The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-07-25


Chicago. July 25.-- Attempts TO settle
the second strike Of the packing trades
having failed, the Butchers union anc
allied organizations, after a long con
ference sent an uIumatum to the rep
resentatives Of the packers demanding
settlement on penalty Of genera.
walkout Of all union employees at WORK
in the stockyards
The conference between representa-
tiyes Of the allied trades and packers
and the butchers which adjourned
after failing to reach an agreement
was later resumed The conferees
however, gave up hope Of reaching an
understanding, and tile deliberations
were brought TO an abrupt ending
after the packers had expressed a de
sire to live up to the terms Of the arbi
tration agreement reached last Wednes
day, right any wrongs that might have
been committed by their foremen ano
superintendents and had announced (
the union men the name of Samue
Mclean Of the National Packing com
pany to represent them on the arbitra
ton board provided for in the agree
ment which settled the original strike
The union men refused positively Il
consider that agreement valid on the
ground that it had been broken by the
packers They then retired TO the Of
flee Of the Federation OF Labor, where
an ultimatum to the packers was pre-
pared under the direction Of Michael
Donnelly, president Of the Butchers
union; Thomas l. Kidd of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor and represent
atives OF trades that will be asked t.
join in the general strike The ulti
matum is as follows
After careful consideration BY the repre-.
sentatives az the transfers and mechanic
al trades we have come to the conclusion
that the agreement which was reached or
Wednesday has been fagrantly violated
by the packers to the extent Of rendering
It, in our opinion, nuSl and void hemct
we cannot consistently expect the butcher
Workmen to renew 1t in its present form
because Of such violation
We desire TO emphasize our belief in thu
principles of Cancellation and arbitration
but 70 provide against such violations III
the future we again offer the follawlnt
propositions as a solution of the present
difficulty.
That all employees be hired back within
ten days. ANY person not re-empioyed Il,
the end of that time his Or her case vii
be submitted to arbitration,
That all killing, cutting and casing de
partment men be Feinstated in their for
mer positions within forty-eight hours
after the resumption Of work
We regret to say that III the foregoins
propositions are not acceptable To yot
the allied trades win cease work on Mon
day morning
We trust however that you win %
operate with us to bring about an ami
cable understanding ana thus avert The
possibility Of a widespread strike
When the nItimatum to the employ
ers was taken 70 the offices DC swift
& Co, where all the conferences be
tween the packers and the union mel
have been held, Edward Morris. Il
whom It was addressed. was not pres
ent. Edward Tilden of Libby. Mcneil
q Libby, who was the only representa-
tive Of the packers present. took the
communication and said that lie would
see that It was delivered to all the
representatives Of tile packers com
mittee rs soon as possible.
The reply Of the packers to the uIti
matnm Of the allied trades was as
follows
Your communication has been received
and carefully noted, We most emphatic
ally deny that there has been any viola
ton OF the agreement on our part Duf
explanation after Investigating every sup
posed case should have satisfied every one
present at the last two conferences that
there were no deviatiens but what might
be expected in putting to work such
large body Of men ait one time and but
what could have been readily adjusted
had the organization desired TO do so,
We regard Mr. DonneIIy's action as en-
tirely unjustihed in calling the second
strike on sensational and misleading re-
ports within an average OF thirty minutes
from the time the men were ordered e
work and before Il was possible for any
considerable number to have been placed
without making the slightest effort e
verify such reports or 70 have them
remedied If found 70 exist
We have definite agreement with oui
employees. the same having been signed
by their Representatives and the repre-
sentatlves Of all the mechanical and allied
trades, and we stand ready on car part
10 see that It Is carried cut.
AnNt LIE 00tiN AtAAnN ~
agree to the proposition Of the allied
trades was evidenced by statement
given out BY the packers after the con
ference had failed to arrive at a settle
ment Of the difficulty
A committee OF labor leaders also is
sued statement to the public
At the stockyards the packers are
making preparations for long strug
gle. AS soon as all peace negotiations
were declared futile all the heads Of
the different departments IN tile yari
Gus plants were notified to hire all the
workmen they could possibly obtain
It is the intention Of the packers toI
house these men inside the plants
Warehouses are being filed with per
manent hunks and kitchens to accom-
modate total of 5.650 men.
Chief Of Police O'Neill has sent calls
for men from every precinct In Chica
go to report at the stockyards station
to get acquainted with the surround
ings. He said that the whole police
force Of Chicago would be at the call
Of the stockyards district and that
peace would be maintained at any
price
Although the strikers were greatly