Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-08-03
DECLARE STRIKE BROKEN.
Packers Say They Have More.
Than Enough Men.
MAKE LARGE SHIPMENTS.
Union Leaders Deny That Trouble Is
Ended and Insist That Plants
Are Still Tied up.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 1.-The Chi
cago stockyards strike has not attained
the magnitude Of q national emergency,
and the President will not interfere I'M
der existing conditions. This conclusion.
was arrived at after serious cabinet
conference.
Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 1-Declaring the
strike broken and that the working force
had been recruited by more than 1000
men and women, many of whom had de-
serted the union cause, the packers today
began the weeks operations with the
largest receipts Of livestock that have
| reached the stOckyards since July r.
when the strike began. There We're 915
cars, carrying $4,000 cattle, go, 900 hogs
and 1900 sheep, in the days shipments
from the west, and with this supply the
killing gangs in the big plants We're busily
occupied.
Union Men Confident
Assertions that the strike is broken
were secuted by the strikers as being
manifestly absurd.
Swift & Co. declared that nearly all
their old mill wrights and car workers
had returned to work and further as
serted that the firm never intends to
take back striking teamsters or barn
men, the claim being made that the pack
crs had learned to do without wagons;
here. All shipments to Chicago branches
will be made by railroad. Retailers wiz
take their wagons to the branches for
purchases.
Among the toilers who reached the
stockyards today were 100 colored wom-
en- who were taken to Libby, Mcneil &
Libbys, where they will do scrubwork
IN place of the charwomen who went on
strike.
Claim They Ordered Men Back
The position of the livestock handlers
who struck at the stock yards in sym
pathy with the packing house employees
and afterWard returned to their duties
handling stock for the packing compa--
MES involved in the strike as well as for
the independent plants, has been made,
plain by the official statement that their
action was taken in obedience to their
union officers. 1t is declared that they
stand ready to strike again if it appears
necessary.
A report that five insurance underwrit
erS had issued an order cancelling policies
on packing establishments on account of
the strike and because of the housing of
so many men in the buildings, has been
positively denied by the insurance COM
panieS' representatives.
Breaking up the Strike.
Packing house managers are predicting
ludb the uGAS Lew uOutS Will N1LuGSS I'LL
portant developments in the breaking up
Of the strike. Strong efforts, it is said,
have been made by representatives of the.
packers to induce assertions from the
ranks Of the strikers and the claim is
made that the efforts are meeting with
much success.
Children Being Employed
State Factory Inspector Davies took a
hand III the stockyards strike today and
procured eight warrants for William d.
FarriS, superintendent for Nelson Morris
& Co., charging Mr.. Farris with working
four children. all under the age of 16
years, longer hours than the law permits,
and for employing such children without
proper school or age certificates. There
are two warrants in each case
Delay Appeal to President.
A session of the allied trades today
resulted in a decision to delay appealing
to President Roosevelt till all other re-
sources have been exhausted.
Police Fight Strikers.
st. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. 1.-The police
have had a number of skirmishes today
with the strikers who have stopped pack
ing house delivery wagons and there have
been several arrests. There has been no
rioting sine Saturday night. Chief Of
Police Frans has ordered the strikers to,
move their headquarters to d greater dis
lance from the packing houses, but they
have refused and legal proceedings are
threatened in case the police attempt to
enforce the order. President Donnelly Of
Chicago is expected here tomorrow.
Get an Injunction.
Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. IA tempo
rary injunction restraining the striking
packing house men at st. Joseph from
picketing the plants in that city, from IN
terfering in any way with the employees
of the concerns there, or from interrupt
ing the business Of the latter, was granted
here today by United States District
Judge Phillips.