New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-28

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the packers.
Chicago. July 21-Arthur Meeke- and T. }.
Cornors representing Armour & Co, had a con
ference this afternoon with the state Board %
Arbitration relative 10 another joint conference
with representatives Of the strikers The nego-
t'ations were failure. The packers declared
that the union leaders had failed 10 live UP to
the arbitration agreement decided upon last
Nee, and that under The circumstances. the
hackers did not care to make any further agree
mems with the strikers.
Notwithstanding the failure Of the State board
10 bring the contesting parties together opca
more another attempt. il said tonight.
would he made tomorrow TO arrange d confer
ence between The packers and the strikers.
James n Walker grain broker on the Board
of Trade, is the man who proposes 10 do what
the State Board Of Arbitration failed 10
oomplish- Mr.. Walker was in consultation TO-
right with the leaders OF the allied trades
unions and several Of the packers. lie said that
he had made considerable progress, and that II
was his Arm belief that before tomorrow night
he would be able TO announce that his mission
had been successful
An unexpected complication arose tonight
when the freight handlers employed At the stock
yards station OF the Chicago Junction Railroad
went on strike. The men gave their reason
for quitting work their unwillingness TO handle
meat turned out by non-union worlmen in the
packing plants. While the number of freight
handlers employed at this station is only forty
men. still their decision to go in the synpa-
thetic strike is a severe blow to the packers.
as The greater part Of the dressed meats shipped
from the yards 10 the local trade passes through
the hands of these men.
Should union men be engaged TO take the
places OF the strikers. a strike of the union
switchrnen may follow. With the switchmen
out, il would only be a short time until the
strike would spread TO the other employees OF
the railroads.
The strike tonight leaves the packers with
out an outlet for supplying the city trade unless
non-union men can be obtained to take the place
of the strikers or non-union teamsters be
ployed TO make city deliveries. An attempt 10
deliver meat with non-union teamsters would
without doubt. precipitate rioting- Two years
ago, in the union teamster strike at the stock
yards, non-unon men were employed to make
deliveries under police protection, and some Of
Inc WORST flolS III me history OF chicago TOOK
place.
FIRE AND RIOTING.
Fire and riotng contributed to the excitement
around the stock yards to-day. For the first
time wholesale picketng was begun. Hundreds
of men were scattered to various corners Of
roadways pickets, and promptly the rfotng
started. Kitty English, forewoman i'm the sew
ing department of Swift & Co.'S plant was
mobbed and badly hurt by d crowd of girl strike
sympathizers at Halsted and Root SITS. Fully
dozen girls took part in the attack They beat
the forewoman with their fists, tore her clothing
and finally stabbed her in the face with hat
pin. After desperate struggle. Miss English as
capped. No arrests were made
Clarence Hall IS the first victim claimed Tx,
death as a result Of the strike. Last Tuesday
ne with r F. Heating. his employer an ice
dealer, was driving past a crowd of rioters Two
shots were fired, one of which struck Heating
passing through his leg and struck Hall Hall
died to-day in the Continental Hospital
Joseph Vharam found to-day unconscious
In front Of his home near the stockyards. suf-
fering from several knife wounds He was
taken 10 police station. When he recovered
consciousness he said that he had been at
tackled by strikers. Two arrests were made.
STORM CHECKS RIOTING.
This afternoon any tendency toward general
rlollhs was checked for A time by a sudden
oo"npour Of rain amounting almost TO A cloud
burst. The crowds disappeared as though by
magic and the streets temporarily changed
Into the appearance OF rivers. The storm saved
the life Of J. B. Joyce negro rike breaker
A mob which had attacked the man was dis
peTsed by the sudden bursting OF the storm
There appeared 10 be no chance for the negro
10 escape alive until the storm began. though
the police were clubbing their way toward the
centre Of the mob.
SWifts lard refinery, far In the interior Of the
stockyards, almost a mile from the main en-
trance. was burned in the afternoon. The flames
We're first seen bursting from the upper floors
If this building, and before long the whole Of
Packingtown was in a turmoil Transfers ny
the hundreds. who had failed 10 go 10 work as
result OF the action Of their Joint council
rushed d the scene with thousands of othe~
strikers and despite the efforts of the police
the Ere engines found great difficulty in making
way through the crowds. The flames RACED
Tor about an hour, but were kept from surround
ing structures. though showers IF sparks fell
Not far away from the damaged building is the
centralized powerhouse from which above the
freswept lard refinery runs network of JOS
electric cables. which were damaged 10 q large
extent
THE TRANSFERS GO OUT.
Seven hundred stockyards teamsters joined
the strikers to-day. and the members Of every
teamsters' local in the city were ordered 10
make no deliveries TO the stockyards Wagons
from downtown merchants and supply houses
destined for the yards with consignments Of
rations for the barracks Of the non-uI,ion army
there and supplies and materials for the various
plants were turned back from every gate hv
plckets. and pickets guarded the barns in an