Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-14

dent DOnnelly OF the Amalgamateu
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of
America because the packers declined
to make 1S1a cents per hour the min
imum scale for unskilled laborers, and
other demands.
At strike headquarters 1t is esti.
mated that the number affected is as
follows. Chicago. 10000: Kansas City.
10000; st. Joseph. Omaha. South
Omaha, each 5000; FIT. Worth. 1900;
St Paul and Sioux City, 500.
Eighteen thousand men walked out
pomptly. preserving order Enough
men remained on duty to clean up the
plants. The National Packing Com
pany, Boyd, Benham & Co, Roberts
a. Oakes are the only firms which con
tinue in operation. These have grant
ed the demand for 1874 cents an hour.
Besides the $4,000 strikers, 10000 9th
ers are In enforced idleness.
Reports up to three O'Clock this af-
ternoon indicate that throughout the
West the strikers will number over
5000. There is not the slightest dis
order here, and the men are hopeful.
ne 10. noNtNti. 'hot t''''
will not yield and will have their
plants In operation by the end Of the
week.
KANSAS CITY. July 12.-over five
thousand packing house employees
went on strike today. The walkout
was entirely without incident. The
union has announced that it will fine
any member found guilty of the slight
est disorder or intoxication. The
plants tied up here are Armour, Swift,
Schwarzschild & SulZberger Cudahy
and the National Packing Company
Anticipating the strike, packers de
clined to make purchases in the stock
yards this morning. and the market
was dead Butchers expect to make
an increase in the price of meat.
Men well versed in packing house
affairs said Donnelly could have
chosen no worse time TO call out the
members of the local unions as the
demand for meat was light and the
packing houses were well cleaned up
owing to last weeks flood. The union
members were also Just through draw
ing on their reserves owing to last
weeks shutdown.
Charles Armour this afternoon said
he thought the trouble would be over
in two or three days and that stock
being plentiful they could start up to
their fullest capacity.
The strike affects about 1000 other
workers.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, July 12.-Fifty-
one hundred packing house employees
struck at noon today. as ordered by
President Donnelly, resulting in n
practical shutdown at Swift's, Ham
mond's and the Nelson-morris. plants
OMAHA, Neb., July 12.-Six hun
dred employees presented a number of
checks at the South Omaha packing
plants today and received their pay
Only Amalgamated men are out so
far.
ST. LOUIS. July 12.-Thirty-
hundred employees of the packing
houses of St Louis and East ST. Louis
struck at noon today.
FORT WORTH, Tex, July Eff
teen hundred employees of the packing
houses have gone out on strike here
in obedience to orders from President
Donnelly. The men walked out qui-
etly and without disorder
MEMPHIS. Tenn. July ia move
ment is under way here for monster
mass meeting of Democrats of Arkan.
sas, Tennessee and Missippi for the
ratification of the nomination of Par
ker. Davis and for the platform. Sen
ators Bailey. Carmack. Governor
Beckham, John Sharpe Williams and
others will be invited TO make ad-
dresses
CHICAGO July 12-It is announced
by the publishers of the Chicago City
Directory that the edition for 1904,
which will be out about July 20, con.
tains $4,000 names, an increase over
1908 of 5000 names, which indicates,
by the usual ratio employed, a total
population of 2,24l 900
The increase last year over the pre-
ceding twelve months was 2S,500
names, the largest ever recorded. The
relatively small increase this year Is
due chiefly to the fact that greater
care his been taken in the canvass
for 1904 than ever was observed here
tofore in excluding the names of un-
married women and girls not in bust
ness, who for that reason are best rep
resented in the directory by the names
OF the heads of families.
NEW YORK. July 12.-lt is rum.
ored that J. NJ Hannaford, second
vice president and general manager of
the Northern Pacific, has been offer
ed the same position and title with
the Santa Fe to succeed Paul Morton,
PHILADELPHIA. July 12.-The
steamship San Jacinto of the Mallory
line was almost totally destroyed by
fire today at Roch's ship yards, Ches.
ter, Pa, where she has been lying for
week for repairs. The fire orig.
mated in the room used for storing
oil and varnish, and before the arrival
of the firemen had gained such head.
way that the firemen devoted their at.
tention to saving the adjoining docks.
The San Jacinto was built at a cost
of half million dollars, and was used
on the line between New York and
Galveston.
KANSAS CITY. July 12.-The Kaw
Valley Commercial Club is procuring
signatures to n monster DetitiOn TO