The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-15

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lIer plants the output was increased
, over Yesterday, while the two otner
companies contented themselves with
accomplishing just enough 10 get me
| of new men were put to work at each
plant but all are still far from having
their usual quota.
The strike leaders say they are
making inroads on the packers forces
and that they have persuaded nearly
a hundred butchers hired since Mon
dav to Join the union and go out aside
from the 1,10O skilled men. coopers
land box makers, who struck on We'd
nesday and Thursday.
Representative of Armour, Swift,
Cudahv, Fowler and Schwarzschild &
SuIzberger were on the market today
for stock and quickly cleaned up the
supply. The receipts at the yards to-
day amounted to 1000 cattle, 5000
hogs and 500 sheep.
Retail dealers in the packing house
district have advanced the price of
meats from one to two cents pound,
| but there was no change at the ma
jority of the shops and big dealers re-
iterate that they will make no further
advance.
At the stock exchange after the
market closed today Armour & Co.
| posted a notice to the effect that they
would be on the market tomorrow for
1000 hogs
tendent at Armour's, said that 400
cattle, several hundred sheep and
calves. and as many hogs as the COM
pany could purchase were killed to-
1--WE are purchasing hogs at Omaha,
St. Joseph and Sioux City today and
we expect shipments from these
points by Monday" said c. w. Ar
more hogs than we can buy on the
market today. We purchased several
hundred head of cattle today.
within two weeks we will be kill
< before q
strike continued Mr. Armour,
(which means that within that time
we will have recovered entirely from
the effects of the strike in that de-
partment.
"It will probably take a month to
train the new men so we will be able
strike. We will increase the killing
capacity each day"
1t was Mr.. Armour's opinion that
the packers will refuse to accede to
nary to the arbitration agreement so
far as reinstating the strikers in a
body is concerned
At Fowler's about 100 cattle and L.
500 hogs were killed today. At the
Armour and Fowler plants today sew
eral new butchers were employed and
many of the employees who have been
there for years as common -laborers
were placed in the killing department.
Several hundred employees applied for
employment and such as were needed
were put to work. This does not seem
to discourage the strikers and agents
of the unions were out among the
non-union men trying to induce them
to join the unions.
Meat Continues to Advance.
ST. Louis, July 15.-The advance in
the prices of fresh meat continued to- |
day All cuts of pork have gone up |
from 1 to cents a pound. Mutton |
and lamb have increased from 1 to 5 |
cents Dealers who at first predicted |
the advance would not be material |
nave amended their views, and now |
assert that an advance of from 10 to |
Is cents a pound for all meat will |
soon be in force.
Despite the fact that retail dealers |
are killing and cutting their own |
beef, the finer cuts, such as porter |
mouse and tenderloin, are practically |
out of the market. Other cuts show |
pound The packers are operating on |
a very small scale at East ST Louis. |
while the only firm affected by the
pended.
According to statements made to-
day by the officials of the local unions
mere have been no defections from
been no disturbances.
Out of Fresh Meat.
Peoria, ILL.,, July 15.-The fresh
meat supply of all the out of town
packing houses is practically exhaust
ed today and prices have been ad-
vanced 20 per cent. Local packers
are supplying this territory, all en-
ployes still remaining at work in the
Two houses. Eastern consumers have
ollereo 10 take their entire output.
AT St. Joseph.
St Joseph. Mo-, July 15.-The situa
tlon IN the strike of thes licking house
employees is more encouraging to the
packers today than it has been since
the strike was ordered. All three of the
big plants in South ST. Joseph. are in
operation Nonunion men have been
employed to take the places of the
strlkers- The packers have not been
able to get many men as thev want
because of the success of the union
plckets in persuading applicants to turn
pack The Swift plant was operated to
one-tnlrd normal today and Hammonds
ana Nelson Morris to one-fourth A
number of unskilled workmen from
south Omaha and Chicago are said to
nave nave been taken into the Swift plant
last night, but the manager does not
orderly.
At New York.
New York, July 15.-Striking meat
handlers were today waiting for the
of the settlement of the
strike against the big western packers.
rms was expected almost any hour. 5
from Chicago, but in the meantime
prices OF beef continued to go up and
0ther provisions were also affected.
FouItry and eggs have been advanced {
ana ilsh dealers announce that sea food
will be the next to go up.
COLO storage poultry has been ad-
Vanceo Two cents a pound. Incubator
chlckens and ducks are abundant but !
the price is almost prohibitive to the ]
poor.
Union teamsters refused to handle As
ear loads of beef that arrived here
within the last "a hours.
Strike Affects Boston. +:
Boston. July 15.-As a result of the $
strike of the meat cutters the retail :
price of beef was advanced from one {
-ot Two cents a pound on all cuts in :
Boston today.