Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-07-21
Strikers Murder a
Peaceful Man at
Chicago
Courts May Inter
Vene to Restrain
Picketing
Packing Houses Op-
crate With Cut
orces

Chicago, July l9,-Slugged into In.
seusibility by dozen men early yester,
day and left for dead on the tracks of
tAe Ashland avenue trolley line at west
i7th street, Anton Bertusiakovis, an
employee at the Swift plant, is dying
at the county hospital His injuries
in tho opinion Of Inspector Hun, were
Indicted by strike sympathisers and
the wheels of trolley car. Men. &C.
cording to a witness who had talked to
the police, set upon RerCusinkovls IA
he was going home from work, and
when they could not make him Join the
strikers they broke his skull, fractured
his Jaw. kicked him about the face
head and body and then throw him up
on the car tracks, The motorman OF n
car approaching not long afterward
saw tho body in time TO stop the car
hue not before the wheels had
crushed Bertusiakovis shoulder.
Another Effort for Peace.
Chicago, July i9.--one more effort
will be made To settle the stock yards
strike by arbitration Today prosi.
dent Donnelly Of tho striking unions
viii send to the packers another letter
asking for a conference, Mr. Donnelly
will SO over the history Of tho strike
and ask the packers II In their ludg'
ment II Will not be better to concede
the ono point In contention, the ON
ployment of all strikers. than TO con.
tinue the strike. II thia offer Is re.
iocted by packers, Mr., Donnelly de-
clared last night, the allied trades at
the stock yards, numbering 10000 will
be called out today Tho hremen's
union notified the packers yesterday
afternoon that unless thoro IA n speedy
settlement Of the strike they win be
compelled 10 quit work
Much Work In Progress.
According To reports of the packers,
the operating forces at the plants yes.
torday were about one.haf the normal
strength All the plants, II was
claimed dld great deal OF killing and
there was also decided increase In
amount OF dressed meat shipped out OF
the city From the strikers side
came tho statement that the lndopend-
ont plants are doing all the work,
Courts May intervene.
st Paul. July i9-The next step In
the strike situation &c South ST. Paul
will doubtless be an Injunction 10 pre-
vent the strikers from pcketing the
Swift plant The governor II Is said.
| informed committee OF merchants
and 1obbers who called on him yea,
terday that he wuld not act until all
other means had failed to dispense the
strikers and intlmated that an appeal
70 tho courts was one of the means
which had not been tried. II is under.
stood from reliable authority that the
United States court Will be appealed
| to for an order dispensing the strikers.
Meanwhile things inside the Swim
plant remain quiet in anticipation OF
the probable court injunction. Some
cattle are being received and some
packing done, but not anywhere near
the capacity OF the plant.
Claim 500 Men at work.
Sioux city July 19.--The manager
Of the Cudahy packing house claimed
to have 300 men at work yesterday.
The strikers denied this. saying that
but 20 people We're employed
Sweeping Injunction.
East st. Louis, III. July ia
sweeping Injunction was issued by
Judge Holder OF the st. Clair county
court against the strikers In the pack.
ing houses and was served on the
union ofiicials