The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-04
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.

Chicago, t.July 28.-"We had an
agreement with Mr.. Donpelly's or.
ganization and the allied trades
which they have failed to live up to,
and under the circumstances we do not
care to make any further agreer. ents
with Them"
This is the statement handed by the
packers to the State board of arbitra-
ton last night after conference in
an endeavor to bring about another
meeting between the packers and the
strikers.
While from their statement it
would appear that the packers are op-
posed to meeting the strikers again
on any terms, such is not the case.
At the last conference between the
strikers and the packers, the latter
| stated that when the union leaders
expressed a desire to live up to the
original arbitration agreement the
packers would renew the agreement.
The contention of the packers is that
this agreement is still in force. The
labor leaders claim that when the
butchers went on the second strike
the arbitration agreement was multi.
fed and that IL is necessary to sign a
new agreement.
Chicago, July 30.-Unable to ar
range a conference with representa-
tives of the NewYork packers, Pres
ident Donnelly OF the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen
of America has ordered strike of all
the members of his organization EN- =
ployed'in New York by Schwarzschild
d Sulzberger and the United Dressed
Beef Company. The order, which
was telegraphed to New York last
night does not go into effect until
Sunday as the men in the eastern
packing plants do not report for work
on Saturday.
| Chicago, July 30.-The situation at
the stock yards is comparatively peace
full today. Four hundred non union
men were brought in early this morn
ing, and distributed among the various
packing houses without disturbance.
The crowd attacked delivery wagons
on Ashland street this morning and
the police coming to the rescue made
! twelve arrests, with no one hurt.
The threat of the strikers to call Oh
| the sheriff for protection claiming the
police are against them is laughed al
by the authorities. The strikers have
opened commissary stations where
staple groceries are distributed to fam
lilies of strikers.
Chicago, July 29.-The fifth day of
the big cattle strike began with pros.
poets of a possible settlement The
representatives of the stock men OF
the West are trying to arrange con.
ference with the packers, the strikers
being willing to withdraw their pre-
vious proposition that all butcher
workmen and casing workers be rein
stated within forty eight hours. Or
the other hand the freight handlers
claim they will go out if the strike il
not settled and that. if necessary t.
win they will call out all railroad
employees ana teamsters and tie ul
the entire city. The price of meats
went up another notch this morning.
To Chicago, Jnly 30 George F.
Golden. president of the packing
teamsters union was arrested today,
charged with intimidation.
J. Il. Buser, another alleged pick
ct, was also arrested. Bail was re.
fused Golden and he was locked up.
There were sporadic cases of disturb
ances this morning but the police
routed the pckets which caused it,
Kansas City, July 80 A number
of arrests followed the shooting, grow,
ing out of the interference with the
strike breakers at Armours' plant to
day. Uneasy feeling prevails. AL
application by the packers for fed
eral injunction to restrain strike
violence is anticipated.