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Show PACKERS WON'T CONFER. End of Strike No Nearer Settlement Than at Commencement ef Trouble. The Chicago stockyard atrlke loom no nearer a sell lenient than It did the day the atniggle began. Kf-lort Kf-lort of a coinniltti-e composed of retail re-tail butcher and grocer to brlni' about a conference between tho packj er and the atrlke leadora was of tioi avail. The retailers' committee waa In I conference with tho committee rc-pro-, entlng tho packers on Thursday and at the end of the meeting the follow, lug statement waa given out by the rctullera: "We were courteously received by a commltteo representing the packers and were Informed that considering all that had pun fed and present conditions, con-ditions, no good reason existed why any further conference with tho ' strikers would be bencllclal." I No statement waa Issued by tho packer regarding tho conference and they all refused to discus tho matter i further than to confirm tho statement given out by tho commit loo. When tho strlko leader were Informed of tho determination of the packers to refuso to enter luto further conference confer-ence with tho unionists they begun lo form plana to force tho hand of the legal department of tho United Btutca government In an eudeuvor to bring about a settlement. |