New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
TO FIGHT OUT STRIKE.
DRIVERS RIOT Il LITTLE.
Packers Sag They Are Mocing Meat
Wifhout Them.

-,e e--ite n. the meat wagon drivers who threw
I'D their Jobs with the eighteen packing houses IN
Nev York dragged along yesterday Inc genera
Erroression was that there would be setuef'e1il
soon despite the protests Of both parties 10 tile
economic struggle that the fight would be carried
. the bitter end As matter Of collars arc
rents Il appeared TO the unbiased onlooker that
II would be cheaper for the packers TO pay the
rior men the eight increase they ask tnan TX IS
10 pay a strike breaker a high STRIFE salaFy alo
~ -g.e same time pay for q private detective to
,7zrd each wagon Moreover. the packers are gV-
tr~ cut meal checks to the extra policemen on
strike duty these checks being honored at an
eating house in First avenue. near z4th street
Thor. -vss little violence yesterday but ptct-
-esoue incident occurred in 18Th street nea- First
avenue almost opposite the headquarters OF iiie
strikers A private detective and a Strike breaker
r.ere on their way 10 the packers barns. in 46th
street when a dish OF water crashed down on INC
r,aver,eut scarcely fve feet from them The po-
uce-aen of the neighoorhood could not discover
from what window IN The big. warrenke tenement
house the missile had come. To prevent further
occurrences Of this kind. Acting Captain Casey OF
the East 5lst street station, detailed two patronen
10 keep a lockout the roof As the patrolnen
peered over cornice. with long row OF pigeons
percled close by. of the twelve mounted men
brought down from the Central Park squad yelled
to them: Maybe I'm sparrow cop. but don
roosI with the birds" This sally was standing
Joke with the strikers, who didn't like the es-
pionage-
near 18th street, in the afternoon, William Will
Sans a strikebreaker employed by Schwarzschild
& Siizberger, was attacked by a gang OF men, VINO
t+,rp him into the street Williams was unable 10
hold his own until police assistance arrived See
ing Patrolrnan Donohue coming the assailants ran
away but four We're arrested
Late in the evening there was small riot in
Peck Slip. a wagon Of Swift & Co was set upon
hy a crowd, and A. Levy. the guard, drew his
revolver TO protect John Dudley. the driver. The
-,s-s,o tad an stopped
see another wagon in his convoy safely backed
against a butcher shop near by When he galloped
up the rioters retrested and there were no arrests
The crew OF the wagon escaped injury.
". H Noyes, president of the Packers Associa-
tion and chairman Of its executive committee.
issued statement after the brief meeting Of the
committee IN the Hotel Belmont yesterday after
noon. He refused TO discuss the financial end of
the strike, and said there had been no meetings
between representatives OF the packers and dele
cation from the strikers. He said the usual Mon
day business had been done A million pounds OF
meat was moved, and two hundred OF the packers
own wagons had been used with strIkebreakers and
private guards well regular police escorts.
He said that the new teamsters were
making quicker deliveries than did the union men,
This may have been due TO the fact that lettering
in streets where there plenty of loose bricks
and willing hands 20 heaFe them is not. as a rule,
heslthful form OF recreation
A story printed yesterday that the police had
been extra visant IN the present strike because
Francis J. Lantry, the Fire Commissioner, was
running against John j. Hassett for leader of the
18th District Commissioner Lantry is brother
Of Police Captain Lantry, and. II said al
though Lentry was not on duty at present the po-
lice believed that If they were too severe with the
strikers they would ALLEVIATE the labor element
from Captain Lantrys brother. This elaborate
story was denied by Acting Captain Casey and
Mr.. Noyes.
George Eeise-, president OF the striking union.
said the newspapers had not been giving him a
square DEAL and then said he didn't to tell
hem anything except that the strike would con-
.inue.
The strikers held long meeting IN Lyceum Hail.
s5th street and Third avenue last night, and lis
tened they said, TO Joseph Forbey. vice-president
OF the International Brotherhood Of Teamsters-
Since the United Teamsters OF America, of which
the strikers formed Local s53. seeded from the
International Brotherhood during the Chicago
teSrs-ers' strike, the appearance of Mr.. Torhey
hailed with delight
The International Brotherhood is affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor and therefore
has all the influence CT that powerful body behind
it ylce-President Forkey made reference TO
the split in the teansters that resulted in two or
gsnizations In the field Of labor. Instead.
he said that the International Brotherhood stood
ready give assistance and support 70 the strikers
II il should prove necessary He advised the
strikers to stay out, and assured them that the
justice OF their cause would win the fight. He was
ckeered loudly that the glasses In the saloon
under the hall ratified the shelves
Several plans for ending the strike brought
up. II was finally voted TO follow the advice OF
Edwin Gould. president Of the executive committee
Of the United Teamsters Of America who told them
TO place their before the Civic Federation
This proposition carried by almost unani-
rnous vote, and will be taken up to-day. John
Kennedy and Joseph A. Masterson, who form the
concilriation committee of the butchers craft of
this city, reported that they had met members OF
the Packers Association. and could offer the strik
ers the oportunity come hack 70 work under the
rId conditions on the understanding that within a
month some sort Of compromise might be reached
This was voted down and certain persons at the
meeting said afterwnrd that Kennedy and Master
son passed out some Third avenue philippcs to
the gathering
The strikers special committee reported that they
had visited the twenty-five Independent packers in
New York and Brooklyn, who were not in the
Packers, Association, and that more than half
oe them signed the agreement with the union The
drivers for the independent packers have not gone
,n,, sfrjge. and she likelihood Is according TO the
ingon officers, that nearly all the small packers
VIII accede 70 the demands. One Of those who
fused 10 sign the only woman packer In New
York Mrs. Sol Levy, widow. Of No. e31 West
serh street Mrs. Levy, who took up the business
On her husbands death several years ago. kills
about eighty state-bred cattle every week. She
hires three killing beds I'm the plant of Joseph Stern
& Sons q. 4oth street and Eleventh avenue and
employs only two drivers. Mrs. Levy did not sign
the agreement according the union committee.
packers in the association Her union drivers were