Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-28
Declare They Will Make
No Further Agree
mentS.
STRIKERS GOING BACK
Swi t & Co. Notify the Men
That They Will be
Paid Off.

Chicago, July 2S.-According to
President Skinner, of the Union Stock
Yards Transit company. coo stock
handlers returned to work today. Ar
thur Meeker, of Armour & Co, today
declared that the packers do not care
to make any further agreements with
Donnelly's organization or the allied
trades.
VIII Pay Strikers OFF.
Chicago, July 2S.-Swift & Co. this
morning posted notices that all strik-
ing employees will be paid off today.
thus serving notice they are no longer
regarded in the light of employees.
The railroad freight handlers, re-
ported as having struck yesterday, re
sumed work today.
Make n Statement.
Chicago, July 2S.-"We had an
agreement with DonnelIys organiza-
tion and the allied trades which they
have failed to live up to, and, under
the circumstances, we do not care to
make any further agreements with
Them
This is the statement which was
signed by the representatives of the
packers and handed to the state board
of arbitration at the end of the con-
ference between the two bodies, held
at the request of the state board in
an endeavor TO bring about another
meeting between the packers and the
strikers.
Would Meet Strikers.
While, from their agreement, it
would appear the packers are opposed
to meeting the strikers again on any
terms, such is not the case. At the
last conference between the strikers
and packers the latter informed the
union leaders that any time they ex-
pressed a desire to live up TO the orig
inal arbitration agreement, which pro-
vided for the reinstatement of the
striking butchers inside of 40 days,
and for all grievances to be submitted
for arbitration, the packers would be
willing to renew the agreement The
contention of the packers is that this
agreement is still in force, and they
are unwilling TO offer any further con-
cessiOns to the strikers. They say
the renewal of peace meetings with
the hope of securing better terms
is useless. Labor leaders claim when
the butchers went on the second
strike. because of alleged discrimina-
ton by the packers in the rehiring
of old employees, the arbitration agree
ment was nullified, and that it was
before a settlement can be reached.
Initiative by strikers.
After last nights conference with
the board, Arthur Meeker, manager
for the Armour company, said the
packers were still willing to live up
to the terms of the original settlement,
but the initiative would have to be
taken by the strikers. Meeker also in
timated the sooner the strikers adopt
ed this course the better it would be
for them. In his belief. if the strike
should last much longer all the places
will be filled by new men, and there
will be no necessity for the packers to
wish to settle on any basis with their
old employees.
Police Rule District.
Police rule" has been declared in
the stock yards district. Beginning
yesterday afternoon no one was al
lowed to traverse the streets in the
vicinity of the stock yards unless good
cause could be shown for so doing.
This to great extent put a stop to
the picketing by strikers, which had
been going on all day up to the time
the order was given. When night
came, the police were complete mas
ters of the situation.
Live stock In Confusion.
The rain and hail storm yesterday
afternoon caused much confusion in
the live stock pens. With an made
quate number OF drivers to handle the
animals under ordinary conditions.
when the hail began the frightened
animals ran about the yards. complete
" beyond the control of the inexper-
fenced drivers. II required nearly
three hours to bring order out of
chaos. During the excitement several
persons were seen 10 escape from the
yards with live sheep in their arms.
At least a thousand new employees
were taken into the yards yesterday.
and put TO work A conservative esti-
mate OF the animals slaughtered
placed it at about half the amount dis
posed of under normal conditions.