The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-07-26
BEEF STRIKE SPREADS
Allied StOckyardS Trades Join In
Sympathetic Movement
CONFERENCES PROVE FUTILE

President DonneIly Insists on General
Walkcut--Meat Business at Stand
still as Far as the Trust is Con-
eerned.
Chicago, July 2e.- Chicago's sym
pathetic general strike at the stock
yards, predicted by its leaders to be
the greatest and most expensive this
country has ever known, began at 10
o'clock, when thousands OF transfers
cattle handlers and members Of the
mechanical trades quit work and made
a grand rush for the gates leading from
the busiest square mile of buildings,
yards and pens in the world.
The first big detection came when
700 men, including the scalers and pen
cleaners employed BY the Union Stock
yards and Transit company, refused to
work further First 10 go were the
handlers, and this eliminated the use
fuiness Of the feamsters, and they fol-
lowed. As they passed out Of the bic
gates at Exchange avenue they were
greeted with cheers by the thousands
of strikers gathered in the vicinity.
Prior to this spectacular exodus came
small strikes in the various plants, in
Guiding carpenters, firemen, elevator
men, maehinists. etc, but these did
not have the effect Of tying up the
plants, since such action had been an
ticipated, and as often as a union man
stepped out a nonunion man or a union
man who had deserted his organization
was there to take his place. The
teamsters and cattle handlers as i
whole employed by the various indiyid-
ual firms refused to join III the pre-
conference movement so much desired
and ardently urged by President Don
nelly of the Butchers union. but at
that a large number OF them quit and
quietly left the yards to attend big
mass meeting called for the benefit
Of all who had refused to await re-
suits Of further conferences.
A Futile Conference.
While these walkouts We're taking
place a conference between strike rep
resentatives and the packers was being
held at the offices OF Nelson Morris Is
Co al the yards, and the delegates rep
resenting the allied trades were in SEES
sion at Emerald avenue and Forty-first
street.
Earlier In the day the allied trades
and the committee Of eight Transfers
chosen to seek peace anew before per-
hitting the teamsters to strike had
been urged by President Donneily Of
the meat cutters to declare the general
strike and then seek further confer
ence with the packers.
There was a lively debate, President
Golden for the Transfers governing
body declaring his belief that com
mon sense campaign would end in
peace He pointed out the danger OF
shutting up the Union stockyards ana
Transit company, which he said would
be detrimental to the strikers friends.
the independent packers. who were do
ing the big packers almost as much
damage as anybody else. He urged
that the stockyards company be per
mitted to continue under some kind Of
agreement. but his argument had no
weight with President Donnelly, who
said *The time to strike IS right now.
Let us talk about the Independent CON
Germs and about settlements later
Then it was arranged that President
Schardt representing the Chicago Fed
Grafton Of Labor and Barney Cohen,
the Butchers union, should
join the Transfers unions committee.
to which had been added John Sheri-
dan, business agent Of the ice wagon
drivers. There are 100 ice wagon
drivers employed by the packers. and
with their striking ii is admitted Tie
packers would have much difficulty ID
getting ice to their refrigerator cars.
Teamsters Call on Packers.
Before going to meet the packers the
committee Of Transfers held joint
with the allied trades rep
and then, with Messrs.
Schardt and Cohen went to meet the
packers ut the offices of Nelson Morris |
& Co. While this latter conference was
Ia progress the allied trades meeting |
was continued, the delegates being |
anxious to learn the result of the latest |
effort to bring about d settlement.
Under Instructions the representa-
lives Of labor told the packers that they
could not waive their demand for re-
instatement within forty-eight hours
Df the cattle butchers and meat cut |
tiers and within ten days for all others,
and for Individual arbitration In anil
cases Of alleged discrimination. The
packers were represented by Thomas
Wilson for Nelson, Morris & Co, Ed /
ward Tilden for Libby, Mcneil & Lib.
BY, ] r. Maurer for Schwarzschild &
II J. Connors for Armour
\ GO. and ] n Lyman for the Nation
Al Packing company The conference
was secret, and after it had lasted sew
sral hours representative of the pack
ers said that settlement seemed as
far off as ever
After the adjournment Of the peace
the fact developed that the
sympathetic strike had been declared.
authorized by the proper
boards of all the allied trades at the
stockyards. with the exception Of the
hacking house tpainsters Tho anoi |