The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-18
4. LITTLE CHANCE
TO SETTLE STRIKE
BOTH SIDES DETERMINED
m ADHERE TO THE TERMS THEY
HAVE OFFERED.

,..o+intiOns Have Not Been Re-
npVved Leader. of the Strikers
roolsing After Their Affairs in St.
IouiS-When He Returns TO Chi
co.ro He May Decide to Have the
tIied Trades Join in n sYmpa-
tketic Strike
chicago July 17.-There was little if
any. change in the situation in the meat
makers strike here to-day. With
Michael Donnelly, the strikers. leader.
in ST. Louis, looking after that end
Of the difficulty, there was no effort
here to-day to renew the peace ne
ootiations which lasted through three
davs last week, and were terminated
last night without result.
Whether another attempt to reach an
adjustment of the controversy by ar
bitration will be made is problematic,
as the packers, believing they had the
better of the argument in last week s
conferences, are little inclined to Of
fer any concessions to the strikers.
one thing is certain, the packers say,
and that is that they will not recede
from the position they assumed in last
weeks conference, and that the strik-
ers will have to conform to the en-
rloyers' ultimatum before any fur
ther peace plans looking to a settle
ment by arbitration will be success
full.
TO add to the packers determina-
tion 10 stand firm is the fact that
they have steadily increased their work.
ing force at the plants by the en-
ployment of outside workmen. until
to-day it was said that things were in
almost normal condition at several of
the plants.
Packers More independent.
Under these conditions packers have
assumed more independent attitude
and are more determined 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
have conceded every point possible in
last weeks negotiations there is little
likelihood that any further confer
ences, for the present at least, would
amount to much toward satisfactory
settlement of the strike. With both
sides in this frame of mind the outlook
for a speedy settlement is decidedly
dark.
The sticking point to the whole
question of arbitration is the reinstate-
ment of the strikers. Mr.. Donnelly at
yesterdays conference with the pack
ers waived every other demand he had
made and agreed to order the men
back to work, leaving the adjustment
of all differences to arbitration if the
employers would take back all the
strikers in a body. This the packers
refused to do, maintaining that they
had hired many new workmen since
the strike, whom they could not dis
charge. They promised, however, to
take back the old employees as rapidly
as possible, and in the order in which
their applications were filed. The
union officials declare that they will
never accept this proposition, as they
say it would mean the disruption of
the union inside of three months
others May Join Strikers.
To complicate the controversy still
more. the allied craft at the stock
yards, numbering 14,O00 workmen, have
become restless and are anxious to
Join the men already out, in a SYM
pathetic strike. Whether these men
will go on strike or not will be de-
cded tomorrow, when Mr.. Donnelly
returns from st. Louis.
These unions, representing thirty of
the mechanical trades in the packing
plants have decided to quit work if
Mr. Donnelly says so, and should he
give the signal on his return to-mor-
row, the $4,000 men will walk out.