The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-01
OLD TERMS IMPOS'2lBLE .s Union Mer ..Nill Not Ac-
 c.G Them. STRIKE SITUATION QUIET Skilled Labor Imported Into
 Chicago by Packers. 7 Employers Say That They win
 start up the By-Product Plants, Enough Labor Be-
 ing at Hand.
STRIKE SITUATION QUIET
Employer. Say That They win

Chicago. July 31.-Both the packers and the strikers spent Sunday in strengthening any weak spot in their defenses preparatory to another week of efforts to bring their opponents to terms. -.
 Notwithstanding that 1t was Sunday all the plants were operated during the forenoon in order to get rid of the live stock that had been left over from last week.
 The remainder of the day was spent by the employers in installing new men in the strikers places and arrang- ing many of the small details which had been overlooked last week during the heat of the conflict. Over one thousand new men were added to the number already at work in the differ ent plants.
 Skilled Laborers Arrive.
 Among todays arrivals were many skilled laborers, something the pack CTS have been sadly in need of ever since the strike started. The employ CTS have experienced little difficulty In procuring all the unskilled men neces- sary to operate the plants to their full capacity, but there has been decided scarcity of skilled workmen and for this reason the by-products of all ani- mals killed have been let go to waste.
 Three of the firms announced tonight that commencing to morrow they would be able to operate these divisions, enough skilled workmen having been procured in the past forty-eight hours to justify the belief that all the by product plants will be in full operation by the end of the week.
 Sentiment of Strikers.
 The strike leaders spent the greater part of the day in preparing a state- ment to the public. In this statement the unionists explain their side of the controversy, declaring that it is the packers and not the men who are re- sponsible for the present state of af- fairs in the packing industry.
 The public Is asked to be patient with the mon during ths struggle for supre- macy, 1t being declared by the union leaders that 1t would be impossible for the men to return to work under the conditions which existed before the strike was called. and that up to the present. the packers have shown no disposition to treat the strikers In fair manner. According to this state ment. the men will stay on strike up- til their unions are disrupted or un- til the packers surrender.
 Will Open More StOrea.
 The allied Trades Council met to- day and considered arrangements for further supplying the families Of the strikers with food. As a result of the meeting, several more commissary stores will be opened this week, in or- der to take care Of all who are out of work and in need.
 In fight at the Nelson Morris plant this afternoon between Andrew Sims and John Davis, both non-union workmen from New Albany Indiana, the former was stabbed and killed. Sims was employed by the packing com pany as a waiter in the improvised din- ner room which has been fitted up for the men employed as a strike breakers. Davis was employed as a cook by the same concern. While eating dinner to- day they became involved in a quarrel Davis was arrested.
 The police and a mob of strike syma- thizers clashed tonight in the vicin- ity of the stock yards.
 Fight fin Saloon.
 The disturbance was caused by two non-unfon men who entered a saloon and asked for drink where a crowd of strikers friends had cQngregated When the bartender went to serve the strike breakers the other men in the place protested and a fight followed. Several policemen hearing the distur- bance ran to the saloon and succeeded in ejecting the attacking party.
 The doors of the place were barri- caded. but the rioters, being reinforced by several hundred of their friends re- turned to renew the attack. A riot call was sent in. but before the police ar rived the saloon had been wrecked. It was necessary for the police to fire al volley from their revolvers over the heads of the rioters before they desis- ted in their attacks on the place With the AXpanfinn scratches received during the distur- hance no one was serinuslX in iurIed