Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-05-31
PACKERS TAKE FIRM STAND
Absolutely Refuse to Grant Teamsters Con-
oessions or Recognise the Union.
UNALTERABLY OPPOSED TO IT IN YARDS
Butchers Close shops All over City
and Thousands of People Are
Deprived of Their
Meat supply.

CHICAGO. May 30.-The four big packing
concerns OF the stockyards at a conference
'Inld today with union leaders representing
fss fAEjking teamsters, refused absolutely
III, concessions asked for, or any
pan, openly on record as being
unalteraD- jposed to the recognition Of
union labor in the yards.
Thousands OF persons had their usual sup
ply Of meat cut of today entirely, and many
others were able to buy little meat here
and there and paid fancy prices for IT, All
through the city butchers closed down and
many of them will not open again until the
strike has been settled.
Chicago began to realize today that
a meat famine is imminent. Butch
ers who have bought of the packers
fighting the striking stockyards teamsters
lost their ice supply. Restaurants were in
straits to procure choice meats. The COM
modify rose in price and many shops shut
down in different parts Of the city.
Holiday crowds blocked wagons and
cheered the strikers. President Albert
Young Of the teamsters' national organiza-
tion declared that the strike would be
backed by union labor and won If 1t took
fve years.
Quit Hauling from Yards.
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 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 joint council Of the local
teamsters' union will be held to determine
1. ~
are to be called upon to stand by the
teamsters and refuse to handle the meats
of unfair" concerns.
At the leading hotels and restaurants It
was stated today that the supplies would
last three days longer. II the strike is not
settled by that time the managers do not
know what they will do.
1t might be possible to get meat IL only
they had to deal with the packers team
sters, but the staunch sympathetic stand
Of ths icemen and coal teamsters leaves
the restaurateurs completely in the hands
Of the strikers.
Drivers Go Armed.
Some meat is now delivered to hotels and
restaurants by armed drivers. This is one
Of the results of the attacks made yester-
day on teamsters in the employ of Irwin
brOs. Inc urn mas equipped ltS drivers
with reyolvers and 1t is owing to this fact
that load Of beef was delivered early
today.
Robert Aliing was taken into the Young
Mems Christian association building, when
six men waylaid his team. Three Of
them seized the lines and the other three
pulled Alling from his seat. The driver
drew a revolver and threatened to shoot
the man at the horses heads and he re-
leased the animals. The driver then turned
his attention to the men on the wagon, who
also fed when he pointed the revolver at
them, threatening to kill them If they did
not get down.
After reaching the Young Woman's
Christian association building Irwin Bros
and the Harrison street police station were
informed by telephone of the attack. Sew
eral policemen were hurried to the scene,
but they could not find any trace Of the as
sailants.