The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-30
Trend Of Resolutions.

1TenQ Oh heSOluGOnS.
/ Addressed to President Roosevelt,
the original resolution for considera-
| ton by the allied trades, but which it
was expected would be somewhat
modified after consideration, is as fol-
lows:
Aware that strike Of over $4,000
workmen engaged in the packing
plants Of the United States is now
pending and the packers have opened
a fight with the object of disrupting
| the labor organizations involved and
If this struggle continues it will re-
| suit in widespread misery and a labor
war that can only have disastrous eff
fects on the public as we'll as upon
those directly concerned.
Feeling that the crisis is a grave
one, we appeal to you for intervention
settlement Of our grievances, Which
have been of long duration.
Zone word from you will inevitably
1 bring about an adjustment of the
| present controversy, as the evidence
on which the government secured a
/ permanent injunction against the
meat trust is also sufficient to iIidict
before a federal grand jury every man
Ifengaged in this conspiracy to control
1 the prices of livestock and the meat
food product handled by the packing
| industries"
Meat. Supply Cut Off.
at the high prices asked has become
| a serious question with many retail
dealers of Chicago. A blacklist has
been put in circulation by the strik-
ers, bearing the names Of retailers who
have purchased meat from the big
packers, and the men. listed are find
ing it difficult to get supplies from
| tha jn6anandanf ma olxarc Il
| The system Of picketing in force has
made it almost impossible for them to
buy of the big companies.
| The independent packers have been
warned that the penalty for selling
meat to the listed retailers will be the
calling out of their own butchers.
! Several retailers, whose business
has been thus tied up, have stated that
unless conditions improve by Monday
next, they will go into the courts and
| leaders, who are responsible for the
blacklist. Several big markets on the
west and south sides of the city have
been forced to close.
Eastern Men Called Out.
! Unable to arrange conference
with representatives Of the New York
packers, Michael j. Donnelly, presi-
dent Of the Amalgamated Meat Cut
| tiers and Butcher Workmen Of Amer
lea. has ordered a strike of all the
| in New York by Schwarzchild & Sulz-
berger and the United States Beef
| company. The order does not go into
effect until Sunday, as the men in the
eastern packing plants do not report
for work on Saturday.
The decision to extend the strike to
Mr.. Donnelly and his associates had
spent the day in fruitless effort to
arrange a meeting with representa-
tives Of the eastern packers, who
came to Chicago last night to acquaint
themselves with the situation here.
York packers had come west to make
terms with the butchers, but If such
was the case they changed their
minds after investigating the progress
| that had been made here in working
the packing plants with non-union
1 employees.
No Mercy on Pickets.
obeying Inspector Hunts orders to
/ have no mercy on strike pickets found
1 Interfering, even by moral suasion,
with the non-union men employed In
the stock yards, the police were more
! active today than any other time since
the strike began. The Inspector de-
| clared that he had set the ball rolling
/ by the arrest of President Golden of
the transfers union and that every
/ policeman in the stock yards district
would be depended upon to keep it
rolling.
Strike pickets accosting teamsters,
etc., were accordingly arrested un-
sparingly, both singly and in punches,
| and in some instances, when resisting
arrest, were dubbed by the police.
Recognizing the necessity for gem.
| eral action to relieve strikers fami-
lilies, the officers of the various locals
/ began today the distribution of COM
i missary tickets. These orders were
4 honored in the strikers relief market
and at their grocery. No money was
4 paid out.
4 Strikers Credit Withdrawn.
i Withdrawal of credit hitherto exc
/ tended by local merchants and retail
j ers to Workmen on strike at the stock
yards, coupled with the close ap-
i proach of rent day. which falls on
/ Monday, is a new contingency thatw
require ready cash or leniency on the
part of property owners. Attic it Is
generally predicted that possible era
1 Of eviction is not yet at hand, the
4 fact remains that on Monday more
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