Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-10
STRIKE SETTLEMENT
Another Effort to Settle the
Stock Yards Contest.
RETAIL MEAT DEALERS
WILL CONFER WITH MARKET
WAGON DRIVERS UNION.
Picket Lines About Establishments to
Be Extended - Plans to
Shut Off Supplies.
RETAIL MEAT DEALERS

| CHICAGO, August 10.-From a conference
today between representatives of many
leading grocery and meat firms and officials
of the Ice Wagon Drivers and Market
Wagon Drivers Unions it was hoped some
new plan would develop toward settling
| the stock yards strike. If not this. it was
thought arrangement was possible
whereby the blockade of meat and ice ship
pers would cease The meeting was secret,
and the only labor official known to be pres
ent was NJ. F. Kelly, business agent of the
Market Wagon Drivers Union. George
Wilson of the Ice Wagon Drivers Union
was said to be there also. officials OF or
ganizations of grocers and butchers were in
the meeting, which held in the offices
of the International Brotherhood of Team
sters
Vice President Raft of the union said a
meeting was planned between the retail
| butchers and the market drivers last night,
but the meeting of the Teamsters Joint
Council session interfered with the ar
| rangement.
Extension of the picket lines about
| wholesale and retail meat MAJ '.ets was
| also promised by union officials. A con-
| ference of the leaders was held, and plans
were made to shut off ice and meat from
more establishments patronizing the big
packers.
Live Stock Receipts Heavy.
Despite all efforts of commission men.
today's receipts of live stock We're SO
| heavy as to astonish the packers There
were 1900 cattle 25OO0 hogs and 1900
sheep. With the New York packing plants
closed by the strike, the disposal of all the
receipts was admitted to be difficult
problem.
No More Prize Fights.
Prize fights for the entertainment of nom
union workmen at the stock yards may
cease as the result of accident that
caused the cancellation of a program OF
three bouts last night. The prize ring
was i'm the interior of the stock yards on
Packers avenue near West 43d street
Daniel Smith, employed as 4 strike breaker
| by Morris & Co.. was pitted against Peter
Ford Both men are colored. Smith struck
| Ford on the head with such force that
| Smiths arm was shattered. and the pro-
gram was declared off The police are
said to have been given orders to prevent
any further prize fights in the yards.
Driving 80 Miles to Water His Stock.
Harris Franklin. a Deadwood. S. D., capi-
talist, is negotiating with Chicago packers
for the sale of 10000 head of cattle he has
on his Dakota ranges. He will suffer heavy
loss through shortage of water in event ho
is unable to market the cattle.
Il am driving stock thirty miles to
water" said Mr.. Franklin today, ''and then
finding only an irrigation ditch. The grass
is drying out and the cattle simply must be
marketed, regardless Of price, or they will
perish on my hands, The same is true OF
any number of big stock raisers throughout
the DakotaS.
Garment Finishers Join Strike.
One hundred garment fnishers Joined the
clothing workers strike today when two
local unions called out all members
ployed by firms who have adopted the OPEN
shop policy
The executive council indorsed the strike
of the cutters and bushelmen and called
out all of their finishers. This adds
siderable number of women to those now on
strike, as most of the members of the two
unions are persons employed in sewing and
finishing garments All are branches Of
the garment workers.
Donnelly Charges Tilden.
Edward Tilden, / want to say, is abso-
lutely and alone responsible for the reopen
ing of the strike
/ This assertion was made today by Michael
Donnelly. president of the butchers or
ganizaton When he said it his teeth were
clenched and there were tears in his eyes.
when we signed the agreement to abro-
gate the strike" he continued. lit was
understood that it was to be case of give
and take. The packers said at the meeting
in Swift office, when we signed the agree
ment, that they would probably want TO
retain number of their new men. ! told
them it was all right that We had no OBJ