The New York herald., 1921-12-14
Jewish Butchers Chief Suf-
ferers, but Big Stock Of
Chickens Is Coming.
STRIKEBREAKER MAULED
Retailers Blame Wholesalers.
Who Assert They Do So
Without Reason.

An advance in meat prices OF as
much as 30 per cent. in some parts of
the city was reported yesterday as a
result of the strike of 1000 packing
house employees. The increase was
made despite the statements that there
IS plenty of meat in the city. The chief
sufferers or the strike so far are the
jewish butchers. who are unable to
get kosher meat from their usual
sources. Deliveries from the plants
affected were about % per cent. of
normal.
A statement given out last night by
the Labor Bureau, Inc, of 1 Union
square. which refers to itself as ECO
nomic advisers of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters Union,' charges that in
the last week the price of chuck beef
has risen from IL to II cents; loin
pork, from 1914 to 80 cents; hams.
from % to 81 cents, and veal from 10
to 23 cents
Retailers in every case where there
was rise in price blamed the whole
salers. e. Joseph, a meat retailer OF
Washington Market, said: Tine whole
salers have raised their prices and the
retailers In self defence are forced TO do
the same" Wholesale establishments.
on the other hand. declared that IL there
had been any increase 1t was due to
shortage OF the supply.
A statement given out from the office
o. Pendleton Dudley, Eastern director of
the Institute OF American Meat Pack
ers after a conference among repre-
sentatives OF twenty firms affected by
the strike said that "there Is no short
age OF meats In the metropolitan dis
trict and there will be none"
Local Plants Not Affected.
"The plants affected by the strike"
said Mr Dudley, ARE only one OF the
many sources which supply fresh meats
10 this district. The great bulk OF the
meats come from the large packing
houses az Indianapolis. Omaha. and else
whore. These plants all have branch
houses in New York and nearby points
They carry large stocks OF meats and
constant supplies move forward to them
daily by fast trains. In addition to
these branch houses large quantities OF
meats are dressed in about two dozen
local plants which are not affected by
the strike.
80 far as the local consumer is con-
cerned there will be at all times an
abundance OF good fresh meats. All
the strikers can hope to accomplish Is
20 ombarrass temporarily few OF the
firms in the Wholesale end OF the in
dustry"
John Kennedy. president OF the East
ern District OF the Anlalgamated Meat
Cutters Union. issued statement de-
manding that ". II. Joseph. chairman OF
nd
Joseph, representative of the New York
butchers. retract the charges that the
union has violated an agreement by
etrflxing Mr.. Kennedy said there had
been no contract with the employers for
p long time. but that from July to Octo-
ber both sides continued TO operate
under the terms of the old agreement.
which expired last spring. On October
=. he said, an attempt was made by the
11ion 20 negotiate new contract. bit
ye employers refused to sign. Mr. Ken
cody said the employers made Il plain
sey were through with the system of
collective bargaining. which had been in
effect in the industry for twenty years.
Follow Lead of "Big Five"
"'nheir attitude proved" he said, that
>ey were following the lead OF the Big
five OF Chicago and the West who
Nave scrapred the arbitration machinery
and declared war on the unions. We
walked out not in violation CT any con-
kact, but TO establish one. This is a
Strike 70 maintain the American .nstitu-
tion OF collective bargaining"
Edwin J. o'ieiley. Commissioner Of
Tho Department Of Public Markets. said
that while the meat strike might curtsil
The supply OF fresh meats available in Il
few days there was no necessity for an
advance in prices, as tho market is well
supplied with all kinds Of meat foods
that are selling at reasonable prices.
Mr.. OMalley said there would be at
least 225 carloads OF live chickens here
this week and that each carload will
contain about $500 birds. This poultry.
he said. is used largely by the Hebrew
element" who should not suffer fy the
etrikc.
Although the union announced that
there was no picketing. Aderiano Panco
OF 3is East i09th street was knocked
down By strikers at Eleventh avenue
and Forty-first street and his arm
broken when he applied for a Job as
strike breaker. Crowds Of strikers filled
the streets along the Eleventh avenue
packing district but were kept moving
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