The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-06
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plants reported the largest working
forces.
Early morning deliveries of fresh
this morning. They normally start at
.. Swift and Wilson officials how
ever indicated that the deliveries
would be attempted, and Clarence Nc
COllum, white chief of staff, to the
negro general, Reed, said the strikers
had been given strict orders not to in
terfere with the meat trucks. Several
trucks were turned back yesterday.
Crisis Expected Today.
Chicago, Dec. 6.-As the second day
of the strike of the members of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butchers WOrkmen of North America
opened, officials of the big five"
ments that 80 per cent of their en-
ployeS were at work. The crisis in tho
strike was expected to come today
when union representatives were ex-
pected to attempt to get other en-
ployes to desert the plants
Despite the claims of the packers
who declare that the walkout, so far
as Chicago is concerned, has been a
failure, packing house statesmen today
were asking prices from 4 to 5 cents
higher for pork. City food authori-
ties declare this advance in pork is
Reports Are Conflicting.
Conflicting claims as to the number
of men involved in the strike here,
| came from opposing camps. The
packers assert only a few hundred
men are on strike. Union leaders de-
clare that more than 1900 men are
out here.
According to Dennis Lane, secretary
of the union, $4,000 men walked out in
cities outside of Chicago. Lane pre-
d1cted the big packing plants of Chi
! cagO would be forced to close before
| the end of today.
While reports of minor disturbances
/ and some interruption of work, re-
| sulting from the strike of packing
| house workers came from st. Paul,
| Kansas City and Denver, and other
| cities. the first day of the strike passed
| quietly in Chicago and with apparently
| little effect upon normal operations
| Representative of the packers con-
! tended the wage issue is not involved
| in the strike, but it is an effort to
destroy their shop representation plan
| adopted after Federal Judge Alschu-
| ler's term as arbitrator expired Sep
| TENDER 1.
ST. Paul Wants Troops.
Business men of st. Paul recon-
mended that national guardsmen be
called out to protect the South ST
4 Paul plants following the attack on a
trainload of strike breakers and their
| dispersal by crowd of strike sympa-
| thizers City officials of South st.
Paul, however, announced they did
not yet desire the protection of state
troops.
Groups of strikers at Kansas CITY
Kan, were informed by the mayor
and chief of police that state police
would be called out on request of the
Kansas industrial court if the Kansas
law prohibiting picketing was violated
! In Denver, the packing plants were
almost completely tied up by the
walkout
At Omaha. one worker was attack
ed by a strike sympathizer but nc
other disorders were reported there
Strike at St. Joe Failure.
st. Joseph. Dec 6AIndications to-
day are that the packing house strike
is a complete failure here. The mana.
gers of the Swift, Morris and Armour
plants claimde to be operating a.
normal.
Six hundred of the 5000 enploye:
of the three plants failed to report fol-
work yesterday, but many of these
sought their usual places today and
there is nothing to indicate that there
| is a strike.