Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-01
QUIT WORK, TODAY.
Orders for Strike of Butcher Workmer
Throughout Country.

Chicago, Aug. 31-Orders have been
issued for a general strike of all butch
er wOrkmen throughout the country.
They are expected to go out, tomorrow.
The order will affect in all about 1000 in
Chicago, including the independent
plants.
The order. if observed, will also af-
feet large Independent plants in the
following cities: East st. Louis, Oma-
ha, st. Louis, Kansas City, Sioux City,
New York, milwaukee,, Syracuse,
Stickney, Ills, and hundreds of small
plants throughout the country which
employ from 10 to 20 men. Altogether
union officials assert that 5000 men
vii! go out and the meat supply will be
seriously crippled, leaving as the only
supply the output of the big packers by
their non-urion help.
Today. the pickets surrounding the
stock yards We're largely increased.
Strike breakers We're warned not to
leave the yards. Bitter feeling exists
against them. The 600 stock handlers
| in the stock yards quit work, TINS fore
noon They were greeted by cheers by
the union pickets. The manager OF the
Union Stock Yards and Transit Co. said
that in anticipation of strike OF the
stock handlers men had been in train
| irC to take the places of DESERVING
weighers and that 80 of such men are
available at once. He said that no fur
| ther trouble was expected in handling
| the stock.
The packers say it is Donnelly's aim
| TO create q meat famine which he
| thinks would arouse the public to such
, mitch of Indignation that a settlement
| would he forced.
| "DonnclIy is undertaking the impos-
sible" said a representative of one OF
the hackers. There is little chance of
a meat famine. The independent pack
ers who by their COLLISION with the
unions have profitted much during the
strike. will suffer most.
President Donnelly is said to he de-
pending upon the union drivers Tor the
success Of his attempt to make meat
scarce What action the $500 grocery
and meat market wagon drivers VIII
take remains to be seen. heretofore,
they have refused to handle meat from
! the strike affected packers and their
| employers were forced to buy from the
| independents. 1t is also said that an
| attcmpt will be made to smut on the ice
supply from every retail market in Chi
| Cago.
Frank F. Hawley. grand master of the
Swift chmcn's Union of North America.
has; been summoned to Chicago with
the view of getting sWitchnen through
out the United States 10 refuse to ham
die cars containing anything for the
packers.
IF there is n strike of the switchmen
it will he entirely unauthorized said
an official of the Switchmen's Union,
today. ITO call strike of the switch
men. lust now, when we are on the eve
lof business depression would be folly,
for the brotherhood Of Railway Train
mon would take our places rs they die!
in -, and lot of SWitchmcn would be
out of work. ] am confident that there
will DO. 40 strike of the sWitchmcn.
| Representatives of the independent
packing firms had Il meeting with the
members of the Allied Trades Council
with a view of arriving at some settle
mnpt in regard to the stock handlers
but nothing was decided on.