Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-10
MILITIA CALLED OUT AT OMAHA,
Deputy Sheriffs Prove Unable to Prevent
Violence to Workmen.
OMAHA, Aug. 10.-The state militia has
been sent to the scene of the strike.

OMAHA, Aug. 1n.-With 500 deduties on
the sc enc of the packing house strike the
only difference is that matters appears n
little more quite on tide surface than be-
fore. One hundred deputy sheriffs were
sent to the plalts in the morning and at
night they were reinforced with 200 moro.
The deputies were armed with buggy
suokes no firearms being allowed. The
strikers refused to withdraw their picket
line at the approach of the officers, and
while avoiding collision paid little at
tention to the deputieS. Quite a crowd of
new men arrived on the Burlington last
evening and squad of special policemen
was sent from Cudahy's to escort them
to the house. Three or four strikers
pickets who were mounted on horse s
hastened to stheir headquarters and noti-
fed the leaders.
1Ien Afraid to Go to Work.
A crowd went ont to meet the new men,
but the special police would not let the
strikers get near nough to talk TO them,
and beyond some muttered:: threats moth
ing was said. When the men quit work
last night the different packers told them
TO return to work today or not, as they
saw fit, as they did not want any of their
men to endanger their lives and their fam
lilies in going to and from work. A great
number of men did not show IN for work
yesterday morning, and the forces at the
packing houses were considerably less
than almost any day since the strike was
inaugurated
Packers in Favor of n Shu. Down.
The sentiment of the packers is unani-
nous in the determination TO shut down
entirely for an indefinite period, and az
Manager Foster, of Swift's. expressed It,
III city, county and state cannot give US
protection and do not care to protect the
great industries OF South Omaha we can
stand It if they can, and as we We're losing
money before the strike we are not going
to fight the strikers and lose more money;
consequently the best thing we can do is
to shut down entirely"
Cannot Get n Warrant Served.
The packers complain that they cannot
get n warrant served on any man after
complaints have been made Not even
after men against whom complaints have
been filed are pointed out to the police
and constables will they serve the war
rants, and you see,' said one of the pack
ers, with all the police and specials we
can get no protection or justice done and
we do not care to ru if we cannot get
protection"
Specimen Assault on q "Scab."
Last night as a workman was passing
from the packing house two or three men
took after him. He started to run and in
few seconds 1000 men were after him,
shouting ''sclb" and other vile epithets.
First one striker would hit the lre. ...,.
than an0tNn~ I'ha --rn- lnork al
down and Skicked. After he was Deat,..
and chased for two blocks the police final
ly got between the mob and the man and
stopped the assault.
Escorted Home by Police.
Captain Connell held n revolver in each
hand and swore he would shoot the frs.
man who continued the fight. The police
escorted the man home. Later he said
| that he would go to work in the morning.
and that it meant death to the man who
assaulted him while he was mintling his
| own business. The conduct of The strik.
| ers in this case is criticised severely