The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-07-27
STRIKE ON AGAIN
UNION CLAIMS PACKERS UN-
FAIR IN THEIR DEAL
INGS WITH THEM.

Police Are Called-Causes
Wild Excitement
Other News.
Chicago, Jolly 22.-Not only is
the strike of packing house employ
es on again, but it threatens to
grow into a walkout of even greater
proportions than before apprehend-
ed. President Donnelly this morn
ing ordered all men to quit work
because of alleged discrimination
against members of the teamstsrs
and mechanical trades unions to
join.
This morning between $4,000
and 10000 butchers who had been
out on strike, went to the stock
yards and reported for work at the
various packing plants. All ap.
peared oyerjoyed at the probability
of quick adjustment and end of
what had promised to be a lengthy
war. To their dismay they found
that only few were to be taken
back. For time they hovered a.
| round the yards, without. however,
offering any violence to the work
ers.
1t was decided to call meeting
of the men in a designated place
and as result of this gathering a
committee was appointed to wait
upon the packing house managers
and demand reinstatement without
discrimination.
Regardless of the threatening as
pect of the situation the managers
refused even to grant hearing of
the committee and ordered them
back to the lines where they could
be called upon if wanted. The men,
infuriated at the managers action,
marched away in body. In the
meantime those of them who had
been selected by the foreman had
entered the plants and, unaware OF
their fellow unionists' predicament,
entered upon their work.
The men who had been turned
away repaired to the union head
quarters and laid their case before
President Donnelly. He tried to
get some satisfaction from the pack
In g house managers over the tele
phone, but was given curt answers
and Immediately issued an official
order calling all the men out.
i Resolved that no halfway meas
ures would be adopted he followed
the local call by sending the follow.
ing telegram to all packing centers
| in the country:
"Order men QUO today in all de.
partments."
Il From many outside cities came
kilograms demanding to know why
this action was taken and Donnelly
replied to each that the sole cause
was that the packers had violated
their agreement by showing a de.
cided discrimination in the rein
stating of the strikers.
II When the order was received ir
the plants the widest excitement
: prevailed and from the doors of the
| packing plants and out into ths
stockyards came an angry army o
} men shouting, swearing and indulg
ing in the first violent talk since
f the trouble began. Many of th'
Workmen were so amazed at th,
: turn of affairs that they had no
: gone to the changing rooms, bu
: appeared carrying their street garl
8 over their arms, and dinner pail
e in hands and stood around il
groups discussing the latest phase
l For a time it seemed that riotinl
r would follow the walkout and hur
: ried calls we're made for extra po
? lice. Before any conflict could oc
cur, however, messengers from Don
nelly sped through the crowds be
Q seechirg the men to leave the vicin
a ity of the plants and offer no vic
e lence or resistance to the police
t who had by this time began to ap
Q pear in squads. The strikers sui
d lenly obeyed.
The new strike places the pack
ers n a worse plight than ever, fo
9 practically all the non-union me
l. left last night fearing to face the rs
d turned strikers.
Il The packers Immediately con
y planned to Donnelly, who said:
g "The superintendent Of the vi
y rious plants walked in among OF
men and picked out few who the
felt assured were friendly to then
q The rest they ignored.
81 cat Armour's, Nicholas Goel
+ president of the Packing Trade