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Show NEGOTIATIONS Indications That Strike Will Be Prolonged. Four Hours Coriferanca Results Re-sults in Nothing Being Accomplished. - Announcement of the Besult Given Out by the Officers of tho Union. , 00 SOME STRIKE FIGURES. ' - Strikers In Chicago 1S.0W) Otliem thrown out of work 10,000 0 Strikers In all cities 50,000 Idle in St. Joseph. Mo 5,000 0 0 Idle In Kansas City S.C00 0 Idle In Fort Worth. Tex.. . 1 00 0 0 Idle in South Omaha 1.000 0 0 Idle in East St. Lunls S.000 0 Idle In St. Louis 500 0 0 In St. Paul, Minn 1.000 0 0 In New York 1.003, 0 At other minor points.; 1.000 0 0 Daily loss in wages ?5U,000 0 0 Dally loss In 'biis'm1ss&--.to. ' 0 0 packers (estlmatedVi.:?1.000,(KW 0 Averase duily receipts of 0 0 cattle 12,000 0 0 Avei-asre dully receipts of 0 0 hog" . 20,000 0 0 Average daily receipts ' of 0 0 sheep ,:...'.. 11.000 0 Average daily receipts of 0 0 calves S00 0 0 Cattle rert-ived toJay S.OfO 0' 0 Hogs received' today lO.WO 0 Sheep received today 10.0CO 0 Cities aifected , 9 STEIKERS' DEMANDS. 0 Uniform wage Kcalc. the minimum, 0 0 pay for unskilled labor to be the 0 0 maximum heretofore, lSVfc cents an 0 0 hour, and ten hours. Agreement for 0 0 all departments. Above all else, 0 0 recognition of the union. 0 . CJjrClAGO, July;,lG.3twas- aounce(d( (l)'B)elrintn ''negcitiitllons between the paskers' and. the 'strikers had been broken off. The announcement was made after a conference con-ference lasting more than four hours between the paskers and the executive committee of the butchers union. The meeting was at the office of Swift & Co. The announcement was made by officers offi-cers of the union. The packers gave out no statement. Tlve strike leaders today took up the note of the packers, a reply to which was requested by noon,, and was in the nature of an ultimatum. The note was as follows:, Note of the Packers. 'Your letter has been received and carefully considered, and, desiring to give you every possible opportunity to reach a solution of the present controversy, contro-versy, we will be glad to meet you and discuss matters further if, in your opinion, opin-ion, anything can be gained by another interview. It is our unanimous opinion, however, that considering the existing conditions, a fair proposition has been made to you and your organization in our letter offering to arbitrate any and all grievances that may be submitted fpr arbitration by either side, and Is further our opinion that we cannot recede re-cede from this proposition, to which we feel we should have your definite answer, not later than Saturday noon. July 16." The letter was signed by J. Ogden Armour, Ar-mour, E. F. Swift. Edward Morris, J. P. Lyman, E. A. Cudahy and Edwurd TUden. Warning Strikers. The union has warned all members, in placards printed in five languages, to heed the Instructions given and .to refrain re-frain from disorder, and told' them plainly that they would not be supported support-ed by the organization if guilty of lawlessness. law-lessness. Chief of Police O'Neill has recommended recom-mended to Mayor Harrison the revocation revoca-tion of the license of any ..saloon .In which a strike disturbance is' started. . k -. Union Deserters. If was declared around the stockyards stock-yards and at the police station that many Pojes had thrown away their union buttons and returned to tho plants with, the non-union men taken in. Of tho latter, about S00 were marched. Into the yards under police protection. A number were negroes, while others were Greeks and Poles. Sympathetic Strike Peared. Meanwhile, with overy day which fails in reaching a settlement the sentiment sen-timent .for a sympathetic strike, is growing among nearly 12,000 other ein-ployecs ein-ployecs at the stockyards. The temper of the union men wasYefiected by Pres- "We will die fighting before submitting- to arbitration as proposed by tlie packers.. Their suggeafion of arbitration arbitra-tion w'oiild mean the complete annihilation annihila-tion of trades unions in the stockyards." stock-yards." Object to Police Employees in the building trades at the stodkyards are dissatisfied because they arc obliged to work 'on buildings guarded by police. The men objected to working at any place where the police po-lice have been called to preserve order and protect property, nnd the present conditions are dcclaced by them to be, Intolerable. . Precautions Against' Fixe. Fire tngines, hose carts and jfire Insurance In-surance patrols, with.. 4i. full ojjota of men were sent'ot the stockyards today to Increase the fire protection. 'This action; ac-tion; -taken at the Instance of jthe Chl-cuo Chl-cuo Underwriters' jwaofllaUon yf-as, aci ' 1 cepted as Indicative of fear on the' part of the packors and insurance men that a stage of the strike had been reached when desperate disorder may be expected, ex-pected, notwithstanding the strenuous efforts of the thiion offjclala to prevent violence. The emergency fire protection protec-tion Js to be continued at the stockyards stock-yards as long as the strike continups. A disturbance was caused early today by a crowd, which attempted to prevent pre-vent a score or more of non-union workmen from entering the yards. No one was hurt, and but one arrest was j made. |
