The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-08-13
Will Refuse to Haul Ice to Re-
tail Men Who PatroniZe
Packing Houses Whose Men
Are Now Out-Order Eff
fective at Once.
Drivers International :Organi-
cation Decides to Enter
Fight Actively and Pledges
It's Last Dollar to Further
Effort to Win the Battle.

to deliver no more Ice to butchers who
buy of the big packers or any branch
houses of the packing plants where the
men are now on strike.
Houses Are Listed.
A list Of more than 200 retail DEAL
ers who have been buying meat from
the so-called trust packers and hauling
away with their own wagons has been
compiled and according to the claims
Of the strike leaders the ice supply will
be cut off from every one of these
places tomorrow morning. Arrange
ments have been made to have p1okets
stationed at the retail markets which
have been placed under the ban Of the
unions to see that the boycott Is en-
forced to the limit.
Order Is Repeater.
Today's order prohibiting ice deliv-
the one issued last week, but was never
enforced, because 1t had not been en-
forced by the international officers Of
the teamsters' union.
At Cincinnati, where the Internation-
al brotherhood Of Transfers was in
session today, the necessary endorse
neTH OF the proposed boycott was given
and the belated order will be put in
force tomorrow morning.
Plants Operating.
All the packing plants began opera
lions here today with slightly increas-
ed forces Of workmen, nearly 200 adj
ditional employees having been secured
over Sunday. Nearly all the new men
who left the yards Saturday night to
spend Sunday at their homes returned
to work this morning. Among those
who reported for duty today were q
considerable number Of the strikers,
who, according to the packers, had
become tired Of being idle and this
morning made application for the
places they held prior to the strike.
Many Cattle Arriving.
The livestock receipts consisting Of
10000 cattle. $4,000 hogs and 10000
sheep were nearly all bought up by
| the packers today. This fact the pack
ers claim Is positive evidence that
they now have the situation we'll in
hand and are now in such a position
that it is matter Of little concern to
them how long the strikers hold out.
An additional detachment of police
were ordered to report to the stock
yards station tomorrow morning to aid
in protecting a Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern railway train, which is
expected to arrive with 700 additional
strike breakers. These men have been
employed in various cities throughout
/ the East and among them, it is said
are between 200 and 800 skilled work
'".= Call 81, ayo,. /
! ::s The sconMnitte e1 composed Of alder
linen and labor personalities, who
were to have called upon Mayor Carter
III. Harrison to present facts in regard
to an alleged violation Of the building
and health ordinances in the plants
| where strike breakers are being housed
postponed action until tomorrow The
! delay was occasioned by desire upo1
the part Of the labor leaders to make {
further investigation Of. the sanitary
conditions existing at the packing
plants so that specific Statement
could be prepared to present to thu
mayor.
Transfers Come to the Rescue.
! CINCINNATI, Aug. 8.-The annua
convention of the International Broth
! erhood Of Transfers, which has been il
Eossion here for ten days, adjourne
this afternoon after the installation o
officers, to meet next year in Phila
delphia
President Cornelius P. Shea said
This has been the most important con
vention in the history of the teamster:
i organization and we have done NOR
| to uplift our members than at an
! time BEFORE We are going to help tn
/ butchers workmen win the packin
! house strike or go broke.
| Will Put Up Money.
| THE convention today after endors
! ing the action of it's unions at Chicago
/ St. Louis, Kansas City and St. JOSEPH
! where the teamsters ordered sympa
| thetic Strikes, adopted a resolution {
| general application 'pledging mora
! and financial support to all teamster
| who have or who may hereafter strik
in sympathy with the striking butcher
! and meat cutters"
This is a sweeping pledge now, a
! just previous to it's adoption the cor
stitution was amended SO that strik
1 benefits extend Indefinitely instead {
being limited to four weeks.
= Willing to Go Broke.
Under the amended constitution, tn
general officers stated that the brot1
erhood pledges to exhaust the last do
lar in it's treasury to secure a. favor
able termination of the great strike"
President Shea stated that he woul
make an. appeal to every local unto
in the International Brotherhood I
Transfers to secure funds to continr
the strike.
Confident Of Victory.
II am certain that the butcher worl
.. men will win, said Shea, land we a.
going to back them with our last do
lar"
The general officers interpret the a.
ton today to mean that the sympathe
ic strike of teamsters will be extendt
to any drivers whose services will a
feet the butchers and meat cutters.
Is left to the general officers as to no
far it may go beyond those drivi1
- only for the packing houses. TIL,
y stated:
I I'VE are now In this fight with tt
( butchers and meat cutters and will
} anything in our power to help the
7 win"
T. President Shea and other office
J will be In Chicago Wednesday, fro
I which place the strike, SO far. as t
+ teamsters are concerned, is to be {
) rected.
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) 1892 rye. It is the very best that c.
I be had for family and medicinal pu