The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-14
MEAT TRUST GOES
HOBBLE-DY-J|G
Badly Crippled by the
General Strike.
THE THING MOVES, YES
But With Hundreds in the Places of
Thousands It's a Case of the
Lame Man Trying
to Run Race in
a Bad,
(By the Associated Press }

Chicago, July 13.-Today bore out
predictions of the packing house pro-
prietors that the big strike would not
cause stoppage of operations. In
the breat abbatoir district things
moved slowly indeed today, but they
moved.
All the packing houses reported that
they were slaughtering a little. Every
department was said to be doing some
work, not much, but some, and was
expected to increase the activity to-
morrow. Loading and shipping was in
progress though heavily curtailed as
was the buying in the places which
had been vacated by thousands.
On the other hand the strt~e spread
somewhat by the action of teamsters
in considerable numbers, but osten-
sibly acting as individuals refusing to
handle product touched by newly
hired non-union workmen. This re-
fusal was usually barred on the time
honored plea that a different course,
contracts Notwithstanding, would put
the teamster in peril of his life. Ex-
tensive installment of sleeping cots and
cooking apparatus for strike breakers
at the various packing houses was ap-
parently the main cause for the ac-
We're a number of sporadic mob out
breaks on q small scale,
No Fear of Mobs.
The packing house proprietors did
not appear to share the alleged fear
of mobs. They were recognized all
along the way by strikers, but met
with no demonstration.
noe of the most interesting state
ments made today regarding the
strike came from Miss Mary E. Nc
Dowell, of the University of Chicago
settlement, near the stock yards. She
said that the greatest difficulty the UNI
presented by the "casual workers.
who, she said, weer at the back and
call of the plant superintendents.
Theor were about 5000 of this class
of laborers around the yards looking
for work, according to Miss McDow-
ell, and the regular workmen are in
constant fear they will be supplanted.
Many of these workmen it is said are
now being engaged to take the places
of the strikers.
Miss Mcdowell made the remark:
Il do not expect serious trouble un-
less troops are called out"
Against Reducing Wages.
Attacking fresh the allegation1
tnat Jne strike Is Tor increased wages
President Donnelly, the strike leaweH
gave out the following statement to-
day., addressed to the public:
Our organization is taking a stand
AGAINST a reduction in wages for labor
in the plants owned and controlled by
the following companies, which are
those affected:
Armour & Company, Swift & Com
pany, Nelson, Morris & Company, Ma
tional Packing Companwy; Schwarz-
schild & Sulzberger, Cudahy All our
organization asks is that Is u an hour
be the minimum In view of the fact
that in nearly all of the departments
the average working time is forty
hours a week, it can readily be seen
that uor demands are not unreasona-
bic. All of the Independent COM
panies are paying a much higher rate
than we are asking the trust com
panies to pay. Our organization hat
never interfered with reduction of
working forces except where our
members were Disseminated against"