The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-13

was the keynote ofsthe patrons stam-
pede to meat, and as result the blue
pencil was drawn through many items
on the menu cards in most restau-
rants Wholesale markets that supply
| meats to the hotels of Chicago say
they have enough carcasses on hand to
keep the guests of all the large hostel
ries munching for several weeks.
Kansas City Situation Bad
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 12-tAIl
of our men are out" said Louis Rein
hart, who has charge of the strike in
Kansas City, land there are as many
more men who were not at the plants
today who will not go back until the
strike is settled The men will remain
away from the plants; and avoid vio-
lence. We do not5eXpect the strike will
last long, but we can stand it all sum-
mer, if necessary"
The packers do not expect the strike
to last long, and some houses may at
tempt to kill a few animals tomorrow.
The strikers number 1880. Many
were opposed to going out. Some liv-
ing in the district are affected by the
floods and did not feel like losing time
and work. 1t is onf this account that
the. packers feelsre9 sonably. sure that
the strikers in. Kansas City will not
continue the fight long. Up to the last
moment the strikers We're confident
that an agreement would be reached.
Many of the men failed to goto work
today to avoid being classed hereafter
as strikers. They simply laid off to-
day and will await the result of the
contest. $50
All. the large packing houses have
their own force of Watchmen who have
the same power to arrest as the city po-
lice. After. the men went out many
new men were commissioned to do po-
lice duty. The yards had only opened
yesterday after being closed since last
Thursday on account of the flood. A
continuation of stie strike for any
length of time would result in high
prices and shortage of meat. The
high water last week tied up most of
the packing houses for several days.
They shipped out or sold for local con-
sumption about as much meat as they
usually do each day. The result was
that when work was resumed, half OF
the usual reserve supply of fresh meat
was sold. Today killing was much
below the days consumption and fresh
beef is likely to be scarce before Sun
day.
Meat Up Cents
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 12.-All the
Western meat packing houses have
large supply depots in this city and
they are the largest source of the local
meat supply. Their representatives
Were advised by telegram this after
noon to advance the price of all fresh
meat on hand cents a pound.
NEW YORK, July 12.-As soon as
the retail butchers in this city learned
today that strikes had been ordered in
the meat packing plants they lmme-
diately began to advance the price OF
meat from 2 to cents pound. This
| was done generally in the settlement
sections on the east and west side of
the city The New York locals Of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
| Butcher Workers of America issued
an order calling for sympathetic
strike in all the liking houses in this
city, and in censeA t1ence 8, 500 men will
quit work tomonpH.
Determiness6 Be Orderly
SIOUX CITY, Iowa July 12.-At an
enthusiastic, orderly mass meeting, at
" ia, 200 laboring men were present,
| the striking butchers and Mlaborers OF
| the Cudahy PACKING plant determined
| on an orderly course Of procedure IN
sistance to the employment OF non
union men at the-packing plants.
Omaha Expects Long Struggle
/ OMAHA, -Neb,,e July 12.-There was
/ no demonstration in the packing house
| district. For the packers it was au-
| thoritatively stated that no effort
| their plants Both sides apparently
take it that the struggle will be a long
/ one. Already higher prices for fresh
meat are mentioned.