The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-22
Whole Country Taking Up
the Movement
AID HAS BEEN PROMISED
By the Chicago Labor Federation-paclr-
ers Not yet Showing Any Anxiety.
They Declare That Food Prices
win Not Be At All
Changed.

New York. Jan 22.-Reports from ev
cry section Of the country indicate tina
the boycott on meat started in Clerelan,
a week ago Is attracting thousands o.
adherents. Missouri, Wisconsin. Iowa
Nebraska, Illinois and Michigan, accord
ling to The Sun, are now included ia tn.
ranks Of the crusaders in The West whil'
in the East Pennsylvania, Connecticut
and Delaware are lifting their voices IN
feeble protests.
Ohio, however, is sim the stronghold
Of the movement. The Cleveland boy.
colt, which has now $4,000 followers. has
extended 70 Canton. where tie Central
Labor union has adopted no-meat reso.
luton and petitions are being circulated
with surprising results; to Columbus,
where a strong boycott has been organ
lied
II Is estimated that more than 1000.
600 persons have in briof week become
actively interested in the high price boy
colt Dispatches from Chicago say thar
boycott soon win be started in that
city BY the Chicago Federation Of Ia.
bor
eTho idea q depriving ourselves q
meat simply q get lower prices does not
appeal 70 federation people says seere-
tary Charles Mockels, but we propose
70 adopt the idea as temporary expedi.
emit in order to bring more sharply e
the attention Of the packers the fact
that they cannot triae with the eousum-
ers 81 Chicago"
The price Of eggs tumbled two cents
dozen in the Cleveland retail stores On
Thursday. The drop was attributed
partly to the formation Of the thirty
cent egg club. Meat IN the Cleveland
local retail stores was not affected in
price by the increase il the number of
abstainsrs to 10000, bnt veal was 81
ferel to the big restaurants at eleven
cents a pound. instead Of fourteen. tie
prevailing price recently. Though the
big Cleveland wholesalers sag they 40
not fear the strike, the Cleveland proyt
sion company operating slapehtef-
house and twenty seven etai! stores
has laid eff enc third of its staff of Wag
90 drivers. Who were engaged ID deliver
ing meat from the yards e tie shops
Buttons bearing the inscriptions a
don't huy meat do your appeared %
the Baltimore streets u large numbers
yesterday, following the action 81 Cas-
Federation 81 Labor which adopted a
resolution calling upon az labor union
lists and their sympathizers to abstain
from eating meat Ter . period 81 one
month b. protest against Tho high
prices j that article 81 food Thousands
Of these buttons have been ordered by
The leaders ia the movement, who said
that the first lot received yesterday were
an given out before noon. The demand
for them, # was declared, was not con
fined 70 laboring men, more than half
the requests coming from business men
and clerks
a dispatch from aKnsas City says that
the experiment Of the bricklayars' union
ia pledging itself to abstain from meat
for thirty days was received 50 favor
ably On the first day that other labor
81 the city, including The
brotherhood Of Railway Trainmen. will
follow its example
Omaha reported progress with It's list
which the union leaders say viii number
$4,000 by the end Of the week. The oma.
ha laborers pledge themselves not to look
upon meat for thirty days
The FIRST utteranee On the subject from
Che Omaha packers came Thursday in an
with the manager Of Swift &
Co., who said;
"The fellows who are signing the anti
pladges are playing to The
Lent begins early in Feb,
ruary. and tile great majority Of those
Who ign the pledge and intend to keep
L are those who would begin to keep
.he lenten fast in a short time But
sven If the strike should spread to wide
it will hardly affect Che price
u meat to amy extent. The supply "
i've stock IA the country i scarcely equal
. tie demand
The situation in Pittsburg took an
,ther turn Thursday, when fashionable
which could not boycott
neat unless al their boarders consented,
lecided To raise rates twenty per cent.
In the cheaper boarding houses, where
.he price IS $3.50 per month for two
meals daily and three Sunday. the rates
win on sunday be raised to s25 per
month The boarding house keepers have
decided that THE price 81 meat is 80 high
hat taey cannot run boarding HOUSES at
he old rates and make a living
The street ear motormen 81 pittsburgl
tarted Thursday move to boycott the
butcher
g. W. Bishop, proprietor Of q leading
estaurnt II Kansas City, has announced
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