Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-07-29
Allied Crafts Have Joined the Striking
Butchers In Chicago.
NO SETTLEMENT YET IN SIGHT
Every Union Man Employed In Plants
Affected, Except Transfers and En-.
sineers. Is Out, II Is CIaimed-Work.
ing Agreements Are Now Demanded

different plants. with the exception o
the teamsters and the stationary engI
heers, out on strike IN sympathy witt
I the butcher workmen who quit work
I two weeks ago. the stock yards strike
las settled down TO what promises &c
e DO long. bitter fight
AS has been threatened for some
time, the allied trades employed in the
, packing industry at Chicago quit work
when called on 10 assist the striking
hatchers in their efforts TO bring the
packers TO terms. In several instances
the men ala not wait for the official
notification from their leaders to
strike. bat threw down their tools and
cult work OF their own volition.
10000 Persons Are Out.
A statement was made by Michael J.
Donnelly, president OF the butchers
Union. that every union man employed
az the stock yards, with the exception
OF the teamsters and stationary engi.
neers, had responded 10 orders for
general sympathetic strike. The engi
neers, he declared. would join the
strikers, and unless there was a
speedy settlement Of the difficulty the
transfers would undoubtedly join in
the struggle soon. According 10 Mr.
Donnelly the number OF men who have
cult work at the stock yards in Chi
cago alone Is nearly 10000 persons.
Both sides TO the controversy de
clare that they are perfectly satisfied
with the present state OF affairs and
that they were killing TO make il
night to finish TO determine who shall
dictate the terms Of a settlement
Claims Of Packers.
According to the packers. the gen.
eral strike was a failure. It being as
serted by them that no more than half
the members Of tho allied trades quit
work when officially called out by the :
leaders, The further statement was |
made by the packers that should all /
the union men decide to join the strik
CTS IL would make little d ference 10
the employers, as they had sufficient
resources 70 contest the ground for an
indefinite period On the other hand
the labor leaders assert that all the
union employees at the different pack
ing plants. together with several hun.
dred employees Of the Union Stock
Yards & Transit Co. quit work in re-
spouse to the general order for a sym.
pathetic strike.
New Phase of Situation.
A new phase OF the situation deyeI.
oped when notice was given by the
unions to the independent packers al
the stock yards that their men would
no: be allowed TO handle animals
which had been handled In any way
by non-union men. 1t is necessary for
these Independent concerns to take all
OF their live stock into the Yards over
Union stock yards runways. where the
stock must be handled by non-union
mon. since the union men EMPLOYED
by the stock yards company In this
line or work were among the employees {
"ho Joined the sympathetic strike a
The ultimatum OF the unions leaves 2
the independent packers no alternative S
but 70 receive their live stock directly
from the country or to close business
entirely. meeting OF the independ
ert packers was held TO map out some {
plan or action. but no definite conclu. y
sion was reached. Another meeting S
Will be held TO consider the matter c
Packers and Transfers Confer. h
Before peace negotiations had been D
broken OFF representatives OF the =
tcamsters' union. as had been agreed
On. conferred with the packers To ar.
range some sort Of settlement which
would prevent a spread OF the strike
At this meeting the packers were
|. Red TO concede that the first peace 81
agreement, signed last Wednesday ID
INC which was later repudated by the sc
strikers when second strike was "
allied. be considered null and void and -
hat the packers submit n new pro. -
'Usal for peace terms. The commit
&C also advised the packers that strik. "a
hs butchers would stand by last Sat. So
Irday's demand. which was that all e.
nen be reinstated within ten days or Il
heir cases be submitted to immediate -
all butchers and casing 81
nen to be taken back within forty. B.
!ght hours after work was resumed
20 progress toward a settlement was
lade at the conference and the team.
tors committee retired 10 consider a =, ~
ew proposal. y
One Concession Offered. :
Immediately on the return Of tho n
committee to union mead. T.,
carriers they entered into a confer. a.,
nee with the representatives OF The 40
llied trades to consider a proposal
bich had been submitted TO the
Mons by the packers. In the meet. .,
g between the transfers and the "
ackers the packers offered TO change -. -
he time OF reinstating all strikers -
ON Is days to S5 days. They made e. es
concessions other than this. and "a,
10 proposal was submitted to the al. g.