The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-03
CLAIM
THEY WILL WIN
Say Conditions Have About
Reached a Normal Stage.
STRIKERS THINK OTHERWISE
CHICAGO YARDS FILLED WITH
LIVESTOCK.

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Chicago, aug. inspector Car =
= roll, the special representative OF =
= the United States department Of =
= commerce and labor, who obtained ,
= evidence for the government on ?
= which an injunction was issued =
= about TWO years ago by Judge p
= GTOsscup OF the federal district ?
= court. enJoining the larger packing =
y companies from combining in ?
y making the prices either as buy =
= ers OF livestock or sellers Of meat, =
= was in the stock yards here this =
? afternoon investigating conditions.
= The inspectors presence is by di- ?
, rectiOn Of the department Of COM =
> merce and labor. aCtuated, IL is =
= stated. by direct orders from Pres
= ident Roosevelt. who is anxious 10 =
= obtain exact Information
1890 %A%%ATRA%%%T
CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-The meat pack
ers, whose union employees are on
strike. claim to be in a better posi-
ton tonight than al any time since the
struggle began. When asked for the
packers side Of the situation tonight.
Arthur Meeker, general manager for
Armour & Co, said.
The strike may be said to be near
at an end. At the rate We are securing
new employees il viii be only a matte
Of a short time now until everything
VIII be in normal condition with us
once more. When the butcher work
men repudiated their agreement and re-
neWed the strike. after signing an
agreement TO submit all grievances 10
arbitration. we made a special effort TO
win the fight, and we have been a great
deal more successful in our efforts than
the most sanguine Of the employers had
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have been filed so promptly that very
few of the strikers viii ever be able to
get back their places, and those who
do viii come back as individuals"
This assertion was made by ar.
Meeker tonight after the packers had
brought in during the day. according
to their estimates. 1900 new men, and
another official Of Armour & Co. had
said that the packing firms were doing
nearly so per cent Of their usual bust
ness Police reports OF the number OF
new employees arriving at the yards
today bore out in 4 large measure thu
packers statements
Stock Yards Crowded
+ Despite these declarations OF the
packers representatives the pens at
the stock yards are filed with cattle
and hogs that buyers make no bid for
in the market According to commits
sion men and officials of the Union
stock Yards & Transit company. out n
the livestock received yesterday and
today over 1900 sheep and 10000 hogs
were reshipped. and unsold stock Is
rapidly accommodating in the pens
Twelve thousand hogs remained uussld
tonight. and the prospect Of large re-
ceipts tomorrow IS causing the live
stock handlers 10 fear a swamping OF
their facilities According to commits
sion men, there are thousands of hold
overs in all departments OF the yards
and the cattle in the pens viii not all
be out Of the way by Saturday night
In the face Of all this shippers are con-
stantly forwarding stock to Chicago.
but indications tonight are that there
viii be a decided slump in prices OF
livestock
1t is on this statement and what fur.
Their information their own men have
been able to secure that the strike
leaders base their claims that the
packers are still badly crippled. not
withstanding statements to the con-
trary. A considerable number of strike
breakers who arrived in Chicago were
dlssuaded from going 10 work by pick
cts.
Some Figures Given.
In statement given out By the
packers today it is asserted that out OF
25.256 union men who went on strike.
5-V5b nave returned to work. These de-
sertiOns from the unions, added 10 the
new employees secured since the strike
began, il is declared. makes the total
number Of men now at work 10 48
On published statements that the
union leaders intended protesting to tbs
city health department that the housing
Of employees in the packing plants was
a violation Of the city ordinances an
inspector from the sanitary bureau in
vestigated all the plants today. but
nothing vas found that would warra MI
the department taking any steps
against the packers.