The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-14
PRICE OF MEAT
is ADVANCING
Packing House Strike viii Be
Seriously Felt.
NO CHANGE IN SITUATION
PACKERS WILL TRY TO GET
NoN-UNIoN HELP.
NO CHANGE IN SITUATION

HTCAGo, July 13.-Today bore out
the predictions Of the packing
house proprietors that the big
strike would not cause a stoppage OF
operations. In the great abattoirs
things moved slowly indeed, today. but
they moved
All the packing houses were slaugh-
tering little. Every department was
said to be doing some work. not much
but something, and was expected 20
increase the activity tomorrow. Inc
loading and shipping was IN progress
though heavily curtailed. as was the
buying OF cattle. Some hundreds OF
workmen were hired and put 10 WORK
in the places which had been Vacated
by thousands.
Strike Spreading.
on the other hand, the strike spread
somewhat by the action Of the team
sters in considerable numbers, but os-
tensibly acting as individuals, refused
10 handle product touched by newly
hired non-union workers This refusal
was usually based on the time-honored
plea that q different course, contracts
Notwithstanding, would put the team
Eter IN peril of his life. Extensive in
EtaIlments OF sleeping cots and cooking
apparatus for strike breakers at the
various packing houses was apparently
the main irritant cause for action BY
the teansters, although there were a
number Of sporadic mob outbreaks on
a small scale.
The hacking house inspectors did not
appear to share the alleged fear Of
mobs. J. ogden Armour, alone, made
a tour Of the stock yards and OF the
streets adjacent. he was recognized
al along the way by strikers, but met
with no demonstration
The Casual Worker"
one OF the most interesting state
ments made today regarding the strike
situation came from Miss Mary 2. Nc
DoWeH Of the University Of Chicago
settlement, near the stock yards. She
said that the greatest difficulty the
union workmen had TO expect was that
presented by the casual worker" who,
she said were at the beck and call Of
the plant superintendent. There are
about 5000 of this class of labOrers
around the yards looking for work, ac-
cording to Miss Mcdowell, and the reg
ular w0rIcmen are in constant fear they
win be supplanted. Many Of these
workers. it is said, are now being en-
gagged 10 take the places of the strik-
ers.
Miss Mcdowell remarked:
I 90 not expect serious trouble IN
less troops are called out"
Donnelly's Statement
Attacking afresh the allegations that
the strike is for increased wages, Pres
ident DOnnelly. the strike leader, gave
out the following statement today, ad-
dressed 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
7Sho-ssA affected: Armour & Co. Swift
& Co. Nelson Morris & Co. National
Packing company. Sehwarzchild &
SulZberger, Cudahy & CO. All our or
ganizatiOn asks is that 1S1z cents an
hour be the minimum. In view Of the
fact that in nearly all Of the depart
uents are average working time is
forty hours a week. il can be readily
seen that our demands are not unrea-
Sonable. All of the independent com
panies are paying a much higher rate
than We are asking the trust compa-
MES TO pay. Our organization has new
er inteTfered with a reduction Of work
ing forces except where our members
were Disseminated against