Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-12
Seven Hundred Quit in Chicago.

have granted about as much as they can"
said he. and the sentiment voiced the feel
Ing or the managers OF other local houses
Seven Hundred Quit in Chicago.
CHICAGO, July ,12-Wfthout waiting
till the hour set for general strike Of the
5000 employees In the nine principal meat
packing centers of. the country. beef cut
tiers at the stock yards here quit work con-
siderably ahead Of the time expected. The
men who thus anticipated were 100 in num-
ber
Before there was any actual cessation of
work Chief Of Police OrNeill made a tour
of the stock yards With view to deciding
the best manner of idisposing Of the police
for protection against possible violence
Half of the total number Of policemen at
the stock yards station and at two adjoin-
ing stations were ordered held in reserve
to be available to meet any outbreak.
Other stations in the southern divisions
of the city were notified to have policemen
prepared for extra duty It was stated
that Assistant Chief Of Police Schuettler.
who was active during the recent strike Of
street railway employees would probably
be detailed at the stock yards in case of
serious trouble. -
There was no disorder IN the departure Of
the first squad of strikers While taking
measures to be ready, remembering riots
during the last great tfe-up at the yards.
the police professed not to expect trouble
for ten days, indications being. 1t was said.
that new men would not be put to work IN
the packing houses for that length of time.
A rise in the price, of meat, 1t was said.
would be the first effect of cessation Of
work In the packing houses.
Stagnation marked the cattle market. as
the packers had watned commission firms
that there would be no buying today. Rep
resentatives of the packers said the packing
firms had done everything that could be
done to avert a strike by offering to ar
bitrate BEFORE, dtsinterested body the
W a
labor unions arose
The ranks Of the strikers were soon swell
ed to a total of 1000 by the employees from
the Armour plant, who walked out as soon
as their work for the day was cleaned up
They were IF the following numerical
Hog killers. 100; hog cutters, $50; beef
killers, $50. No..
The work Of, the ssssf cutters was finished
yesterday and they were not on hand to-
day. other gangs" handling carcasses
and cuts. are expected; to quit as soon as
their work for the day IT, finished. .-,
Employees From All Firms ,'
The 100 cutters who quit in advance in
cIuded employees of all the packing firms at
fected by the strike order: The cutters for
one firm. Armour e Company. did no work
whatever today
Edward Morris. vice president of Nelson
Morris & Co., said that the. compauy's plant
did not have more than three or four
days supply of dressed meats on hand. =
Arthur Meeker, manager for Armour T.
Company, said that he did not care to
make any statement with reference to the
strike.
The Swift plant has about three days
supply.
Promptly on time the general walkout
began Schwarzschid & Sulzerberger the
National Packing Company, and number
of minor plants were at once affected. 49,
1t was said that the last of the men
would not be out In the various larger
plants until perhaps 1880 tonight. At 30
pm. the total number who had already
quit work was estimated at Is 900. Word
was received that 5000 men had quit at
East st. Louis and 1000 at Sioux City.
One hundred girls. employed In the label
department of Nelson, Norris e Company.
struck with the men,
More Than 5000 at St. Joe.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July 12.-More than
5000 employees of Swift & Company. Nelson
Morris & Company and the Hammond
Packing Company in South st. Joseph went
out on a strike at noon today and the
plants have closed down. The strikers are
orderly and there has been no attempt at
demonstration of any kind. Many of the
strikers congregated about the headquar,
tiers of the Packing Trades Council and
discussed the situation among themselves.
About 100 men employed in the yards OF
the packing houses and many employed by
the stock yards company are thrown out by
the strike.
~ 1000 Quit at Omaha. -.
OMAHA, Neb., July 12--At noon today
1000 employees of the four packing houses
at South Omaha laid down their tools and
went on strike The packing plants af-
fected are those of Armour, Swift. Cudahy
and the Omaha Packing Company. The
strike is the result of an order received
from Second Vice President Vail Of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers
Union, and affects practically every man
employed in the packing houses. skilled
and unskiIled. Tne demands of the strikers
are for highefh wages for skilled and
closed shop for aanskiiled labor. The pack
ers saw they Wifi make no attempt to op-