Show 1 MEAT WORKERS RENEW THREAT TO WALK OUT Accuse Packers of Breaking Agreement Ask 1 President resident to Take Over Plan Plants Is MEDIATION ON STEPS TAKEN BY BOARD s Voice Readiness to Enlist in ill American Industrial Army i Washington ton Jan IS Settlement IS-Settlement o of I differences between the meat meal packers erg and their union e was un under tinder undertaken er taken talen ton tonight I gh t b- b by President en t Wilsons Wilson's special I labor bOl commission slon headed b by Secretary Wilson after representatives o of th the men had submitted their case to tolie to the lie President 1 t In ht a t two hour conference I at the White House I Spokesmen for tho the unions pictured a critical situation in ht all nil of the great gleat packing centers and asked that the I government interfere an and Jr If necessary tal take e over 01 the operation o of t 1 The Pr I t said mediation 1 wo b lie tri tried ll first before considering tl e Samuel Gompers pre president t of or the American F Federation of ot Labor accompanied the labor delegation ele atlon which was headed heade by John Fitzpatrick president o of ot the Chicago Federation Secretary Baker as chairman of the tine council of ot national defense and Secretary Wilson Wil ll son were called Into the conference The President was told that thal the time packers packers packers pack pack- ers had repudiated n a mediation agreement agreement agree agree- a rec- rec ment to settle questions of or wa wages es an and working con conditions an and were discharging ing union men In groups group apparently with the purpose of or brin bringing ing on a 0 strike Of or the thousands employed in inthe Inthe inthe the plants the union men said Hll 60 per pel percent percent cent are foreigners without union af af- affiliations and of ot whose loyally standards stand stand- standards ards no one ope can Judge If It the government go takes over the plants Mr Ir Fitzpatrick said the union men were ready to enlist as the first members o of Americas America's industrial arm army to guarantee handed full equipment for or oreen every en packing plant work In continuous ous shifts shirts i if necessary and leave all questions of or wages hours hous and working con conditions to the President or tho the person person per por- son to whom he might delegate tho the duty The Presidents President's committee will arrange arrange ar nl ar- ar range as aM soon as possible for meetIngs meetings meet meet- Ings with representatives e of or the tile employers employers em em- plo ers and of or the men Its members who recently returned from flom an investigating and an mediating tour of or the lure west are Secretary Wilson J. J I L 11 Spangler J J. J H H. Walker and Jt Felix lIx Walker |