The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-06
DONNEL[Y
ISSUES ORDERS CALLING
OUT EVERY
man IN MEAT INDUSTRY
Independents Close For
Development.

Chicago, Sept. 2.--While President |
Donnelly and his associates we're writ
ing an order today calling out every |
man engaged in the meat industry the |
big packers who they are fighting post |
ed notices that labor day would be (
observed as usual.
The strike officials have decided that |
not single man or woman in the |
United States directly connected with |
tie meat industry could work after next
Tuesday night. Every butcher, includ |
ing those employed in the unions CO.
operative house in Oakland, Cal, will
stop work promptly at $50 o'clock
Saturday night. Between that hour
and Wednesday morning the indepen
dent packers must dispose Of their pro-
ducts
According to President Donnelly the
latest order will affect 27,500 persons.
They are butchers and others employ.
ed by Independent concerns, wholesale
and retail meat market tenders and
with the meat business.
Regarding the reports that the strike
would cause a meat famine the strike
officials protested: How can there be
a meat famine when every union man
and citizen who sympathizes with the
strikers refuse to eat meat" said John
J. Fitzpatrick, President Donnelly's
closest advisor in the strike. There
will be famine in customers. The
packers will find that there is fam
inc in consumption instead Of custom
ers. That is the reason for declaring
boycott on all meat"
President Donnelly also explained
the latest moves In the strike as
leading up to a complete paralysis OF
the meat industry.
when we asked the American peo-
pie to quit eating meat we could not
permit any union butcher to remain at
work The general strike order viii
call out even the butchers employed in
our houses. For there will not pound
of union meat after next Tuesday"
Another important move of the
strike officials was to order every
stock handler to report for picket duty
tomorrow morning.
They are instructed to urge every
man who accepted their positions as
we'll as the union men who did not
strike to quit work Permits for un-
ion men to work in the yards will be
destroyed today and none can enter.
The $50 employees in the printing
trades employed by Armour &c Co,
will probably not work after today as
there Is no work for them to do. The
boxmakers and sawyers may also join
the general strike.
Just how far the strike will extend
the strike leaders said they could not
tell at present. They desire every
teamster who may be called upon to
haul meat to strike. This must af-
feet 1000 teamsters they stated, if
the strike continued ten days longer
The teamsters joint council will
meet Tuesday night and probably the
question of sympathetic strike Will
be considered. International President
c. H. Shea will be in Chicago Labor
day to deliver an address In an in
terview given out in Indianapolis to.
night he declared that the strike of
teamsters would not be extended I'M
der any circumstances.
"The packing house teamsters will
stand by the strikers as long as the
trouble lasts" he said, "but no other
teamsters will be involved. Half
dozen men have visited me daily since
the strike began and they have urged
that call out every teamster In Chi
cago. They wanted me to bring chaos
to the business interests. This I will
not do. The strike will go no further
among the teamsters."
The big packers gave out statements
today that Chicago would not suffer a
meat famine. Louis F. Swift of Swift
6, Co, said:
"There Is plenty of beef on hand and
the packers will supply all market men
who call for 1t. There will be no diff
ficulty in getting meat. As to prices
do not believe they will rise"
The independent packers have de-
cided to close down for a few days to
await developments. They state that
they do not know what to do in the
face Of President Donnelly's last
sweeping order.