The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-08-05
PACKERS
SAY IT'S ALL over
7ut the Strikers Laugh at Their
Attitude Toward the
Labor Trouble.
STOCK RECEIPTS LARGE
All the Plants Said to Have Essumea
Operations-Trouble in St. Joseph
Between the Police and thc
Strikers.
STOCK RECEIPTS LARGE

Chicago, Aug. 3.-Monday WIS n
pussy day with the packers. VITA IN
creased forces of skilled workers and
their operating department more
thoroughly equipped than at amy time
tince the beginning of the strike the
employers took a firm grip on the nHl-
chinerN of their affairs and as ne,
suit the stock yards took on the OLD
hum of activity to q great extent,
W $4,000 hea of live stock was re-
ceived here. This is an increase OF
$4,000 head over the receipts on the
corresponding day last week. Such an
amount of live stock would. under nor
NAL conditions, have had a depressing
effect on the market, and, when the
into the yards stockmen ms traders
feared Il panic. but it did not occur.
The day was freer from violence than
any since the strike began. There We're
experienced little difficulty in restoring
order. The crowds usually seen SIT HI
entrances to the yards We're nc longer
in evidence yesterday, and wagons
carrying meat passed through h
streets with thei. drivers unmoIested.
plants trouble was expected Ivy the
police, but for the first time in the
history of the strike they We're disap-
pointed, not a single attack upon non-
union men being made.
Saloon fights between union and mons
union men were more frequent yeSter-
day. During these quarrels n man was
shot and another stabbed. But neither
was seriously injured.
Prices We're lowered sharply. hlIt the
fact that the market held so weil as it
did seemed to prove beyond argument
that the packers are prepared to in
crease their output.
The biz hackers tOnuht 5000 Clttle.
10, 900 hogs and 10000 sheep during the
day.
Before nightfall so per cent. of these
purchases had been slaughtered. Fur
ther proof of the claims of the packers
that the difficulties OF the strike are
being overcome was furnished by the
shipment of 500 carloads of fresh raeats
from the stock yards. OF this number
400 cars We're loaded and shipped by
the firms affected by the strike.
AS near as could be established last
night 359 union men OF the curious
trades on strike returned TO work dur
ing the day.
or this number who abandoned the
fight many We're skilled workrner. n
packers claim desertions make the to-
tai number of strikers who have re-
turned to work at least 1000.
Chief of Police O'Neil, who has taken
personal charge of the stock yards dur
ing the trouble. declared his belief that
peace in the strike is in sight, and by
the end of the third week great chang
es will be seen tending toward a peace
full end.
Chicago, Aug. S.-Declaring the strike
broken and that the working forces
have been recruited by more han 1000
men and women. many OF whom have
deserted the union cause, the packers
today began operations with the lars-
est receipts OF live stock that have
reached he stock yards since July II.
when the strike began. The assertion
that the strike is broken is secuted by
the strikers as absurd.
Swift G Co. declared that nearly all
their old millwrights and carwogl5ers
have returned TO work. The firm asserts
that they never intend to take back
the striking transfers or barn men. the
claim being mad that the packers have
learned to do without the wagons here.
All shipments to the Chicago branches
will be made by railroads, retailers
taking their wagons to the branches for
their purchases.
Delay Appeal to Roosevels.
The session of the allied trades to-
day resulted in the decision to DELAY
appealing to President Roosevelt till
after all other resources ave been eX-
hausted. The decision was reached on
the advice of Homer ID. Call, who as Il
republican declared he was averse to
embarrassing the president at the pres
ent time, or till other means had failed.
There was much discussion on the
subject, several delegates declaring
they did not care who was embarrassed
SO long as the strike was brought to a
desirable termination.
State Factory Inspector Davies today
procured eight warrants from Justice
Severson for William u. Farris, super
lintendent for Nelson Morris & CO..
charging Farris with working four
children, all under 1G. longer hours than
the law permits.