The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-02
One Thousand Men Representing
Trades Allied With Meat Cut
rers May Quit To-Day.
INJUNCTION MADE PERPETUAL.
Judge Holder at BciievilIe De
cides Against the .tril ers-
President Donneliy Will Ad-
dress Mass Meeting.

! The f-erLen OF tho G.. Louis Dressed,
/ Beef and Provision Company IL St LOUIS
I went out on d sympathy strike :esterda >
/ afternoon and the drivers employed py the
! East St. Louis packing houses notified the
/ superintendents of the plants last night
| that they will not take out their loads
| this morning
One thousand men. representing the
trades allied with the packing house
| unions in st. Louis, are expected to qui;
| work to-Jr4y
| This action OF the fremen in St Louis
and the drivers on the East SIDE is the
first move on the part OF the allied trades
TO show sympathy for the men who have
I already quit work
The meat cutters In the city retail shops
whose employers have declined to cease
handling the product of the packing
houses, II is said will quit work also.
The unions represented by the allied
trades comprise the engineers, fremen
electrical workers. carpenters. machinists
b!acksmiths and teamsters.
". r. Drueck superintendent Of the
st. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision
Company. gays the plan, was opera ted
after the firernen went out yesterday, the
same az before. and that the firm has ar
ranged TO go ahead as usual.
The suDerintendents of East St Louis
Packing houses declared last night. after
being notified that thsir drivers had de-
cided at meeting net to handle the mea:
this morning. that their business will not
be interfcred with.
They stated that they had anticipat ted
such action on the part OF the drivers and
that they were prepared for II. The Nor
r'son Express Company Of East st. Louis
has been handling some OF the meat from
TIC plants. but il Is understood that their
drivers, who are likewise union men. will
refuse to haul the product OF the packing
houses
INJUNCTION MADE PERPETUAL.
Circuit Judge X. q. ". Holder Of Belle
willie yesterday afternoon denied the mo-
ton Of the attorneys for the East St
Louis strikers 10 dissolve the Injunction
secured against them two weeks ago by
attorneys for the packers and the stock
yards company.
Judge Holder, after briefly reviewing
the case. says. In conclusion:
Being fully advised In the premises.
the undersigned Judge In chambers, In
vacation. finds that the evidence offered
in support Of the bill Of complaint en-
titles the complainanis to the temporary
writ Of injunction heretofore ordered, as
aforesaid. and tine motion TO dissolve the
said Injunction Is denied It II. therefore.
ordered that the injunction as issucd, as
aforesaid, continue In full force and effect
until the further order OF this court"
Attorneys Schaefer and McGlynn. for
the packers. and Webb and Sullivan fJ-
the strikers. were notified OF the de-
cision.
Former Judge Schaefer received teic-
gram from Jack Borders Of Chicago. stat
Ing that injJnctons had been granted IN
Federal courts similar 10 the BelIeviile in
junction-at 81. Joseph by Judge Philips
and at Omaha By Judge Munger.
Judge Schaefer said that the Bciievi'le
injunction WAS exactly sinilar To the in
Junction secured BY the Hamilton-Broun
Shoe Company in ST. Louis. which ass af-
frmed by the Supreme Court.
Attorney Thomas Webb for the strikers
said that he would take the case to the
Ap. llatc Court. and that he would also
make arrangements TO try the case on its
merits in the circgit Court
He asserted that he pas positive that he
would be able to knock out many OF the
affidavits presented by the attorneys for
the packers. Meantime. the Injunction
would be In full force and effect.
SCSTAINS THE PLAINTIFFS.
Judge Schaefer said that Judge Holder
took the view of the case which he pre-
srH e., 1T
effect that IL the strikers meant no harm
to the packers. the plants OF the employees
there. the injunction was harmless and Of
absolutely no effect. He says that II such
harm was intended. the Injunction In its
sweeping terms was a sufficient barrier to
protect the packers and th-ir interests
Almost 500 head of cattle were held
over at the National Stock Yards. East
st. Louis. yesterday for want Of buyer,
The receipts were LOO head. almost a
record-breaker for the yards. and little
more than 1900 head were disposed of.
The packers on the East Side were In the
market for about $50 cattle. ~hlch repre-
Eents their capacity at present. and the
remainder rere sold to Eastern and 81,
Louis buyers. The rnarke; was declared
10 be about S5 cents lower on the hundred
tHbh u was last week.
II was stat.d yesterday that az large or
larger receipts are expected for to-day.
DONNELLY TO ADDRESS STRIKERS.
mass meeting has been called for
WaIhalla Hall. Tenth street and Franklin
avenue. at 10 O'Clock this morning. and
President DonncIly OF the Amalgamsted
Meat Cutters and Buichers Workmen OF
North America will arrive from Kansas
City TO address them.
q. L. WaecSeriy. secretary of local
union No ss. and chairman Of the Strife
Committee" is IN posseysion OF a number
Of letters sent to Individual strikers by
labor agents In this city. The letter as-
sumes the strike TO be lost and aaks why,
IN face Of this fact, the recipient acts
stubborn"
II states that friends and feilow-vort-
men have signincd a willingness to re-
turn to work and requests a call at the
ONCE and quick decision
II further states that the writer ha.
placed reverai strikers In II. Louis
bouse, and says. BE wise: n you want
your Job. return at once" One agency. Il
is stated. cent out 2D Of these letterg.
Thus far the men have held out and paid
no heed To these oyertures made TO them
by various agencies instructed TO employ
men for the packers.
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