Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07


1900 meat cutters and butcher work
men, 1000 of them being in Chicago.
All stock handlers at the yards in Chi
cago quit work Wednesday in support
of the butchers latest move to make
their strike of some avail. Nor. than
1000 employees of the company walked
out.
All who quit work marched out of the
yards as soon as the hour for striking
arrived. There was party of about 500
of them in Exchange avenue during the
exodus and much confusion resulted. In
dependent packers with plants outside.
who had bought cattle during the early
hours of the market. we're rushing their
droves in order TO be out of the yards
early enough to avert any molestation
and to get their animals into the plants
in time for the employees to slaughter
and dress before the strike order went
into effect
Scenes Of widest confusion and dis
order accompanied the departure Of the
live stock handlers as they emerged from
the yards at the Exchange street en-
trance. More than 5000 strikers were
on hand t. welcome them. The men
came out in all sorts Of conveyances.
Some were standing in rows in carts,
others III express wagons. some came on
horseback, while many more were on
foot. They made a rush for the head
quarters of the Union Stock Yards and
Transit Company, whore they turned in
their time checks. In the midst of the
throng were farmers and cattle drivers
OF Independent concerns who were vain
Y ~. rba of fha
yards before the handlers quit.
Pandemonium seemed to have broken
loose for time and the police were pow
erless to check the disorder.
The national executive board of the
butcher workmen M its meeting in Chi
cago Tuesday morning voted not TO call
of the strike at the stock yards. Instead
the struggle is to be continued until the
strikers are accorded an honorable ad-
justment,' according 20 a statement is
sued by President Dohneliy as a result
OF the meeting
Following futile efforts to induce the
packers to grant another conference
members of the executive board Of the
butcher workmen met Monday night to
consider plans. Statements were made
that the question Of calling of the strike
should be submitted To vote of the
union. objection against this was made
on the ground that it would take three
days TO secure the vote and that mean
time a break in the union might result
Reorganization of the union would be
difficult il a break occurred, il was said.
The anticipated break in the ranks OF
the strikers Tuesday was not as strong
as the observing ones said it would be.
In the language OF one. the barrel is
leaking" In all 200 men and women re-
turned TO work during the forenoon. At
Armour & Co.'S fifty men ri turned to
work, and in the label. sausage and can
ming houses forty women were taken on
At the Hammond plant forty men were
given work. Swift & Co. got back from
twenty 20 twenty-five old employees Nell
son Morris & Co put fifteen OF it's for
mer employees back at work. AT the
Schwarzschild Il Sulsberger plant thirty
men returned
With most of 1900 men already let off
because of lack Of orders, announcement
was made that the shops Of the Pullman
company. Pullman. H., practically will
be closed for a period. 1t was said that
1000 men now employed in the shops
probably would Ne let off. and the shops
may be kept shut until after the presi-
dcutial election. Several weeks ago ofi-
Gals of the company asserted orders
were 50 few that employees were being
let of