The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-26
FIGHT IS NOW
'l'TE:'RI||.Y|0 ON.
3Allicd Trades Went Out Yes
tcrday and Struggle Begins
1 / Sin Earnest.
NEGOTIATIONS 1 r: j en-, OFF !FlF
lDonnelly Says Transfers and
Stationery Engineers Will
j Also Quit.
nv Associate I'd press.,s

Y CHICAGO, July 25.-1yTith all peace me-
xotia,ions broken OFF and with all tho
allied trades unions employed at the
#differcnt plants, with the exception OF the
8tcamstcrs, and the stationary engineers
out on strike In sympathy With the
butcher workmcn who quit work two
weeks ago, the stock-yards trouble to-
night had settled down to what promises
/ 10 be d long. bitter fight
AS has been threatened for some time,
the allied trades employed In the pack
Ing industry at Chicago ruit work i. hen
{ called on to.day5sto assist the st Fixing
4 butchers in tholrs efforts to bring the
packers to terms. In several instances
the men dldsnot. wait for the official
justification from their leaders IN tho
strike, but threw down their tools AMI.
quit work OF their % wn wolf ton. At 9
o'clock tonight the statement was made
by Michael Donnelly. president OF the
Butchers Union. that every union man,
i employed at the stocks yards, n VII h. the
exception Ok Transfers and stationary
L general sympathtic strike. Tho en-
ginsers. he declared, would Join the
strikers tomorrow morning, and unless.
There was a speedy settlement OF the ifh-
Guilty, he said. the tcnmsters would ms
doubtedly Join In the struggle soon. Az
cording to Mr.. Donnelly, to.day's{ strike
Bwelled the number Of men who have
Huit work at the stock-yards In Chicago
alone to nearly 80. 600 persons.
Both Sides Satisfied.
Both sides 10 the controversy declared
tonight that they were perfectly satisfied
with the present state sof affairs. and
that they were wiling to make IT q fight
to q finish to determine who shall dictate
the terms Of ttlement. I.
According TO the packers, the general
ii strike to-day was a d failure, It. being as
serted by Them that mol more than hall
the members OF the allied trades Quit
4, work when officially called out by n the
Y leaders this morning. The further state
/ ment was made by the packers that
should all the union men ecide 70 join
the strikers It would make little differ
Y ence to the employers. as they had sufii--3
Il Client resources to contest the ground LOT
an indefinite period.
g.s On the other hand. the la Dor leaders as
cert that MI the union emf loyes at the
& different packing plants. together with
several hundred employees Of q the union
Stock ards and Transit Compa ny. quit
work to-day In response to the general
!: ord err for n sympathttic strike. s ii
New Phase of the Situation.
a i new phase Of /. the strike situation
1 developed late this afternoon $when nos
tice was given by the uni ions to the sinde.
pendent packers at thc stock yards ina !
Il Their men would not be allowed TO handle
animals which had been handled In any
way by non-union men. It Is necessary
for these sindepend ent concerns Il to take
all their live stock Into the ards over
Union Stock Yards run Ways, where the
& ST ck must be handled by noi,-union N en-.
u since the union men employed by the
y Stock Yards Company in this line Of work or
were a rnong the employees who Joined
the synapathetic strike tod ay. The 8tltt-
1natum OF the union leaves the EindeDen-
dent IA ckers no alternative but to re-
81 ceiye their live stock directly from the
!. coun try or to close business entirely a
meeting OF the indepe ndent packers was
held tonight to map out some pla n ofl
action. hut no finite onclus lon S'a l 8
II reached, Another citing VIII be .held
Tomorrow to consider ! hr maj fer. tsS
s@ Before peace E negotin tions had been
i broken off to-day. representatives OF the
Transfers union MS had been agreed.
y on last night were In con ference wi tbs
a the packers In an effort to arrange some
sort OF settlement which would prevent
Il n spread OF the str ke.$$ At a this meeting
the packers were asked to cohcede that
the first peace agreement signed IA ~
"Wednesday, v and which was later repu-t
4 dated by tho strikers when a second,
& strike was called 'be consideren null and
void and that tho packers submit n new
proposal for peace terms. The commit
J tee also advised the packers that the
striking butchers would stand by last
Saturdays demand. which was that all
men be reinstated within ten days. z Or
their cases be- submitted to Immediate
nrbitratlon,al all butchers and casing men.
to84be taken back o. within forty-elght