New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-29
DRAG IN THE RAILROADS
ORDERS TO FREIGHT MEN.
President CurrGn Issues an Order
Then Holds 1t IN Abeyance.

Chicago, July 2S.-After issuing a general
order that would have involved all the Chicago
railroads in the stockyards strike, Lawrence ].
Curran president of the Freight Handlers
Union. tonight reconsidered his action, and is
now holding his order in abeyanCe pending
conference tomorrow morning with leaders OF
the Allied Trades Unions whose members are
strike.
It is stated however. that if President Dom
nelly of the Butchers Union and the other
strike leaders express desire to have the order
enforced it will he put into effect at once. The
central council of the Freight Handlers Union
was in session at midnight. and it is stated that
all prepara tions have been made to put the
strike order IN force if it shall be deemed neces-
sary
If the freight handlers live up 10 the order
of their president it VIII work severe hard
ship on the packers. the notification to the
men states explicitly that no freight delivered
by billed to the packing companies, whether
delivered the freight houses by teams or in
cars. is to be touched by the members Of the
union. What the railroad officials will do in
such an emergency is not known. a meeting Of
the railroad managers was held tonight to dis
cuss the situation but what action if any, WIS
decided upon, not made pubIi5.
President Curran's order 20 the men follows;
AT A meeting with The business agents of the
local freight handlers unions to-day it was de-
cided that all men under the jurisdiction of our
organization in the various railroads in Chi
cago be ordered not to receive or deliver any
freight Of the packers. whether this freight IS
delivered at the freight houses by teams in
cars"
The order, which was signed by President
Curran and all the business agents, was posted
in an the railroad freight houses tonight
SEEKING NEW CONFERENCE.
At the same time that this step was being
taken by the freight handlers president. the
first move in an effort bring about another
conference between the packers and the strikers
was being made Henry c. Wallace. the writer
and lecturer on agricultural topics of Des
Moines Iowa. and A. L. Ames, of buckingham
Iowa president of the Corn Belt Meat Pro
ducers' Association. are the sponsors of the new
movement for peace. Mr. Wallace and Mr
Ames came TO Chicago to-day. and Immediately
went into conference with the strike leaders
Mr.. Donnelly and his associates were told by
Mr.. Wallace of the hardship the strike
was imposing the livestock rasers. and
they We're asked If some concession besides
those offered at the last conference between the
packers and the strike leaders could not be sug
gested in order to bring the present conflict 10
an end Mr.. DonueHy. who made spokes-
rorne another conference with the employers.
and consented that the effort he made. He also
Informed Mr.. Wallace that the strikers were
willing now to concede the time limit in which
ths men should be reinststed. AT the last con-
ference with the packers Mr.. Donnelly had in
sisted that the men he reinstated within spect-
fed time, which the packers refused TO agree
10 do. Mr.. Wallace said tonight that he and
Mr.. Ames would call or the packers representa-
tives tomorrow and endeavor To bring about
the desired conference
Tonight Doth sides to the dispute at the
stoCkyards were claiming victory According
10 the packers all the plants in Chicago are
running AT nearly the regular capacity on
the other hand the labor leaders declare the
packing industry in this city Is completely de
moralized and that business is almost at a
standstiiL That the statement Of the labor
leaders Is not altogether true is shown by the
fact that the packers are saughtering thou
sands Of animals every twenty-four hours
There were several desertiouS from the ranks
Of the strikers too day. but this loss was offset
by equal number Of strike breakers quitting
their new positions.