelly Of
the striking unions will send to the
packers another letter asking for a
conference. Donnelly will go over the
history of the strike, and ask the pack
Crs if in their judgment it will not be
better to cOnccde the one point in
contention. the employment of all
strikers, than To continue the strike.
III this offer is rejected by the pack
ers. .DonnclIy declared last night, the
allied trades at the stock yards. num-
boring 1900. will be called out.
FIremcn impatient.
The hremCn's union notified the
packers yesterday afternoon that un
less there was a speedy settlement of
the strike they would be compelled to
quit work. According to representa-
tIycs Of the packers, operating forces |
at the plants yesterday were about
Onchalf the normal strength. All
plants, it was claimed, did a great deal
of killing and there was also Il decided
increase in the amount of dressed
meats shipped out of the city. From
the strikers side came the statement
the Independent plans are doing all
the work and big plants are not doing
two per cent of their normal business.
Injured In Fight.
Seven men were injured last even
ing in fights between striking stock
yards employees and sympathizers
against nOn-union wOrkmen. There
were two encounters. one at Thirty
fifth street and Ashland avenue. the
other at Thirty-seventh and Wallace
streets. The strike sympathizers were
the aggressors in both instances. it is
stated. and order was not restored
until riot calls had summoned several
patrol wagons. crowded with police
men. to the scenes.
The attacks were by far the most
serious thus far in the stock yards
strike. and were taken by the police
as indication the idle men are no
longer to be kept in order by their
leaders commands.
List of Injured.
The list of injured is as follows:
Baker. Grant. 3629 Armour avenue
non-uniun employe at Swift & Co.'S;
cut about face and head: taken to
county Jail hospital.
nurand. William. SEAS Marshfield
avsnue. shot in jaw: taken TO Provi-
dent hospital.
Hunter, John. % years old. colored.
1923 Armour cut behind right ear and
beaten about face and body; taken to
Prov!dent hospital.
Kiely. James. workman AZ stock
yards. 3SlS Wallace street. stabbed on
left side above heart. taken home.
Riley. William, colored. S17S Ash
land avenue, fireman at Swift & Co.'S;
Cut about fact and bruised about the
body
Sweeny. policeman Of the Twenty
second street station. struck in head
and back by bricks while rescuing
Hunter from the crowd.
Wood. Samuel. colored, employed at
Schwartzchild & Sulzberger plant.
beaten about the head and body; TAX
en- home.
strike Benefits 10 he Paid.
Chicago. July 19.-The first strike
benefits will be paid at the end of
week. According TO the strike lead
ers. there is $3.50 600 on hand TO carry
Oh the strike. and more can be obtain
ed IL necessary. There is S250.O00 on
hand 10 pay strike benefits said In
ternational Secretary Homer D. Call.
of the butcher workmen. yesterday.
In addition we have received offers
of aid from number Of unions. and /
dare say we can get a half million of
dollars il necessary. Many members
Of our organization are working for
the Independent concerns and are will
ing TO contribute 10 the strike fund.
Situation Mt Kansas City.
Kansas City. July ia general