The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-08-08
ALL CHICAGO UNIONS
ENDORSE MEAT STRIKE
AOTIoNTAKEN By THE FEDERA-
TIoN OF LABOR.

as oOoSOOO nehberS NOW FAeuBeu3 "
Give Their Moral and Financial Sup
port to the strikers-Each to be AS
sessed Small sum Each week-No
Settlement in Sight and Neither Side
shows Any sign OF Weakening.
Chicago. Aug. 7.--An the labor unions
in Chicago have endorsed the stock
yards strike. After listening to the
strikers side of the controversy, which
was presented to them by Michael ].
DonnelIy, president of the striking
butchers union, the Chicago Fedora
tion Of Labor, which is composed Of
every labor organization in Chicago,
and has membership of nearly 100000,
adopted resolutions tonight pledging
the moral and financial support of the
federated body as long as the strike
continues. Each member Of the central
body will be assessed small sum each
week, and the whole amount will be
turned over to the striking unions to
help in support of the strikers and their
families during the struggle with the
packers. The extra amount each mem
Der is to be assessed was left in the
hands of a committee with orders to
report results tomorrow. While the Of
ficials of the Federation of Labor were
unable tonight to give an estimate Of
the amount of money the strikers
would secure from this source, it was
STATED that the total sum would be
well up in the thousands each week.
A settlement of the strike which has
now lasted nearly four weeks, seems to
be as remote as at any time since the
struggle began. Neither side to the
conflict during all this time has shown
any sign of weakening.
The packers, while claiming that they
will soon have their affairs in normal
shape again, so successful have they
been in securing non-union men. yet
admit that so far they have been un-
able to get but $50 Of their old employees
back and that the majority Of these
men are unskilIed workers. In the
last statement given out by the pack
ers, it was said that nearly half as
many men were at work now as before
the strike began These men have been
brought to Chicago from all parts Of
the country, the majority Of them hav-
ing never seen a great packing plant
before coming here.
Last week the packers were figuring
on break in the ranks Of the strik-
ers when work would be resumed to-
morrow morning, but there was nothing
| that would indicate that the men We're
even considering such a step, or that
they had any, idea Of surrendering to-
morrow or at any future time. Ac-
cording to Michael j. Donnelly, prasi-
dent of the butchers union, the strik-
ers are in a better position to-day than
lthey were on July 12, the day the orig
final strike was called.
During the four weeks that the
strike has been in force, said Mr.. Dom
reilly tonight, there have been less
| than 200 desertions from the various
unions whose members have Joined the
struggle for living wages, and not one
! of these work1nen who have gone back
to the packers Is a skilled workman.
To offset these desertions, our men
have secured twice that number Of new
recruits from the men the packers have
brought to Chicago to take the strik-
i ers places. From a dispute between
the packers and butcher Workmen, the
strike has spread invo a struggle be
tween organized capital and labor, but
there are not enough men and women
on this continent to break this strike,
despite the assertion of the packers
that they have nearly all the worknen
they require, and that their business
/ is about back to its normal basis. /
have received assurances from the
most powerful labor organizations
| in the United States that they are with
us in this fight, and are only waiting
to have representatives from our unions
sent before them and make the request
when contributions to our financial sup
port will be freely made. Under these
circumstance there is, nothing for us
to fear as the victory will be with
us in the end, no matter how long that
may be-"
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