Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-29
FREIGHT HANDLERS our.
President curran Issues An Official
Order-Important TO Railroads.

OF0cF-tnPOFIdUIt 10 ndiFOd0S.
Chicago. July 29.-Freight handlers
on all the railroads entering Chicago
were officially notified by the officers
of their union yesterday not to handle
or receive any freight intended for the
packers at the stock yards.
The General Managers association
issued statement last night In which
the managers said they had received
no notification of such a step beng
taken by the freight handlers.
The order went into effect at noon
yesterday. after conference OF the
business agents of the various unions
OF freight handlers in the city Prs'si-
dent l.. ]. Curran of the union said the
notice would be posted in every freight
house in the ctty this morning.
Order is Posted.
The order reads:
AT joint conference of the board
of business agents and ,he internati,on-
al president. held July 2s. It was deoid-
ed that all freight handlers under the
jurisdiction of our organization on the
various railroads OF Chicago be ordered
not to receive or deliver any freight to
the packers in the stock yards. whether
this freight is delivered at the freight
houses by teams or In cars
The order is signed by b. J. Waters.
union No. l.: John Burns, union No ?,
Patrick Mclnerney, union No. 8; ]. f.
0'Neill. union No. 4 Edward German,
union No. 8; and j. NJ. Lynch. union
No s. 1t is approved by L. ]. Cur
ran. international president.
While the leaders of the Freight
II I1y1 IN fa,.
yesterday morning committees repre-
senting the men on the Erie, Wabash,
and Illinois Central railroads called at
the headquarters and asked for in
structions. They We're told not to ham
die freight intended for the packers.
The railroad managers are apr,re-
hensiye OF the effects of the order and
hurried conference of the General
Managers association was called yes
terday afternoon.
Violation Charged.
After the conference statement was
fs-ued that such action on the rart
of the freight handlers would be, a
violation of existing agreements with
the railroads and the managers said
they did not believe such an order
would be issued.
At the time that the freight hand ers
were endeavoring to spread the strike
the cattle raisers of the west We're en-
deavoring to bring about settlem ent
of the trouble. The cattle raisers say
that the strike is running their business
as stock ready for the market has to
be held at great expense to the farm
er.
a n In, n q II,
president of the Corn Belt Meat Pro-
ducers' association, and Henry c wal
lace of Des Mones, called on President
Donnelly of the Analgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen yester-
day afternoon TO learn If anything
could be done to settle the strike. Don
nelly stated that he was willing to set
tie at any time the packers would agree
TO reinstate all the strikers and that
the time limit of forty -eight hours
which had been set in the ultimatum
might possibly be extended, but that Ii
specified limit must be set within
which the skilled workers would be re-
Cattle Raisers Sue for Peace
The men left the office and said they
would see the packers and try to ing
about another joint conference as the
strike was doing incalculable injury to
the western farmers whom they repre-
sented.
Desertions from the union ranks
We're claimed by the packers yesterday
and emphatic denials We're entered by
the union officials. The packers said
that number of their old men had re-
turned in nearly every department and
the union officials said that not
skilled worker had deserted. although
they admitted that possibly a few un-
skilled laborers might have gone back
Ia work