Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-22
stock Yards Strike On Again.

Chicago, July 22.--The butchers
struck again today, when. on repor'ns
for work. in accordance with the PeaoS
agreement, the packers agents on 'hor
work to only few Of their n ulaaSar
President Donnelly, leader oil tne ou u'a.si
wortmen asserts that gencia'
strike of every packing trade emPloye !"
s,'iNo ~ must result. In every de-
nar,ment at every plant, workers were
pad away by the thousands, with
The claim that work would be given
them later. A new general strike order
10 the AmaIgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen's Union OF North
America was announced today by
President Donnelly. Shortly after eight
O'Clock il was teIegraphed to the union
headquarters in eleven other cities.
Donnelly declares the order will be
upheld by the American Federation OF
Labor. which includes the entire Union
labor movement of the United States.
When the butchers, numbering 1920
men, struck, again, they marched down
Packers avenue in the yards which was
one confused elbowing mass of workers
carrying dinner pals and expecting to
90 back to work again. At the Armour
and Swift plants strike breakers were
still at work. The crowds below could
see these men pushing carts and trucks
on the low viaducts that span the streets
in the yards. "Drive them out, drive
them out" came the cry from the crowd
below. In an instant hundreds OF men,
rushing pell nell, were striving to climb
I'D the viaduct and attack the army of
strike breakers Foremen, superintend-
ents and police sought to beat them
back. In a panic of fear, the strike
breakers fled into the building for rel
noe. In the meantime, President Gier.
who headed the butchers that applied
for reinstatement at Armours, called
through the windows to the knockers, "
who were already at work telling cattle
in the killing beds. OTIS all off," he
yelled. ave can't 60 back with these
men trying to turn three-fourths OF us
out of our Jobs" The knockers at
once Joined the marching butchers.
President Donneily hurried to headquar-
tiers. "This means a general strike, "
he said "Our men will all refuse to
work" The scenes at the plant OF
Armour was typical of that at all the
other plants. Here superintendent
Pierce descended among the butcher,
when they reported for work, anc
picked out few men. He refused
to notice Nicholas Gier one of Armour
butchers, who is the head of the packing
trades council. The mems shop commit
tee protested, but he refused to see them.
The strikers when they appeared at the
packing houses this morning were IN ilnt
humor expecting to be taken back al
once. They found that the packers ex'
pected to take back only small portion
ofthem. and the smiles changed to frowns
A committee was quickly appointed and
was sent TO interview Superintendent
Shaw and Pierce, of Armour ~ Co. The
committee returned with long faces, and
reported the situation. Howls OF rage
went up and the packers were curseC
roundly. Then the strikers filed out o
the yards.
New York, July 22.-At the head
quarters of the local unions of the pack
ing house employees it was stated thi
afternoon that 50 far they had receives
"no official order from President Don
nelly calling their members out again
1t was stated that many of the striker
went to work in the packing houses her
this morning, and others at noon, an
, that they were all still at work.
St. Louis, July PA telegram wa
received at the packing houses this morn
ing ordering the men out again, an
the union men left. The plants are sti
at work with some forces they had dun
ing the strike.
st. Paul, Mimi, July 22.-At l
, o'clock the men are walking out at Swii
e. Company's South st. Paul plant.
Omaha, Neb., July 22.-Immediatel
, upon the receipt of President Donnelly'
order this morning, Vice-Presiden
Vail ordered a renewal of the strike
: and stated that 1000 would go out.