Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-28

| sponslble for trouble with the team
| sters employed by retail dealers and
! supply houses throughout the city.
The strike leaders took under Consid-
Grafton move to induce the retail
| market drivers union TO refuse to ham
| die meat from the packing houses af-
| fected by the strike. even II a general
| strike Of retail drivers should be neces-
| sary
Reports that freight handlers in the
| employ of the Chicago Junction Rail-
| way company, went on strike yester-
| day We're denied today by officials OF
! the company.
while aboard n trolley car Frederick
| Matthews, a negro strike breaker, was
| pursued and attacked by a crowd Of
| strike sympathizers, upon leaving the
| stockyards for home. No arrests were
| made.
Near the city hall miles away from
| the stockyards, Michael Harrity,
| teamster, was kicked and beaten when
a wagon loaded with meat started from
| Libby, Mcneil q Llbby's branch
wholesale market in South Water
! street.
Picketing today was on in earnest
| around the produce center, and the nine
| Armour branches, the eight Swift
| branches, and the four Morris whole
| sale markets. II was said an attempt
would be made TO tie up completely the
traffic from the packers distributing
| point.
The hanging Of eilgies was the prin-
| cipal diversion among the strikers, and
| strike sympathiZers about the stock
| yards today. Miss Anna Rheinhart,
| an Armour & Co. telephone operator,
| today took up the reins and drove a
| bus about the yards,
Police rule"swas maintained In the
| neighborhood Of the stuckyards en-
| frances today, and crowds vera not al
| lowed 10 gather.
President Donnelly OF the butchers
| organization, decided today to open
| commisAary department. where food
| VIII be given those out OF work. The
union VIII also supply funds for those
unable TO pay rent,
The teamsters who have gone on
strike will. It is declared, find their
| occupations absolutely taken away
| from them When the strike shall have
ended, Hereafter the packers viii.
| they say, do no teaming but win force
| their retail butchers 20 come with wag-
ons to take away purchases.
Scared by the overturning Of an Ice
laden car at the Nelson. Morris & Co.
! plant, about 40 negro strike breakers
refused TO work longer
| add handlers
An attempt Of a University Of Chica-
| go student 10 remove an efilgy from an
electric light wire today caused a small
| riot I'm which the student was severely
beaten by strike sympathzers.
TRIED TO PLACE P1CKETS.
st. Paul, July 2s.-Contrary TO in
| gtr1iottnna nf a.
| Butchers union, the strikers at South
| 81. Paul today again attempted 10 cs-
| tablish strong picket line at the
SWIFT plant During fight n striker.
John seymour, was arrested.
MEN TAKEN BACK.
East St. Louis July 2s-Representa-
| tives of the packers say THAI several
| hundred Of the men who went out on
| strike have been taken back. 1t was
| further said that the packers ara get.
| ting skilled butcher help. which at first
| they had trouble in securing. This.
| however. Is denied by the strikers who
| assert that the packers are not gettgg
| my union men back, and tina they ex-
| poet TO win the strike by the END OF
| the week, The allied trades are SKILL
waiting for the call 10 60 out.
STRIKERS APPLY FOR PLACES,
Kansas City, Mo, July 2S..-Alany
| additional strikers, practically all OF
| them unskilled labor, applied for their
| old places at the plants OF Swift & CO.,
| Armour & Co., and the Fowler Pack
! ing company today and We're rc-em-
| ployed Following the action last nght
| OF the central labor union, refusing to
/ call strike OF the allied trades until
| nruAg IN dD had hnaga
| from the International officials, many
| strikers were disheartened.
| With the receipts at the yards the
I heaviest for over month, the packers
| asserted that the position from their
| standpoint was greatly improved
! Heretofore, they had been unable, they
| said, to secure sufficient stun 10 Kill
| and now with Increased forces they ex-
! pect TO make good progress,
Local strike leaders appear satisfied
| with the situation. All the 900 Gllici
| trades, II was said would s,rlks as
| soon as the order was received, ana
| this was expected at any time.
AT OMAHA,
Omaha, Neb, July 2S-SherIr Power
| today swore In 81 deputies and went
| to South omaha, where he took charge
] of the strike situation, relieving the
The FIRST action OF Sheriff Power was
to cause the arrest OF % men brought
| here from Colorado to act as special
officers They were all arrested as
| Migrants, and the officers say they win
| be forced to return TO Colorado
a little Strengthening was done at the
| plants today but the packers bought
| very little livestock.
The strike managers have retallatcd
against the packers by fling charges
| against four packing house managers
and asking that warrants be issued for
| their arrest These warrants, however
| have not been issued The strikers
charge the managers with importing
men from other states to act as special
| policemen.
The management refused 20 talk to.
| day, but Il was stated az the packing
| plants that a large number OF new
| men would reach the city and be put