Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-16
ITS MEMBERS WARNED
Union Cautions Strikers to
Refrain From Disorder.
THE NEGOTIATIONS LAG
POLES AND GREEKS DISCARD
BUTTONS AND RETURN TO WoRM
No Conference Arranged for Today
Packers Ready to Meet Committee
From Employees Any Time.
THE NEGOTIATIONS LAG

CHICAGO, July 1e-while peace nesotia.
tions between tho meat packers and the
striking butcher workmen are tagging,
agencies have been set at work to prevent
the outbreak Of further violence.
The Union has warned all members. IN
placards printed in five languages to heed
the instructions given and to refrain from
disorder. and told them plainly they would
not be supported by the organization IL
guilty of lawlessness. Chief Of Police
ONeill has recommended to Mayor Harri.
son the revocation of the license OF any
saloon in which a strike disturbance start.
ed.
1t was declared around the stock yards
and at the police stations that many Poles
had thrown away their union buttons and
had returned to the plants with the nom
union men taken in. OF the latter about
300 were marched into the yards under poe
lice protection. A number were negroeA
while others were Greeks and Poles
No conference was arranged for today
but the way has been left open for a meet,
ing. In the last communication thai
passed. that from the packers. they de-.
clared themselves ready to meet commits
tee from the workers at any time PrsSis
dent Donnelly probably will accept the sut.
gestion.
Sympathetic Strike Sentiment.
Meanwhile, with every hour Q delay In
reaching a settlement sentiment in IA
vor of a sympathetic strike is growing
among nearly 1900 other employees At
the stock yards. The temper Of the union
men was reflected by President Donnelly,
who said: I'VE will die fighting before
submitting to arbitration as proposed By
the packers. Their system of arbitration
would mean the complete annihilat1on OK
trade unionism in the stock yards
Whether the packing trades central
body will call a sympathetic strike VIII
be determined at special meeting to.
night Nearly $4,000 men employed Ia
various trades at the yards and belonging
to thirty unions are connected with this
organization. These employees are not
bound by any agreement with tho pack
ers.
Would Complicate Situation.
Should sympathetic strike be deter.
mined upon at tonight's meeting it would
complicate the situation greatly. The strike
would nearly double the number of EN-.
ployes who have left their posts and also
make a settlement a much harder task.
Employees in the building trades at the
yards dissatisfied because they are
obliged to work in buildings guarded by
he police. These men for years have OBJ
jected to working at any place where the
police have been called to preserve ordet
and protect property, and the present con-
ditions declared by them to be intol-
cradle.
Fire engines. hose carts and fire insurance
patrols with a full quota of men were sent
to the yards today to Increase the fire pro-
lection there. This action. taken at the
instance of the Chicago Underwriters As
soctation, was accepted as indicative Of
fear the part Of the packers and insur,
lnce men that a Stage Of the strike has
been reached where widespread disorder
no wit hSfa andf
strenuous efforts OF union officials to pre-
vent violence. The emergency fire protsc-
ton Is to be retained at the stock yards a.
long as existing conditions continue.
A disturbance was caused early today
by a crowd, which attempted to prevent .
score or more of non-union workers from
entering the yards. No one was hurt, and
only one arrest was made.
Leaders Consider Packers Note.
The strike leaders in conference today
took up the note of the packers, a reply
to which was requested by noon and was
in the nature of an ulumatum. The note
was as follows:
Your letter has been received and care
fully considered, and, desiring to give you
every possible opportunity to reach a so-
luton of the present controversy, we will
be glad to meet you and discuss matters
further, II. in your opinion, anything can
be gained by another interview. 1t s ouf
unanimous opinion. however, that, consid.
ering the existing conditions, fair propos
sition has been made to you and your organ-
ization in our letter offering to arbitratS
any and all grievances that may be sub
mitted for arbitration by either side; and
ii Is further our unanimous opinion that
we can not recede from this proposition to
which we feel that we should have your
definite answer not later than Saturday
noon, July 16''
The letter was signed by ]. Ogden Ar
mour, l.. F. Swift, Edward Morris, H. "a
Mauxer. ]. P. Lyman, L. A. Cudahy and
Edward Tilden.
A Significant Departure.
Significant apparently of an abandonment
by the strikers Of hope of securing basis
upon which they would arbitrate was an
announcement that President Donnelly Of
the butcher workmen would leave Chicago
tonight for a tour of other strike bound
cities. Indications this afternoon all point
ed to end of the peace conferences foc
the present at least and the beginning OF
new hostilities President Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor has already
left Chicago presumably to go to New
York.
MAY EXTEND TO OTHER LINES
Teamsters and Engineers Agitatin8