Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
RESERVESAGALLED OUT
CHICAGO POLICE USE PISTOLS TO
QUELL STRIKERS RIOT.
One Man Injured-Mob Throws Bricks
Hitch in the Negotiations
for Settlement.

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dispatch from Chicago, ILL.,, last night
| says: Riotng growing out of the packing
| house strike occurred in the stock yards
| tonight. and Alfonso Andrulls was shot In
| the left shoulder by the police. He is not
| fatally injured. The incidents leading up
| to the shooting began when a party of
strikers met detachment of police in Paul
| ina street near the stock yards. One of the
| crowd hurled a stone at the officers He
| was arrested. The police started toward
| the station with their prisoner, and his
| companions attacked them with stones.
| Several voleys of stones had been thrown
| before the police drew revolvers and fired
| several shots at the crowd. Andrulis fell
with a bullet through his shoulder. His
| companions fled.
Mob Threatened the Station.
| Andrulis and the man first arrested were
| taken to the police station, which in a few
| minutes was surrounded by crowd Of sew
| eral hundred men. women and boys. The
| temper of the crowd was ugly, and for
time 1t looked as though they would at
tempt to storm the station. Calls were
sent for reinfOrcements. and in short
time several patrol wagons filled with po-
| Iicemen from other stations arrived. The
crowd refused to give way and the rein
| forcements were compelled to fight their
| way to the station doors. A line of officers
| was at once drawn up in front of the sta
| tion and after a short time the crowd dis
| persed.
Another fight occurred at Marshfield ave-
nue. and 45th street. where a mob attacked
| a squad of policemen with bricks. Several
| officers were injured slightly. and they were
compelled to clubs to dispense the
| crowd. Several other fights occurred to-
night, but no one was severely hurt.
Many Gases Of Assault at Yards.
There were numerous cases of smuggling
| at the stock yards today by strike sympa-
| thizers John Peterson and two other men
| leaving Swift & Co.'S plant were attacked
| by fifty or more men. Peterson was so Sc
| verely beaten that he may not recover. HIS
skull was fractured. His assailants were
| not captured. The mob was dispersed by
| the police.
The following policemen were injured
| during the fight at the stock yards tonight
Detective Readen, jaw fractured with
| brick.
Sergeant Boehne, chin cut by stone.
Patrolman John Flynn, lemons or le1t
| foot cut by stone.
Three members of the mob were hurt.
After a conference which lasted all of
| the afternoon between representatives OF
| the packers and officers of the unions,
| the employers tonight are waiting for
| an answer to a counter-proposal which
| they submitted to Michael Donnelly IN
| reply to a statement Of the terms on which
| he would be willing to make settlement
! Mr. Donnelly tonight said that the terms
| of the counter proposal of the packers
| would be rejected and that he would in
| turn present counter-proposal tomorrow
Hitch in Conference Negotiations.
The hitch in the negotiations is over the
| reinstatement of the strikers. The union
demands that every man who went on
strike shall be given his old position before
an agreement to arbitrate will be consid-
cred. The packers declare that they will
retain the men they have employed since
the strike began and will take back the old
men in the order In which they file appll-
cations for their former positions.
While the peace negotiations were In
progress today additional preparat tons were
making by the packers for long siege.
The packers hearing that efforts We're max
ing to induce railroad men who are MEM
bers of unions to refuse to handle supplies
for packing plants where the men are on
strike were busy all day putting in great
stocks of coal for fear the railroad men
might attempt to stop the supply.
The proposal made by Michael ]. Dom
nelly for the strikers. in connection with
today's conference, contains the following
demands:
That all employees who struck shall be
employed in their old positions within three
days; that the packers pay the wages pre-
vailing prior to the striks, pending arpltra-
ton: that the arbitration board be COM
| posed of one representative of the packers
another of the strikers, the two to select a
| third The three arbitrators to be practi-
| cal packing-house men; that the award IN
wages to be made by the arbiters shall
| take effect from the time of the resumption
| in work. but that the award shall not In
volve any reduction in wages.
Reply of the Packers.
The representatives of the packers re-
| piled to Mr.. Donnelly follows:
| In reply to your note and your explana-
| ton of what you are willing to arbitrate
we cannot accept the same. we are wiling
to arbitrate the whole matter. covering
| wages and working conditions of all en-
ployes out on strike, you having the priv
| ilege Of bringing before the arbitrators for
| decision any question of wages or condl-
| lions or any other grievances you may
| think you have We to have like privileges and
| both to abide by the decision OF the arbl-
| traitors. We will retain all now at work.
and will re-employ all the men now out as
| fast possible, giving preference IN the
| order of application at the wages received
when going on strike, pending the decision
| of the arbitratOrS.
| The note was signed by Armour & Co..
Swift & Co, Nelson. Morris & Co: Schwarz-
child & Sulzberger National Packing Com
pany, Cudahy Packing Company and Libby,
| Mcneil & Libby.
| This counter proposal of the packers was
| submitted to the members OF the executive
| committee of the union for their considera-
ton.
Railroads Are Worst Sufferers.
| From a financial viewpoint probably no
one outside is more seriously affected by
the stock yards strike than the railroads.
particularly the lines operating east from
| Chicago. Fresh meat is one of the heavy
articles of shipment east from here, and 1t
| takes higher rate than almost any class of
freight. An average of 200 car loads of
| fresh meat is shipped from Chicago to east
ern points and for export every day The
remuneration to the railroads averages 500
| a car. the rate being 40 cents per 100
pounds.
The business is pretty evenly divided
among the ten competing lines. and amounts
to $4,000 a day to ten. railroads Officers
| of the east-bound roads say that there has
been a material failing off in meat ship
ments. Beyond a distance of 20O miles there
| is not much fresh meat shipped west from
Chicago, the western markets being sup
piled by the Missouri river packing houses.