The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-08-11
DOhRELLY SAYS
FIGHT WILL GO ON.
Continued from page One.


At the Diesel plant OF the American
Can company 1t was declared today that
the management had agreed not TO fur
nish any cans to the packers. BY this
means the calling OF a strike of the plant
will be avoided Should a strike OF the
can workers union be called II would af-
feet the can workers I'm the three plants
OF the American Can Company. President
Norton. OF the American Can Company
has been informed of the situation and Is
to make an investigation.
The officials of the company say they
have n large number of orders from big
packers and that a great part OF the
goods is ready for delivery.
CONFERs WITH DoNNELLY.
Ethelbert Stewart. representing the
United States department OF commerce
and labor, visited President Donnelly to-
day and had conference with the strike
leader
Mr.. Stewart has been in the city several
days studying the strike situation I'm con-
junction with United States Special Agent
I. A. Carroll
Not in n long time has there been 20
much apprehension Of loss among ship
pers and commission men as there was Il.
the yards today. There was little buy
ing yesterday and less today, and as a
result prices fell lower This was largely
due to the shutting down OF the big
eastern plants which bought heavily in
this market
With a view to bringing about a peace
conference between the opposing forces
In the strike G.. w. Foster, a member
of the committee appointed by the Retail
Butchers and Grocers' association, met
Louis r. Swift OF the packing Arm OF
Gs...tFs - otI
of Mr. Swift. Mr. Foster hoped TO induce
ell the packers TO consent TO another con-
ference with the labor leaders.
A SYMPATHETIC STRIKE.
New York, Aug IA sympathetic
strike OF fremen and engineers employed
I'm the big backing houses in the city Of
fected by the strike OF the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen.
was scheduled by the union leaders to
take place today. In event OF such action
being taken. the immense supply OF meat
stored up by the packers in anticipation
Of the strike order will be endangered
At the packing houses OF Schwarsschild
& Sulzbergar and the United Dressed
Beef company, and at their abbatolrs, IL
was said today that the plants wre being
worked at about fifty per cent. OF their
capacity with the aid Of non union men.
Firms were delivering goods In their
own wagons. The crowd OF strikers
while congregated around the packing
WIS OlutIlN anu hp NiVubfc Va duy hihd
was reported.
Immediately following the visit OF @. w.
Foster TO the yards. representatives OF
the packers went into n conference. There
were present J. Ogden Armour. T. ]. Con-
nor. j L. Lyman. Samuel McC1ean, Ed
ward Morris. Ira n Morris. Thomas VIII
son and Edward Tilden. The conference,
IL was said. framed an answer TO give the
retail meat dealers committee.
Building Commissioners Williams In
spected the schwarzschid and Sulzberger
plant at the stock yards today and found
that 40 non-union workmen were housed
on three floors Of the cooling building
and that there was no ventilation except
through two small doors. There II not
a window In the structure.
Mr. williams ordered every cot taker
out OF the building. Alderman Peter Wen
ding. a former butcher and John Joyce
business agent OF the Butchers union
made an effort TO accompany the city Of
fcIals through Armour and Company
plant but were refused admittance. News
paper men were also barred
The investigators visited first an old
storage house OF Armour and Company
where they found six hundred beds on the
third and fourth floors. When they
emerged. Commissioner Williams intirna.
ted that the quarters were crowded and
the FIRE nghting apparatus was not ade.
quate To protect life