The Bourbon news., 1904-07-19
STRIKING BUTCHERS.
Efforts Being Made to Settle the
Difficulty.
There is Hitch in the Neqotia-
tions Over the Reinstatement
of the Men Who Went
Out on Strike.

Ne w ON'aNGs
Chicago, July 15-The strike which
has demoraIized the packing indus,
try throughout the country, in which
over 10000 butchers and other work
ers went out on Tuesday, has not yet
been settled.
The hitch in the negotiations is over
the reinstatement of the strikers. The
union demands that every man who
went On strike shall be given his old
place before an agreement to arbitrate
will be considered. The packers de-
clare that they will retain the men
they have employed since the strike
and will take back the old men in the
order in which they file applications
for their old positions.
While the peace negotiations were
in progress Thursday additional prep
arations were being made by the pack
ers at the yards for long siege. The
packers hearing that efforts were be-
ing made to induce the railroad men
who are members of unions to refuse
to handle supplies for the plants
where the men are on strike, were
busy all day putting in great stocks Of
coal should the railroads attempt to
stop their supply.
Chicago, July 16.-Negotiation for
peace in the stock yards strike are
practically at a standstill, and the
strike will continue until one side or
the other abates something of the de-
mands made up to the present time.
Chicago, July 18-There was little
if any change in the situation of the
meat packers strike here Sunday.
With Michael ]. Donnelly, the strik-
ers' leader, in st. Louis looking after
that end of the difficulty, there was
no effort here Sunday to renew the
peace negotiations which lasted
through three days last week and
were terminated Saturday night with
out results Whether another attempt
to reach an adjustment of the contro-
versy by arbitration will be made is
problematic as the packers believing
they had the better of the argument in
last weeks conferences, are little in
clined to offer any concessions to the
strikers. One thing is certain, the
packers say, and that is that they will
not recede from the position they as
sumed in last weeks conferences, and,
that the strikers Will have to conform
to the employers ultimatum before
any of the peace plans looking to
settlement by arbitration will be sue
cessful To add to the packers deter
mination to stand firm is the fact that
they have steadily increased their
working force at the plants by the en-
plcyment of outside wOrkmen, until
Sunday it was said that things were
in almost normal condition at several
of the plants.
Under the conditions the packers
have assumed more Independent at
titude and are more determined than
ever that they and not the strikers
shall dictate the terms on which the
controversy shall be arbitrated AS
the strikers declare that they conced-
ed every point possible in last weeks
negotiations there is little likelihood
that any of the other conferences, for
the present at least would amount to
much toward a satisfactory settlement
OF the strike
The sticking point to the whole
question of arbitration is the reinstate-
ment of the strikers. Mr.. Donnelly,
at Saturdays conference with the
packers, waived every other demand
he had made and agreed to order the
men back to work, leaving the adjust
ment of all differences to arbitration
if the employers would take back all
the strikers in a body This the pack
ers refused to do, maintaining that
they had hired many new workmen
since the strike whom they could not
discharge. They promised, however,
to take back the old employees as rap
idly as possible, and in the order in
which their applications were filed.
The union officials declare that they
will never accept this proposition, as
they say it would mean the disruption
of the union inside of three months.
Tc complicate the controversy still
more the allied craft at the stock
yards, numbering $4,000 workmen.
have become restless and are anxious
to join the men already out, in a SYM
pathetic strike Whether these men
will go on strike or not will be de-
cided Monday when Mr. Donnelly re-
turns from st. Louis.
These unions, representing 80 of the
mechanical trades in the packing
plants. have decided to quit work if
Mr.. Donnelly says so.
A small riot occurred Sunday, three
men being injured, one fatally
Shriners in Wreck