Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-27
THE STRIKE TODAY

| 10 the Stirring Scenes - Packing
Houses Seem to Have Many Hands
at Work-Strikers Profess Conf
denoe.
Chicago, July 27.-Fire, tunluIt and
picketing contributed to the stirring
scenes at the stock yards today. while
the packers, firm in their stand. went
ahead slaughtering stock and doing as
mlch other work as possible under the
circumstances.
Convinced OF an improvement In The
situation as far as available non-un-
ion help and capacity otherwise of the
plants were concerned. the packers had
sent word to shippers to be somewhat
more generous with their consignments
and as a result the receipts Of cattle,
hogs and sheep were considerably
larger than had been the rule during
previous days of the strike. There
were more men working, according to
the employers, and more work for them
| l.
day centered about Swifts lard ref1n
cry, far in the interior of the stock
yards. Flames were seen bursting
from the upper floors of the building
and before long the whole packing
town was in turmoil. The fire was
enough of an incentive to cause wild
rush from all directions and despite
the efforts of the police, the fire en-
G. mes found great difficulty in making
their way thru the crowds. The flames
ragged for about an hour, but were kept
from the surrounding structures, tho
showers of sparks fell.
Kitty English. forewoman in the
sewing department of Swift & Co.'S
plant, was mobbed and badly hurt by
a crowd of girl strike sympathizers.
Fully dozen girls took part in the
attack They beat the forewoman with
their fists and tore her clothing ana
finally slashed her face with knife.
After a desperate struggle Miss Eng
sh escaped. No arrests We're made.
Cornelius p. Shea, president of the
International brotherhood of Team
sters, said today, analyzing the strike:
This is to be a life and death struggle
for the international organization OF
butcher workmen. The packers in my
opinion. had carefully planned for
gigantic war to disrupt the butchers
union Had the teamsters remained at
work the butchers union would have
been imperilled. The teamsters could
not be party to any such move as the
packers had planned We will not
stand for that and cannot. Common
hat
unions must either stand or fall to-
gether."
Seven hundred stock yards teamsters
refused to work today.
The figures given out by the packing
today show 25.322 men on
strike and 1900 nom -unionists at
work Union employees are reported
70 be going back to work by the Off
,,ers of the packing companies, de-
lection of fifty-one skilled butchers
oeing claimed by the packers.
The latest acquisition to the strikers
ranks came this afternoon, when $50
and stablemen quit work.
Despite the fact that the relief fund
Of 100000 was voted last night to al
ieviate the distress of strikers and their
who are in want, and there
was little change today in the condition
of thousands of poverty stricken strike
sufferers. Instead of complaining there
is a disposition to conceal the destitu-
ton lest the fact of impoverishment
of strikers becoming known might OPP
crate against the success of the un-
ions struggles.
Chicago, July 27.-To minimize the
danger Of rioting. should the packing