Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-08

OUTING arc 6St1eT nan ever Before
Chicago, Aug. 2.-Yesterday was a
busy day with the packers. With in,
creased forces of skilled workers and
the operating departments more thor
oughly equipped than at any time since
the beginning of the strike the employ
ers took firm grip on the machinery
of their affairs and as a result the
stockyards took on the old hum of &C
tivity to a great extent.
Over $4,000 head of livestock were
received here yesterday. This is an
increase of $4,000 over the correspond
ing day of last week. Such an enor.
nous amount of livestock would under
normal conditions have had a depress,
ing effect on the market and yesterday
when the trainloads of animals began
to pour into the yards, stockmen and
traders feared a panic, but it did not
occur. Prices were lowered sharply.
but the fact that the market held so
well seemed to prove beyond argument
that the packers are prepared to in
crease their output.
Packers Buy Thousands.
The packers bought 5000 cattle, 49,
900 hogs and 10000 sheep during the
day. Before nightfall 80 per cent. had
been slaughtered. Further proof of
the claims of the packers that the diff.
culties of the strike are being over
come was furnished by the shipment
of 500 carloads of fresh meats from
the stockyards. OF this number 400
cars We're loaded and shipped by firms
affected by the strike.
Many Union Men Work.
As near as could be estimated last
night $50 union men of the various
trades on strike returned to work DUR
yesterdays assertions makes the total
number of strikers who have returned
to work at least 1000.
Police See Peaceful End.
Chief of Police O'Neill, who has TAX
en- personal charge of the stockyards
during the trouble, declared last night
his belief that peace in the strike is in
sight and that by Thursday great
changes will be seen tending towards
a peaceful end.
Violence Subsidies.
Yesterday was freer from violence
than any time since the strike began.
There were several disturbances, but
the police experienced little difficulty
IN restoring order. The crowds usu-
ally seen at the entrances to the yards
were no longer in evidence yesterday,
and wagons carrying meat passed
through the streets unmolested.
Saloon fights between union and
nonunion men were more frequent
yesterday. During these quarrels one
man was shot and another stabbed,
but neither was seriously injured.
Rioters Stone Police Station.
Rioters stoned the Deering street
police station late last night and fO-
a quarter of an hour the police bat
tied with a crowd of 1000 men and
women as it charged the station re-
peatedly with sticks and stones,
shouting vengeance against the pO-
lice. The trouble started when the
police rescued Frank Castellano,
strike breaker employed in the stock
yards, who had been dragged from
street car and severely beaten and
who had fired four shots from a re-
volver at his assailants. One of the
bullets took effect in John Sheehan's
arm. After Castellano was taken tC
the station the rioters attacked and
tried to wreck it All the windows
were broken. Charge after charge
was made by the police and the riot
ers were driven back only by the
strenuous use of clubs. These had
little effect for as soon as the police
would return to the station the crowd
would make another attack.
Police and Strikers Injured.
Nearly a dozen times the police
sailed and charged the crowd with
clubs before the rioters were dis.
persed. In one of these charges
three policemen were injured with
bricks At least so rioters were cut
about the head in the hand to hand
conflicts with the police before finally
sUbdued.
Injunction Order Stands.
Belleville, H.. Aug 2-Judge Hold
er yesterday refused to grant the ap-
peal of the striking packing house
employees, to dissolve the injunction
restraining the strikers from interior
ing with the operation of plants and
the men employed therein. The in
junction stands as originally granted.
until further action of the court
EADC EROM NUINnOw