The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-25

avertins it. The police viii be able TO
handle the situation, however. without
outside assistance, no matter what
happens"
In addition to the four trains filled
with nom union men brought into the
yards today under police protection,
many other trains loaded with men
who had been secured during the last
tWenty-fOur hours were scheduled to
arrive before daylight. With the num-
Der Of men already installed within the
stock yards and the addition of clerks
and Office men to the killing rooms,
work viii be resumed in all the plants
tomorrow morning on an extended
q scale as possible. These men will all
work under police protection and it is
not believed any trouble will be expert
enced until the several firms begin dis
tributing meats to the local trade with
non-union drivers 1t IS on this ap-
parent predicament Of the packers that
the labor leaders are depending for
success in the struggle. The situation
makes the teamsters the most impOr-
tant body OF men in the whole contro-
Versy.
Riots Will Result.
With these men on strike the union
forces expect TO prevent any nom union
men who take their places from leav-
ing the yards and scenes similar to
those during the caravan" days Of the
1902 strike viii undoubtedly be the re-
suit If the strike is prolonged Team
sters outside the yards are to be asked
TO refuse TO handle meat from any OF
the branch houses, and If non-uniOn
men are engaged 10 perform this work,
riots are bound TO be the result, as
these branches are scattered all over
the city iH>order 10 make il more con-
venienC to supply the down town trade.
Temporarily the packers win attempt
only TO handle dressed beef. pork and
mutton, allowing the by-products to go
10 waste. They say. however, that as
fast as the DeCeSsary wOrkmen can be
obtained these departments where the
by-products are taken care Of viii be
opened up for business.
Livestock Scarce.
Another handicap the packers viii
meet with in the morning is a scarcity
OF livestock. Commission men for the
past week have flooded the country
with messages advising shippers not 10
send any stock 10 market 1t also de-
Veloped today that commission men
during the last week bought all the
livestock they could and shipped it out
10 the country an the vicinity Of Chi
caCO 10 be fed until after the strike Is
settled. As soon as the strike is over
the intention is TO rush this stock back
10 Chicago. when IL is believed eXor-
Ditant prices can De obtained. An esti-
mate of the amount OF livestock in the
pens Of the packers tonight was 5000
cattle, 5000 hogs and 5000 sheep.
The packers claim 10 have nearly
2 600 men with which TO start opera
lions tomorrow morning These men
are distributed among the different
plants as follows: Armour & Co, I500:
swift & Co, 1,300; Nelson Morris & Co,
500: the Hammond Packing company
geo; Angio-ATuerics0 company, 500;
Libby. DscNeil & LIBBY, 800
4 report was current tonight that
Cudahy & Co. and SchwaTzschild &
Sulzberger would not make any effort
10 resume business tomorrow. Instead,
according 10 this TumOr, these two
firms would make q settlement with
the unions. and when they opened for
business it would be with fun force OF
Juion men None of the officials Of
either Of these companies would con-
firm or deny the report
settlement OF the strike may be in
sisted upon by NeyOr Carter II. Harri-
son, # developments show that the
public interest absolutely demands it.
in the meantime arbitration through
the good Offices Of the mayor is a rem
edy open 10 the opposing sides on re-
quest from either. Such was the posi-
ton outlined today by the mayor who
was called back to Chicago from Mar
Quette, Mich, on account OF the re-
newal of the strike. Mr.. Harrison de-
pl0red the continuation Of the strike
but said that just at present he did
not see his way clear toward doing
anything of his own VolitiOn toward
the adjustment Of the trouble.