The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-26
PACKERS MUSTER
NON.UNION FORCE
Strikers Establish System for
Holding Sympathetic Allies
to Strike.
Two Thousand Persons See Bru-
tai Smuggling and Futile
Police Fusilade.

Police Fusllade.
Chicago. July 2e.-1n the great Inc
dustrial war; now we'll under way,
the packers and the strikers rallied
today and prepared for bitter con-
preparations quietly yet effectively;
the other enthusiastically and, as they
hoped. also effectively.
Meantime the day took on the real
aspect of a mighty struggle. Riotous
scenes developed and continued in
termittently thruout the day.
Riot calls were sent In from a num-
Der of points. Many arrests were
made and altogether the days Of peace
seemed doomed for some time.
On the one hand, tthe packers de-
clared emphatically that their plants
were running and would continue to
run; strike breakers were rushed into
the yards by the hundreds and Mons
union help was employed wherever It
lions were made with a view to
compactness; as for instance, the CEN
tralization Of the steam power plants
of the Armour and Swift companies.
/ While the mattresses in the restau-
rants Of the big plants Joined their
brother strikers in the sympathetic
walkout, there were individual de-
/ fections reported from the strikers
ranks. A few OF the strikers were
reported to have thrown away their
union buttons. marched up to the re.
cruiting offices and to have been hired
on the spot.
Busy Day for Strikers.
| On the other hand, it was wi,oop-
ing day for the strikers. All was en-.
thusiasm about the yards and this
| general feeling Of energy centered at
Tnr.txy SIrARfG
/ This corner promised to be the
seething center Of strike agitation
during the strenuous times to come.
Here Is the Watita clubhouse where
rest of the labor leaders have pitched
their camp, and here is the place
4 where all the orders, instructions to
/ individuals, advice to the doubtful and
encouragement to the hating will be
n distributed with a free hand.
4 Around a lot 100 feet square, adj
i Joining the Watita clubhouse, has
been built a fence twenty feet high,
made Of boards two inches thick. The
only entrance to this Enclosure is thru
4 the watita club, and a Gordon Of
4 guards has been stationed at the sole
and to hurl out without ado any spy
that might be detailed from the forces
Of the enemy.
Evidence OF fighting enthusiasm
i was shown today when thousands OF
strikers and sympathizers began to
stream up Halsted and Forty-seventh
streets and concentrate at the Watita
corner, for the strikers initial mass
meeting was held today, and, as the
LEADERS had predicted, was a rousina
one.
System in the Strike.
System has been agreed on as q
keynote to the proper management Of
the strike. Each man who responded
to the sympathetic call yesterday. OF
who had already been out Of work
since the strike first began, was pos
! sessed Of or was then given ticket
bearing all the dates OF the month.
! Each man, as he stepped UP to the
entrance Of the Watita Enclosure, was
forced to present this card, and men
; were there to punch out the proof
Of his appearance. BY this means IL
J is planned to keep tab on all the
s strikers from day to day. OBJECTIONS
, from the ranks will be easily checked
up. KS
When the meeting came to order
there was a great wave Of shouting
that sounded ominous enough to the
packers managers and trusted assist
ants in offices not far away. All the
a strike leaders spoke briefly to the,
crowd and their talking was inter-
rupted repeatedly by applause.
While enthusiasm seemed to be
running high, the strike leaders fully
4 realized the Importance Of the fact
that the teamsters, heretofore most
powerful in Chicago In making .
| strike successful, were not yet out.
Much pressure was brought to bear
during the day on teamster leaders
Z to have the walkout called, the SOON
er, the strikers said, the better. While
: the rank and file Of the teamsters
appeared heartily in favor Of join
ing their striking comrades. the con-
seryative element among the leaders
inclined to jump into the turmoil
without more delay.
Two Thousand See Smuggling.
Two thousand persons today saw
! one Of the most brutal cases Of slug
ging and some Of the poorest police
q craftsmanship since the strike at the
! stockyards began. A strikebreaker,
/ John Mulley, was knocked down and
: nearly killed. His nose was broken,
! his eyes cut open with terrific blows
! and one ear nearly torn off.
: The sluggers had not completed
: their work when five policemen in-
: terfered, whereupon the trio ran.
{ The chase led thru a crowd Of
r strike sympathizers and spectators,
t thru streets and alleys to the Halsted
street viaduct. the policemen calling
upon the fuglt1veS TO stop on pain OF
being killed. The crowd In the streets
was so large, the policemen were
afraid to use their revolvers, and in
the crush two Of the sluggers leaped
= into laundry wagon and rapidly
drove away, but the third man was
kept In sight and as soon as he reached
the approach to the viaduct the po-
licenen began shooting.
How many shots we're fired is a
e problem, but the noise sounded like
: sham battle was in progress. Appar-
: emily every shot was aimed to hit, but
q all missed.
Doody had an apparently clear way
: ahead of him and was running like a
e deer when he stumbled and fell. Be-
: fore he could make up the loss Of time
. the policemen were upon him and he
e was held until patrol wagon came
: from the stockyards police station.
= He was put in cell to await hear
, ing in court.
Mulley while the excitement of the
:, man-chase was at its height was
= found by friends who quickly took
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