Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-25
" suggestion of violence during the

Of any suggestion of violence during the
walk-outs.
Quoted without the official authorization oy
the heads of the various unions. but solely
upon the order of business agents. who re-
fused to await the action OF the peace con-
ference which was still In session.
The joint peace conference Of the team
sters and packers at Morris Co.'S off1ces
ended about noon without making much, II
any, progress. The packers demanded that
the union men come to them with definite
proposition. The union committee returned
to headquarters to confer with the butch
ers and allied trades. In the hope. 1t was
said, that something definite in the way OF
a new proposal could be decided upon.
One Of the labor representatives Barney
Cohen, president OF the State Federation or
Labor contended that the prospects for the
settlement Of the strike were not hopeless
He declared that concessions would yet be
made by both sides. In this connection 1t
was pointed out that the representatives OF
the packers remained at the offices OF Nor
ris & Co.
Notwithstanding President Cohen's opti-
fnsm, adjournment of the conference be-
tween the packers and teamsters' represen-
tatives gave little general hope for speedy
settlement OF the trouble.
The unions emssaries left the packers
with the avowed intention Of securing
further Instructions from President Dom
nelly, after which. they said, they would
again call upon the employers. The pack
ers were in an uncOmmunicative mood, and
merely declared that nothing definite had
been accomplished. and that no time for
Came as a Surprise.
The issuing Of the general strike order
was a distinct surprise to President Golden
of the teamsters union and other mem
bers of the teamsters' peace committee of
eight. Mr.. Golden said when he left the
packers that while no progress had been
made toward a settlement there would be
no general strike until tomorrow nights
meeting of the teamsters' body. When told
that the order had been voted by the allied
trades and had been put into execution he
could not believe 1t until he obtained verifi-
cation at his own office.
Strike Precipitated.
The precipitation of the sympathetic
strike seemingly caused no CONSERVATION
among the packers. For days they had
been bringing into the city hundreds OF
skilled workmen, many of whom had been
put to work, and others of whom had been
held in reserve. Tomorrow morning, Ar
mour & Co. announced this afternoon, they
will receive from New York. fifty more
skilled butchers and meat cutters. All are
non-union men, and 1T was said would be
SO closely protected that the strike mission
aries could not reach them in the work Of
proselyting.
Trades Involved in Strike.
CHICAGO July 20.-These are the trades
engaged today in the general sympathetic
strike. with the numbers of men in each
who went out:
Firemen, 4SO; engineers, 200; electricians,
200; carpenters, 500; coopers. COO; boxmak-
ers, 500; machinIsts, ITS; boiler makers, 100;
blacksmiths. 100; car workers, 2,O0O; can
makers, $50; live stock handlers, 800;
steam filters and helpers. 500. Total, 1855.
The sudden response of 200 engineers
caused much surprise, it was expected
they would all remain at work till tonight,
with all the firemen. There were supposed
to be only about 10 union engineers in the
yards, yet ninety more joined the strikers.