Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
WILL TRY TO
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SPREAD Strike
UNION LEADERS DETERMINE TO
INVOLVE ALL BRANCHES OF
PACKING INDUSTRY.
ASKS FEDERATION OF
LABOR TO TAKE ACTION
Donnelly Modifies Order Regarding
Proposed Strike of Independent
Plants-Serious Riot Occurs in
East st. Louis.

Chicago, Sept. 2.-With an announced
determination to spread the stock yards
strike to every branch of the packing
Industry, President Michael Donnelly,
of the butcher workmen, said Thursday
he would issue call for help from all
unions allied to that of the butcher
workmen's. This was to follow send
Ing of a telegram to President Gompers,
OF the American Federation of Labor,
asking him to call special meeting in
Chicago of the executive board to take
action on the strike.
Donnelly Modifies Order.
The strike of employees of independ-
ent packing plants is not as extensive
as was expected. Instead of calling out
employees of all plants throughout the
country. President Donnel]y says he has
modified the order to effect only three
plants in Chicago and possibly two in
st. Louis. The independent packing
houses of Boyd, Lunham & Co., where
IS men quit work Thursday; Roberts &
Cakes, where the same number of men
walked out, and H. Boore & Co., where IS
men gave up their positions, are the only
ones affected in Chicago
Switchmen Refuse to Go Out.
At the meeting the switchmen en-
ployed in: the stock yards refused to
join the struggle. Three hundred and
fifty men employed in Armour & Co.'s
printing plant agreed to take under adj
visement Donnelly's appeal to them to
quit. No reply has been received from
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
but representative of that organiza-
ton said they had no grievance, and
therefore had no excuse for failing to
keep their contracts with the COM
panies.
Riot at East St. Louis.
East st. Louis, ILL.,, Sept 2.-Several
persons were seriously injured Thurs
day in riot that was precipitated by
the arrival at the Vandalia crossing of
the first street car bound for the stock
yards with nOn-uniOn men aboard
While the car was waiting at the cross
ing for the conductor to run ahead and
see that no train was approaching the
passengers were attacked by crowd of
500 men, most of whom were armed
with clubs and stones. The crowd sur
rounded the car and began assaulting
the passengers, who fed for their lives
in every direction. James Johnson,
one of the passengers, was struck on the
head with stone and his skull was
fractured. He was taken to hospital
| doc" Murphy, a negro, was badly beat
en- by members of the mob, his left
ear being almost torn off, Another ne
gro was knocked senseless and several
more passengers were badly beaten be-
fore they got away.
Several of the non-union men were
pursued, and pistol battle ensued.
Three men were arrested as result of
the riot. None of them is a member
of the union, according to their state
ments.
| Will Not Go Out.
Indianapolis, Ind, Sept 2.-President
Shearer, of the International Brother
hood of Teamsters, said Thursday when
asked if any more teamsters would be
called out on account of the Chicago meat
strike: II don't think we could do any
good by calling out the teamsters on the
| Independent packers, and we do not
purpose to do it. Under existing con-
| ditions, all transfers are out that will
be-"