The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
Conference to Settle Dif- ferenceS is Futile. ALLIED TRADES WILL
 JOIN THE BUTCHERS Ultimatum of the Union Men Accepted by the En-
 ployerS. Foreman of the Plants Hiring Wof to Take the Place of Those who .re Out-statements by the
 Disputants.

Chicago, July 23.-Attempts to set'ie the second strike of the packing traoes failed today, and tonight the Butchers Union and allied organizations. after long conference, sent an ultamatum 'o tbe representatives of the packers oe- nnandinS A settlement of the strike De- fore Monday on penalty of a genera walk out of all union empioycs work in the stock yaros ae Monday morning. os the allies trades and the packers ana tbe butchers, which adjourned last night after failing to reach an agree ment. was resumed early this morn ing.
 No Hope of Settlement.
 At noon the conferences gave up hope of reaching an understandihs anu the deliberations were brought lo a abrupt ending after the packers hao expressed a desire to live up to the terms of the arbitration agreement reached last Wednesday, right any wrongs that might have been commit ted by their foremen and superih'eh- dents. and had announced to the uhion men the name of Samuel Mclean or the National Packing Company. to rep resent them on the arpitra'ioh pio yided for in the agreement.
 The union men refused 10 cohsiue. that agreement valid on the ground that if had been broken by the pack CTS. They then retired to the once of the Federation of Labor, where an ultimatum to the packers was pre- pared under the direction of Micnael d. Donnelly, president Of the butcheIs Union. Thomas l.. Kidd, Of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, and repre-
 
 to join in the general strike. Ihe ultimatum is as follows:
 UItimatum of Unionisfs-
 "Edward Morris and associates: AT ter careful consideration by the rep reseutatives of the teamsters and me- chanical trades, we have come to the conclusion that the agreement whlch was reached on Wednesday has been 1agrantly violated by the packers to the extent of rendering it in our opin- ion null and void, hence we cannot consistently expect the butcher work CTS to respect it in its present form, because of such violation.
 We desire to emphasize our belief in the principles of conciliation and arbitration, but to provide against such violations in the future, we again offer the following proposition as so- lution of the present difficulty:
 That all employees be hired back within ten days. If any person Is not re-employed at the end of that time his or her case will be submitted to arbitration.
 Re-employed in 4s Hours.
 That all killing, cutting and cast Ing department men be reinstated in their former places within forty-eight hours after the resumption of work. We regret to say that if the fore going propositions are not acceptable to you, the allied trades will cease work Monday morning.
 Trusting. however, that you will cooperate with us to bring about an amicable understanding. and thus avoid the possibility of widespread strike. we are, Respectfully yours,
 George F. Golden, Chairman.
 Joseph w. Morton, Secretary.
 Committee of Allied Trades" The reply of the combined packers to the ultimatum of the allied trades was delivered tonight. The commun- Ication. which is addressed to Chair man Golden and Secretary Morton, fol- lows:
 Reply of the Packers.
 "Gentlemen Your communication of this afternoon has been received and carefully noted. We most emphatical- ly deny that there has been violation of the agreement on our part. Our explanation after Investigating every supposed case should have satisfied every one present at the last two con- ferences that there were no violations but what might be expected in putting to work such large body of men at one time, and but what could have been readily adjusted had the organizati desired to do so.
 We regard MT. Donnellys action as entirely unjustifed in calling the frfI GOT n tnF1o leading reports within an average of thirty minutes from the time the men were ordered to work and before it was possible for any considerable number to have been placed, without making the slightest effort to verify such reports or to have them remedied if found to exist.
 Ready to FuIhIl Contract.
 We have a definite agreement with our employees the same having been signed by their representatives, and the representatives of all the mechan- cal and allied trades. and we stand ready on our part to see that it is car ried out. Yours truly,
 Armour & Go.
 Swift x Co.
 Nelson, Morris & Co.
 "Schwarzschild x Sulzberger.
 National Packing Company,
 Libby, McNeil & Libby.
 "Cudehy Packing Company" At the stock yards tonight the pack CTS are making preparations for long struggle. As soon as all peace negO- tiations were declared futile. all heads of the departments in the various plants were ordered to hire all the workmen they could.
 Hiring New Men.
 From the progress that had been made up to a late hour tonight, the in- dications are that fully 2,000 new mer will have been engaged by tomorrow night It is the intention of the pack CTS to house these men inside the plants.
 The strikers met at the various union headquarters during the afternoon and night and listened to addresses bS their leaders. A general strike. whict