The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-15
.STRIIl SET | lENIENT I
IS NOW LOOKED FOR
PACKERS MET IN EXECUTIVE
SESSION This MORNING TO
DISCUSS SITUATION.

IN THAT EVENT THE MEN
Will GO BACK TO WORK.
At. ONCE.
CHICAGO, July 15:-Rapid progress
s was made early Thursday toward the
conferences which may bring arbitra
zion and peace in the great strike OF
s TWENTY-FIVE thousand butcher work
men at the stock yards.
J.ssOgden Armour called confer
3ss ence of the. packers and discussed
b plans for an immediate peace meet
3s ing with the leaders Of the striking
workmen. s
International President Michael
5Donnelly, of the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butchers Workmen, on
behalf ofsthe men, awaited the result
of the packers conference, reafsrming
readysto arbitrate under proper condi-
tions.
arbitration in the air quiet
prevailed at the stock yards. Many
families suffered bereavement through
sthe terrible wreck on the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois, and sorrow diverted
4 trouble from the war at the. yards.
he packers kept up the work of turn
81 heir plants to garrison in case
the arbitration should fail and almost
three hundred additional men were
.Ssmuggeled into the yards during the
{ hours Of early dawn under heavy spo-
lice guard and lodged in the plants.
strong force of police was thrown
into the Polish settlement at Gross
avenue and Forty-sixth street at sun
rise
This first long step toward arbitra-
ton came through the letter sent by
international President Donneliy to
81 Ogden Armour. This letter was
Drought in part by the work Of the
members Of the Illinois State board
OF arbitration. said, in substance.
- We have never refused arbitra |
ton: we are willing to arbitlate un-
der certain conditions and are ready
10 dot now providing practical Pack
ing men are the arbitrators,'
This morning the packers met in
executive session in the directors
room 1.-THE stock yards to discuss the
strikers acceptance of arbitration
Thereswere present at the meeting
J.8Ogden Armour, Arthur NIeeker and
Connors, of Armour & Com
pany; Z: f. Swift and Edward Swift,
of Swift & Company; Edward Morris,
of Nelson, Morris & Company; X. II.
Bel, Bel, Of the National Packing Com
pany; Max Sulzberger, of SoEwar- S
child & Sulzberger Company.
81. Meanwhile the strikers leaders
We're in session at their union head
quarters.
the strikers accept the terms OF :
arbitration proposed by the packers
asjoint conference probably will be
held to-day: d
The leading packers viii be pres b
ant and the workers will be repre- t
sented by President Donnelly, Pres a
dent Gompers, John F'loerscl. pres is
dent of the Packing Trades Council; "
William G. Schardt, president Chicago il
Federation of Labor. and the members
# the State board of arbitration. The o.
atter5are Wa1ter5J. Nathies, Chauncey
ieigers and Dennis =. Hogan. o.
If an agreement can be reached it IL
sSsprobable that the men VIII be or Sc
cred back to work Immediately pend nj
ng the arbitration. Sc
Fearful that single spark of trou- C
lie might bring another serious riot el
81 great stock yards strike the m
olice guard about the yards was in w
reased today by heavy detachments
q some quarters the number of po-
ce was more than doubled
So serious was the temper of the of
rem that the highest officials of the or
ackng trades council made tours in ye
ersons so breaking up the knots Of ex- in
ted5m and pleading for quiet and to
rder. In several instances these Off dc
ais We're threatened with rough SO
eatnaentsS While this work was go s5a5 s35
g on International President Dom
sssof the Ama1gam Neat Cut. al,
continued on Fig Pase.l pot'