The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-08
STRIKE WAS
 ENDORSED Federation Pledges Hearty
 Support. WILL AID FINANCIALLY Thousands Will Be C0ntri- butcd by Unions. At Meeting Last Night An Labor or ganiaations Promise te stand " Butchers--Ne Reconcfliaflon
 in sight.
WILL AID FINANCIALLY

Cn1cago, Aug. 7.-Al the laboxs
 unions in Chicago have endorsed the stock yards strike.
 After listening to the strikers side of the controversy which was present. ed to them by Michael l. DonneIfy, President of the striking butchers'
 union. the Chicago Federation of La Dor, which Is composed of every labor
 organization in Chicago. and has
 membership of nearly 3oo,ooo. adopted
 resolutions tonight pledging the moral
 and financial support of the federatet
 body as long as'the strike contipues- Each member of the central body will be assessed a small sun per week and the whole amount will be turned over to the Srikipg unions to help in tue support of the strikers and their families during the struggle with the
 packers. The exact amount each mem
 Der Is to be assessed was left in the
 hands of committee with orders to re-
 port results tomorrow.
 While the officials of the Federation of Labor were unable tonight to give
 an exact estimate of the amount of
 money the strikers would secure from
 this source. 1t was stated that the to-
 tai sum would be well up in 1he thou sands each week. No Signs of Settlement. After a fight which has lasted for nearly four weeks. a settlement of the stock yards strike seems tonight to be as remote as at any time since the struggle for supremacy began. Neither side to the conflict during all this time has shown any signs of weakening. The packers, while claiming that they will soon have their affairs in norpal condition again, still admit that 30 far they hsFe been able to get but
 $50 of their old employees back and that the majority of their men are unskilied workers.
 | According to the strikers every an- imal that has been slaughtered since | the strike was called has been at a financial loss to the packers. as in I the majority of the cases the lack Of skilled workmen has made 1t fmpossl-
 ble to operate the by-products depart
 ment. and this source of revenue, which under normal conditions Is a clear profit to the packers, has been allowed to go to waste.
 Last week the packers figured on q
 break in the ranks Of the strikers by which work Is to be resumed tomorrow
 morning, but there is nothing tonight that would indicate that the men were considering such a step or that they
 had any Idea of surrendering tonor- | row or at any future time. According
 to Michael Dopnal1y, President of Iha | \ which precipitated the strike, the
 strikers are in better position today | then they wene on July 12, the day the | strike was called.
 | Packers are Determined. 1 The determination of the packers to
 re-establish their business on a nor
 nal footing without overtures to or recognition of the union, was given
 emphasis by placards which were post
 ed in the Nelson Norris &> Company
 work rooms and along the new loading
 docks. The placards read as follows: F 'Foeemen and old employees engaged in all departments of this plant will watch new employees and instruct them
 as much as~possible in the details of l their duties. This order is Issued to aid in the rapid organization of our forces, as few. if any. of our Rrmer employees will be retpstated."
 Repfesentauyes of the packers will tleave tonight to seek recruits in the Michigan and Wisconsin lumber camps. The search In new terNtory for strike breakers arises from the fact that few er,men are being eplisted in Southern States, 1t having been found that the
 plantation pegIoes do not take kindly ! to the hard labor of the packing houses