| Show Strikers and Officials of Stockyards Promise Cooperation With Mediators I CHICAGO Nov 24 UP UP uP 1 ing handlers and officials of the Union Stock Yards and Transit company assured federal conciliators conciliators concilia concilia- tors today that they were willing to cooperate in fn efforts to settle a labor dispute that has paralyzed the worlds world's ds largest larest livestock market They agreed to meet Saturday X with two conciliators assigned by the ff U. U St S. S dePartment of labor to attempt mediation into The Thu labor department apartment stepped the controversy after exchange directors said that great loss will accrue upon the entire industry unless unless un- un less this matter is terminated quickly kl I Meet Cooperation Conciliators Robert My then Indianapolis Indianapolis In In- and William Villiam H H. Rodgers Des Moines announced after conferring con con- conferring ferring with company executives and officials of the livestock han han- handlers handlers' diers' diers local and the packing house workers' workers organizIng organising committee Congress Congress Con Con- gress of Industrial Organization affiliates affiliates af af- af- af that they found both sides cooperative and willing to seek a common ground Ben Brown president of the C CIO I 0 local which called the strike Monday Mon Mon- Monday day after charging the company re refused refused re- re fused to bargain in good faith said his group would meet today to discuss discuss dis dis- dis- dis cuss plans for procedure He said he would assure the members that everything will be all right and would caution them against any possible violence Union Claims Majority The union claims a big majority of the stock yards workers Principal Principal Principal Prin Prin- cipal points in the dispute are the unions union's closed shop and off check-off demands A special detail of 60 police patrolled patrolled pa pa- trolled the vast mart marton on Chicago's south side Only three pickets were on duty The situation was complicated by the still undetermined attitude of handlers affiliated with the American Ameri Amen can Federation of Labor James R R. Rice secretary of the A API F L local said members were being polled to determine if they would return to work tomorrow morning A F L Workers Idle The A F L union whose members have not attempted to work since the rival organization walked out claims a membership of close cose to toWO WO of the regularly employed handlers Nine months ago it lost reportedly by one vote vote vote-a a national labor relations board election for exclusive exclusive ex ex- bargaining rights Trading in the mile square yards has las been at a standstill since commission commission com com- mission men cleared the mart of livestock late Tuesday Because of the normal 1 1 Y jv I Ti ti 1 i ti l i y yS S 4 4 1 Y i v Hi h 1 i t s t 7 S 'S j n f wC w- w C I 0 O UNION CHIEF PLEDGES NO VIOLENCE Ben Brown accuses stockyard company of bad faith ing holiday there were no operations Packing houses said they had at today at the packing houses which le least t a day 10 supply of meat i in n dep depend nd largely on the yards for their coolers and that there wano was wa s their no danger of a meat shortage or of ofa receipts a sharp increase in prices Brown who had threatened to extend ex ex- Meanwhile plans went ahead for forthe fo r tend the strike to the entire pact packing ng the international livestock sho show w industry if the yards attempted to opening Saturday Union men have hay e operate said that if the strike continues con con- agreed not to interfere with arrival al an estimated slaughterers slaughter slaughter- of prize livestock but entrants will willbe alIl Il ers employed by the packing houses be forced to care for their own an ani ani- l would be faced with a lay off male mals |
