The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-27


up their agitation, by first demanding OF
Keinboenl that he return the meat TO
Swift & Co. Keinboehl refused to do
this. The strikers then asked that the
customers in the store refuse toTpurchase
there Most of those in the store left at
once and fo- the remainder of the after
noon the store was quiet. The strikers
stationed pickets in front of the store and
every person showing an inclination 10
enter was informed that they would be
compelled to buy Swift meat. All but
few were turned back.
A canvassing board of pickets was
quickly formed and all of the hotels, res
taurants and private houses in South
st. Paul. visited and notice given that
Kleinboehl had bought from Swift & Co.,
after having been told that the indepen-
dent firms could furnish him with all the
meat that he needed.
AS the strikers compose fully 80 per cent
of the population the evidence that their
crusade was working was soon evident.
A great crowd gathered on the corner OF
Concord and Main streets, and any per-
son entering the meat store was quickly
approached by some neighbor and ad-
y1sed that it would be better to stay away
until the trouble was over.
Steep Still Confident
= Business Agent Steep, in answer to a
statement of the management of the
Swift plant that there are 900 men en-
ployed there, gave out the following state
ment:
* In the first place this. is more than
the number of men used in the plant in
the course of ordinary business, and l
know therefore that 1t is untrue. But
conceding that theyshav such number
of men it. does not follow that the neces-
sary amount of, workscan be done. Prac-
tically all of the. men; are laborers, and
by the mistakes that they make and will
make for the next year if they are re-
tained,s they will cost the concern as
much as the purchase price of the stock
used :. t--se 49,
II can prove that not more than 20 per
cent of the average amount of killing is
being done, and If there is anything like
the number of men in the plant that is
claimed by the company they are .certainly
spending their time in cleaning up or
doing something other than killing stock.
At the meeting Of the union this morn
ing it was shown that the butchers are
firm, and that outside Of few beef butch
ers, Swift. & Co. cannot kill an animal
and depend upon its being dressed in such
a manner that 1t will be salable.
- While am sorry that the boys show a
disposition to renew the blockade, it is
of the union and is with the individual
workman. If they should decide to act
in such manner 1t will be found that
they will be able to carry out their pur-
pose If there are 900 or more men in the
plant it will certainly be discovered in
that case, for such a number could easily
break their way through the blockade.
But II the boys should form line across
the street 1T will soon develop that they
are so powerful that the sheriff and the
mayor cannot pass men through"
No Reason to Fear Strikers
Supt. Burns insists that besides the
92o men that he had employed on Monday
he has great number Of applicants. and
that he can easily secure the necessary
number OF men to operate the plant. Mr..
Burns says that there Is no longer any
reason to fear the strikers, as their num-
bers have been SO greatly reduced that
there are not enough left to do any dam
age. He says that the wagon containing
meat for Kleinboehl was sent out as a
test, and that other delivery wagons will
be found coming from the plant during
the next few days.
There will not long be blockade" he
said. 1.-The strikers will maintain it for a
few days and then will grow tired of such
efforts. We will persist in our efforts
to do business, and insist that the back
bone of the strike is broken and that so
far as South st. Paul is concerned there
Is really no butchers strike. If let alone
We are able to take care of our business. =
7evenue Runs Picket Lins IS
Toots Bevenue. colered, one of the non
union men employed in the plant, came
out last evening for few moments. and
within a few seconds after he stepped on
to Main street was surrounded by pickets.
A Wordy dispute followed, in which Bev-
enue did his share of the talking. He adj
m1tted that he was working in the plant
and claimed that he had right to do so,
and that he also should be permitted to
walk about without interference A
couple of the strikers invited Bevenue
to fistic encounter on the street, but
he declined and made for the entrance of
the plant.
A number of the strikers encountered
M. Kleinboeh1, the butcher, and were not
SLOW in expressing their opinion of him
and his conduct. Kleinboehl responded
In kind, asserting that all the butchers
of st. Paul and Minneapolis are buying
wherever they can procure~the goods. This
was denied by the strikers. Epithets and
threats were hurled back and forth, but
no blows were struck.
Whisky Found on Boy
Joseph Longgulch, head Of the night
pickets, took in charge boy giving the
name of John Cary, who was attempting
to enter the plant. When searched at
union headquarters the boy was found
to have four pint bottles of whisky in his
pockets. He claimed that he was taking
the liquor to the men employed In the
plant The liquor was seized and the boy
sent to his home. The men inside the
plant claim that the finding of the LIQUOR
Is a trick PLAYED by the union mon and
that it was not sent for by those on the
inside.
Another meeting of the union has been
called for this morning at which time
the strikers expect to hear just when
national President Donnelly will visit
them. All the strikers who were not yes
terday paid their strike allowance will
receive the amount due today Single
men are allowed S. and the married men
81 week. The hour of meeting has
been set for 10 o'clock, but if the men
are needed on the picket line at that time
it will be postponed