Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
LITTLE CHANGE N BIG STRIKE
MEAT PACKERS REFUSE DE.
MANps OF UNIONS.
Three Days Conference Ended for
Naueht-Allied Crafts at Stockyards
Anxious to Join Strikers In Sympa-
thetic Strike-Non.Union Men Given
RevoIvers-Sure to BE Riots.

Chicago, July 19.-There was little,
il any, change in the situation Of the
meat packers strike here Sunday.
With M. J. Donnelly, the strikers
leader, in st. Louis, looking after that
end, there was no effort to renew the
peace negotiations, which lasted
through three days last week and
we're terminated last night without re-
suit. Whether another attempt to
reach an adjustment of the contro-
versy by arbitration will be made is
problematic, as the packers. believing
they had the better of the argument
in last weeks conferences, are little
inclined to offer any concessions to the
strikers. One thing is certain, the
packers say, and that is they will not
recede from the position they assumed
last week and that the strikers will
have to conform to the employers ultl.
matum before any further peace plans
looking to settlement by arbitration
will be successful. To add to the
packers determination to stand firm
IS the fact that they have steadily in.
creased their working force at the
plants until, today, things were in al.
most normal condition at several
plants. Under these conditions the
packers have assumed a more indie.
pendent attitude and are more deter.
mined tonight than ever that they and
not the strikers shall dictate the terms
on which the controversy shall be
arbitrated.
AS the strikers declare that they
conceded every point possible in last
weeks negotiations, there is little like
lihOod that any further conferences Tor
the present, at least, would amount to
much toward a satisfactory settle
ment of the strike.
The point to the whole question OF
arbitration is the reinstatement of the
strikers. Mr.. Donnelly yesterday
waived every other demand he had
made, leaving the adjustment of all
differences to arbitration IL the EN-.
ployers would take back all strikers
in body. This the packers refused
to do, maintaining that they had many
new men since the strike began whom
they could not discharge. They
promised, however, to take back the
old employees as rapidly as possible
and in the order in which their appli
cations were filed. The union officials
leclare that they will never accept
this proposition, as they say it woulG
mean the disruption of the union.
To complicate the controversy still
more the allied craftsmen at the stock
yards, numbering $4,000 workmen
have become restless ard are anxious
to join the men already out in a sym
pathetic strike. Whether these mer
will go on strike or not will be decided
tomorrow, when Mr.. Donnelly returns
| from st. Louis.
The unions, representing 80 of the
mechanical trades in the packing
plants, have decided to quit work il
Mr.. Donnelly says SO.
Sioux City Plant Gives Weapons.
Sioux City, Iowa, July 18.-For theil
protection III case OF an attack by the
strikers, the Cudahy Packing company
Sunday distributed revolvers among
all its nonunion employees.
Matters at the plant were quiet, nc
violence being reported.