The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-09-08
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Thrilling Story Of PaCkinStown!
Novel that has Startled Nation!


however, one had to press closely to
get these things out of the men, for 1t
was not their business. and Mike
Scully was a good man to stand In
with. A note signed by him was equal
to Job any time at the packing
houses; and also he employed good
many men himself, and worked them
only eight hours q day, and paid them
the highest wages. This gave him
many friend M Of whom he had
gotten together into the "War-Who0p
League" whose club house you might
see Just outside OF the yards. Il was
the biggest club house and the biggest
club In all Chicago; and they had prize
fights every now and then, and cock
fights and even dog fights. The police.
men In the district all belonged to the
legaue, and instead of suppressing the
fights they sold tickets for them. The
man that had taken Jurgis to be natu-
rallied was one of these Indians, as
they were called: and on election day
there would be hundreds OF them out,
and all with big wads Of money In
their pockets, and free drinks at every
saloon In the district. s%N%
, That was another thing, the men
said--all the saloon keepers had to be
Indians" and to put up ON demand.
otherwise they could not do business
on Sundays, nor have any gambling
at all. In the same way Scully had
all the jobs In the fire department at
his disposal, and all the rest Of the
city graft In the stockyards district;
he was building a block OF flats some
where up on Ashland avenue, and the
man VINO was overseeing 1t for him
was drawing pay as O city inspector OF
sewers. The city inspector Of water
pipes had bcen dead and buried for
over q year, but somebody was still
drawing his pay, The city inspector
OF sidewalks was barkeeper at the
War Whoop Cafe--and maybe he
could not make 1t uncomfortable for
any tradesman who did not stand In
with Scully!
Even the packers were in awe OF
him, so the men said. It gave them
pleasure to believe this, for Scully
stood as the peoples man, and boast
ed OF It boldly when election day came.
The packers had wanted bridge at
Ashland avenue, but they had not
Oeen able to got It until they had seen
Scully; and II was the same with
"Bubbly Creek" which the city had
threatened to make the packers cover
over, till Scully had come to their aid.
"Bubbly Creek" IL an arm OF the Chi
cago River, and forms the southern
boundary Of the yards; all the drain,
age OF the square mile OF packing
houses empties into II, so that II is
really a great open sewer hundred
or two feet wide. One long arm OF it
Is blind, and the filth stays there for
ever and day. "
The grease and chemicals that are
poured into II undergo all sorts or
strange transformations, which are
the cause OF Its name; II Is constantly
In motion, as II huge fish were feed
ing In It., or great leviathans disport.
Ing themselves In It's depths. Bubbles
OF carbonic acid gas will rise to the
surface and burst, and mako rings two
or three feet wide. Here and there
the grease and filth have caked solid.
and the creek looks like bed OF lava.
chickens walk about on II, feeding.
and many times an unwary stranger
has started to stroll across, and van
ished temporarily. The packers used
to leave the creek that way, till every
now and then the surface would catch
on fire and burn furiously, and the fire
department would have to come and
put II out Once, however, an ingen.
ious stranger came and started To
gather this filth In scows, to make
lard out Of; then tho packers took the
cue, and got out an Injunction to stop
MIN, and afterwards gathered Il them.
selves. The banks Of "Bubbly Creek
are plastered thick with hair, and this
also the packers gather and clean.