Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-12
Three Arrested
For Gun Play"
In Strike Zone
Negro Employees Of Swift &
Co. Seized by Police-Union
Leaders Confident For.
men Will Join Walkout.

Yesterday resembled typical New
England Puritan Sunday in South
Side Zip to 8 p. m, as far as strike
activities were concerned. The po-
lice made but four arrests, three OF
which were in connection with. the
strike.
Police Sergeant John Zaloudek and
squad OF patrolman arrested three
negroes, employees OF Swift & Co.,
in the rear Of 4ol3 South Twenty
sixth street, at 8 yesterday morning.
According to police reports. Frank
Marshall, 1918 South Twenty-sixth
street; William Morris. 25l2 M street,
and Rufus Avcrn, 4ol3H South
Twenty sixth street, were in the back
yard OF Marshall's home when they
were approached by Thomas Smith,
l249 South Fifteenth street; Leroy
Terry, 1892 South Twsnty-sixth
street, and Fred Brown, 2720 Ohio
street.
Weapons Are Drawn
Marshall and Morris drew weapons
on Smith, Terry and Brown. and
backed away. Marshall had loaded
.22-caliber revolver and Morris had
a big butcher knife. Avern was un-
armed. The latter was arrested for
investigation, and Morris and Mar
shall were held on charge OF carry
ing concealed weapons.
South Side police received re-
port yesterday morning from John
Boharty, 1881 South Thirty-fourth
street, that while he was going home
in his automobile Saturday night
over the F street viaduct. two un-
known men in another machine or
dered him to stop, but that he
stepped on the gas and made his get
away.
George Sarich, 1926 S street. also
reported to the police yesterday that
between 9 and 10 Saturday night,
a man stopped in front of his home
and after taking down the house num-
Der told Sarich he was coming back
and "hx" him. Early yesterday
morning William Faust, 580l' South
Thirty-hrst street. a striker, was ar
rested on complaint of his wife for
being drunk and abusing her.
Boycott "Big Five"
A mass meeting was held at
Union hall yesterday at 2:50 p. m..
which was attended by more than
1000 strikers, many of whom were
women.
Addresses were made by Frank
Lauer, chairman of the strike COM
mittee; B. F. Ballard, district presi-
dent of the Carpenters union OF
Omaha; Curtis Davis, colored; R. r.
Johnson of the Carpenters union,
Council Bluffs, and H. F. Kaps, press
secretary of the Central Labor coun-
ell. Johnson and Ballard said.
among other things, that the unions
they represented were behind the
strikers and that a boycott had been
placed on markets handling Big
Five" products. They advised the
them to stick together and said,
in their opinion, the Butcher Work
men would eventually win their
strike.
Expect Foremer to Strike.
Frank Lauer said responses had
been received to the resolution ask
ing foremen at various local plants
to ion the strikers and that he ex-
pected least so pert cent of the
foremen to walk out this morning. A
lunch room has been established and
a rest room fitted up at union head
quarters
Conditions at the various packing
plants were unusually quiet. At
Cudahy's it was reported that the
plant was in partial operation yes
terday and at Armours it was re-
ported large quota Of non-strikers
had worked five hours clearing up
unfinished work from Saturday.