Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-26
Delivery Transfers at Chicago
Stockyards Demand an In
crease of Pay
uLTlMATuM TO THE PACKERS
Threaten to Walk Out Unless Quick
Concession Is Made-7O0 Men Affect
cd and Complete Tie-Up of Delivery
Business is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Af-
feet Market.

Chicago. Aug. 26.-The packing
strike mood, and have given the pack
ers until $3.50 o'clock this afternoon
to comply with their demands. Unless
they gain their point 700 of the driv-
ers are ready to abandon their wag-
Gus and tie up the meat delivery bus
mess of the whole city. and the i've
stock markets will be affected.
The seriousness of the situation be-
came apparent yesterday when 1t was
learned that the packers, hoping to
avoid a strike, had held out an ofter
of a small increase In wages to some
of the men, This offer was rejected
at meeting of the transfers In the
afternoon. The sentiment at the
meeting was that unless every driver
get an increase q strike should be
called.
Two months ago the packing house
men were on the point of striking. A
strike vote was taken and the walk
Joint council and the international
executive board of the transfers un-
Ion. At the last moment the strike
was prevented by a profier of arbitra-
ton from the packers, which the drlv-
ers accepted.
Arbitration, however, proved to be
failure. Four members of an arbltra-
ton board--two representing each slde
in the contrOversy--Were selected, out
1t was found impossible to agree on
the fifth man. The effort to complete
the board was kept up until week
ago. when the teamsters announced
that they were tired" of the proceed
ings and renewed their demands foe
more wages.
The following proposal carrying
advances in pay for two classes OF
drivers about 80 per cent OF the total
number--tinally was delivered by the
packers
City delivery drivers wages to be
increased from 81 and 1914 cents an
hour to 22la and % cents.
Drivers of "branch house" wagons
to receive advances of 81 week.
The teamsters who drive the Tip"
carts. the transfer wagons, and the
men who guide the big three, four and
six horse team wagons thru the city
streets were left out in the packers
offer.
The packers handed their proposal,
which they declared to be final offer,
to George f. Golden, business agent OF
the union, last Saturday afternoon. The
scale was not satisfactory either to
Golden or the committee which had
been negotiating with their employees,
but 1t was decided to call special
meeting. The offer was then reject
ed.
Long waiting for a settlement Of
their dispute put the teamsters into
hostile frame of mind and there were
loud demands at the meeting for inn
mediate action The ,lltimatum, ac-
cordingly, was drafted and delivered in
the afternoon to each of the big pack
ing firms.
Business Agent Golden said last
night that it would not be necessary to
go thru the usual formality in calling
out the men. because the strike already
has received the Endorsement Of the
higher councils of the teamsters' I'M
ion. He said he will call a special
meeting of the drivers tonight, how
ever, to report the answer of the pack
ers to the men and decide whether a
walkout shall be ordered. The meeting
will be held at F'orty-seventh street
and Princeton avenue