Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-06

atN E)--M the close Ot the
+. fof the strike of packing
corkers, union officials an
ID 41,000 workmen in pack
houses We're on strike, while
+ hesmen for the packers assert
Chicago plants were operating
with fun forces, while plants in
other centers all continued work.
Twenty-nine thousand workers
Ioutside Chicago responded to the
strike call, according to a state
ment by Dennis Lane, secretary of
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of North Amer
lea, which called the strike after a
wage cut averaging 10 per cent had
been decided on by plant assem-
blies, composed of representative
of employers and workers.
More than 1900 workers en-
ployed by the big Five" packers
here walked out, Mr.. Lane said.
Spokesman for the Big Five" gave
figures to show that only about
1000 men were out in these plants
while the number on strike at in
dependent plants was given by
packing officials as about the same
number.
Claims of Packers.
A statement from the packers
the number of employees |
on strike in Chicago, was tabulated !
as follows:
Armour and company, 400; Will
son and company, ESQ; Swift and
500; Morris and COM !
pany. 100; Agar Provision COM
pany, Is; Boyd Iunham company, |
300; Brennan Packing company,
400; Independent Packing COM
pany, 250; Louis Pfaelzer and Sons,
100; Western Packing and Provis- r.
ion company, 435. |
According to Mr.. Lane, approXi-
mately % per cent of the Chicago /
reported for work today
Il am satisfied that tomorrow wiN !,
see the packing establishments
closed tight, because this element |,
will Join the majority" he said.
Four independent packing con-
Germs here and two outside the city, I,
settled with the strikers today, he
,aid. I,
According to the packers, two
nen were waiting for every job
'acant and men were being hired
o fill the strikers places. TheI {
trike has caused meat prices TO
Use here, Russell Poole, secretary 8
# the city council high cost OF i
living committee, reported.
There was no violence here but
It st. Paul several persons were
lightly injured when commission
nen clashed with pickets, while
arly in the day a train carrying
90 strike breakers was stopped
nd the occupants forced to flee.
At Oklahoma City, superlntend-
nts of the packing plants said
bout roo men failed to report for
york. Union men said 1000 work.
len were out. Union officials at
,maha declared the walkout was
practically 100 per cent" while
ackers estimated that from 40 to
) per cent We're working. At st.
oseph. Mo-, the packers asserted
My % per cent of the men were
ut. Union officers said the num-
er was 60 per cent.
Practically all employees of the
'enver packing plants were strik-
", company officials admitted,
nd tonight an order was issued in
Istrict court demanding that the
orkmen return to their jobs D
ending investigation of the dispute a
Y the Colorado industrial commits Il
on. h
Union officials at East st. Louis =
i'd 1000 Of the $500 employees 4"
ere out on strike while packing p
spokesmen said the c'
Imber was from G5 to rs per cent c,
At Fort Worth company officials
id 200 men were on strike and b.
e unions gave no estimate. IT
Few men were reported on strike Fl
Dubuque, Iowa; Cedar Rapids, s.
wa; Austin, Minnesota, Milwau- m
,e or Portland, oregon. Reports OF
ON Kansas City, Kansas, indi-
ted 1000 men were out while OF
ZION officials said the strike was 8.
% per cent effective at Wichita fc
ID Sioux city. s.