Arizona republican., 1904-07-24

former positions within forty-eiGht hours after resumption of work. "Wc regret to say that if the fore going propositions are not acceptable to you, the allied trades will cease work on Monday morning.
 Trusting, however, that you will cooperate with us to bring about an amicable understanding and thus avert the possibility of a whispered strike, we are, respectfully yours.
 "GEORGE F. GOLDEN,
 Chairman.
 "Jos. w. Morton, Secretary Commit tee of Allied Trades
 The reply of the combined packers to the ultimatum of the allied trades was delivered late tonight. The com munication, which is addressed to Chairman Golden and Secretary Nor ton. follows: "Gentlemen: Your com munication of this afternoon has been received and carefully noted. We most emphatically deny that there has been any violation of the agreement on our part. Our explanation after inves- tigating every supposed case should have satisfied every one present at the last two conferences that there were no deViations, but what might be ex- Dscted in putting to work such a large body of men at one time, and but what could have been readily adjusted had the organization desired to do so.
 "We regarl MT. Donnelly's actiCn as ! entirely unjustified in calling the sec and strike on sensational and mislead- ing reports within an average of thirty | minutes from the time the men were | ordered to work, and before it was pos Eible for any considerable number to be placed, without making the slight est effort to verify suchireports or to remedy such conditions If they existed.
 We have a definite agreement with our employees the same having been signed by their representatives and the representatives of all the mechln.cz and allied trades, and we stand ready on our part to see that 1t is carried ~ut."
 This reply is signed by representa- tives of Armour & Co.,, Swift & Co.,, Nelson, Morris x Co. Schwarzchild & Sulzberger, the National Pack ing com pany. Libbey, McNeil & Libbey and the Cudahy Packing company
 A committee of the union leaders is- sued the following statement, after the | conference today withe packers had resulted in a disagreement:
 "To the Pubhc-On Wednesday, July 20. the teamsters and mechanical trades called on the packers and requeste n conference. Feeling that the situa- ton in the stock yards was one that would cause a walkout of all employees and to prevent this, a conference wa: secured and an agreement was reached which. we believed, would have settled the strike if IL had been lived up to b9 the packers. When representatives o the strikers called upon the packers tC arrange for the return of the men. the, were told to have all the employees re' port for work. When the men reported the packers selected such men as theI needed. This would have demor1IZ eC the men if permitted.
 "Great numbers of the men and wo- men were told. in language unfit tC repeat, that they were not wanted Hence the second strike. After the sec ond strike was ordered he packers anC representatives of the trades got to- gether again. The packers insisted that we try and put the agreement int operation, admitted the violation ant r promised to see that it would not hap : pen again. As union men we had t ; refuse this proposition and ask that al understanding be had which would re
 turn the employees as agreed upon 7 This they refused. We have now offer r ed final proposition which, if rejected