Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-25
To TRY HAND At PEACE
Chicago Councilmen to Confer
With Packers.
ACTIVITY OF LEADERS
ARMoUR'S RETURN LEADS TO
MORE RUMoRs OF PEACE EFFORTS
Weinseimer Held at New York on
$4,000 Bonds for Alleged Extor-
tion-Strikes Elsewhere.

CHICAGO, August 25.-Referring to the
appointment of a peace committee by the
city council. President Donnelly of the
striking butchers said today that he would
not see the mayor and the council COM
mittee before tomorrow
When President Edward Tilden of Libby.
Mcneil & Libby Packing Company arrived
at his office today he found a communica-
ton from the council committee, inviting
him to meet that body at II o'clock to-
morrow. Mr.. Tilden has been one of the
chief spokesman for the packers. He said
that no action would be taken regarding
the communication until after the pack
ers had conferred.
In connection with the unexpected return
of ]. Ogden Armour of Chicago, reports OF
another effort to bring about peace nego-
tiations independent of the councils efforts
were circulated. Strike leaders called a
meeting and unusual activity was mani
tested.
Fifty strike breakers at the plant of Nell
son Morris e. Co. went on strike today be-
cause the company refused to discharge a
special policeman whom the strike break
ers said had beaten Frank Norice, one OF
their number. Last night Norice was ar
rested, but not before he had resisted the
attempt of the policeman to eject him
from the strike breakers lodgings at the
yards for smoking pipe in barracks. con-
sued a precaution against fire.
Cattle Raisers to Appeal to Roosevelt.
Gen. N. w Shease. a cattle raiser of
Waterman. s. D., announced today that
cattle raisers of his section were. about to
appeal to President Roosevelt to save them
from bankruptcy by intervening to bring
the strike to close. Shease brought $40
head of cattle to the stockyards here rather
than face the loss of feeding them longer
after having had them in prime condition
for some time.
| He declares they sold at loss of IS a
| head considering their normal value.
heavy loss rather than face perhaps greater
| losses by shipping According to Gen.
| Shease, the cattle raisers of the Dakotas
| are in desperate condition.
President Roosevelt did SO well in set
Ting the coal strike that should like very
| much to see him take hand in this" said
Gen. Shease. Here are millions of persons
| suffering because a few packers and lot
of laboring men are at outs. 1t is an out
| rage that the public should be made to
stand the brunt of 1t all"
]. Ogden Armour at Stock Yards.
]. Ogden Armour reappeared at the
stock yards today, having suddenly re-
turned from his vacation in the east In
proceeding to the packing quarter he drove
through throng of strikers and pickets
who were resentfully falling back before an
attack by the police. When Mr. Armour
and companion arrived at the Exchange
avenue entrance to the yards at Halstead
street in light buggy fully $50 strikers
had stopped there on their way TO meet
| ing. number of pickets were about. The
police were in the act of dispensing the
gathering when Mr.. Armour arrived and
drove through the crowd. There was no
demonstration, although he was recognized