Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-28
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AID THE
STRIKERS
FIRE AT sWlFTs' PACKING PLANT
IN CHICAGO DESTROYS PART
OF THE LARD RE.
FINERY.
POLICE PROTECT
NON-UNION WORKERS

Chief O'NeiIl Takes Steps to Prevent
Riotins on Chicago Streets = Was-
ons Renainted and Covered With
Tarpaulin Used to Deliver Meat Il
Kansas City Unions Vote Tonight.
Chicago, July 27..- 1t Is report.
ed that two representatives of Ar
mour G. Co., have this afternoon
gone to conference with the
state board of arbitration relative
to another joint conference with
the representatives of the strik-
ers.
Chicago, July 27-Swift's lard re.
f1nery at the stock yards, filled with
hundreds of tierces of lard, is burning
fiercely.
Not of Incendiary Origin.
Suspicious were at first entertained
that the origin of the fire was incendi-
ary, but later the cause of the blaze
was ascertained to be the result of
over-heated dynamos.
Workmen Escape Unframed.
The 800 men in the building escap-
ed safely. Every available fire engine
in the yards district was called out,
and the firemen succeeded in control
ling the fire in the lard refinery and
preventing its spread to the adjacent
buildings.
The loss is estiamted at 100000.
Contents Valued at 100000.
The contents of the refinery were
valued at 100000, but the officials
state that the loss will be but a few
thousand. ~ s;a.
O'NeilI Issues Orders.
To minimize the danger of rioting,
should the packing companies attempt
to deliver meat to their local costum-
ers with non-union teamsters, Chief of
Police O'Neill has given instructions
that all hauling shall be on Halsted
street.
The chief declared that all teamsters
will be protected against violence.
Order is Far Reaching.
The order calling out the packing
house teamsters affects drivers EN-.
ployed on market and grocery delivery,
trucks, tallow and bone, bakery, ice
and express wagons, who are prohib.
tied from handling any goods to or
from the packing plants.
Wagons Repainted.
Nine wagons loaded with meat were
sent out today from Swartzchild
Sulzbergers plant The wagons hac
nj nd ct
moved; high sides were placed or
them and they were covered with {
tarpaulin as a disguise. They were
escorted from the yards by dozer
policemen.
H. Teamsters Quit Work.
Seven hundred stock yards team
sters refused to go to work today.
Riot and Bloodshed.
Rioting and bloodshed far in excess
of anything that has hitherto occur
lred in the strike marked yesterdays
Developments at the stock yards. Three
men with perhaps fatal injuries were
taken to hospitals, while bread wagons
were attacked by mobs and meat wag
ons were impeded in their progress III
| IOWu NY Sulleu SLTlh6 SyulpdIulZ0TS
Clarence Hall died last night from th'
results of bullet wound received las
Thursday.
] Mob Attacks Negroes.
The climax to the day of unrest cam,
at o'clock last night, when a surglnt
mob numbering 5000 people sought a
Princeton avenue and Root street t
wreak vengeance on Thomas johnson
nonunion negro waiter employed a
Armour's, who shot and probabl
wounded John Stokes while the latte
was about to board a street car.
The negroes left the yards at Roo
and Halsted streets. Soon a grea
mob was in pursuit. The negroes wer,
frightened Johnson, one of the ne
groes, opened fire on the crowd wit
his revolver. A bullet struck the ma
in the breast, just over the heart. Th
negroes leaDed from the car and rar
with the furious mob in pursuit.
Riot Calls in Quick Succession.