New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-23
BUTCHERS FIGHT BEGUN.
MEMBERS OF THE RETAILERS ASSOCIA-
TION TAKE ACTION.
COMMITTEE ON SITE APPOINTED TO Sc
MEN TO WAIT ON JOHN D.
ROCKEFELLER.


The Greater New-York Butchers Association,
AT meeting held last night at Bloomingdale
Hall Nos 915 and 917 Eighth-ave., adopted
the plan for the formation OF an antitrust CO.
operative slaughter house. with the expectation
Of from s150ooOO0 TO S2oOooO0 capital or
this sum IT was said that 100000 had been
promised by those who attended last nights
meeting Great strength and encouragement
was given to the projectors Of the new enter
prise to fight the big Five" as the trust is
known. by the announcement that John d.
Rockefeller and other capitalists. whose names
were not divulged, are prepared 70 lend their
millions to help the retail butchers in their
fight against the Meat Trust
President Louis Wagner. when seen. said the
report regarding the willingness Of Mr. Rocke-
feller to give financial aid in the conflict be-
tween the retailers and the wholesalers was
true. committee representing the association
will. President Wagner said call to-day on MT
Rockefeller for the purpose Of acquainting MIN
OF the action taken at the meeting last night
It was said however. that the offer did not
come direct from Mr.. Rockefeller but through
one who was said to be closely associated with
him
Shares in the new corporation are 800 each,
have more than twenty Of these shares. II is
the purpose Of the association 10 have slausn-
ter house Of its own in this city and in opera
ton before the first Of the coming year. In this
direction an offer was made last night OF two
blocks in Long Island City. bounded by Skill
man, Foster and Rapalje aves the Long Island
Railroad and Hummerbln-st. at cost OF
$50 600
It was said that the owner. through an agent
W. Wallace Detrick Of No. 100 West One-hun- =
dred- and -twenty-ffth-st had specified twenty
years as the time in which TO pay for this prop
erty The association says that its main purpose
Is to protect the consumer, and that it VIII rely
in the main on the public 10 aid 1t in us pur-
pose It has guarantees also. II was sald' thdI
the Western butchers are willing 70 aid IN the
scheme. and abattoirs will be established IN
MANY Of the Western cities. particularly in Kan
sas City.
In philadelphia. whore George J. Loeser was
in session on Monday last with the retail butch
ers Of that city It was resolved he said to
establish an independent slaughter house ana
promise Of a fund Of SSOOOo0 for this purpose
was made. Mr.. Loeser said that the retail
butchers in Philadelphia are prepared to start
Similar work. he added will be begun soon in
Boston Buffalo and Chicago.
In time a National association. 1t was SAID
will be formed. with headquarters In kansas
CITY where all the packing Will be dohs. ne ne
association has no fear that the raliroadS wiz
discriminate against the association IN iaVor :"
big five" 80 determined is the ASSOCIATION 90
sectre site for its slaughter house mere lhaO
n anpointed the following Committee on sic
Inst night: George Wagner A. Guttfriend anu
John Wagner. ,c-o
The Committee on Prices Is made UP OF Georse
Kahn George J. LOeser and Never Boch. IL
vas calculated that the thrty-h hundred rttdH
butchers in New-York handle weekly more 'hau
fourteen thousand head Of cattle Ihey say
that with this amount of work done in their own
abattoir they would he able To give a great
deal ~ euulovment % men In this city, thereoy
benehtng the community considerably. Iraue I.l1
they say has dropped greatly since Ihe Pil-e PIe
~ meat went up. and those Of the laborng class
have ceased buying steaks. Which nav M T.,
ceased two cents in the pound. soup ineat i IS
much more In demand now than II mas oeeh d.
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