The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-13

FUSED 10 pay more than 171s cents an
ffour, and declined 70 sign any agree
taents az all except with a small per
ton OF the zeorkmen.
The question Of wages n skiJle.7
f2en was not discussed. To unskfiled
Wofknsn the average wage was 1S5k
cents, put when we asked that this be
MADE the minimum wage they cur IL
70 1ta2 cents and Is cents. Men could
I'VE on IS cents If they got steady
work. but in some plants men have
Deen able TO make only thirteen hoB
week at this wage scale. They could
nor i've on 1t. No one could"
Hotels Well Supplied.
Wholesale markets that supply
meats TO the hotels OF Chicago say
they have enough carcasses on hand 10
Keep the guests OF all the large hos
leiries munching for several weeks.
The managers of the hotels. therefore,
are not worrying much over an i'm
pending famine.
A feature OF the strike that is apt to
be overlooked is the fact that the strik-
ers' organization does not include the
electricians steam filters, dremen, en-
glneers, car workers and teamsteTs-
These make in Chicago alone a total
OF 10000 additional men who may or
may not be made idle wholly or in
part voluntarily or. otherwise, accord
ing to the developments in the strug-
gle between the direct contestants-the
packing house proprietors on the one
side, and the butchers and helpers on
the other.
Work at Stock Yards.
The employees of the Union stock
yards here are not affected by the strike
OF the packing house employees, and
while in view OF notices sent BY COM
mission houses 70 their country Gus
extent, it is expected that cattle, hogs
end sheep viii continue TO arrive from
the west and the south This expecta-
ton grows out Of the fact that, under
the recent decision OF the interstate
commerce commission, rates shall be
equal to large and small shippers and
that no rebates are permissible, the lit
tie stock yards ia Chicago and the east,
because of the strike. If the strike
continues long, it IS quite probable that
many small slaughterers win resume
business again in the large cities
throughout the country, and that the
large part Of the cattle, sheep and hogs
received at the Union stock yards here
VIII be bought and shipped east. It
was stated at the yards today that
since the decision of the interstate
commerce commission the purchases of /
animals on the hoOf for eastern con-
sumption have so largely increased
that they are now almost equal 10 the
total bought by the local packers.
Small Fry Overlooked.
It is not likely that the strikers win /
interfere with the small slaughterers 1
throughout the country inasmuch as /
the more work they do the more they 4
VIII inJure the business OF the big pack /
ers. upon whom alone the strikers have /
made demands. The Union stock yards /
THnnta a Vie Of F14..i
situation, and while business at the !
yards viii undoubtedly show a falling 4
of, il is believed that receipts and /
shipments VIII by no means come to a 4
standstin at the yards, and the supply /
viii be sufficient TO take care OF the i
local and eastern demand
Hope For Arbitration.
Arbitration may bring about a set
tlemen OF the strike. but late tonight !
there was little evidence that either 4
side intended TO make any further ad- i
vances. The packers said they were
hoping to hear from an arbitration pro-
posal contained in a letter sent to the 4
uniOnists in reply TO the notice of the
strike order sent out last night. The
strike leaders say they do not intend /
to consider that proposition as il was
submitted before the strike was called.
What promised for a moment TO de-
fSASF lAtv a H4oL was hAPPt4 IN the buu
At midnight while cots We're being un-
loaded from wagons TO be used BY nom
union men inside the packing houses.
A large crowd of people had congre-
gated across the streets and as soon
as the work of unloading commenced
a rush was made to overturn the
wagons Policemen frustrated the at
tempt, however, and placed three OF
the ringleaders under arrest. The rest
of the crowd was dispersed after much
difficulty.