Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-08-11

AID STRIKE
ICE WAGON DRIVERS AND HELP.
ERs ESTABLISH BLOCKADE
AT CHICAGO MARKETS.
CTION in low A
cudahy Concern Secures Writs
Against 700 Striking Butchers to
Prevent Acts of Violence - Nelson
Morris Leaves for Europe.

Prevent Acts of Violence - Nelson
Morris Leaves for Europe.
Sioux City, Aug. 9. - Especially
The cudahy Packing Co., today Sc
cured from Judge Reed in the fed
eral court an Injunction restrain
ing the strikers from violence.
The writ will be served on 700
named defendants,
Chicago, Aug. 9.-With more than
800 pickets the Ice wagon drivers and
helpers union today established a
blockade on the retail and cold stor-
age meat market business Of Chicago.
In front Of nearly every store that
handles meat, one picket or more is
on duty to try to prevent meat deliv-
cry from the stock yards or elsewhere.
The ice car helpers today declared
their intention not to handle ice for
any dealer who patronizes the strike
affected packers
Teamsters Endorse Strike.
BY endorsing the action of its
several unions in Chicago, ST.
Louis, Kansas City and st. Joseph in
ordering strike in sympathy with the
butcher workmen and by pledging its
entire resources to support all team
sters who have or may hereafter walk
out. the international Brotherhood Of
Teamsters at is convention in Cincin-
natl yesterday added strength to the
cause Of the strikers and their allies
and gave impetus to the threatened ac-
ton Of the ice wagon drivers to shut
off Ice from every market receiving
supplies from the packers.
Get Names of Dealers.
Through pickets the Packing House
Transfers union has secured the
names of more than ESQ retail mar
kets in Chicago patronizing the big
packing houses and If the order is is
sued the ice wagon drivers will be ask
ed to refuse to deliver ice at these
places.
The grocery and market wagon
drivers numbering $500 will refuse to
deliver anything purchased from the
big packers and the truck teamsters
will be instructed not to haul any
plants where the strike has been call
ed.
The resolution adopted by the In.
ternational Brotherhood of Teamsters
promising support is considered to be
sweeping pledge as just previous to
Its adoption the constitution was SO
amended that strike benefits extend
indefinitely instead Of being limited to
| four weeks
Pledges Every Dollar.
Under the amended constitution. the
I general officers said the brotherhood
| pledges to exhaust the last dollar in
| its treasury to secure a favorable
termination of the strike These same
officers interpret the action to mean
that the sympathetic strike of team
sters will be extended to any drivers
whose services will affect the butchers
and meat cutters. 1t is left to the
general officers as to how far 1t may
go beyond those driving only for pack
ing-houses
"We are in the fight with the butch
ers and meat cutters and will do any
thing in our power to help them win"
they declared.
! President Shea and other officers
left last night for the general offices
in Indianapolis and are expected to ar
rive in Chicago tonight. They will re-
main here for some time, directing the
| strike SO far as the teamsters are con.
cerned.
President Shea last night said that
he would make an appeal to every 10.
cal union in the International Brother.
| hood of Teamsters to secure funds to
continue the strike. He was certain
the butcher workmen would win.
The South Side Street Railway EN-
ployes' Union also came to the relief
OF the strikers last night when 1t was
decided to contribute s2,40O each week
to the strike fund. Each member will
pay 81 a week, and as much more as
he desires.
Says Strike Is Ended.
/ Asserting that the stock yards strike
is as good as settled Nelson Morris,
accompanied by his wife, started to-
day for three months European
trip.
Reply to Packers.
In reply to claims made by the
packers as to the amount of work be.
ing done at their plants and the abil
ity Of the nonunion men who have
been hired since the strike was called
President Donnelly issued statement
yesterday as follows:
The packers claim that they are
doing so per cent of their normal bust
ness and that their workingmen are
sturdy, Industrious and intelligent
This claim suggests certain questions
which we ask the public to consider
If the packers are SO pleased with
their workmen:
Why are they still sending agents
through many states of the south offer
ing double the wages they paid previ
GUS to the strike?
Why are they enticing hundreds ot
workmen to Chicago through various
subterfuges from every part of the
country, keeping them in ignorance o.
the fact that they were to be used as