The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-28
PACKERS WILL
NOT SURRENDER
Refused TO Enter Into Agree
ment With Strikers.
AN ATTEMPT TO ARBITRATE
LARGE NUMBER OF NoN-UNIoN
MEN AT WORK.

CHICAGO. July 27.-"we had an
L. agreement with Mr.. Donnelly's or
ganizati0n and the allied trades
which they failed TO live up to. and un-
der the circumstances we do not care
TO make any further agreements with
them
This is the statement which was
signed by the representatives OF the
packers and handed 10 the members Of
the state board OF arbitration tonight
at the end of a conference between the
two bodies, held at the request OF the
state board IN an endeavOr to bring
about another meeting FOR the settle
ment OF the butchers strike between
the packers and the strikers.
Listened to Arguments.
The packers received the state board
c0urteOusly and listened to their argTf-
ments for a DeaCeabie adjustment Of
the difficulty. The announcement that
the packers were opposed to any fur
ther peace negotiations with the strik-
ers was handed to the board by Arthur
Meeker and Thomas COnnOr. both Of
Armour & Co, who represented the
packers.
While from their statement it would
appear that the packers are opposed 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 uniformed the
union leaders that any time they ex-
pressed desire 10 live up 10 the orig
inaI arbitration agreement. signed q
week ago, which provided for the rein
statement of the striking butchers in
side of fOrty-five days, and for the ar
oltra5ion of all grievances, the packers
would be willing 10 renew the agree
ment.
What the Packers Say.
The contention OF the packers is that
this agreement is still in force and as
they are unwilling to offer any further
concessions TO the strikers they say a
renewal of peace negotiations with the
! nope Of securing better terms would be
useless. The labor leaders say that
when the butchers went on the second
strike because Of alleged discrimina-
ton by the packers in rehiring strik-
ing employees. the arbitration agree
yment was nullifed and that it is neces-
sary TO sign new agreement before a
settlement can be reached. After to-
night conference with the state board
of arbitration, Arthur Meeker. man
ager for Armour & Co, said that the
packers were still willing 10 live up to
the terms Of the original agreement
but that the initiative would have 10 be
( taken by the strikers. Mr. Meeker.
also intimated that the sooner the
strikers adopted this course the better
II would be FOR them. rs In his belief
if the strike should last much Longer
All the places of the strikers would be
nued by new men and there would be
no necessity for the packers to wish
TO settle on any basis with their old
employees.
One More Attempt
Notwithstanding today's failure to bring
( the contesting parties together. another
attempt viii be made tomorrow to arrange
a conference between the packers and
/ the strikers James Il Walker. a grain
broker on the Chicago Board Of TRADE
IS the man who purposes to do what the
state board OF arbitration failed 10 ac-
complish. AIR Walker is in consultation
tonight with the leaders of the allied
trades unions and several of the packers
lie said that he had made cOnsideTs Bile
progress toward the desired conference
and that il was mis- firm belief that be-
fore tomorrow night he would be able
a success.
Police rule" was today declared in
the stock yards region. During the day
there were several minor disturbances IN
spite of The police. but when night came
the chief of police said he was master
OF the situation
Non-U mon Men at W ork.
At least LOO new employees were taken
into the yards and nut TO work. A con-
sentative estimate of the number of arr
mails slaughtered today by the different
plants placed II at about Oue-haf the
amount disposed Of under normal condi-
tons
The following figures were given out by
the packers comparing their n0n-uniOn
forces al work today 10 their normal force
in numbers
Name On strike At work
Swift & Company ..--------- .. SIS 2,992
Armour & Company $1,000. 4.9sG 3 80
Libby Mcneil & Libby $40 $50
Nelson Morris x Company 400 800
SchwarschIld & Sulzberger.- 324 80
National Packing Company. 6.975 5,l76
Union employees were reported 20 he
drifting hack to work by the ofItcers OF
the packing companies today. detection
of fifty-one skilled butchers being claimed
by the packers
OF thesf. the three plants Of the National
Packing company claimed nineteen swift
& COMPANY eleven Armour & Company
thirteen, and Nelson Morris & Company
eight
Strike Spreading.
Tonight forty freight handlers en-
pIoyed. at the stock yards station of the
Chicago Junction railroad went on
strike The men said they were IN
willing to handle meat turned out by
noR-union workmen. Should nOn-union
men be engaged to take the place Of
the freight handlers. a strike of union
switchmen may follow. With the
switchmen out the strike might spread
TO the other employees Of the various
railroads.
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