Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-07-24

Chicago, July 23.-The labor leaders
went into today's joint conference with
the packers prepared to submit an en-
tirely new basis for settlement of the
stock yards strike.
The labor representative apparently
considered the former agreement alb
rogated by the action of the packers
| yesterday. Their new demands call
for the immediate r@1statement of
| killing gangs and meat butchers in a
body
The action of the packers which was
contended amounted to abrogation of
Wednesdays agreement for a settle
ment, consisted in alleged discrimina-
| ton against the men in the matter of
unemployment. The new compact
sought provides not only for the rein
statement of the killing gangs and the
meat butchers in body, but also sep
officially took up demands of unshlled
men.
Those present today were members
of subcommittee appointed at yester-
| days joint conference to report basis
of agreement to the full membership
| Of the conference. They were:
For the Packers-Thomas Connors,
representing Armour & Co.; Thomas
Wilson, Nelson Morris & Co.; Louis
F. Swift, Swift & Co.. Edward Tilden,
Libby, Mcneil & Libby; Samuel Nc
Lean, National Packing Co.; J. e.
Maurer, Schwartzchild & SuIzberger;
| Edward Cudahy, Cudahy & Co.
For the Unions-Thomas l. KelI of
the American Federation of Labor;
William Sterling, of the Butchers
union; George F. Golden, of the Pack
ing House Teamsters' union; Joseph
Morton, Of the Stationary Firemen;
William Schargdt, of the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor; Michael Donnelly,
of the Butchers union
Following yesterdays determination
to shut down the killing departments
until sufficient number of nonunion
men can be procured to operate the
plants without imperiling the industry,
not one of the big stock yards packers
employed new men today, though there
were many applications for work
The negro men who were dismissed
just after the settlement of the strike,
cannot all be re-employd at present, as
many of them, who are memSers OF
the Eighth regiment Illinois national
guard, are now in annual encampment
at Springfield.
Not since the strike began were so
many idle men observed in the streets
as today, and cases of minor disorders
were numern""
AT West Forty-siXth street and Gross
avenue, several hundred women join.
ed the men in an attack upon crowd
of nonunion workers who were on
their way to the yards. Sticks and
stones were thrown. The nOnunfon
men escaped with slight bruises by
taking fight. There were no arrests.
In response to kilograms telling OF
a renewal of the strike, Mayor Harri
son arrived in Marquette, Mich, from
Huron Mountain today, but he was too
late to connect with the train for Chi
cago. He talked over the long dis
sci Tolman and decided to remain IN
Marquette for news from the strike.
Unless the strike were settled before
night, the mayor announced an inten.
tion to eliminate his vacation and take
train that would bring him into Chi,
cago tomorrow morning.
President Golden, of the Stock Yards
Teamsters' union, announced a delay
in one portion Of the sympathetic
strike program. He said that the
teamsters had been called together to
| act on sympathetic strike, but owing
to the delay in negotiations, the meet.
ing was postponed until tomorrow.
The plants of Armour & Co., Nelson,
Morris & Co, and Swift were report
ed as being operated in nearly all de.
partments today with large forces, in
Guiding women and men who refused
to join the strikers
Armour & Co. claimed to have / 1886
men Independent of mechanics, and
| rious departments. Four hundred were
union men. Swift & Co. claimed to
| have 1,249 men at work, including 400
| other employees, and Morris & Co
1,172, including 337 former employees
| all union men.
| These thre plants were reported as
keeping their killing departments il
full operation, but were buying neither
cattle, sheep nor hogs.
The plants of Schwartzchild & Sulz
burger, and the National Packing c.
We're said to be tied up in all depart
ments except the shipping.
Two things were noticeable in tn
conference between the contendin'
parties. President Donnelly was nc
on the sub-committees of labor lea
ers. Swift & Co. did not appear +
be represented on the packers com
mittee.
A dozen or Is union officials were
present in an anteroom, and DonntTl.
was among these. The two sub-com
mittees were closeted in an inne
apartment
The absence of President DonneIl.
from the active committee is by SOM
regarded as a rebuke for his action o
yesterday in ordering a renewal of tn
f strike.
After the joint conference had beel
in session a short time the packer
withdrew in order to consider a prop
Aosition by the union.
Chicago, July 23.-Upon the cor
struction of the words without dis
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