Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-14
Butchers Strike Not Expected
to Last Long.
SEEK N0N-UNION BREAKERS
Packing House Managers "0ut Of
City on Business
REDUCED FORCES WORK TODAY
Very Little Slaughtering Being Done.
Men. Hold Daily Meetings.
Aid Not Asked.

From outward indications today 1t
seemed obvious that the labor war be-
tween the working butchers and their
employers. the Washington Association of
Packing House Managers, will be of brief
duration. Neither the strikers nor the
employers were In an especially commune
cative mood. but from remarks dropped
by the latter it could be plainly inferred
that full quota of non-union strike
breakers is expected here. Questions
asked today concerning the proposed
business meeting of the packing house
managers to seek a solution of the diff
ficulty gained only the answer that sew
eral Of the members are "out of the city
on business" and the meeting scheduled
for this morning has been postponed I'M
til they return.
The members out of the city on bust
ness" 1t can almost positively be stated,
are in search of skilled men to take the
places Of the strikers. and 1t is said that
the general demeanor of the employers
this morning indicated that the negotia-
tons with Local Union No. 14S. Butcher
Workmen. which were pending before the
walkout yesterday morning, will not be
renewed
No Message From Union.
Secretary Pf1uger of the Association of
Packing House Managers said today he
had received no messages of any sort
from the officers or men of the union.
Work at all of. the local packing COM
panies' plants was proceeding with re-
duced forces of men today. the total num-
Der laboring in the places of the 125 strik-
ers being about sixty. 1t was stated this
number included about ten members Of
the union who would not abide by the
a "a ,th f1Ny
clerks from the market stands and stores
of the packers. The Washington
Strengthening and Cold Storage Company
was reported to be operating with ten
| men this morning in place of their regu.
lar staff Of thirty, the Rosslyn Packing
Company with about twelve in place Oh
thirty, the n. Auth Provision Company
with fifteen in place of thirty-fve, the
Loeffler Sausage and Provision Company
with eight or ten in place of twenty and
Golden 4 Co. with ten in place of twenty
The latter. 1t was understood. had i'm.
pressed their corps of chicken butchers &c
the Strengthening of veal.
Very Little Slaughtering.
Very little Strengthening is being done,
the temporary corps Of men being ell
gagged principally In putting into market
able shape the meat which was left in the
cold storage houses by the strikers. The
live stock which was in the pens when
the strike occurred yesterday morning
and that en- route to this city and could
not be reached by stop orders will be
cared for at the abattoirs until they ar.
again on a full working basis SO that the
only loss the packers anticipate will be
| from the natural shrinkage of this stock.
! which had been primed for killing. and
from the falling off in sales because the
volunteer brigade cannot prepare. the
product with sufficient rapidity to meet
| the demand at the end of the week.
The strikers held another of their daily
meetings in Bessler's Hall, $50 Pennsyl-
vania avenue this morning, but no an
nouncement of the conclusions reached,
| If any, could be procured.
! Neither the grievance committee nor the
contract committee nor any of the OFF,
GERS of the Central Labor Union have re-
ceived an appeal for the aid of organized
labor in general in the struggle.