The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-23

I they were met by a superintendent or
/ a policeman who picked out certain
men and told them TO go and get their
checks. They told others to so home,
that they did not know when they
would be needed. or whether they
would ever be needed This was a
plain violation Of our agreement. I
1 CALLED up Mr. Commons, of Armour &
Co. and told him that the agreement
was being nagrantly violated, and
I that the men would refuse to go back
TO work 1 did that as soon as the
men had reported from the yards what
was being done there Mr.. COnnors
wanted me TO come Immediately to see
him and show him how the agreement
was being violated ] told him that
there was no chance to do business
with him until the other trades had
been represented.
Immediately upon hearing that the
strike had been renewed kilograms
were sent by City Comptroller Mccain
gone on vacation. He had left for
Marquette, Mich. where he was TO
/ take boat today Not since the be
ginning of the strike Lad such a de
gree of activity been observed in the
stOckyards as today. Long before the
whistle blew for the men TO enter
crowds had begun to gather at the
various gates. Exchange avenue was
packed with humanity There were a
few cases of personal violence on the
part OF the strike sympathizeTs. though
the strikers. Eeeding President Don
nellys advice TO avoid trouble let
nOn-uuiOn men pass generally without
mOlestation-
The strikers, when they appeared at
the packing houses. earned their tools
and oEerai5 and were in fine humOT
When the men found that the packers
expected to take back only a small
proportion today, the smiles changed
. 10 froWns. A committee was quickly
appointed and was sent to interview
the packing house superintendent
The committee returned with long
faces. and reported the situation.
Howls Of rage went up. and the pack
ers were cursed roUndly. Then the
great army of strikers turned and
nled out of the yards
The new strike apparently places the
packers IN worse flight than before
Tor great number OF the non-union
men have quit Many Of these nom
union workers left last night. fearing
20 remain and face the returned strik-
ers.
Those who did come back received
quiet warnings that there would be
trouble.
As an example Of the discrimination
charged. IL was pointed out that Mich
olas Gter. president of the joint coun-
eli and cattle butcher at ArnourS'
was passed three times in the ex-
animation Of those who presented
themselves for reinstatement In con-
sequence of the attitude Of the com
pGny the men quit forthwith
Al swift q Co.'S plant all the cat
tie butchers were taken back without
question with the exception of Philip
Murphy foreman or the beef killing
moor. Murphy was a member Of the
union until he was made foreman.
when, under its rules. he was not eligi-
Die HIS sympathy remained With the
union and when the strike came he
walked out with his men, For this NJ
was signaled out by Ehe management
as Objectionable. The swift employees
took action similar TO tina of the
wOrkmen at Armour's.
At the Anglo-American plant
Schawrzschild & Sulzberger-s and the
Hammond plant. it was understood
that only a small percentage of the
strikers were reinstated- At Norris &
Co.'S plant, only three or four union
men We're taken back according to re-
ports received at union headquarters.
Girls Had to Wait.
Out Of fifty girls that waited in
long line at Morris & Co. only two
were reinstated. The remainder were
soon spreading the word about the
yards and adding TO the excitement
while the lanes and by-Daths leading