The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-05
POLICE ARE KEPT BUSY
The State Troops May BE
Called on Today.
Conference Last Night to Bring
About an End of the Strike.
The Wounded Estimated 1t
/, from 100 to $50

Chicago. June 4-Drfven by men coy>
cred with dust and blood, many OF tnesn
barely able from exhaution to bold the
reins in their hands. thirty-sax meat wa
CONS entered the main gate OF the Union
Stock Yards tonight amid shower %
stones. bricks, bottles and sticks. Tns
wagons. guarded by five police wagons
filled with bluecoats. and two omnipuscss
crowded to the fullest capacity with po-.
ucemen. were on the return from de-
livery Of supplies to downtown provisious
houses after one of the fiercest days ~
the strike OF the beef packers teamsfsrs.
Many Of the drivers, who are officials -
the packing houses. were cut and bruised
from head to foot The police were ~
even worse condition The wagon drivers
had been working from 5 o'clock in the
morning and their progress from the
stock yards into the city's business dis
trict and back again had been contested
bitterly by mobs of strike sympathizers.
Struck With Baseball Bat
At the very entrance OF the stock yards
tonight, after all seeming danger had
passed. George June. an empioye of the
Anglo American Packing Company. was
struck by a baseball bat and knocked
from his wagon seat. He was picked UP
in an unconscious condition ana u ~
believed he will die.
Many others were struck at the same
time by a shower Of stones. but the po-
lice were too worn out to offer resistance.
More than a dozen battles were fought
during the day between the rioters ana
the police and the hospitals tonight are
overcro xded with the injured. The fere-s
est battle of the day took place this
evening at Sixteenth Street and Michigan
Avenue. The rioters stood on the viaduct
and hurled rocks ut the meat wagnux
passing underneath. The throng was the
most formidable In number and in dar-'
ing Of any of the crowds that gathered
during the day. Before this mob could
be dispersed the police were compelled
to use revolvers. More than fifty shots
were fired. the bullets passing over the
heads OF the crowd which finally became
frightened and scattered. but not until
many of the rioters and policemen had
suffered serious injuries.
Effort to End Strike.
A conference was held tonight between
representatives of the packers and the
teamsters looking to a settlement OF the
strik. President Frederick w. Job. chair
man OF the State Board of Arbitration.
brought about the meeting. A settlement
OF the strike of the drivers of delivery
wagons of the retail State Street depart-
mnt stores earlier in the day formed tho
basis on which the opposing elements
hoped to effect compromise.
At 1880 a. m, after four hours of CONSUL
tation In which the question OF recognize
ton of the union was thoroughly discuss
ed, an agreement regarding wages and
hours was decided on. The representa-
tives of the packers conceded the de-
mands Of the strikers on these two ques-
lions but were obdurate in their refusal
to recognize the strikers union. 1t is
believed a compromise may be reached
on unsettled points. The conference is
still in session and probably will last
several hours longer
1t is estimated that the total number
of injured Is between 100 and $50.
Tonight the soldiers of the list Regiment,
I. N. G.. were instructed to be prepared
for a hurried call for duty. The COM
handing officers sent word to other off,
GERS and by them the commissioned off,
GERS were detailed to notify the privatea
to be ready at a moments notice
Governor Yates is In the city tonight.