The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-27
DISORDER MARKS
PACKERS STRIKE
Both Sides Remain Firm and
Claim they Will Fight
lt Out


darkness. a score of panicstricken strike
breakers hired by Swift & Co., spread
CONSERVATION through the yards early
yesterday Riot calls were sent to the
police and the armed garrison of packing
town turned out in full force, believing
that the strikers had made an organized
attack under cover of darkness.
Failing 10 discover any strikers the p.-
lice arrested the str.kebreakers, ali
ored. The prisoners numbered .ozen.
They told of seeing suspicious loo.aag
persons lurking in the shadows CT the
buildings.
Their revolvers were OF huge caliber,
and the police tried to learn where the
negroes had obtained a number of navy
weapons. 1t was denied tuat Swift &
Co. had armed the men. The police t-oh
the view that the colored men had shot
to create a disturbance and held the pris
oners Tor arraignment in court.
Two thousand persons t day saw one
of the most brutal cases of slugging AM
some of the poorest craftsmanship of the
policemen since the St teckyards strike be
gan. A strikebreaker, John Mulloy. had
just left the yards when three men at
tackled him. Mulloy was knocked down
and nearly killed. Five policemen in.er-
fered. whereupon the THO ran. The po-
lice followed the men, using their rev |
vers. Apparently every shot was aimea
to hit. bur all missed. John Doody, one
of the men, however, was captured.
Despite the fact that 25. .00o or more reg
ular employees are on strike at the stock
yards here. including the number who
went out yesterday after the call for a
sympathetic strike had been issued. ali
the big packing plants were declared T.
be in nearly full operation today.
Nearly every man who went out yes.er-
day. 1t was claimed. had been replaced
by one who belongs to no union. WhiIe
the nremen went out, the engineers, ..
was asserted, with possibly dozen ex-
ceptions. remained at their places. inis
was due TO the fact. 1t was said. that the
general strike order aid not extend 10 lhe
engineers. lew of whom. according to the
employ ers. were union L-~-.
NoN-UNIoN MEN BROUGHT IN.
According to the packers 500 non-union
men from other cites were b. ought into
the yards today FIR work at va.i-u-
plants. iheIe was killing of cattle, hogs
and sheep in all the plants. bat with the
supply of animals on hand cleaned up
there will apparently be little or no
slaughtering tomorrow.
Wen dressed men. constituting the cler-
ical force of the commission houses, took
charge of the unloading of cattle at the
yards. while strikers in rough garb sa.
at distance laughing at the spectacle
TRANSFERS WILL STRIKE.
That a strike of packing house team
sters will occur tomorrow was admitted
TO-DAY as inevitable by President GsIien
OF their union. President Golden tele-
graphed to Cornelius Shea, the interna-
tIonal president of the teamsters union,
today and Informed him it would be i'm
pe ss.ble 10 keep the drivers at work af-
ter today.
Fifteen thousand men and women today
attended the first general mass meeting
held since the beginning of the strike.
Through a decision reached today by
the managers OF the strike the independ-
ent packers will have the privilege OF
sending Their own men into the yards and
CT driving out or feeding the independent
packers own cattle, hogs or sheep.
This will permit the Independents TO
operate with little interruption on account
Of the strike.
GREAT STRUGGLE NOW ON.
Chicago July Pin the great indus
trial war now well under way, the pack.
ers and strikers rallied yesterday and
prepared for bitter conflict. The one
side went about its preparations quietly,
YET ehectudhy' TUG othei eh'iu9i'StiN"i's
and as they hoped, also effectively. Mean
time the day took on the real aspect OF
n mighty strike. Riotous scenes devei-
oped and continued intermittently
throughout the day.
Riot calls were sent in from a number
OF points. Many arrests have been made.
and altogether the days of peace seem
doomed for some time.
PACKERS OPERATING PLANTS.
On the one hand the packers declared
emphatically that their plants were run