Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-07-27
A FIGHT TO A FINISH.
Allied Unions, Except Transfers,
Join Striking Butchers.
Four Train Loads OF New EMPLOYEES
Were Taken to the Chicago Stock
Yards Sunday Before Dark.
ness Had Set In.

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Chicago. July 25.-Determined on n
fight TO n finish to enforce the de-
hands OF tho striking butchers. a SYM
pathetic strike of all the union work.
men employed In the meat packing
industries throughout the country with
the exception OF the teamsters was
declared Monday morning at o'clock.
Instead of joining in the sympathet-
ic strike the transfers will make an
other effort to bring about an adjust
ment OF the controversy by arbitra-
I ton. This decision was reached late
Sunday night at meeting OF the Joint
council OF transfers unions through
! out Chicago. who met to consider the
Endorsement OF n decision reached
Sunday afternoon by the packing
house teamsters' union to quit work
with the other allied unions. The de-
cision OF the stock yards teamsters was
almost unanimous in favor OF striking.
but as II is necessary according to the
rules OF the transfers union for tho
joint council to sanction any strike
movement. all the union teamsters in
the employ Of the packers will remain
mt work during the struggle or until
the joint council gives their permits
sion to strike should their efforts to
settle the matter by Cancellation Mon
day prove futile.
The committee appointed at Sun
day nights meeting were titled to
get into communication Monday morn.
ing as early as possible with the pack
hn
for peace will prove successful mono
or the packers representatives who
were communicated with Sunday
night would say. The decision to make
another effort for peace was reached
Mt such late hour Sunday night that
IL was impossible for the packers to
get together to decide on what ar swer
would be given TO the intermediary
committee Monday. The reason Civ
en- by the Transfers council for their
action is that they have never before
been consulted in the present trouble
and that therefore before they would
sanction strike OF the stock yard
teamsters they wished to make an of.
hcial investigation OF the trouble be-
fore asking the international officers
OF the union to officially order the
men on strike.
No conferences we're held Sunday
either by the packers or the labor
leaders. or jointly. in an effort to reach
an adjustment OF the controversy
Both sides rested Sunday. apparently
waiting for Mondays DEVELOPMENTS.
Whether or not the packers would
make any concessions to the demands
OF the labor leaders in order to pre-
vent general walkout of the trades
at the stock yards, would not be dis
cussed by any OF the packing house
representatives Sunday, but from the
preparations going on at the different
plants during the day 1t was plainly
evident that the packers intended to
feht for their independence. All Ia.
Dor leaders declared that they would
await Mondays developments before
considering further negotiations and
that tho packers would have to make
the request for resumption OF peace
negotiations. as the unions had no In.
tention at the present time OF doing
so.
Preparations for the struggle which
was expected 90 reach a climax Mon
day morning were being made ut the
different packing plants ali during the
day and far into the night Dozens of
representatives OF the packing houses
were scattered all over the country in
search Of men % iii the places ri tho
strikers. -Four train loads of new en-
pioyes were taken to the yards before
darkness set In 20 Join the non.union
men already established inside the
plants
Stockades have been erected NJ all
the different plants % protect men
whose work exposes them 20 danger
from mob violence. All through tho
stock yards there were not only evi.
dences % preparations for a long and
bitter struggle. bot superintendent ~
the packing establishments. police OF.
hcers and union leaders gave express.
sion 20 anticipation 81 trOuhlous times
20 come Chief % Police OMEN. who
spent the day making plans for Mon
day. said;
No one knows what will happen.
The opportunity is here for one of the
Ersatest labor contests tn ths coun.
try ssd sBgsEsstiy thsfs u 40 hope
for sverting a. The police viii be
able 20 handle the sitnation. however.
without outside assistance. no matter
that happena-