Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-29
DEAF EAR TO STRIKERS
Beef Packers Decline to
Grant Conference.
NO GOOD FROM OUTCOME
VIEWS OF THE BOSSES AFTER
TALKING OVER MATTER.
Executive Board of Employees Holds
Meeting-No Indication of Break
In the Ranks.

CHICAGO, August 2S.-Application was
made to the packers by the stock yards
strikers today for a conference the pur-
pose being to bring about peace In the In
dustrial conflict waging at packing town.
The conference was refused by the packers.
The application was in the form OF
communication from the Allied Trades
Council. and was signed by President Mat
thew Carr Of the Allied Trades. The Ie-
quest was sent imm mediately after the close
of joint meeting of the national executive
board Of Butcher Workmen and the Allied
Trades conference board. and was address,
ed to j. Ogden Armour and his asso-
ciates.
Mr.. Armour upon receipt Of the COM
municatiop. at once called the heads OF
the other big packing plants into session
When the meeting of the packers ended
communication was addressed to President
Doprelly and his associates declining the
conference the strikers had asked for. The
reason given was that no good could come
from such a conference.
Representatives of the packers held a
long secret meeting this forenoon. They
decline to make any statement concerning
Its purpose.
Arrange for Settlement.
The executive board of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmens
Union adjourned after a short session. and
the members went to confer with the AL
lied Trades Council. 1t was admitted that
a proposition for settling the strike had
been arranged and would be presented to
the council for action. but the details were
withheld.
There was no indication of the immedi-
ate realization of the break in the ranks of
taI byy ha
Early trains arriving at the stock yards
were thronged, about 1900 men and wo-
men being taken In. The crowd, however,
proved to be the usual throng Of strike
breakers and there was no suggestion OF
disorder. Desertions from the ranks Of the
strikers were no greater than usual on
Monday. They approximated about one
hundred. The failure of the anticipated
stampede to materialiZe, 1t Is claimed,
proved a disappointment to the packers.
The peace proposition was discussed by
the Allied Trades Council, but on account
of the complicated nature OF the PROPOSE
tton the council adjourned without taking
action. The labor representatives Will meet
the aldermanic mediation committee today,
and the peace prop osition Will be taken up
again tomorrow.
Teamsters to Meet Tonight.
The packing house teamsters will meet
tonight to discuss the advisability OF de-
claring the strike off, so far as they are
concerned George F. Goldon, president Of
the Teamsters' Union, said that they would
refuse to constribute any more to the sup
port of the 10000 stock yards strikers.
Crowds Of Hungry Men.
With the strike relief funds depleted and
crowds of hungry men vainly scrambling
for food at the commissary stores, 1t taxed
the labor leaders to find way to prevent
| a stampede from the union ranks today.
| 'Wait until tomorrow and we shall present
to the packers a peace proposal which they
cannot decline to accept" they told the
men. There is nothing. left for the men
but unconditional surrender" said pack
er. 1.-THE leaders should not hesitate In
calling the strike of 30 that the men who
| are anxious to do SO could find work. Many
| of them will be rehired In the packing
houses. but there are thousands who must
look elsewhere for employment and they
should be released SO they can begin their
hunt for work outside of the stock yards.
'It does not make any difference what
peace proposal the strikers have to submit;
we shall not deal with the unions. The
only terms OF surrender we shall consider