New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-04
BOTCOTT ON BUTCHERS.
No Ice to Those Who Deal NTH
the Packers.

Chicago. Aug 3-The threatened spread of
the stockyards strike to outside Industries came
tonight. when an order was issued by tire
teamsters' union prohibiting drivers OF zee
wagons from making any deliveries to retail
merchants who. since the packing house
teamsters went on strike. have been
hauling meat from the yards in their
own wagons. AS the refrigerators In the
meat markets do not hold enough ice TO
last longer than forty-eight hours. if the order
cutting off the supply OF ice can be enforced, 1t
means that the majority of people in Chicago
will be compelled to go short rations as far as
meat is concerned. The officials of the team
sters' union have appointed pickets to watch tue
meat markets all over the city, and these men
have been instructed to see that the boycott Is
carried out TO the limit
Outside Of the decision Of the striking unions
to extend The strike to the icemen. there was
little change over yesterday in the situation ut
the stockyards to-day. With their new en-
ployes and those that have deserted the unions
the packers managed to dispose OF fully - per
cent as much work s is carried on under norma!
conditions. Less than three hundred new en-
ployes arrived at the various plants to-day. this
being the smallest number of strike breakers
received on any day since the employers de
cided to bring outsiders to Chicago to break the
strike. The packers declare that the reason for
the small addition to their forces to-day is that
they are about through hirns workmen. and
are now choosing only the most skilled from
among the new arrivals Of workers
In a riot which broke out at the yards to-
night two policemen were injured and twenty
eight rioters were arrested. after having been
beaten into subsection The trouble started
when I'VE strike breakers from one Of the ma
chine shops in one of the packing plants were
leaving the yards and tried to board street
-irr syIC
of the strike breakers, the motormen on twelve
cars refused to stop, and crowd standing near
by. seeing good opportunity to get revenge
on the ncn-Union men. began hurting stones az
them.
Two policemen who were guarding the en-
trance went TO the assistance of the non-unon
men, but the rioters by this time had grown in
numbers so rapidly that fully a thousand angry
men were trying to set at the strike breakers.
ItetTeatng into the machine shop. the policemen
sent i'm a riot call for achievements, When the
additional policemen arrived charge was made
on the strikers. The crowd was armed with
bricks and stones and when the policemen
started forward every man who could ind room
enough threw brick.
Two of the bricks went true to the mark and
TWO OK the pollcemen dropped in their tracks, hit
on tho head Th.v were picked up by their COM
paniOnS and L, IN inside the machine shops.
where 1t was found that one OF the men, Patrick
RYAN. was suffering from a fractured skull. The
other was not so seriously hurt. Seeing the con-
dlon OF their companions the other eighteen
policemen made another charge ON the crowd.
This time the onslaught was in earnest. eighteen
clubs being swung from right to left with all the
muscle that each man could muster
Every time a club descended il landed a
mans head, and fully ATTY OF the rioters were
beaten TO the pavement AS soon as the police
men saw that they had the mob on the run
they turned their attention to those who were
lying on the ground and arrested twenty -eight.
Complications and embdrTasSinents in new
fields confronting the hackers according To
information that has reached strike headquar-
tiers. After slaughteriug and preparing beef for
market, much OF the product is spelling Ell
route. II IS said, because of difficulties eucOun-
tered in icing refrigerator cars. After investi-
ton he had received on that point, Homer d.
call, active head of the strikers in the absence
or President Michael nonnaliy. made his con-
illusions public to-day. Little difficulty is ex-
perienced IN icing the meat cars at the stock
yards, where machinery is largely used but at
the re-icing stations throughout the country.
where the supply is repeniShed. railroad en-
p!oyes are said 10 refuse 10 90 the work. re-
sUlting in heavy losses.
When the ice teamsters and handlers went
out AZ The yards Armour had fOrty-twO union
men engaged in packing the cars. the National
company had thlrty-nine, Swift & Co forty
hve and Morris x Co. thirty. In their places
Armour has twenty uon-uuiOn men al
work, the National seventeen. Swift fourteen,
and Morris X Co. sixteen To make up for the
shortage fruit cars are being iced elsewhere il
Is said. switched To the Yards. and then loaded
with meat. strikers talk OF calling out the
union men icing the fruit cars as Armour and
Swift are said To control the Armour RefriSrra-
tor Line. the Central Fruit Growers Express
and the Continental Fruit Dispatch and are
consequently able 10 use the ears for meat SER
vice whenever desired