The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-07-28
RUMORS
REVIVED
Illinois Board of Arbitration In.
teryieWs Packers And
Strike Leaders.
Seven Hundred Drivers Join
Strikers Ranks Owing To
Their Sympathy.

Chicago, July 2S.-Fire, tumult and
scenes at the stock yards during the
day. while the packers, firm in their
stand, went ahead &aughtering stock
and doing as much other work as pos
sble in the circumstances. Convinced
of an improvement in the situation, as
far as available nonunion help and
capacity otherwise of the plants were
concerned, the packers had sent word
to shippers to be somewhat more gen
erous with their consignment, and as
a result the receipts Of cattle, hogs
and sheep were considerably larger
than had been the rule during previous
days OF the strike. There we've more
men working, according to the employ
erS, and more work for them to do.
For the first time wholesale picket
ing was inaugurated. Hundreds OF
men were scattered to various corners
of roadways as pickets.
Amid all the Warlike demonstrations
there were reports OF plans for an
other peace conference between the
packers and the striking butchers.
Members of the state board of arbi-
tration appeared at the Office Of Pres
ident DOnnelly during the day and
held conference with the labor lead
ers. The strike situation was gone
into thoroughly and the arbitrators
then left the office to seek a confer
ence with the packing interests. Later
President Donnelly and several of his
aides left strike headquarters for a
with totn hoo nd
of arbitration.
Stock yards teamsters joined the
packing employees during the day.
Seven hundred of the drivers for the
packing companies refused to go to
work, the teamsters' joint council
having endorsed the vote to strike and
ordered the members of every other
local union in Chicago to make no de-
liveries to the stock yards. Wagons
from down town merchants and sup
ply houses destined for the yards with
cOnsignments of rations for the bar
racks of the nonuniOn army there and
supplies and materials for the various
plants were turned back from every
gate.
Not Employing Nonunon Teamsters.
1t was stated that the packers at
present would make no general at
tempt to employ nonunion teamsters.
Plans have been arranged to deliver
meat by railroad to packinghouse
branches in various parts of the city.
Practically all the striking live stock
handlers returned to their work in the
yards during the day, an agreement
having been made with them that they
need not assist in weighing or deliv-
ering stock consigned to the packers
involved in the strike. They are
handling all stock for the independent
packers, shippers, exporters and small
butchers.
TO minimize the danger of rioting
should the packing companies attempt
to deliver meat to local consumers
with nonunion teamsters Chief of Po-
lice O'Neil1 has given instructions that
all hauling shall be done on Halstead
street The chief declared that all
teamsters will be protected from vic.
lence, but to make this possible the
hauling must be confined to one street,
which will be strongly patro1led The
order calling out the packinghouse
teamsters affects many other drivers
as we'll
Clarence Hall is the first victim
claimed by death as a result of the
stock yards strike. Hall is dead at
the Continental hospital Last Tues
day he, with R. F. Keating, his en-
ployer, an ice dealer, was driving past
crowd of rioters. Two shots were
fired, one of which struck Keating,
passed through his leg and struck
Hail. The police never ascertained
who fired the shot
Kitty English, forewoL1an in the sew
ing department of Swift & Co. IS. plant,
was mobbed and badly hurt by a mob
of girl strike sympathizers.