The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09
MONEY
To Carryon the
Strike
lobe Raised Among
Union Men.
ENDORSEPLAN
To Raise Funds by
Assessment.
Strike in New York May Come
If Meat is Bought From
the Trust.
Special to The Daily Inder.

Special to The Daily Index.
Chicago, Aug. s.-All the labor
unions in Chicago have endorsed the
stock yards strike. After listening to
the strikers side of the controversy
which was presented to them by Mich
ael ]. Donnelly. president of the strik-
ing Butchers union, the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor, which is composed
of every labor organization in Chi
cago and has a membership of nearly
300, 1000, adopted resolutions last night
pledging the moral and financial sup
port of the federated body as long as
the strike continues.
Each member of the central body
will be assessed small sum per weeh
and the whole amount will be turned
over to the striking unions to help in
the support of the strikers and theiI
families during the struggle with the
packers. The exact amount each mem
ber is to be assessed was left in the
hands of a committee with orders te
report results to-day. While the Of
ficials of the Federation of Labor were
unable last night to give an exac
estimate of the amount Of money thu
strikers would secure from thil
source, 1t was stated that the tota
sum would be well up In the thousand
each week.
After a fight which has lasted 70
nearly four weeks, settlement Of tn
stock yards strike seems to be as re
mote as at any time since the struggl
began. Neither side to the conflict
during all this time, has shown an,
sign Of weakening.
The packers, while claiming tha
they will soon have their affairs II
normal condition again, SO successful
have they been in securing non-uniol
men, admit that so far they have bee
able to get but $50 of their old EN-
ployes back and that the majority Q
these men are unskilled workers
According to the strikers, every ami
NAL that has been slaughtered sine
the strike was called has been at
financial loss to the packers, as in tn
majority of cases a lack of skille
workmen has made 1t impossible {
operate the by-products department
and this source of revenue, which ur
/ DER nOTIldl 10 O SlCai PiOA
to the packers, has been allowed to G
to waste.
New York, Aug. S.-Homer d. Cal
secretary of the national organizatio
i of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters an
Butcher Workmen of North Americ;
arrived in this city Sunday. He visi
ed the office of the organization an
there met Henry Lechalberger, one {
the general organizers, and several
the business agents of the loci
unions. After a short talk they wei
away together and had not returne
at a late hour last night A meetin
Of the advisory board will be held t.
night, when the situation will be gor
over with the secretary and IL he {
directs a strike will be ordered |
Wednesday.
A canvass has been made of ov'
400 of the retail butchers, in the effo
to induce them to stop buying II
trust meat and deal with the ind
pendent slaughterers. 1t is allege
that all but one of the retail me
promised to change their slaughterer
1t is planned to call out every unic
man who is employed as beef cutt
in the retail trade, II the employers
not change from the trust to the ind
pendents.