Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-22

him so badly that at the Englewood Union
Hospital. where he was taken. 1t was said
he had little chance OF recovery. Miller was
set upon in front of Armour & Co.'S plant
death he was found by pedestrians. who
sent for physician. 1t was found that
Miller's skull was fractured and his jaw
broken.
SURPRISE AT KANSAS CITY.
Only Limited Number Of Strikers Re
Employed.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. July 22.-President
Donnelly's order to the packing house en-
ployes to renew the strike came as a sur
prise to both the packers and the men. AL
though practically all Of the several thou
sand men who struck appeared at the DIFF
ferent plants here ready to work. only a
limited number were taken back. Each
company employed only a sufficient num-
Der Of the strikers to make up a complete
force. No especial promises were made by
the packers to those not taken in and a
strong feeling of resentment developed All
the plants were soon supplied in all depart
ments and apparently running in full blast.
Practically all of the strike breakers
were retained at Fowler's plant, where per-
haps was the greatest crowd gathered at
the gates. Here the management let in
only few at time and selected those
who had been least demonstrative during
the strike or who apparently stood In bet
ter favor with the MANAGEMENT than the
others. Much disappointment was shown
among those not chosen. At the other
plants practically the same situation ex-
listed.
Armour's Statement.
c. w. Armour said: II cannot understand
the cause of Mr.. Donnellys new order. I
consider that these men have broken faith
with the packers. 1t would be impossible
for the packers here or anywhere in the
country to take all Of the strikers back at
once. There is not sufficient work for
them to do. All the plants are more or less
disorganiZed and 1t will be some time be-
fore they will be in shape to operate full
forces in all the departments. How long
1t would be before we could put all the
men to work 1 cannot say. One season
why all could not be taken back immedi-
ateIy is because there is not sufficient live
today perhaps $50 Of the strikers. thirty or
forty Of whom are skilled men.
1900 Employed Today.
Before the strike We employed between
3.400 and $500 persons. Today we have
1900 employees at work.
In the ArmOurdaIe district there was
trouble when the men learned that all were
not to be taken back. The strikers became
angry. Strike-breakers entering one Of the
plants were attacked by strikers. A gen.
eral fist fight ensued. and a number of the
union men were beaten. None was Sc
riOusly hurt, however, and police soon dis
persed the strikers.
Extra policemen have been sent to the
Armourdale district.
A Sympathetic Strike to Be Asked.
In addition to explaining today that Presi-
dent Donnelly was believed to have under
stood the situation when the agreement
was signed the packers made 1t plain that
when they went in to join the conference
with the strike leaders the packers intended
to stand firmly on the ground occupied.
President Donnelly meanwhile announced
that at a conference of the allied trades ne
would ask that sympathetic strike be de-
clared, comprehend1ng every trades union
list employed at the stock yards.
Il shall demand that all go out with the
butchers" said President Donnelly, land
we will make the packers realize before
they get through that they have gone too
far. The men feel that they have been
skinned and dried. We will win as surely
as there is q God.
Attack on Ambulance.
Further trouble came when Joseph You
nichs employed at Nelson Morris & Co.'S
plant, was taken out of the yards SO that
his knee that had been fractured by the
falling of d skid could be cared for by
physician. The doctor after attending the
wounded man called an ambulance to have
the sufferer taken back into the companys
improvised hospital in the yards.
A crowd assuming that YounichS was a
non-union man attacked the ambulance
and nearly upset the vehicle in an endeavor
to reach the supposed foe. With drawn
reviewers two policemen and the doctor de-
fn.. dad thniV oh "a 6aoll RING
to the strike sympa thiZers that the wound
ed man was a fellow unionist This took
dme and the defenders had to withstand
a siege till help came from the stock yards
police station, a considerable distance.
A New Element.
new element that entered into the sit
uation today was the National Live Stock
Exchange. This organization, like the
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
has hitherto kept severely aloof, feeling
that as an Independent body 1t not
fitting that 1t should interfere. But today
the directors met at the instance of Presi-
dent NJ p Buel and discussed the FEAST
bility of requesting all railroad companies
to refuse further shipments of cattle, hogs
and sheep to the yards until the strike is
ended. The directors went over the en-
tire area of the strike.
When the conference had gone consid-
cradle time it was decided not to take hur
ried action, but to put the matter over till
tomorrow morning.
1T is the wisest thing to do" said Pres
ident Buel of the exchange after the meet
ing, ''and l have no doubt we Will follow
up the line of advising the railroads to re-
fuse all shipments FOR the time at least
Such decision may not be arrived at this
week, but If this keeps up it is bound to
follow.
Packers Will Not Yield.
Reports were current this afternoon that
the packers had decided to yield no whit
to the strikers, and to meet continued war
fare with a complete shutdown of the kill
ing departments until such time suffi-
cient expert non-union forces could be OBJ
tained to operate on the large normal
scale The ground for this action was said
to be that the packers had found it Is too
extensive and too waSteful to attempt 20
operate with small killing gangs, and had
determined, If the strikers insisted on hold
ing out. to suspend killing operations IN
all the plants affected by the strike. The
packers, 1t was stated, would continue
shipping and handling products on hand.
Work In the smoking and canning depart
ments would also be continued, but no kill
Ing would be done under the unfavorable
conditions under which operations have
been attempted since the beginning of the
strike.