Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-08
THEFIGHT EXTENDS
RETAIL BUTCHERS AND WHOLE.
SALE MEAT DEALERS
Drawn Into the Fight Between the
Packers and Butchers-Said the
General Public of Chicago Will
Be Affected a. Never Before
Meat To Be Declared Unfair.

Chicago. Sept. 5.-The retail butch
ers and wholesale meat dealers Of Chi
cage. drawn into the great strike by
extension of she walkout TO every
branch of the industry and the general
boycott on all meat. have voted TO Join
bands with the packers and fight the
la Dor unions.
This Is the first move in the widen
ing OF the industrial warfare 10 a tie
mendous scope. The general public is
10 be drawn into the fight as never be-
and capital.
Pickets will be placed at every
butte her shop. even the smallest and
most remote, TO persuade citizens not
TO buy meat. At the same time more
vigorous and extra picketing will be
carried on at the yards. The railroad
depots and branch houses will be close
~ watched.
The idea Of the campaign will be to
paralyze the neiat industry of the ma
ton. reducing just SO far as is posi- BILE
the consumption, while at the same
time curling the production and dis
tribution.
Cali Issued to Unions.
President Michael Donnelly has is
sued. officially. call for every union
man in every department Of the meat
industry 10 quit work.
Union leaders claim that this will
add %, 500 workers to the ranks of the
idle.
The packers contend that not more
than 5000 additional men can be call
I'd out in any event.
Meat dealers admit now for the
first time that an absolute meat fam
inc threatens Chicago The crisis will
come on Wednesday morning. Then
all meat will become unfair" or
nonunion.
The putting OF all meat on the un-
fair list is aimed TO prevent any union
men of whatever craft or class from
handlig the article. This would in
clude many Of the trades that have
thus far held aloof
The result of this week is problemat
ical. Conservative leaders fear the
outcome. They say the strike has be-
come so dig that is almost beyond con-
troll. No person can prophesy the end.
A committee of wholesale meat deal
ers Saturday appealed TO President
Donnelly not 10 call the general strike
and boycott that would include their
cutters and teamsters. President Don
nelly declared the order had been is
sued and under no conditions would il
be rescinded.
Secret Meeting Held.
The wholesalers then held a secret
meeting and voted TO fight the unions
and attempt to do business.
I The retail butchers met in secret
session, several wholesalers being pres
ent by invitation The retailers de-
cided 70 follow the lead Of the whole
salers and combat the attempts TO tie
up trade.
Definite plans for fighting the unions
were not reached in the conference.
We will make every effort 10 keep
our shops open. said one prominent
retailer at the close of the conference
We have laid no plans. only talked
the matter over.
A rumor was printed in the after.
noon papers 10 the effect that the pack
ers had made advances TO the strike
leaders for a settlement. No confirm.
alton Of this could be secured. They
knew of no overtures from the EN-
ployers.
The packers representatives said
there WAS no frufh in The rernrf