The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-28
BUTCHERS -
BROKE /AITH
Packers feline New
l$-ement.
STAND BY THE OLD ONE
Say They are Ready to Fulfill
Their Contract.
Effort of Illinois state Board of Arbi-
tratiOn to Bring About Another
Conference Ends in
Failure.

Chicago, July Give had an
agreement with Mr.. Donnelly's organ
ization and the allied trades and they
| failed to live up to 1t. Under the cir
| cumstances we do not care to make
any further agreements with them
This is the statement signed by the
representatives of the packers and
handed to the members of the State
| Board of Arbitration tonight at the
| end of a conference between the two
| bodies. held at the request of the state
| board in an endeavor to bring about
another meeting between the packers
and strikers.
The packers received the State Board
| adjustment of the difficulty. The an
nouncement that the packers were OPP
posed to any further peace negotia-
lions with the strikers was handed to
the board by Arthur Meeker and
Thomas Common. both of the Armour
Company, who represent the packers.
stand by Old Agreement.
While from their statements 1t
would appear that the packers are OPP
posed to meeting the strikers again
on any terms. such is not the case. AT
the last conference between the strik-
ers and packers the latter informed
the union leaders that any time they
expressed a desire to live up to the
original arbitration agreement, signed
a week ago, which provided for the re-
instatement of the striking butchers
inside of forty-five days, and for all
grievances to be submitted to arbitra-
ton, the packers would be willing to
renew the agreement.
The contention of the packers is that
this agreement is still in force and as
they are unwilling to offer any further
concessions to the strikers, they say
renewal of peace negotiations with the
hope OF securing better terms would
be useless
The labor leaders claim that when
the butchers went on the second strike
because of alleged discrimination by
the packers in requiring the old en-
ployes, the arbitration agreement was
nullified and that 1t is necessary to
sign new agreement before settle
ment can be reached.
Strikers should Hurry.
After tonights conference with the
State Board of Arbitration, Arthur
Meeker, manager for Armour Company,
said that the packers were still willing
to live up to the terms of the original
agreement, but that the initiative would
have to be taken by the strikers Mr.
Meeker also minated that the sooner
the strikers adopted this course the
better it would be for them. as in his
belief if the strike should last much
longer, all the places of the strikers
would be filled by new men and there
would be no necessity for the packers
to wish to settle on any basis with
their old employees.
Notwithstanding today's failure to
bring the contesting parties together
once more. another attempt, 1t was
said tonight, will be made tomorrow
to arrange a conference between the
strikers and packers.
James N Walker, q grain broker, on
the Chicago Board of Trade, is the man
who proposes to do what the State
Board of Arbitration failed to accomp-
fish. Mr.. Walker was in consultation
tonight with the leaders of the allied
trades unions and several of the pack
ers.
Walker Has Hopes.
He stated tonight that he had made
considerable progress toward the de-
sired conference and that it was his
firm belief that before tomorrow night
he would be able to announce that his
mission had been successful.
Members of the meat dealers associ-
alton of Chicago. held a meeting to-
day with the intention of asking May
or Harrison to intervene in the strike,
but as only a few members responded
TO the call, no action was TAKEN
Police rule" was today declared in,
the stock yards district. Beginning
this afternoon no one was allowed to
traverse the streets in the vicinity of
the stock yards unless good cause could
be shown for doing so. This to a great
extent put a stop to the picketing by
strikers which had been going on all
day up to the time the order was given
When night came the police were com
plete masters of the situation in the
district.
Ordered to "MOve On"
No one was allowed in the streets
and any person. whether a striker or
not, who stopped near the entrances to
the yards was sure to be told to move
on"
A rain and hail storm which broke
over the stock yards district during
the afternoon caused much confusion
in the stock pens. With an inadequate
number of drivers to handle the ami
mails under ordinary conditions. when
the hail began to fall the frightened
cattle ran about the yards completely
beyond the control of the inexperienced
drivers. 1t required nearly three hours
to bring order out of chaos.
During the excitement several per
sons were seen to escape from the
yards with live sheep in their arms.
These men are said TO be friends of
the strikers who took advantage of The
opportunity TO secure a little fresh
meat.
At least 1000 new employees were
taken into the yards today and put
TO work A conservative estimate of
the number of animals slaughtered to-
day by the different plants placed il at
about one-half of the amount disposed
of under normal conditions.
An unexpected complication arose to-
night when the freight handlers en-
ployed at the stock yards station of
the Chicago Junction Railroad went
on strike. The men gave as their rea-
sor for quitting work their unwil-
lingness to handle meat turned out by
non union workmen in the packing
plants.
Blow to the Packers
While the number of freight hand |
lers employed at this station is only
forty men, still their decision to Join |
the sympathetic strike is severe blow |
TO the packers as the greater portion |
of the dressed meats shipped from the |
yards to the local trade passes through |