Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-07-20
STRIKING BUTCHERS.
Efforts Being Made to Settle the
Difficulty.
There is Hitch in the Neooti..
lions Over the Reinstatement
OF the Men Who Went
Out on Strike.

Chicago. July 15.-The strike which
mas demoralized the packing indus.
Try throughout the country. in which
over 40. 900 butchers and other work.
ers went out on Tuesday. has not vet
been settled
Inc mitch In the negotiations is over
the reinstatement of the strikers. The
union demands that every man who
went On strike shall be given his old
pace before an agreement to arbitrate
VIII De considered. The packers de-
care that they will retain the men
'ney nave employed since the strike
and will take back the old men in the
order In which they file applications
Tor their old positions.
While the peace negotiations were
In progress Thursday additional prep
arations were being made by the pack
ers at the yards for a long siege. The
packers hearing that efforts were be-
ing made to induce the railroad men
who are members OF unions to refuse
10 handle supplies for the plants
where the men are on strike. were
busy all day putting in great stocks of
coal should the railroads attempt 10
''pp supply.
Chicago, July 16.-Negotiations for
peace in the stock yards strike are
practically at standstill. and the
strike will continue until one side or
the other abates something of the de-
mands made up to the present time.
Chicago. July 1S.-There was little
II any change in the situation of the
meat packers strike here Sunday.
With Michael ]. Donnelly, the strik-
ers' leader, in st. Louis looking after
that end Of the difficulty. there was
no effort here Sunday to renew the
peace negotiations which lasted
through three days last week and
were terminated Saturday night with
out results. Whether another attempt
TO reach an adjustment OF the contro-
Versy by arbitration will be made Is
problematic as the packers believing
Ihey had the better of the argument in
last weeks conferences, are little in
clined to offer any concessions to the
strikers. One thing is certain, the
packers say, and that is that they will
not recede from the position they as
sumed in last weeks conferences. and
that the strikers Will have to conform
any of the peace plans looking to
settlement by arbitration will be sue
cessful To add to the packers deter.
mination to stand firm is the fact that
they have steadily increased their
working force at the plants by the en-
rloyment of outside workmen, until
Sunday it was said that things were
in almost normal condition at several
OF the plants
Under the conditions the packers
have assumed a more Independent at
titude and are more determined 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 conced-
ed every point possible in last weeks
negotiations there is little likelihood
that any of the other conferences. for
the present at least, would amount to
much toward a satisfactory settlement
of the strike
The sticking point to the whole
question of arbitration is the reinstate-
rnent of the strikers. Mr. Donnelly.
at Saturdays conference with the
packers. waived every other demand
men back to work. leaving the adjust
ment of all differences to arbitration
n the employers would take back all
the strikers in a body. This the pack
Frs refused to do. maintaining that
they had hired many new workmen
since the strike whom they could not
discharge. They promised, however,
TO take back the old employees as rap
idly 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.
To complicate the controversy still
more the allied craft at the stock
yards. numbering $4,000 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.
cidCd Monday when Mr.. Donnelly re.
turns from st Louis.
These unions, representing 30 OF tho
mechanical trades in the packing
plants. have decided to quit work II
Mr.. Donnelly says so
small riot occurred Sunday three
1cn being injured, one fatally.