Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Boycott Threatens to Soon
Become National
Movement.
UNIONS ARE STIRRED
Thousands Enlisted in Effort to
CurtaiI Consumption for
80 Days.

Chicago. Jan. 21-The anti-meat
campaign is spreading rapidly and re-
ports today indicate the addition Of
many thousands to the ranks of the
boycotters. The larger cities of the
east count meat strikers by thousands
and similar situation exists in the
west and south. Kansas City alone
expects to show at least $4,000 who
will stop the consumption of meat for
at least so days.
Memphis Enlisted.
Memphis is in line today with sew
eral hundred. Labor unions every
where seem to be making an especial
effort in opposing meat eating as an
effective means of forcing a reduction
of prices.
Takes ON National CharacteE.
Denver, Colo, Jan. 21.-Something
of a national character will be given
the recently inaugurated meat boycott,
according to Samuel Dutton, president
of the Western Hotel Mems Protective
association. The proposition of cut
ting down the consumption Of meat
will be brought before that body at
when the association will be made ma
tional
Burden the Poor.
Unless something Is done to cur
tail the consumption of meat" satd
Dutton today, the time is coming
when the poor of this country will be
no better off than the-peasaRts- eee-t
Europe"
$1,000 in Line at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Jan. 21--That 10000
PEOPLE of Kansas City will join the
anti-meat eating crusade during the
next 10 days is freely predicted by
labor leaders here today. The various
trades councils are already moving in
this direction.
st. Louis Is Active.
St Louis, Jan. 21.-The high cost
of living will be discussed tonight at
a meeting of the Women's Trades
Union league, and IT is expected a
resolution will be passed asking mem
bers to abstain from eating meat The
Central Trades and Labor union viii
act on such a resolution Sunday.
Members Of the individual labor unions |
have signed agreements not TO eat
meat for at least 80 days. Petitions
advocating the abolishment of meat /.
fromf the tables are in circulation in
mani manufacturing plants and many /
signatures have been obtained.
Meetings Called at ST. Joseph.
st. Joseph, Mo. Jan. 21.-A call has |
been issued by the Central Labor coun- |
ell for. meetings of all local labor
unions for the purpose of uniting with /
labor ssunions in other cities IN boy .
cotting s1neats for a period. Union .
members are urged to eat no meat for .
att least so days, unless prices are
Price Drops at Cleveland.
q Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 21.-Thirty
thousand is the number Of meat boy
ecotters here The wholesale price of
beef today fell off Is cents per 100
pounds.
Unions Score Boycott.
Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 21.-With the
declaration that the movement Is an
-insidious attempt to reduce the
wages of workingmen by. lowering
the standard OF living" the Toledo
Central Labor union last night adopt
ed a resolution condemning the meat
The resolution declares that the
movement is "an attack upon one OF
our most important industries"
Circulars were started today seek
ing signers agreeing to abstain from
meat for 80 days. These were de-
clared by labor leaders to have been
started by interests antagonistic to
the unions.
Cleveland Union DenOunces Strike.
Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 21.-The
United Trades and Labor council last
night denounced the strike of TO-
600 workingmen against the eating
of meat and called on union laboring
men to refuse to sign the anti-meat
pledge. The true remedy, according
TO resolutions adopted by the council,
Is a demand for higher wages by
workingmen in order that they may
buy the meat and the establishment !
of municipal slaughter house for {
the benefit of small butchers.