Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-21
THE PACKING HOUSE STRIKE.

| week OF the packing strike opened
with evidence of determination OF
both sides TO fight to the bitter end
President Donnelly arrived from st
Louis today and resumed charge. Ar
| mour brought in about 200 hundred
strike breakers under police protec
tion. and the packers claim that they
have employed about a thousand new
men so far. Six hundred police are
now guarding the packing district ow
ing TO the violence OF yesterday.
Donnelly said that no further con
ferences would be asked and said that
all plants and stockyards were par
alyzed. The day was put in by Mr.
Donnelly in comforting with other un
ion leaders regarding further sympa
thetic strikes
CHICAGO. July lS.-The strike sit.
uation grows more serious hourly
Among the packers here and other
cities fifty thousand men have been
idle for the week, and 1t has COMPEL.
ed thirty-five thousand more to quit.
The packers are steadily importing
men. but the test of strength In the
big strike is very near at hand. II
VIII come this week, for with the new
men taken on in the last five DAYS the
packers expect to add many thon.
sands in the next few days and are
eqnipping their plants In western cen.
ters with full crews. They say today
that within the present week the
plants of Kansas City. Omaha and
East st. Louis will be turning out
train loads of supplies. They are Ger
tainly and steadily increasing their
products. Donnelly and the tsrlkers
however. are quite firm and seem sure
of ultimate victory.
KANSAS CITY. July lS.-Buyers
Tor the packing plants bought no cat
tie or sheep when the market opened
today. and took few hogs. News re.
ceived by strikers at their headquar.
ters Is confirming the claim that the
packers We're merely bluiIing when
they purchased heavily last week.
Commission men say that Armour's
private pens are full of cattle and that
there are more than he is able to
slaughter.
nihpN anu ToWltT nave asked Inp
mayor of Kansas City, Kan, for ad.
ditional uniformed police. fearing trou-
BILE from strikers gathered about their
plants. The unions have established
temporary Offices within the shadow
of Armour's plant to accommodate ap.
plications for membership by desert.
ers from the packers forces. hundreds
hu t,,it lot. 70.
packers bought but 400 cattle all day.
Nine thousand were here.
ST. LOUIS, July 1s.-The st. Clair
I'D county court issued an lniunc.
ton last night on the application of
managers of Armour's and Swift's
plants restraining the strikers from
interfering with the operation OF their
plants or from preventing non-union-
lists from going TO and coming from
their work.
ST. PAUL, July 1S.--Foremap I.asa.
cot. while in charge of non-union
gang, had an argument with strikers
pickets this morning, which ended
with a mob of strikers beating him
badly.
vi pdhbta county
has notified Gov Van SAINT that the
strike situation is beyond his con.
troll. The governor called the attor-
ney general Into conference regarding
the use of the militia.
ST. PAUL. MINI. July 1S.-Strilters
today allowed the women employed In
the Offices of Swift & Co. to enter the
ga. 10 htt l., "A. L..
ated the trouble which occurred later
in the day.
OMAHA, July lS.-The strike sit.
nation remains unchanged Union
leaders threaten to call out all crafts
men
SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINI, July 10.
President Willis and Business Agent
Steep were deposed from Office today
by the butchers union for ordering
the pickets off duty. q special com
mittee putting the pickets back today.
The police had an encounter with
strikers this morning. Mayor Lytle
OF South st. Paul ordered Gen. Flower,
president of the stockyards company,
to leave town. charging him with be-
iIiB an hblldiOIs TloWtT Ttlubtu u 80.
Lytle says he VIII not proceed against
the strikers while Flower Is here. Bus
mess Agent Steep says the strikers
are beyond control.
CHICAGO. July I9.-The packers
increased their forces again today and
expect 10 do the largest days killing
since the strike. The union leaders
are less confident, but predict victory.
Several labor leaders met this fore
noon to draw up another paper for the
packers. Another conference with
the employers IL desired, and in. case
they agree To yield one point II will
pave the way to arbitration, namely.
that all strikers he re-employed i'm
mediately. Donnelly hopes this con
cession will be made and general
strike of mercantile trades avertei.
Six national organizations. embracing
the engineers, firemen, steam filters,
coopers and others have already au-
thorized a strike order The police
in the packing district were again in
creased today.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo, July 1D.-Sey-
eral hundred strikers stopped packing
house employees on their way to work