The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-28
OiSAcREEMENT AFTER TERMS
HAD BEEN ARRANGED
SITUATION WORSE THAN LAST WEEK
etrlke Is Now on In Earnest-Mat.
tsrs Not Satisfactorily Adjusted
Entire Market Of United States Ef.

WV WV S0'o'cStOVVy NuJuSNSO-
Entire Market Of United States Ef.
fected
CHICAGO, July 22.--The stock
Yards strike, which was renewed this
morning In Chicago and all other
points where the big packing com.
panics have branches. because the
strikers were dissatisfied with the
manner In which the employers pro.
posed to reinstate their former en-
ployees pending a settlement by arbi
tration. will continue for another day
at least. A joint conference between
representatives of both sides of the
controversy and representatives of
The allied trades In an attempt to
bring about peaceablc adjustment
or this second strike was unsuccoss.
full, and the meeting was adjourned
tonight at o'clock with the under.
standing that another conference
would be held tomorrow morning at
o'clock. At to-day's conference
which lasted five hours, committee
consisting Of five representatives of
wv PuSNCtS auu IINt
OF the butchers union. was appointed
10 go over the whole situation. but
the committee vas unable to reach a
working basis with which both SIDES
would be satisfied. Whether the diff
Guilty can be satisfactorily settled ut
to.morrow's meeting ia probematical
"a both the packers and the strikers
maintain that they are living up to
" ednesday's agreement for settle.
ment by arbitration. and that II is
the other side that Is responsible for
the renewed hosti!ities. After to.
nights conference a publication com.
1E.ee announced that the peace ne.
go'iations to-day had failed, but that
there was still hope that an agree.
rtnt could be reached In tlc near
future. No written statement of what
occurred In the meeting was given
out. as has been customa.y ut former
conferences, and the committee DO.
clined to give any further informa.
lion except that another meet ing
would be held tomorrow.
The union men refused positively
to consider that agreement valid, on
the grond that it had been broken
by the packers. They then retired 10
the Office of the Federation of La.
bor, where an ultimat(pm to the
packers was prepared under the di-
rcction of Michael J. Donnelly. presi.
dent of the butchers union: Thomas
l., Kidd of the American Federation
Of Labor, and representatives of
trades that will be asked to join in
tho general strike.
The ultimatum is as follows
"Mr. Edward Morris and Associ.
ates: AftAr careful consideration
by the representative of the team.
sters and mechanical trades We have
come To the conclusion that tie
agreement which was. reached on
Wednesday has been tlagrantly VIC.
lated by the packers to the extent
Of rendering It. in ouc opinion. null
and void, hence We cannot consist.
emily expect the butcher workmen tn
renew 1t in it's present form because
Of such violation.
I'VE desire to emphasize our be.
lief in the principles of Cancellation
and arbitration. but " provide
against such violation in the future
we again offer the following propo.
sitions as solution of the presen:
di Guilty:
THAT all employees be hired back
within Ten daya Any DersOn not re-.
employed at the end Of that time. his
or her case vii! be admitted to arbi'
tration.