The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-01
CHICAGO FACES A
FAMINE IN MEAT
Restaurants and Hotels Are
in Straits
BUT THREE DAYS SUPPLY
And Union Labor Will Back the Strike
Until Won.
PRICES RISE AND MANY SHOPS CLOSE
Holiday Crowds Block The Streets and Cheer the
Strikers. The Hotels aud Restaurants
Are al Their Mercy. The
parka,c pou.
Packers Powrrltss,
J tBy he Associated Press

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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 positions and sign
the agreement.
The tie-up in Chicago, which is declared
complete, is to be carried to Omaha, Kan
sas City, st. Joseph and st. Louis ami
the teamsters, whose national headquar-
tcrs are in Chicago have received ;issilr-
ances from their locals a. those places
that all the men will obey the order
and go out. This move will be national
and go out. This move will be Rational
in its effects.
The decision to make the call was
reached today by the executive council
OF the National Transfers Union and
came after a conference with Louis F.
Swift, of Swift & Company, and L iward
Norris OF Nelson. Morris & Company,
both OF whom refused even to discuss the
terms of the agreement the teamste:s
wished signed. The attitude of the eek
ors' representatives took away the last
nope of an immediate settlement of the
strike.
Chicago began to realize today
that a meat famine is imminent
Butchers who have bought of the
packers fighting the striking stock
yards transfers lost their ice supply.
Restaurants were III straits to procure
choice meats. The commodity rose in
price and many shops shut down in differ
,nt par>s of the city. Holiday crowds
blocked wagons and cheered the strikers.
President Albert Young. of the Team
sters' National Union. declared that the
strike would be backed by union labor
and won if it took Eve years.
Butchers have practically abandoned
the hauling of meat from the Yards. All
passes issued by the strikers have been
called in and all meat that goes out in
O. rs is followed and traced. Except for
the few wagons that leave the yards and
heavy police protection early in the day,
no meat is being hauled out.
Monday night a joint council of the
local transfers union will be held to de-
tcrmine VIII ,ther all the union retail
shop butchers are to be called upon to
stand by he .teamsters and refuse to
landle the meats of unfair concerns
At the leading hotels and restaurants.
it was stated today, that the supplies
would last three days longer. If the
strike Is not settled ny lHaJ time the
managers do not know what they do. 1t
might he possible to get meat If they had
only 10 deal with packers themselves or
PACKERS tea nsters, but the staunch SYM
pathetic stand of the ice men and coal
transfers leaves the restaurants COM
pletely in the hands of the strikers.
Irwin Brothers have equipped their
drivers with revolvers and it is owing
to this fact that a load of beef was de-
iivered early today.
Robert Alling vas taking 1T to the Y
M. =. A. building when three men way
laid his team. One of them seized the
lines and the other tried to pull Alling
from his seat. The driver drew revol-
yer and a threat to shoot the man at
the horses heads released the animals.
The driver then turned his attention
to the men OIL the wagon, who also Ned
when he pointed the revolver at them
threatening 20 kill them If they did not
get down
After ,aching the Y N. A. irwin
Bros and the Harrison street police sta
ton were Informed by telephone oil
the attack Several policemen were hur-
ried to the scene, but they could not ind
any trace of the assalanis.