The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-05

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the crowd followed closely. The police,
however. walked by the wagons and
confined their efforts TO pulling from
the wagons men who tried to climb into
the seats, presumably to pull down the
drivers.
The decision of the police TO confine
their attention strictly TO keeping in
Vaders from climbing into the wagons
did not long endure. From windows
along the route missiles were flung at
them At every street corner teamsters
in sympathy with the strikers so man
aged their wagons as 10 bring about
blockade. With the continued oppOsi-
ton. the bombardment. the blocking
and the jeers an stirring them. the
police lost their tCmpers and dubbed
with apparent DISCRIMINATION.
Club Women and Children.
1t was said that several women and
boys and one helpless cripple received
blows from the batOns of the police.
The streets through which the caravan
passed by noon had become a perfect
maelstrom of surging. excited human
ity The slowly persistent progress of
the meat wagons acted as gOad TO the
temper Of the crowd.
Patrol wagons were kept busy rush
ing 10 the various lOckups with pris-
oners. ambulances hurried to the near
est hospitals where heads could be
sewed up. but this did not lessen the
resistance of the strikers or their SYM
p3thizers. The sight of new arrests
and OF newly cracked skulls only
whetted their appetites. They took me
moving Of the meat caravan "a difficult
thing TO move under any circum-
stances through down town districts)
as a challenge.
Automobiles Smashed
An incident of the fights was the
smashing Of an automobile. The ma
chine was caught i'm one of the block
ades and smashed to sDlinters. An
other machine. in which were two
women. was caught ia 81 similar predic-
ament. The occupants were SO fright
ened 10y the riot about them that they
were at the point of faintiug when po-
licemen rescued them.
While passing under the elevated rail-
road loop the caravan was endangered by
trolley wires which had been cut from
their fastcningS and hung down to the
pavement No one was hurt, however,
from this cause.
business on State street was in a state
of harriCadc several hours. Pickets Tor
the strikers persuaded some sympathetic
drivers 20 drive into the thorOughfare i'm
order to check the advance of the meat
wagons. At Madison and state streets
the vollcy OF eggs. bricks, etc. became so
thick and the street so congested that the
3 police were forced to charge upon the
crowd Sympathizers i'm wagOnlOads tried
TO drive into the squads Of police, ana
many people were slightly niured In the
fraCaS. One old man had his arm broken
| by blow from a pOliCeman's club.
Women and children were panlc-stuck-
On and fled crying into side streets.
At Randolph and Clark streets the mob,
which was preceding and following the
meat caravan became riotous again
From a coal wagon and from standing
produce wagons the crowd seized missiles
/ and pcted the drivers Of the packing
house wagons. Here the police charged
| the crowd again and again driving them
from the streets and dOOrWays into siuC
streets At Fifth avenue, near Madison
! three coal wagons attempted 60 blockade
! the streets again. One teamster drew d
l revolver and threatened to shoot anyonC
who touched hts horses. The police pulled
| his team aside. however, but the driver
I was not arrested.
Packers Held Conference.
/ Behind closed doors away from tho
: turmoil and excitement Of the day, rep
I resentatives Of the big packing houses
are holding a conference down town. il
| is said. which is to determine the settle
I mCnt or continuation of the strike. This
was intimated by several men in thu
down town offices of the different pack
/ crs. and the report was sent broadcast
I I'm Fultau market and the stock yards
I The conference is TO decide upon wha
/ terms the packers will agree to a settle
ment of the strike and their condition
i of arbitration 1t is the first defiuit,
move in the direction of effective settle
/ mint Of the strike. and within twenty
/ four hours the packers expect to be ready
( TO issue their scheme.
/ fHhe cavalcade had scarcely broker
/ through the coal wagons on Fifth ave
1 nue. when more serious blockade fol
/ lowed a few yards further south on Madi
/ son street. A number Of vehicles. driver
/ by men presumably i'm league with tn,
/ strikers. had blockaded the street an,
tied up the street car lines RUNNING
| through the intersection In the jam wa
/ q bus loaded with boys
Spectators Jeer officers.
The boys climbed out of their vehicI
: only to meet the Onrushing police. AM
/ many of them were dubbed to "A choru
I of Shame from the spectators.
Occasionally bottles and stones wer
thrown from windows. but generally the
hit innocent bystanders. One of then
struck a horse and knocked him sense
less There was one humorous featur
TO the otherwise serious situation.
wagon containing a live calf was broke
into during the absence of the police fror
that portion of the caravan, and the be
wildered animal was taken away ami
applause. Later the blockade at FIT
avenue and Madison streets was broke
by determined rush OF the police.
Driver Uses Revolver.
A driver fired at a man in the crow
! who had struck him in this face with
stone. The bullet grazed the mans chez
and ne ran with blood streaming froI
his face The police arrested the driver.
! At Quincy street and Fifth aveuu'
while there were no shots fired the Do
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