Evening star., 1904-07-20

much as 81 $4,000 II needed, putting the do
nation on a per capita basis 10 be pald IN
small allotmentS
In case the allied trades officers should
authorize "A sympathetic strike of their
unions th" plan as proposed today IL TO ask
aid If the freight handlers and switchmen S
unioUS. The strikers asserted that with
thes. ORGANIZATIONS refusing to handle non
union goods and refusing to switch cars
laden with such goods the fight would be
Knows of No Investigation.
II do not know that any government Of
fcials are here invest eating the strike and
it~ effect upon the welfare of the country.
said a rcprese ntative of Armour & Co. To-
day in reply to Inquiries.
They may he here. but they have not
interviewed any of the packers"
Would you welcome any effort on the
part of The government to bring about
settlement of the strikc?
I'VE VIII probably cross that bridge
when We come to It," was the answer; and
this was tho essence OF the reply made by
all the other packing chiefs.
Exciting Demonstration.
An exciting demonstration took place TO-
day at Root and Butler streets. near the
stock yards Thomas Johnson. non
uuipuist employed by Libby, McNeill <
Libby. was captured by a crowd of strike
seized johnson and gave him severe beat
ing Somebody cred:
Get a rope and let him dangle
The rope WAS quickly procured, but
Johnson struggling desoerateiy. managed
to lump uron the coupling bar of the last
car of a passing freight train The crowd
followed and boarded the cars Johnson
lost no time reaching the top. and after
him went the mob. The fugitive ran to the
front OF the train. hesitated for moment.
snd then lnaped from the top of the fire GIT
He IS good runner and escaped
Came From Affected Trades.
II was for The packers 10 say today
whether they would hold another confer
erce with representatives of organ zed
lihor relative to the strike of the butcher
wCrkmen. The request for such meeting
WIS submitted last night to the owners of
the packing plants ny the union leaders OF
Chicago. The employers were to decide
this morning what reply to make.
The labor proposition cmanated not from
the butchers but from a committee repre-
$ ntirg many affected trades, including the
teamsters. 1t consisted of Il letter sen: IN
duplica.e to the union ON strike and to the
packers. in which each party To the StruS-
gle was requested to participate i'll Il Joiat
nesting of employers and all trades inter-
ested. The butchers promptly answered.
that they were ready to go into the con-
ference
Pending the outcome of this attempt 20
reopen negotiations. the men in the me-
ChaniCal departments and the teamsters
and stationary tiremen at the packing
houses will remain at work Assurances
that they would go out in Sympa thetlc
strikes as last resort were renewed to
President Donnely of the butchers. Dom
nelly continued to advise against the eX-
tension OF the struggle until it seemed nee
eSSiry.
Restaurant Prices Raised.
Prices of meat on downtown restaurant
bills of fare have been raised 10 per cent
or more as a result of the stock yards
strike The action was taken at the in
starce of the Hotelkeepers' Association.
While several of the restaurants had
supply of meat sufficient for one month,
without exception they raised prices. The
largest increase has been made in fhe
price of the expensive cuts, porterhouse
steak with mushrooms. quoted at $2.IJ on
Saturday. now bringing SO.
Since the beginning of the strike the
price of desirable cuts in lonS and rlhs
las jumped from II to 20 cents. a corre-
spending raise in the price of medium
grades falls heavily on the boarding house
Keepers and the families who buy the ordi-
nary cuts of steak.
The price of ham and bacon was advanced
tell, b,r Of ba