The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24
Allied Trades While Called
Out Unless Packers Submit
by Tomorrow.
.Ul.TIMATUMz IS ISSUED
BY THE UNION FORCES.
Dealers Are Setting Everything
Ready for Long and Bitter
Struggle and Are Are Hiring
Men Entire Police Force
Put at Call Of Stock
lard District.
CIV Assoclated Press

CHICAGO. July Y. Attempts to settle
the second strike OF the packing trades
failed tod ay,s and tonight the Butchers.
Union and allied organizations. after a
long conference. sent an ultimatum To-
the, represent atives OF the paesers, de- de-
sn1anding settlement Of the strike be-
fore Monday morning on penalty Of ; a
general walkout OF all union employees
who work In the . took s rds at q q clock
Aionday morning. .5s I.
Gave y r. All Hope.
The con ference between representative
Of the allied trades and the packers u and md
butchers. which nd journed last night hit
after failing to reach an a reemeanrt was als
resumed early this morning. At noon
the confeTees gavesup hope Of reaching
an understandings and the ID liberia lions
we're; brought TO an abrupt END tLi1te !,
tho packeras had Expressed a d estre II to g
live ufs to II he terms q ~ the g rbttr tionss
agreement rea ched astssV s, neaday and
right any wrongs that mi Oh Y have been
c.0rnn,Itted by IiisIr foTenfen ana
st1tsndeI,ts and had annDu ced@ TO n the
an ion ine,i 4 he anne of Samuel Mclean.
of the National Packing COMPANY. 70
3represent them on the arbitrat ton board
provided for In the agreement which
settled the origina str Ike. ts
The union men refused positively 70
consider that agreement val d RI on inc
ground tf1atVit had been broken BY the
packers. They then retir to the flee
OF the Federation sof y Labor where an q
suitimatin to the packers was pre- pa red
The ultimatum charges vi atton of the
a greement BY the packers and declares
Sthat i agreement null and void. e says;
The y ltimatum.
81 I've desire to 5emp hasize our belief IN
the principles of concil iation and arnls
traton, but 70 provid gainst sn ic VIC
slations in the future we 9 gain %off Ter me
following propositions as q solution OF
the present dit ftculty:
4 That all employees be hired back within
ten days Any person lot -employed az a..
n "a end OF that time, his or her case VIII
Be- submitted Il 4, arbitrati on.
n "That all killing. cutting and casing
department, men be reinstated IN t ils
former positions within fortyTeisn =
1--WE regret To say that II. the foregoing
snroposItions are not a Bile to YOU
( Tie allied trades will cease work Mon
day morning. u 81 s8tssss q. .sfi
The reply Of the packers "a 70 the ulti-t
ma mat,,m 81 the allied trades was delivered
late tonight It / denies that there has ma
been any violation of the q cement and 4
"a ~ any deviation from q might have
been readily adjusted. The pack ers call!
5attneticn TO the agreement With their
employees, Including the mechanical l
allied trades, and say they stand ready 20
carry It out ,is..s y. n Il.
Preparing for Struggle.
Al the stock yards tonight the pa ck--::
sers ara making preparations fo or q long
struggle. As soon as all peace l5negotia-.
tinns were declared futile. all the heads
AZ the different departments in the va
grious plants were no lied to hire al the
5workmien q they !. could possibly obtain.