Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-27
They We're the Elements That
Contributed TO Make Stirring
Scenes in Chicago
SWIFT'S CENTER OF EXCITEMENT
Fire Broke Out In Lard House-All
Engines of District Called Out
RumOrs of Incendlarlsm

Chicago, July 27--Flre, tumult and
pIcketing contributed to stirring scenes
at the stock yards today, while the
packers. firm IN their stand went
ahead slaughterlng stock and doing as
much other work as possible in the CTR
cumstances. Convinced OF an i'm
provement In the situation, as far as
available nonunion help and capacity
otherwise of the plants were concerned,
the packers had sent word to shippers
to be somewhat more generous with
their consignments, and as a result the
receipts OF cattle, hogs and sheep were
considerably larger than had been the
rule during previous days of the
strike. There were more men work
ing. according to the employers, and
more work for them TO do.
The chief excitement Of the day GEN.
tered about Swifts lard refinery far
In the interior OF the stock yards, al
most mile from the main entrance.
FLAMES BURST FORTH.
Flames were seen bursting from the
upper floors of the building, and be-
fore long the whole of packing town
was in turmoil There was wild
rush from all directions and despite
the efforts Of the police, the fire engines
found great difficulty in making a way
through the crowds,
Naturally the rumor spread that the
fire was the result OF inccndlares, but
this was later declared emphatlcally to
be erroneous,
building is the centralized power
house from which above the
fire swept lard refinery ran a network
Of cables, which were damaged, inter-
fering badly with the power for the
wholesale plant Of Swift & Co.
NINE WOMEN IMPRISONED.
A feature Of the beze was the tenn
porary imprisonment OF nine women
stenographers In an elevator i'm Swift's
office building The cage was caught
between tTo floors and the young wo-
men were In panic. Office employees
put up laddoss cut the wire work OF
the elevator cage. and carried them out
TO safety.
TO minimize the danger of rioting.
should the packing companies attempt
TO deliver meat to local consumers with
non-unlon teamsters, CHIEF of Police
O'Neill has given instructions that all
hauling shall be done on Hglstcad
street, which viii be strongly patrolled.
INTENTION OF PACKERS.
While It is said to be the intention
Of the packers 20 ship practically all
the meat TO outside points by rail, and
make no EFFORT TO take care OF the by
products, the strikers expect to cause
them much inconvenience by shutting
Off supplies as far as possible.
Nine wagons loaded with meat were
sent out today from the Schwar2schild
& Sul2berger plant at the stockyards
The wagons had been repainted, the
lettering removed, high sides placed ON
them, and covered with tarpaullns as
disguise. They were escorted from the
yards by a dozen policemen, who were
relieved by another detail 10 guard
them on their way to the north side Of
Nhe city.
Elgh. negro strke-breakers on the
way to work in the stockyards We're
arrested today for carrying concealed
weapons.
Stockyard teamsters Joined the pack
ing employees today. Seven hundred Of
the drivers for the packing companies
refused TO go to work, the Transfers
joint council having endorsed the vote
to strike and ordered the members Of
every other local union In Chicago to
make no deliveries to the stockyards.
Wagons of merchants containing sup
plies and materials for the various
plants were turned back from every
gate, Pickets guarded the barns to
make sure no non-union drivers should
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Practically all the striking live stock
handlers returned to their work IN the
yards today for the Union Stockyards
ond Transit company, an agreement
having been made with them that they
need not asflst in Weighing or deliver
ing stock consigned TO the packers in
volved In the strike They are handling
all stock for the independent packers.
GIRL MoBBED BY GIRLS.
Kitty English, forewoman in the sew
ing department OF the Swift plant, was
mobbed and badly hurt by crowd of
girl strike sympathizers. They beat
her, tore her clothing and finally slash
ed her face W TN a knife. After des-
perate struggle Miss English escaped.
No arrests were made.
As a result OF the teamsters' strike
managers OF several Of the plants took
places OF drivers on the buses and
speedily the army of workers was
transported into the yards.
II was said that the packers at the
present would make no general attempt
to employ non-unlon teamsters. Plans
have been arranged to deliver meat
by railroad TO packing house branches
throughout the city.
KANSAS CITY TO VOTE.
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