Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-24
Judge Enioins Chicago From
Interfering With Packers
IN HOUSING employees
TEST CAST BROUGHT BY THE
HAMMOND PACKING co.
An Appeal Will Be Taken-Decision in
Other Petitions Deferred for
Further Study.

CHICAGO, August 24-Judge Theodore
Brentano today issued an injunction
straining the city of Chicago from inter-
fering with the lodging of non-union EN-.
ployes in the packing houses at the stock
yards
The city announced that an appeal would
be taken to the appellate court.
The injunction was issued in a test case
brought by the G. II. Hammond Company.
Seven additional petitions were at once
filed. following the decision of the court,
for an extension of the temporary injunc-
ton to all the packing companies within
the stock yards. with the exception of the
Omaha Packing Company.
In the Hammond case the court found
| that the building in controversy is not
within the fire limits, and cannot therefore
be regulated by the fire or building ordi-
nances of the city
Judge Brentano asked that tbe addi,iono,
pettions be left with him, that he could
look them over.
Attacked by Girl Pickets.
Annie Clark. a forewoman for Nelson
Morris g. Co. has been attacked by girl
pickets while riding on street car A
| lively fight followed I'm which hat pins were
the weapons used. Miss Clark was severe
| ly injured and was removed to her home
| by the police. She recognized several Of
nef ASSISTANTS and secured warrants for
their arrest.
The packers resumed the Importation OF
strike breakers on a large scale today A
| special train of seven carloads arrived over
| the Erie.
Two carloads of strike breakers were
| brought under heavy police guard over the
| Monon road.
Donnelly Returns to Chicago.
President Donne!ly. the leader of tho
| stock yard strikers, returned from Indian
apolis today after having made an appeal
to the miners national organization for
financial assistance In conducting the
strike. Donneliy had received no definite
reply from the miners whSu he left. He
aeeiared, ae,iain, however he had evsrx reason 70
president Donnelly conferred with his
principal chiefs and then hurried to the
regular session of the allied trades con-
ference board, where he made report
| When asked what he thought of a settle
ment through the proposed action of the
city council the head of the butchers
hope In 1t. He said he was not aware OF
another pending peace effort.
Greeks Sent Into Yards to Proselyte.
Thomas Stoker. business agent OF the
pork cellarmen's union. announced today
that six non-union Greeks from the Ar.
mour plant had been initiated into the
union, after which they returned to the
STOCK yards inclosure, promising to lead out
LOO other non-union Greeks. The majority
| of the Greeks are new arrivals from Ellis
Island. They had their fares paid from the
| immigrant station. The Greek clergy and
Greek business interests are reported as
making every effort to influence the 1900
| TO leave because of the strikers action I'm
declaring boycotts against Greek business
| houses by way of reprisal.
| Fifty colored women strike breakers left
! the stock yards today. proclaiming that
deserted
| tendent W. c. Farris of Nelson Morris &c
| Co, however asserts that the work of the
women had been unsatisfactory and that
they had been discharged.
U. S. Regulars Scare Strikers.
A scare was created among the strikers
today by the appearance of United States
| regular troops on a train that rolled into
the stock yards district wholly unannounc-
ed. The train consisted of four Pullman
cars, five fat cars loaded down with ord-
nance and two horse cars, bearing the men
and equipment of battery of the 18th
United States Artillery The battery came
| in from the east en- route to Fort Sheridan
| over the Erie railroad.
1t stopped for thirty minutes at the 10th
street entrance to the stock yards while
| locomotives were changed and the horses
were watered Word quickly spread that
| the packers had succeeded In bringing fed.
| eral troops to their relief and intense ex-
| element resulted. The alarm dled away
| tive was attached and hauled the troops on
| to Fort Sheridan.
Cement Workers Settle Strike.
Business Agent Fred Gingenback of the
| cement works organization announces that
| a settlement has been reached in the strike
in that trade, after a struggle of five weeks.
| About one hundred cement workers VIII
| have their wages advanced to s. 40 from
81 a day as a result of the Strike
ONLY HOOTS AND JEERS.