Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-09
Army of More Than 800 In
terfered With Business.
TO PREVENT DELIVERY
EXTREME MEASURES RESORTED
TO BY CHICAGO STRIKERS.
Movement Directed Against Retailers
and Cold Storage Meat Markets
Packers Surprised.

Packers Surprised.
CHICAGO, August 9.-With an army OF
more than three hundred pickets, the ice
wagon drivers and helpers union today es-
tablished a blockade of the retail and cold
storage meat market business in Chicago.
In front of nearly every meat market, cold
storage warehouse and department store
that handles meat one picket or more is on
duty to try to prevent delivery from the
stock yards or elsewhere.
The union determination to extend the
strike to the cold storage warehouses came
as distinct surprise to the packers and
this was accentuated by the action OF the
ice car helpers. who today declared an In
tention not to handle ice for any dealer
who patronizes the strike affected packers.
Adding to the complication came a decla-
ration today from the business agent OF
the meat wagon drivers union that his men
would have nothing to do with meat which
the ice wagon drivers refuse to Ice.
Vice President Roth of the packing house
teamsters' union today gave out list OF
dealers to whom he declared the union ice
wagon drivers would, under union orders,
refuse to deliver ice.
Nelson Morris Says Strike is Over.
Asserting that the stock yards strike Is
as good as at an end Nelson Morris. the
packer, accompanied by Mrs. Morris. start
ed for New York today. where tomorrow
he expects to board the liner Baltic for
Europe, to be gone about three months.
MRS. Morris and 1 go to Europe every
year about this time said Mr.. Morris,
spending most of the time at Carlsbad. L
had begun to think we would have to
change our plans this year, but fortunately
the situation seems to have settled down
sr,ta fnn nCih md
feeling that my affairs are all right so far
as the usual situation is concerned. My
interests will be amply protected by my
sons
Trouble With the Tailors.
Trimmers, cutters bushemen and exam
iners employed by fourteen clothing manu-
facturers, Chicago members of the Ma
tional Clothiers' Exchange, struck today.
II was estimated that COO men quit work.
An official of large clothing house said
that if the strike continues within short
time 900 tailors will be out of employ
ment because of lack of supply with
which to work.
Action of the union followed an announce
ment that hereafter the employers intended
to run on the ''open-shop plan.
Strike Helps Fish Market.
Since the beginning of the packing strike
Chicagos consumption of fish has been
gradually increasing until now ii Is the
largest in the history of the city. Ten
cars of fish are received each twenty-four
hours and the wholesale dealers declare
that 100000 pounds of fresh and salt
water fish are cooked each day. Though
the increase has been so substantial, the
prices have remained normal.
Prize Fight in Packingtown.
Under the open sky in the glare of a
bunch of arc lights 5000 persons witnessed
a finish prize fight and decision bout last
night in the big square where Packers and
Exchange avenues converge in the heart
of .'Packingtown. The majority of the
observers were strike breakers, although
there was "A sprinklng of foremen and
officials from the various packing houses
and a number of policemen who witnessed
the contests The principals in the nights
were all colored, was the greater part OF
the vast throng of spectators. 80
II was a fierce and CORY program, WIN
two knockouts, and was wildly cheered
from time to time. Few OF the so-calleu
club fights that have been suppressed by
Mayor Harrison have approached Inc slug
gins. that furnished entertainment for the
besieged non union employees at the yards.
The principal fight was for purse OF
s125, raised by the spectators, anu Jaines rhrs
Bradley and Harry Johnson. heavyweights,
were the combatants. Bradley belongs in
Chicago and Johnson in Pittsburg. Both
were hard hitters, and put up night That
The fight went four fierce rounds, when
the Chicago man pushed the Pittsburg
bruiser to the mat with a jolt in the jaw.
The firal blow left Johnson a quivering,
insensate mass that had to be carried from
the ring a shower of silver was thrown
to Bradley by lucky hackers who had won
on his prowess-
With cheers the crowd faded away to
seek slumber at their quarters at the Va
rious packing houses The hackers or Brad
lev it is said, had most of the money the
packers have paid. out in wages to tho
strike breakers since the big struggle It
the yards began. Lieut.. j. c. Walker OF
the Sth Regiment Illinois National Guard
(coloredD, was referee of the contests and
held the stakes.
Demand Tilden's Resignation.
The allied trades executive committee to-
day adopted resolutions denouncing Presi-
dent Edward Tilden of Libby, Mcneil &
Libby, and demanding his resignation as
member of the pubic school board of Chi
cago.