The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-04
UPPER HAND
FOR PACKERS
CHICAGO STOCK YARDS Re-
SUME OLD HUM OF ACTIVITY
STRIKERS RANKS BREAK
Two Thousand Skilled Workmen Re-
turn and Hundreds of New Men
Have Been Brought In. Backbone of
the Strike Thought to be Broken.

Chicago. With increased forces Of
skilled workers and their operating
departments more thoroughly equipp-
ed than at any time since the begin
ming Of the strike, the employers took
a firm grip Tuesday and as result
the stock yards took on the old hum
of activity. Over $4,000 head of
live stock were received. This is an
increase Of $4,000 head of over the re-
ceipts on the corresponding day last
week. Such an enormous amount Of
live stock would, under normal condi-
tons, have had depressing effect on
the market and when the train loads
Of animals began to pour into the
yards, stockmen and traders feared a
panic but did not occur. Prices. were
lowered sharply, but the fact that the
market held as well it did seemed to
prove that the packers are prepared
to increase their output.
The big packers bought 5000 cat
tie, $4,000 hogs and 10000 sheep dur
ing the day and before nightfall so
per cent of these purchases had been
slaughtered. Further proof Of the
claims of the packers that the diff
fculties of the strike are being over
come was furnished by the shipment
Of 500 car loads of fresh meats from
the stock yards. Of this number 400
ears were loaded and shipped by the
firms affected by the strike. These
shipments were consigned to all parts
of the world, eighty car loads being
billed for Boston for export.
As near as could be estimated 359
union men of the various trades on
strike returned to work during the
day. Of the number who abandoned
the fight many were skilled workmen.
The packers claim Tuesdays deser-
lions make the total number Of strik-
ers who have returned to work at least
1000.
Chief of Police O'Neil, who has
taken personal charge of the stock
yards during the trouble, declared his
belief that peace is in sight and that
by Thursday things would be seen
tending toward peaceful end.
A session of the allied trades re-
suited in decision to delay appealing
to President Roosevelt till all other re-
sources have been exhausted.
At Kansas City, Tuesdays devel-
opments in the packing house strike
were serious from the standpoint of
the strikers, as hundreds of their num-
Der returned to work, many of them
being skilled workmen. The serious
break in the ranks Of the strikers was
caused by their growing tired of wait
ing for strike benefit money promised
from Chicago and because they could
not afford to remain idle longer with
out pay. Few of the men who applied
for work were refused their old places
and those who will be re-employed
when it becomes necessary for the
packers to increase their forces. A
large number of negroes are employed
in all the plants.
When asked if the backbone of the
strike was broken, as the packers
claim, President Donnelly said:
"The struggle has only just begun
and the men are ready for long
fight. With 80 per cent of the expert
enced butchers in the country in the
union, the statement that the strike
is lost is ridiculous.
Judge Holder refused to grant the
appeal of the striking packing house
employees to dissolve the injunction
granted on behalf of the East st.
Louis packers restraining the strikers
from interfering with the operation
of the plants and men employed there
in. The injunction stands as origi-
nally granted until further action Of
the court.