Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-12
In Chicago Hundreds Quit Work
Considerably Ahead of Time
Expected.
NO DISTURBANCES ANYWHERE.
At Omaha, Kansas City, St Joseph
And st. Paul Butchers Lay
Down Their Tools.


try, beef cutters at the stock yards
here quit work considerably ahead of
the time expected, The men who thus
anticipated the strike were 100 In num-
Der.
Before there was any actual cessa-
ton of work Chief of Police O'Neill
made tour OF the stock yards with a
view TO deciding the best manner Of
diaposing OF the police for protection
against possible violence. Half Of the
total number OF policemen at the stock
yards station and at the two adjoining
stations We're ordered held In reserve
to be available TO meet any outbreak.
other stations were similarly ordered
to be prepared for extra duty.
There was no disorder I'm the depart
ure of the first squal Of strikers While
taking measures 10 be ready, the police
professed not to expect trouble for 10
days, indications being, II was said,
that new men would not be put to
work in the packing houses for that
length Of time,
a rise I'm the price Of meat. It was
said, would be the first effect OF the cess
sation OF work in the packing houses.
as the packers had warned commission
firms that there would be no buying to-
day. representatives OF the packers
said the packing firms had done every
thing that could be done to avoid a
strike by Offering to arbitrate before a
disinrerested body the differences over
which the trouble with the labor unions
arose
The 700 cutters who quit in advance
included employees OF all the packing
firms affected by the strike order. The
cutters for one firm, Armour & Co., did
no work whatever today.
Edward Morris, vice president Of
Nelson Morris & Co, said that the
company's plant did not have more
than three or four days supply Of
dressed meats on hand.
Arthur Meeker, manager for Armour
& Co., said he did not care to make
any statement with reference TO the
strike.
one after another the big packing
houses grew deserted-looking as the
employees withdrew after cleaning up
work on hand. II was said that the
last Of the men would not be out In
the various houses until perhaps 10: 30,
| AT 2 p. IN. the total number who had
already quit work was estimated at
| 1900. No negotiations or conferences
were held today preceding the inaugu-
ration Of the struggle.
No definite arrangements have been
made by any OF the packers for the
| hiring OF non-union men.
Five carloads OF cots, however, have
| been distributed among the various
| plants. The beds were ordered last
| week when a strike seemed
Imminent. Notwithstanding these
| preparations they were caught In
Il measure unprepared. The
| secrecy observed by the union men
! prevented the packers from stopping
shipments OF cattle. As result the
| yards are well filed, and trainloads are
| arriving hourly, The stockyards com
mission houses at once began wiring &c
| all principal shipping points, advising
| cattlemen to hold their stock until FUR
| Their notice. 1t Is expected that the re-
ceipts tomorrow will fall off heavily.
The packers say there Is fresh meai
enough In Chicago to last about II
| days There are a few small packing
houses In Chicago thatare not affected
by the strike, but they can supply only
an Insignificant part Of the demand.
AT OMAHA.
omaha, Neb., July 12--At noon today
1900 employees of the four packlnl
houses at South Omaha laid down theil
tools and went out on strike. The pack
ing plants affected are those of Armour
Swift, Cudahy and the Omaha Packing
company. The strike is the result OF al
order received from Second Vice Presi
dent Vail, OF the Amalgamated Mea
Cutters n Butchers union, and affects
| practically every man employed In thu
| packing houses, skilled and unskllled.
The demands Of the strikers are 70
higher wages for the skilled and CLOSED
shop for the unskilled, The packers sa!
they will make no effort to operate thei
plants for the present. To this en-,
they gave notice to the commission mel
that there would be no market for live
stock today. and that they would no
purchase until further notice. The no
tice Was given today and as n conse
quence few cars Of stock came In today
statement of the position OF the 10
cal packers shows that they are unan
imous In their refusal to accede to tn
demands OF the men, aud that they ar
anxious to submit the matter to arbl
tration They claim that conditions d
not warrant an increase In wages.
None OF the employees In the mechanl
cal departments OF the South Omaha
plants struck and the employees OF tn
Union Stock yards remained at work
Ten unions are affected by the strike
most OF them being affiliated with tn
butohering craft. II is anticipated tina
no action VIII be taken locally, all tn
negotiations being made In Chicago
AT KANSAS CITY.
Kansas city, Mo-, July l2-Elgh
thousand meat cutters. butchers an
others affiliated with the Amalgamate
Meat Cutter and Butcher Workmen'
union, constituting the entire forces I
those departments In the six big packin
plants here struck today. As a resul
all the plants are shut down and 1880
employees In the various department
are affected.
Those out or affected by the strike O
the meat cutters and butchers are dis
tributed as follows: Armour, 1850
Swift, $500; Cudahy, $500; Schwarz
schlld a. Sulzberger, 1000, Fowler, 2, 100
Ruddy Brothers, 800.
Many Of the men went out durln
the morning, the others following a
noon, the hour set by President Donel!
The men following the presidents OF
der secured their tools and In most In
stances quietly left for their homes,
one or two places they remained abou
the plants, but no signs OF trouble WEI
apparent
The packers in this city were IN IN