The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-23
PRESIDENT DONNELLY is
OPPOSED TOlT
Many of the Drivers in
Favor of
CALLING ALL men OUT
Yards Filled With Colored Men.
Swift G Co. to Stop Lodging OF
Women in Packing House-Trust
Believed TO Have Lost Much Trade
That Has Gone to Independents.

That HAS Gone to Independents.
Chicago, Aug. 1S.-The effort Of GER
tain labor leaders to extend the SYM
pathetic strike of teamsters to every
man who directly or indirectly has
anything to do with the products of
the big packing houses was complete
ly discouraged today by President
Donnelly of the Butcher Workmen.
International President G. P. Shea
is also opposed to extending the
strike, although the market drivers,
ice men and others are said to be
clamoring for permission to stop work.
I'VE do not favor extending the
strike to any other teamsters," said
President Donnelly in a conference
with President Shea. Your policy
of confining the strike to the packing
house teamsters meets with the ap-
proval of the AlliGd Trades. Discour-
age all talk of extending the strike
to other teamsters."
President Golden of the Packing
House Teamsters' Union, favors call
ing out every teamster who could
aid the strikers
THE strike can never be won un-
til all the teamsters strike" he declar-
ed tonight The truck drivers, de-
partment store drivers and many 9TH
.ers are doing our work and this shout
be stopped. The market wagon driv.
ers and ice men should also be called
out"
President Shea had a long confer
ence with John s. Field of the Kni.
erbocker Ice company. Afterwards
President Shea said:
Il believe that the strike should
be confined to the teamsters now af-
fected. President Donnelly takes the
same stand. Therefore | see no rea-
son to change the policy agreed upon
two weeks ago.
81 also wish to state that if the
East St. Louis teamsters return to
work their union charter will be re-
voked. l have telegraphed them to
that effect"
President Donnelly, accompanied by
John ]. Fitzpatrick, made a tour of
the yards today. 1t was the first
time since the strike that ne had en-
tered the yards.
81 was surprised at what | saw"
he said. There were colored men
everywhere and for a moment I |
imagined l was visiting plantation |
in the south. The only white men |
observed we're foremen and superin.
tendents"
Swift G. Co. gave orders today that |
the housing Of women in the plant |
should be discontinued and it was re-
ported later that all had secured |
boarding houses at some distance |
from the yards.
The strikers are endeavoring to |
learn how much trade the packers
have lost and how much has been sc.
cured by the Independent concerns |
in Chicago. About S4,00O,000 pounds
Of meat are hauled out Of the yards |
each year in wagons. This is valued
at about S7,00O,000.
Since the strike the packers have |
lost a great deal of business, the |
strikers state and they have appoint |
ed committee to learn as closely as
possible just how much. The inde- |
pendent packers will be asked to fur
nish figures showing the increases
In their business since the strike.
According to Arthur Meeker there
will be a complete revolution of the
present system of handling live
stock.
Before the strike" he said, "the
packers, railroad agents and commits
sion men held a conference to see IL
change in the present system Of
shipping live stock to Chicago could
not be made. There are two days in
the week on which tie arrivals are
large, These are Mondays and We'd
nesdays. This required more employees
on those days than on the other four
and consequently created a system
that was beneficial to neither the
packers, shippers, railroads, commits.
sion men or workmen.
During the conference we agreed
TO agitate for the spreading of the
arrivals of live stock over the entire
week. This would make uniform
work days for the employees and ben.
eft all the other interests. Letters
were then sent to the shippers and
live stock growers asking their opin-
Ion, but the strike coming on the
matter was dropped. We have taken
It up again and expect results in
short time"
The packers held a conference to-
day in the ONCE of Nelson Morris &
Co., to discuss the strike situation.
This was the first meeting since the
return of Arthur Meokar from the
east Afterwards 1t '-"T said that
the packers we're satisfied with the
situetion At this conference Of pack