The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-06-03

Chicago. May 30.-Chicago began TO
realize today that a meat famine is
Imminent Butchers who have bought
of the packer fighting the striking
Istockyards teamsters lost their ice sup
ply.
| Restaurants sere in straits TO pro-
cure choice meats The commodity
down in different parts of the city.
Holiday crowds blockaded wagons and
cheered the strikers. President Albert
Young, OF tie Teamsters' National
Union, declared that the strike would
be backed by union labor and won If
| it took five Yeas.
Butchers haze 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 cars is followed and traced. Ex-
cept for the few wagons that leave the
yards under heavy police protection
early in the day no meat is being
hauled out
| Monday night a joint council of the
local teamsters' union will be held to
determine whether all the union retail
shop butchers are to be closed up.
| At the leading hotels and restaurants
lit was stated today that the supplies
would last three days longer. If the
strike is not 50 tiled by that time the
managers do not know what they will
do. 1t might DC possible to get meat if
| they had only to deal with the pack
erS' teamSters, but the staunch SYM
pathetic stand of the ice men and coal
| teamsters leaves the restaurant owners
completely in the hands of the strik-
ers. Irwin Brothers have equipped
| their drivers with revolvers and it is
owing to this fact that a load of beef
was delivered early today. Robert
Alling was taking it to the Young
Mems Christian Association building
when three men waylaid his team. One
of them seized the lines and the others
tried to pull AilIng from his seat. The
driver drew q revolver and a threat to
shoot the man at the horses heads re-
leased 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.
| After reaching the Young Mems
Christian Association building Irwin
Brothers and the Harrison street police
station were Informed by telephone of
the attack. Several policemen were
hurried to the scene, but they could
not find any t. ace of the assailants.
Every packing house in the west be-
longing to the big Six is to be at
tackled by the teamsters union on Mon
day if the local companies do not re-
cede 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 nation
al headquarters are in Chicago, have
received assurances from their locals
at these points that all the men will
obey the summons and go out. This
move will be national in it's effects.
| The decision to make the call was
reached today by the executive coun-
Gil of the national teamsters union and
came after a conference with Louis F.
Swift, Of Swift & Co., and E. Morris, of
Nelson Norris & Co., both of whom
refused even to discuss the terms of the
agreement the teamsters wished signed
The attitude of the packers representa-
tives took away the last hope Of an i'm
mediate settlement of the strike.