Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-30
STRIKE SPREADING.

Peace prospects Mt the chicago STOCK
Yards received a black eye as stated
in the Gazette, yesterday, in the
arrest of President George Golden,
of the Transfers Union, who was taken
from his office, locked in a cell and re-
fused bail for issuing instructions from
his office window TO a union driver.
Golden was in the cell nearly two honrs
before he was released on bonds OF $500,
signed BY Nicholas Gier, president OF
the Butchers Union. Golden was lib
Grated only oufcondition that he remain
away from labor headquarters until after
his hearing this morning. George L.
Busse. another official of the Transfers
Union, who was arrested with Golden,
was likewise freed on $500 bonds signed
by Gier.
Declaring that the Lord had commits
stoned him to end the packing house
strike by killing all the strikers, John
A. Iced, a cOlored man, caused much
excitement at the main entrance of the
stockyards yesterday. He was arrested
by policemen who were startled by the
results of search of the prisoner. Iced
was found to be carrying a revolver of
the army pattern, every chamber loaded,
and in addition he had a knife with a
blade eight inches long. The capture
of Iced was made only after severe
struggle, he declaring that he would
never be taken alive as he was guided
by an invisible power.
Eighty colored men being transported
from the stockyards late yesterday even
ing in two cars on the Lake Shore Road,
were thrown into panic by furious
attack by mob of 200 throwing stones
which demolished nearly every window
in both cars. At FJrtieth and Wright
streets the explosion of half a dozen tor
pedoes warned the engineer to stop. In
stantly, mob rushed out from various
places of concealment and the rock throw
ing began. The policemen standing
upon the platforms beat back the rioterss
while the negroes, thoroughly frightened,
hid under the car seats, while the train
pulled away from tue scene.
Clarence Morris, a non-unionist. who
was formerly circus performer, was set
upon by mob of strikers yesterday and
severely beaten. He fought his assail-
ants as best he could, but before he had
chance to escape from the crowd he
suffered serious injuries. At the first
opportunity he took 10 his heels.
The mob pursued him, and he took
refuge in a small grocery. Some
body turned in a riot call. When the
police arrived they found about 1000
women and children gathered around
the store. The rioters had fled when
they heard the rumbling of the patrol
wagon a block away. Morris told the
police that he wanted TO get ont of
town as soon as possible. The role of
strike breaker, he said, was far more
perilous than trapeze acting without
net.
Unable to arrange conference with
representatives of the New York packers
Michael J. Donnely, president of the
Amalgamated Meatcutiers and Butcher
Workmen of America. has ordered
strike of all the members of the organl'
cation employed in New York by
Schwarscbild q Sulzberger and the
United Dressed Beef Company. The
order, which was telegraphed to New
York last night, does not go into effect
until Sunday, as the men in the eastern
packing-plants do not report for work
on Saturday.