The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-24
THE STRIKE GOES ON
CHICAGO LABOR TROUBLE n
NEARER A SETTLEMENT.
Packers Begin Work to Put In Eject
Scheme to House the Strike
Breakers In Old
Plant.

Chicago, Augs 23.-Packers began
active work today to put into effect
scheme to house their non-union en-
ployes in the old Hammond plant al
Hammond, Ind, in the event of failure
to secure an injunction against ths
city. In any event the Hammond COM
pany, which is short of room here, to
use for living quarters. will probably
put the plan into operation. The
packers assert any interference with
trains carrying employees to and from
Hammond would constitute a violation
of the interstate commerce law and
would necessitate Federal action.
Union pickets have now established
a system of espionage extending en-
tireiy about the stock yards encios-
ures.
The pickets are established blocks
away from the principal entrances ana
have lists of those who come and go
to the yards daily. Men are being
stopped blocks away ana warned
against continuing work. The office
of secretary Tracy OF the Allied Trades
conference board was thronged today
with persons WHOM working at the
Yards, demanding permits to avert in
reference from packers. The apli-
cants included union printers employed
by Armour & Co.. employees OF the two
newspapers published in the yards ano
a dozen watchmen. All were refused
permits.
Jackson Thompson. q member of the
track team of the University of CHI
cago, who has been working for Nor
ris and Co., in the shipping department
during his vacation, mas been assaulted
and robbed while returning home from
work. The family with whom Thomp-
son lodged were warned that he was q
strike breaker and that II he was CIV
en- further accommo lations. the house
would be wrecked. When he appeared
he was told he would have to leave.
amount OF money. He was then beaten
short distance from the house he en-
countered six men who knocked him
down and robbed him OF small
He took his suit case and started. A
and allowed to go. He related his
experience to the police and three sus-
poets were arrested. Two of the pris-
oners have been identified by the
student as his assallants.
Because David Berge and Co., Sau-
sage manufacturers. purchase wagon
load of ox-tongues from Swift and Co.
today the thirty-five employees of the
Berg establishment dropped all work
and went on strike. refusing to han
die the Swift product. Berg at once
entered into negotiations with the
officials of the Union and II was ag-
reed the strikers would return to work
as soon as the tongues were remoced
THIS afternoon and the strike was de-
clared of.
Non union laborers hired by the
packers after the strike begun are said
to be deserving because OF decrease
in wages from $50 a day to I. IS. the
rate complained of by the strikers.
The packers apparently consider sub
sistance and lodging sufficient premium
for the strike breakers engaged at I'M
skilled labor. but this view Is not ac-
cepted by numbers of the nom union
lists first hired following the beginning
Of the strike.
Mayor Harrison may be asked by the
city council tomorrow to follow the
course adopted in the street car strike
and appoint a committee OF aldermen
to end the stock yards strike.
1t was declared today in the council
committee rooms that resolution
would be adopted at n special meeting
tomorrow asking the mayor to appoint
a committee to include business men
as well as aldermen to seek some
means of bringing together the pack
ers and representatives of the strik-
ers. Although the packers have de-
clared repeatedly they did not desire
any further arbitration with the
striking unions. some of the aldermen
feet that If the invitation should go
to the owners of the big packing hous-
es officially from the city council 1t
might cause a change OF attitude.