The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-01
Men Who Drive Wagons for One of the
Largest Department Stores in the
City Quit Work Yesterday.
SUPPLY OF MEAT EXHAUSTED
SOME OF THE LARGE HOTELS MAY
HOLD OUT FEW DAYS,
But Many OF the Restaurants Are I'm
able to FIJI Orders of Customers
All Kosher Shops Closed.

CHICAGO, May s1.-At midnight the
strike situation throughout the city is es-
timated to be as follows: Proprietors of 40
per cent. of the 1000 meat markets in the
city have entirely exhausted their sup
plies. OF the $50 restaurants in the city it
is said 70 per cent. will be without meat
for their customers by Sunday night. All
the meat markets conducted by Jews where
kosher is sold closed down tonight and no
attempt will be made TO open them while
the strike shall last. This leaves $1,000
Jews in Chicago without their regular
meat supply. The large hotels are sup
piled for a few days, but some Of them
will be in trouble by Tuesday night if
there shall be no change in the present
conditions.
Tonight Business Agent George F.
Golden, of the Teamsters' Union, an
nounced he would notify the drivers Of all
factories supplying the packers with boxes
that they were not to handle the products
of the factories if the strike continued.
President James II. Payne, of the United
Order of Boxmakers, promised Golden if
this were done he would call out the 500
union boxmakers If an attempt was made
to supply the trade with boxes through
nonuniOn drivers.
The strike to-day spread to the DEPART
ment stores Eighty-nine teamsters work.
ing for THE Fair struck and others are
expected to go out The effect it is said
will be practically to shut off the delivery
of goods to the customers and the bringing
in of new stock. The Department Store
Transfers Union was recently formed and
Is affiliated with the national organization
on the same footing the one at the
stockyards. The men make the same de-
mand as do the packers teamsters-for
4 hEff !,
ton of the union. The police were called
to guard THE Fair" Jacob Kessner, the
manager of the establishment attempted
to address the teamSters this morning.
| Their business agent, however, told Mr..
Kessner that he would have to talk to the
mems agent and that he could not talk to
the men.
Il don't recognize you," said Mr. Kess-
ner.
At this the business agent blew the whis-
tie and the teamsters to a man quit work,
leaving a large guard of pickets, however,
10 look after their interests.
About 1900 men and boys in the Bride
well and the John Worthy Reform School
will be without meat tomorrow, accord
ing to a statement made to-day by Super
intendent Sloan. Mr.. Sloan held confer
ence with the supply houses to-day and
was told that the situation appeared to be
hopeless. These institutions have been
using half a ton of meat day. Mr.. Sloan
to-day purchased ten tons of beans and 1,5O0
pounds or oatmeal in anticipation of the
meat famine The teamsters are allow
ing the packers to take meat to the hos
pitfalls.
Serious trouble began for downtown
hotels and restaurants to-day when mem
bers of the Ice Wagon Drivers and Help
ers' Union refused to deliver ice TO the
! Great Northern Hotel the Palmer House.
/ KinSley'S restaurant and the Aeusner Bak-
ing Company. The management of the
! Auditorium and Annex also was notified
| that no ice would be delivered after to-day
| If meat from packers who have not signed
| the union agreement was used in the hotel
| Business Agent Flynn, of the Ice Wagon
| Drivers and Helpers Union, said the MEM
| bers of his organization were determined
not to deliver ice to hotels and restaurants
that buy meat of the prescribed packers.