New-York tribune., 1907-08-25
4 FEW STRIKE RIOTS.
ICONS HOPING FREELY.
Neat DeL;oered on Time, Sag Pack
ers-DrirerS Tall.

.1a5 the third day Of the strike of the meat
-, - drivers who have tried to tie up the food
~, Of the carnivorous inhabitants Of New
, both the strikers and the executive ccn-
- of the combination Of eighteen packing
.as announced leach for its own pa.ty) that
- +rika was going well could be ex-
,o5 thank you kindly The fact remained
ina+ although the packing houses had strike
.o,,ors fof the narrow shoulderod sort who
oaoa l,ggers TO help them carry mea) they
- .,atting out the flesh food TO the various
Its and butcher shops.
rrba police stationed in the packing towns"
.ho extreme East and West sides of Manhat-
-, wore under the general charge Of Inspector
- VINO mas the Sd and 4th inspection dis
- The packers were paying for the meals
= -Aa nolicarler. and everything was made nice
E. ,ba men on riot duty Captain Con Casey
= +he Fast 5Ist street precinct reported 10 al
.orznaner representatives that things were
,-o,ng mighty we'll Sure. the wagons were all
.oi,r out on time and the police were having
- -ToubIe. although a few strike sympathizers
toll. he rantankerous."
,a,+ajn Casey's remarks were IN line with
-,a statement issued by ". H. Noyes. chairman
=. .be executive committee Of the packers At
80. .he same time the strikers issued state
-. signed by their officers that the strike
zoe sustiiad and that they had advised their
-..-oters TO refrain from all disorder. It was
e-sIlv supposed that their attitude toward
sse newspapers had been so extreme that they
,ss finally realized that they should make
.o-a sort Of explanation TO the public
Meanwhile the assaults were going on Pri-
cate detectives, furnished by agency in the
s,,rlov of the packers. were the wagons
,.,,p in the dual capacity Of guards and lug
-s~ At 43d street and Third ave-
rua 2 meat wagon driven by Jacob Handel,
.,.een wears old Of No. 1Si Madison street,
u.as set upon by a crowd of strike sympathiz-
ers" 10 Csc The conventional phrase. Otto
sherman special officer, was with him as
e,1srd Both ran into saloon and were fol-
lozed A shot was Ared in the melee, and
pa.-olnnan Sheehan Of the East 51st street sta
,ion appeared. He found Handel on the saloon
aoor. with q revolver beside him, while half
dozen men were kicking him. The patrolnan
managed 10 arrest James Dowling. Of 3o9 West
Hath street In the Yorkville Court Magistrate
Crane held Handel in $500 bal for carrying
concealed weapons, and held Dowling in 500.
MANY HARNESSES CUT.
There were five cases during the day In which
strike sy1npathizers cut the harness of horses
hauling wagons loaded with meat. Several
Hebrew butchers from the lower East Side
were told as joke that If they held up their
right hands with the forefnger unclasped they
would be immune. Several tried this. thinking
that It was secret signal. They were speed
Sly disiIlusioned. As a result of this man
was dragged TO the East 51st street station on
the complaint of the driver Of the meat wagon
once .n the station the driver had q chance
10 size UP the prisoner, who was German,
about SIX feet three or four inches tall. and
with shoulders on him like the rear rim Of
touring cars tonneau.
Sure, are you, that I'm the MANI" asked the
prisoner in q gentle below.
The complainant, about 150 pounds net.
looked again and answered: "I know nothing
Maybe yes. maybe no: but am a Hebrew who
is not violent
The husky prisoner was released
While these assaults were going on there were
queer scenes about the packing houses in First
avenue. between a3d and 46th streets. All sorts
OF wagons and express carts came there from
the small dealers in the lower East Side. who
wanted 20 be sure OF their Sunday supply OF
meat. The limit seemed reached when an am
bulance from the Beth-Israel Hospital, Cherry
and Jackson streets. drew UP in front Of the
schwarzschild & Sulzberger pls 1t The hospital
wanted meat and it didn't want TO walt for
possible deliveries. Hence the ambulance
-TheyH be Sendfn up the Ceao wagon from
tn rnorgue'' grunted one picket Of the strikers.
as he scowled at the ambulance. into which fore
quarters Of beef were loaded
The strikers statement, signed by President
George Heiser and Charles Hilten. walking dele
gate. and the members Of the advisory COM
mittee. in part follows:
We desire TO state that from the beginning OF
the negotiations the representatives Of the en-
ployers' associations have treated the repre-
kentatiVes Of the teamsters' association with the
Utmost courtesy. which was thoroughly appre-
ciafed- Although almost all sections OF the
agreement presented TO the employers We're de-
terminedly contended by both parties, good feel
ing prevailed at all the conferences
When negotiations were broken on the team
sers' representatives left the conference room in
threats Of defiance, has been stated AS 10
the statement that the police drove the strikers
from the roofs OF the houses, leave the VeFll-
cation Of that to the blotters OF the various sta
non houses That hundreds OF drivers ieIt tflelr
teams IN the street is absolutely untrue, as
every 6river employed by the various packing
houses who was the road with loaded
truck was ordered by the teamsters' orgaHlza-
ton 70 make his deliveries and then turn ms
team into the barn. Whenever loaded trucks
left standing in the streets they were in
tront Of abattoirs which they belonged, ana
We're without horses attached
In answer TO the employers statement that
they in a position 10 carry on the meat
business as before the strike, we leave that TO
be judged by those who cOnversant with
this particular branch Of the meat industry
The teamsters in this struggle are Just as
frn in the stand they have taken as when
tney first went out, and they feel sure that they
VIII be ultimately successful
". Il. Noyes. chairman Of the employers
association. gave out She usual statement IN