Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-12
THE POLICE AND
STRIKERS CLASH
Aroused By Attempt to Garry
Meat Through the
Streets.
DESPERATE ARRAY ENSUES
A Score of Strikers Are Knocked
Down With Clubs-FuIly 100 Shots
Are Fired, But No One is Wounded
Crowd is Put to Flight.

Chicago, Aug. S.-All the labor
unions in Chicago have irdorsed the
butchers strike. After listening to
the strikers side of the controversy
which was presented to them by
Michael j. Donnelly, president of the
Nriking butchers union, the Chicago
Federation OF Labor, which is compos.
ID Of every labor organization in Chi.
ago has membership of nearly $780,
adopted resolutions last night
EHedging the moral and fiscal support
Ia the federated body as long as the
sEike continues. Each member Of the
|#cntral body will be assessed a small
ISM each week and the whoSe amount
wi be turned over to the striking
Mons to help in the support of the
Esers and their families during the
Mlggles with the packers. The ex-
SmoUnt each member is to be as
syd was left in the hands Of a
| cd+tee with orders to report re-
| s'Mtoday. While the officers of the
| fMatiOn Of Labor were unable last
nlELto give an exact estimate Of the
aiHeat of money the strikers would
seEu from this source, it was stated
thethe total sum would be we'll up
nv thousands each week.
| IL a fight which has lasted for
nearlfour weeks a statement of the
stoEkards strike seems tonight to be
as cote as at any time since the
strlkeegan. Neither side, during all
thlshe, has shown any signs of
weak eng.
CMco, Aug 9.-Union transfers
are ne the principal weapon which
the ME leaders propose to use to
win mstock yards strike. Orders
were ased yesterday to drivers of ice
Wagonsb deliver no more ice to
bntchRrWho buy of the big packers
or to Arof the branch houses Of the
packinglants where the men are
now onArike. A list of more than
200 reMhealers who have been buy
Zig n1e4E the so-called trust packers
ard ha5ag away with their own
''agons&$ been compiled. and &C.
cording the claims of the strike
leaders, ice supply will be cut eff
from eEIne Of these places this
mornln Heterogeneous have been
made TOME ricketts, stationed at all
the retaM Markets which have been
placed uHathe ban Of the unions to
see that Moycott is enforced to the
limit. 1 .....
YesterdGorder prohibiting ice de-
liveries tQA retailers is a duplica-
ton Of TINE issued last week, but
! which washer enforced because it
had not b@anctiOned by the inter
'tional Otnc&Af the Transfers union.
\ At CinclnnN&here the International
herhO0naTsamsters WIS in SEES
sion yesterAAtIfe necessary indorse.
,ment Of tn 3roposed boycott was
given and Mated order will be put
in force thM8rning. -.
| Chicago M1O-An attempt to
| move meat the stock yards TO
| the Fulton ID on Randolph street,
distance dAlr miles, caused a
/ number OF last night between
the police owds Of strike SYM
! pathlzers, WI tempted to prevent
| the passage sh the streets Of the
wagons DeaIl le meat.
| Fully hu shots were fired
fired by the y and the members
| OF the MOP, D body was struck by
q bullet. be officers, Stephen
barry and O'Hara, were cut
on the mead stones thrown by
rioters. M
The packers that fully so per
cent or the usu aount of work was
carried on yestA The receipts of
live stock, viii large. still were
almost normal 8ared with CORE
spending days 3e the strike be-
gan. Inc srea' Ation Of these az
rivals were pur by the packers
and before nisn %been Slaughtered
Between 6oo az 30 new arrivals
were added 10 hackers force OF
employees yesterdM .E "
ACCORDING 10 4rovers' Jou, nal
tlc independentEAkins concerns
have raised prlcs i've that of the
packers whose III on strike The
advance applies %kinds of meats
and ranges from 2lhc a nouud.
Tie strike affect rI,ers cou,apd-
ed that lnuspe firms anu the
strikers are III col 10 m,tlct the
meat concerns any the move TO
cut off ice from the dealers whaI
bonght OF the lats kers is simp-
Il ~ move 70 iorc e etail dealers
to pay high prices n by tho in
dependent companies lmpport Of
the charge the packet / out cum-
Darative prices. III