The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
NEAT FAMINE EXPECTED.
Restaurants arc Hard Pressed and
Trouble is Expected.

Chicago began to realize Friday
that a meat famine was imminent.
/ butchers who have bought Of the
packers lighting the striking stock
wards teamsterS lost their ice supply.
| Restaurants we're in StraightS to pro-
cure choice meats. The commodity
rose in price and many shops shat
down In different parts OF the city.
! Holiday crowds blocked wagons and
chased the strikers. Albert Young
of the teamstcrS national union
declared that the strike was backed
! by union labor and would win If 1t
c0ok FIVE years.
Butchers have practically abandon
ed 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. Except FOR the few
wagons that leave the yards under
heavy police protection early IN the
day. no meat is being hauled out.
Monday night Il joint cCunci! Of the
! local teamsiers union will be held to
determine whether all the union re-
tail shop butchers are to be called up
on to stand by the tcamSterS and re-
fuse to handle the meats cf "unfair''
concerns.
At tie leading hotels and restaq-
rants it was stated today that the sup
plies 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 10 deal with
the packers teamsters' but the
sraunch sympathetic stand Of the ice
men and coal teamSLcrs leaves the
restauranteurs completely in the
hands Of the strikers.
Irwin Bros have equipped their
drivers with revOlvers and it is owing
TO this fact that-a LOAD OF beef was
delivered today:
Robert Alling was taking ice to the
Y. NJ. C. y, building when three men
waylaid bis team. One Of them seized
the lines and the other tried to pull
Alling from his seat. The driver drew
a revolver and a threat to shoot 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.
After reaching the 7. NJ. {. y.
building the Irwin Bros, and the
Harrison street police station were in
formed by phone Of the attack. Sew
eral Policemen were hurried to the
scene, but they could not find any
trace of the aSSailants.
Every packing house in the west
belonging to the big Six is to be at
tackled by the TeamSterS' 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
Omala. Kansas City, St. Joseph and
St. Louis and the teamsters, whose
national headquarters are in Chicago,
have received assurance from their
locals at those points that all the men
will obey the summons and 60 out.
This move will be natioual in it's et-
feet.
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 I. Swift of Swift s. Company,
and Edward Morris Of Nelson Morris
& Company, both Of whom refused
even to discuss the terms CT the agree
ment the teamsters wished signed.
The attitude of ten packers repre-
sentatives took away the last hope OF =.
an immediate settlement of the strike.