The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-27
STRIKERS AT SOUTH ST.
PAUL In UGLY MOOD
Men Threaten to Raid Meat Wagon and
Boycott Retail Dealer

Three hundred of the striking butchers
at South st. Paul will gather in their hall
at 10 o'clock this morning to consider the
situation as it now exists. The strikers
expect to receive some word of encour-
agement from National President Dom
nelly, of the amalgamated butchers, and
unless some such message is received
serious trouble may follow in the near
future.
The temper of the striking men was
shown yesterday when the Swift & Co.
managers sent the first load of meat from
the plant. AT 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon wagon in charge of Andrew Brown
and two other employees of the packing
company left the yards. Before the wag-
on was fairly started up Main street it
was surrounded by $50 shouting men and
the driver and his companions appeared
in serious danger. Sheriff Grisim and ten
deputies and Chief of Police Mccormick
and squad of twenty-five special police
men reached the scene in time to protect
the wagon and it's contents Surrounded
by the police guard Brown drove to the
retail meat shop of M. Kleinbohl, where
the load of meat was delivered
An attempt was made to have Kleinbohl
refuse to accept the meat and when the
dealer refused sympathetic boycotting
OF the meat shop began.
Talk of Independent Union
President George Willis had trouble
yesterday in retaining control of his men.
About 300 strikers gathered in the city
hall at 10So'cleek1and considered propo-
s1tlon OF number of the members of the
union that the local cut loose from the
national organization and form an inde-
pendent union. Several speeches were
mace but President Willis in lengthy adj
dress recited the occurrences of the past
ana pointed out to the men the risk that
they would assume in .severiase their re-
iations with the national body . Willis
succeeded in swinging the fnen back into
line and on test vote it was unanimously
decided to continue the strike in the
name of the amalgamated association and
TO. use all of the power of the state feder-
alton of labor in bringing the fight to a
successful issue.
The day sonened up in South st. Paul
IN quiet manner with all appearances
that the strike situation would remain
unchanged, but the appearances of the
wagon containing delivery of meat
however, aroused the men ana before the
rapidly driven vehicle had proceeded out
OF the yards 1t was SSurruun1d by men
threatening to do damage
The noise made by the strikers drew tn
the fence of the plant a number of the
nom union men, but they did not come
into the open and face the surprisingly
large number of angry men, ! 1t was evil
dent that the men in the plant were sur
prised They had been told Sby4.the man
agement that there were more men inside
than the strikers could congregate By
sthe time the wagon reached the retail
meatAstore, block and a half from the
pant entrance, there were 400 hooting
men about it. Sheriff Grisim and CHIEF
Mccormick commanded that the men
not interfere, and amidst the boots and
howls of the crowd them was taken
from the wagon into M. Kleinboehl's store.
Without delaying the strikers followed