The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-10

Omaha, Aug. 9.-Sherin Drexel sent 100
deputies to South Omaha early this morn
ing. The deputies broke the picket lines
of the strikers and escorted the work
men to their homes in squads. The
strikers hooted and jeered but did not
offer any violence. A number of the old
mon returned to work under protection
of the officers. All the houses began
killing in spite of the threat of the man
ayers that they would not do any work
until the militia was called out. 1t is
the general belief that the strike is now
practically broken.
More Deputies Added.
Two hundred more deputy sheriffs were
added TO the number of guards at the
packing houses at o'clock. They were
armed with buggy spokes, no fire arms
being allowed. The strikers refused to
withdraw their picket line at the APP
proach of the officers and while avoid
ing collision paid little attention to the
deputies.
While the situation is quite strained,
it appears on the surface to be more
quiet than last night
Quite crowd of new men arrived on
the Burlington this evening, and a
squad of special police were sent from
Cudahy'S TO escort them to the house.
Three or four strikers plckets who were
mounted on horses FASTENED to their
headquarters and notified the leaders. A
crowd went out to meet the new men,
but the officers would not let the strik-
6rs near enough to talk TO them and
beyond some muttering threats nothing
XWas said.
~ When the men quit work tonight the
packers told them they would not ask
them to return tomorrow and they could
DO as they saw fit, but they did not
want any of their men to endanger their
lives in going to and from work. A num-
Der of men did not show up for work
this morning, and the forces at packing
houses We're considerably less than al
most any day since the strike was in
augurated.
VIII Shut Down Entirely.
The sentiment Of the packers is unani-
NOUS in the determination to shut down
entirely for an indefinite period, and as
Manager Foster, of Swift's, put it, 'if
the county and state cannot give us
protection and do not care to protect
the great industries of South Omaha, we
can stand 1t II they can, and as we were
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"
The packers complain that they cannot
get a 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 warrants, and you see,
said one of the packers, with all the
police and specials we can get no pro-
lection"
Tonight, as a workman was passing
from the packing house, two or three
men took after him. He started to run
and in a few seconds 1000 men were
after him. shouting ''scab' and other
vile epithetS. First one striker would
strike the man and then another The
man was knocked down and kicked. He
made no effort to defend himself except
to get away. After he was beaten and
chased for two blocks, the police finally
got between the mob and the man and
stopped the assault.
Captain Cornell held a revolver in each
hand and swore he would shoot the first
man who continued the fight. The police
then escorted the man home.
4 work in the morning and that it meant
a death to the man who attempted to as
Nsault him while attending his own busi-
ness