The sun., 1907-08-27
DRIVERS WANT TO END STRIKE
ASK CIVIC FEDERATION TO Ar
TEMPT TO ARBITRtTE.
Bf Prev io,isiy They Turned Down Agree
ment suggested ny Cancellation Com
mittee of the Butchertnk Graft, which
Predicts the Ruin AZ the Union.

Predicts the Ruin AZ the Union.
The striking meat wagon teamsters held
a meeting last night at Ledwth's Hall
Forty-ifth street and Third avenue, where
Charles Hilton, business agent of the union,
said that by the advice of Edwin Gould,
an officer of the United Teamsters of Amer
ioa, he had decided to ask the Civic Fedora
ton TO attempt TO arbitrate the strike.
The proposition was indorsed and the
conciliation committee of the Civic Fedora
ton is expected to take hold of the matter
to-day
Previous 10 this John Kennedy and
Joseph A. Masterson, the conciliation COM
mittee of the butchering craft. had a con-
ference with the representatives of the
packers association. This talk resulted in
a proposition from the employers that the
men return TO work. the differences between
the employers and the drivers to be regu-
lated in thirty days. The committee was
strongly in favor of the plan and recon-
mended il at a meeting of the strikers, which
started Sunday night and lasted until early
yesterday morning IL WAS turned down.
Kennedy and MastersoD. who were at
the meeting of the strikers last night, were
indignant at this action. They told the
strikers that if they had accept ed their
proposition they would have saved their
union. The employers would probably
make no further settlement and the strikers
were in a bad position through their own
action, the conciiators said. Kennedy
and Masterson then declared they were
disgusted az the turning down of their
plan and that they washed their hands
of the whole affair.
IL was reported by the strikers that Joseph
Forky, vice-president of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters the rival union
had promised the strikers the support of
his union. and advised them TO stay out.
Another report was 10 the effect that a
committee of the strikers had made a can
vass Of the small packers in Brooklyn and
that about twenty-five Of them had signed
the union scale.
Under double guards the meat packers
were able to send out seventy wagons
between and o O'Clock yesterday morning
To all appearances the strike by the team
sters had been changed to q lockout 10y
the packers. According to Mr.. Morgan
counsel for the packers. full complement
of men was on hand. As the meu proved
satisfactory they are to be retained he
said. The wagons were sent out yester-
day with one Pinkerton man and one regl-
lar policeman on the drivers seat in each
case and no attempt was made To interfere
with their progress.
II was also said yesterday definitely
that the other unions engaged in the meat
packing trade would not go out
Mr. Morgan said later in the day: THE
strike now practically amounts 10 a lock-
out. We have all the men We want and are
moving our meat with practically no in
convenience. The wagons are going ont
az fast AS they can be loaded As soon as
the men become familiar with the routes
meat will be delivered az if there never
had been a strike. We are glad to hear
Of any attempt OF the strikers to come
| no an agreement. but we will not put out
any Of the men we have taken On in their
places. Every day decreases the chances
OF the old drivers to get their jobs back"
The packers are offering as an induce
ment TO the retailers to aid them in their
| troubles with the drivers a reduction of a
| cent pound on meat for which the retailers
| send their own wagons 1t il hoped that
! in this way the small dealers will aid the
! packers in getting their beef 10 the dealers