The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-31
THE CHICAGO STRIKE
TRANSFERS To EXTEND 1T TO
OTHER CITIES.
WILL TRY TO DOWN "BIG SIX"
CHICAGO's TIE UP SAID TO BE COM
PLETE.

Transfers of st. Louis. Omaha, Kan
sas City and st. Joseph Ordered to
StriI<e-Packers Refused Yesterday
to Grant Any Demands of Team
sters-ChicagO's Situation Is Al
ready Desperate and Meat Cannot
he Delivered without Aid of PO-
lice Butchers and Restaurants
Cannot Even Get Ice without PO-
lice Help.
Chicago, May 30.-Every packing
house in the West, belonging to the
big Six" is to be attacked by the
Transfers Union on Monday if the
local companies do not recede from
their position and sign the agreement.
The tie-up in Chicago, which is de-
clared complete, is to be
carried to Omaha. Kansas City
St. Joseph and st. Louis
and the teamsters, whose ma
tional headquarters are in Chicago.
have received assurances from their
locals at those points that all the men
will obey the summons and go out.
This move will be national in it's eff
fects.
The decision to make the call was
reached to-day by the executive coun-
ell of the National Transfers Union and
came after a conference with Louis F,
Swift of Swift & Co.. and Edward Nor
ris of Nelson Morriss &c Co.. both of
whom refused even to discuss the
terms of the agreement the teamsters
wished signed. The attitude of the
packers representatives took away the
last hope of an immediate settleme nt
of the strike.
Meat Famine Is Imminent.
Chicago May SO.-Chicago began to
realize to-day that a meat famine is
imminent. Butchers who have bought
of the packers fighting the striking
stock yards teamsters lost their ice
supply. Restaurants were in straits
to procure choice meats. The COM
modify rose in price and many shops
shut down in different parts of the city.
Holiday crowds blocked wagons and
cheered the strikers. President Albert
Young of the Transfers National I'm
ion declared that the strike would be
backed by union labor and won If it
took five years.
.e JoulCHGfS nave dDdnQOneQ
the hauling of meat from the yards.
All passes issued by the strikers have
been called in, and all meat that goes
out in cars is followed and traced. Ex-
cept for the few wagons that leave the
yards under heavy police protection
carly in the day. no meat is being
hauled out.
Monday night a joint council of the
local Transfers union will be held to
he led 20 ct. 49, ~
sters and refuse to handle the meats
of unfair concerns.
Have Three Days Supplies.
At the leading hotels and restaurants,
it was stated to-day that the supplies
would last three days longer. If the
strike is not settled by that time the
managers do not know what they will
do. 1t might be possible to get meat
if they had only to deal with the pack
ers transfers, but the staunch sympa-
thetic stand of the ice men and coal
teamsters leaves the restaurateurs
completely in the hands of the strikers.
Armed Drivers with RevoIvers.
Irwin Brothers have equipped their
drivers with revolvers and it is owing
to this fact that a load of beef was de-
livered early to-day. Robert Alling
was taking it to the Y. M. G. A. build
ing, when three men waylaid his team.
One of them seized the lines and the
others tried to pull Alling from his
seat. The driver drew a revolver and
threatened to. shoot and the man at
the horses heads released the animals.
The driver then turned his attention
to the men on the wagon, who also fled
when he pointed the revolver at them,
threatening to kill them if they did not
get down.
In 17a
ing Irwin Brothers and the Harrison
Street Police Station were informed by
telephone of the attack. Several po-
licemen were hurried to the scene. but