The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-01
both SIDES firm
Packers and Strikers Show
Z No Signs Of Weakening
Tin Big Fight.
PATCHING UP DEFENSES
Evidences of Preparation Fer a Long
Contest Are Apparent In Pres
ent Mode of Procedure.
Strike Breakers Rushing to the
Scene Give Packers a Little
Breathing Spell.


and the strikers spent Sunday in
Strengthening any weak spots that
could be found in their defenses prep
aratory to another week of effort to
bring their opponents to terms. Not
withstanding that it was Sunday, all
the plants were operated during the
forenoon in order to get rid of the
livestock that had been left over from
last week. The remainder of the day
was spent by the employers in install
ling new men in the strikers places
and arranging many of the small de-
tails which had been overlooked last
week during the heat of the conflict
Over 1000 new men were added dur
ing the day to the number already at
work in the different plants. Among
these arrivals were many skilled Ia
horers, something the packers have
been sadly in need of ever since the
strike started. The employers have
experienced little difficulty in procur-
ing all the unskilled men necessary to
operate the plants to their full capa-
city, but there has been decided
scarcity of skilled workmen, and for
this reason the by-prOducts of all ami
mails killed have been let go to waste.
Commencing today three of the firms
announce that they are able to oper-
ate these divisions, enough skilled
men having been procured in the past
forty-eight hours to justify the belief
that all the by-product plants will be
in f,,11 w
week.
The strike leaders have prepared a
statement to the public. In this state
ment the unionists explain their side
of the controversy, declaring that it is
the packers and not the men who are
responsible for the present state of
affairs in the packing industry. The
public is asked to be patient with the
men during the struggle for suprem-
acy, it being declared by the union
leaders that it would be impossible
for the men to return to work under
the conditions which existed before
the strike was called, and that up to
the present the packers have shown
no disposition to treat the strikers in
fair manner. According to this
statement the men will stay on strike
until their unions are disrupted or un-
til the packers surrender.
The Allied Trades Council met Sun
day and considered arrangements for
further supplying the families of the
strikers with food. AS a result Of the
meeting several more of these COM
missary stores will be opened this
week in order to take care of all who
are out of work and in need.
In fight at the Nelson Norris plant
Sunday afternoon between Andrew
Simms and John Davis, both non-un-
ion workmen from New Albany, Ind,
the former was stabbed and killed.
Simms was employed by the packing
company as a waiter in the improvised
dining room which has been fitted up
for the men employed as strike break
ers. Davis was employed as a cook
by the same concern. While eating
dinner they became involved in a
quarrel over the food. In the fight
that followed Davis was getting de-
cidedly the worst of it.and, drawing a
knife, stabbed Simms three times.
Simms died in the hospital two hours
later and Davis was arrested.