The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
PACKERS DECIDE
TO FIGHT UNIONS
Have Declared War to the Death
on Labor Organizations.
JOIN STRIKERS
Little, IL Any, Advantage Has as Yet
Been Gained by Either Side
I'm the Big Packing
House War.

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Chicago, July 27.-Little if n ad-
vantage has been gained by either side
in the stock yards strike, and there Is
no hope of an immediate settlement of
the difficulty. Realizing that they have
n of the hardest propositions to CON
tend with in the history Of the pack
ing industry, the packers are leaving
nothing undone to gain the upperhand
in the struggle with their 10000 union
employees who are on strike. All day
long workmen from outside points
were rushed to Chicago and taken to
the stock yards under police protec-
ton, to fill the places of the strikers
Tuesday night it was announced by
the packers that 1000 new men were
now installed in the different plants a
the stock yards. With these men, and
with the new arrivals that are expect
ed each day, the packers expect to get
their affairs in such shape that the
strikers will be compelled 10 seek a
truce in the hostilities, and seek a
peaceable settlement at the dictation
OF the employers.
Although the receipts OF live stock
were small compared with receipts on
corresponding days under normal on
d%itions, still many cattle, hogs and
sheep were left in the pens unsold.
Transfers Quit Work.
With all the union wOrkmen out on
strike, with the exception of the
packing house teamsters, the only ad-
ditions to the ranks Of the strikers
were 100 transfers, who quit work as
individuals, preferring to do this rather
than wait for an official order to walk
out, and the mattresses in the restau-
rants at the stock yards controlled by
the packing companies. The teamsters
have become restless, and the general
belief is that few, # any, of the 700
employed in the packing industry will
wait for the sanction of the interna-
tional officers OF the union to go on
strike.
Rumors of renewed efforts to settle
the difficulty by arbitration were thick.
but upon investigation they were
found to be without foundation. When
questioned regarding the situation,
Michael ]. D~onnelly, president of the
Butchers union, the organization
which precipitated the original strike.
said:
No Hope of settlement.
81 have no hope of an immediate set
Element. The fight is on, and the only
thing we can do now is TO stick to the
end"
The union organizations recalled
their ultimatum issued prohibiting
their members employed in the indie
pendent plants from killing live stock
purchased in the stock yards, where
the animals are being handled by non
union employees. The labor leaders
took this step after the Independent
packers had pointed out to them that
if such an order was carried out. 1t
would be a benefit to the big packers
Lines Of vigilant policemen guarded
the entrances to the stockyards all
day and night, but despite this pre-
CdONACAs dlOluA OAlICCo MSIC huulSIOuS-
W of them ended with fatal re-
While an attack was being
made on some colored strike breakers
they were leaving the stocks yards
Tuesday night, John Stokes, one of the
strikers, was shot and fatally wounded
by one Of the negroes. Stokes, togeth-
IT with fully a hundred companions,
t is said, rushed on the negroes, and
)ne of the latter drew a revolver and
ired into the crowd, hitting Stokes
The police were close at hand, and sue
in scattering the rioters after
considerable difficulty.
Chief of Police O'Neill, who has
AIKEN personal charge of the 375 po-
iceman detailed to stock yards duty
Turing the strike, declared that the
'olice had the strike situation well in
land, and that they would be able to
the strikers and their friends.
Mayor Carter Harrison was
sked If he intended to take any &C
in an attempt to stop the strike,
q said that for the present ct least,
strike would be under the control
t the police department, and that as
the strike was purely an affair to
Q looked after by the police.
Fine Arkansas Fruits.
st. Louis. July 27.--Lemons weigh