The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-06
Bank Officials Meet Emergency
by Employing Help and Pay.
Ing All Their Money.
sTocKMEN VISIT WINDY CITY
Montana Delegation Arrives To
Investigate Cause OF strike,
and May Make Over.
lures for Peace.

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packing houses had counter attrae-
tlon today In the excitement attend
Ing the run on the Drovers' Trust 4
Savings bank. which ~ IN the stock-
yards. The rush of dapasitora 10 the
bank started early today because Of an
unsounded rumor that one OF the pack
ers' representatives had withdrawn his
money from the institution and reports
that the bank was used by the packing
companies as an adjunct IN paying
employees who have taken the places
OF the strikers.
All day long hundreds Of depositors
stood IN line and withdrew their small
deposits. when closing time came this
afternoon thousands OF persons We're
waiting. The bank determined to meet
the emergency, called II extra tellers
aud tbs place waN ke open until
every depoeitor who pF&Ai Eed himself
had bean satisfied.
Rumors Of another peace conference
between the packers and the strikers
were occasioned by the presence ut the
livestock exchange OF John NJ. Board
man and N. r. Miner. president and
secretary OF the Montana Roundup
Association, an organization Of drov-
ers. which sends nearly 2So.O0O head
Of cattle TO the yards each year. The
Montana men represent several mill
lion OF dollars and announced that they
were In Chicago to investigate the
causes and conditions surrounding the
strike.
Government May intervene.
That the federal government is pre-
pairing to take an active part In the
stockyards strike was indicated today
when international Secretary Call, Of
the Butcher workmen, divulged the
fact that he has been In conference
with an emlssary OF the United States
bureau OF commerce and labor. Who
this agent Is. or what his immediate
plans are. Mr.. Call refuses to say, but
the strike leader made this significant
remark:
TN everything the packing trust Is
doing they are violating the law. Their
very business combination is In re.
straint OF trade and there is none OF
them that is not amenable to the fed
eral laws. A sample OF their operations
came to my knowledge after stories
had been printed in the newspapers
telling OF the importation Of emigrants
from foreign lands TO take the place
Of American working men who are on
strike. One OF our pickets found In
the street an emigrant receipt showing
that the emigrant had been paid $3.50
for passage to Chicago. Al the bottom
Of the printed slip was the sentence:
we hereby agree to rebate s5S.7O on
presentation Of this receipt at our Chi
cago office' showed this document to
an ofiicial of the United States bureau
of commerce and labor and inadvert-
emily allowed him to keep It."
Recording Secretary shanahan. of
the Packing House Transfers Union,
announced today that orders would be
issued Immediately 70 stop the remov-
al OF meats from the several cold stor-
age warehouses in the city. The Al
lied Trades executive committee, he
said, would act upon the teamsters' po-
sition. and report fayorlng SYM
pathetic action by teamsters who have
been distributing meat from ware-
houses would mean the immediate Is
suance Of strike order to those driv-
ers.
President Donnelly, the strike leader
who has been on trip to Kansas City