The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-07

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to induce workers to join the strike
but the police apparently had the sit
uation in hand.
Clash Reported in Fort Worth.
Fort Worth, Tex, Dec. Follow
ing a clash between negro packing
house strikebreakers and union sym
pathizers, police today are seeking to
learn if strikebreakers are being
armed, and if so who is providing the
weapons.
Tom MACHINES, white striker, was
perhaps fatally wounded, and his
brother, Tracy Maclin, IS, another
striker. were shot by Fred Rouse, ne
gro strikebreaker, when the white
men, who were acting as pickets, APP
proa ched the negro as he was leaving
the plant of Armour & Company late
yesterday afternoon. A crowd OF
union sympathizers closed in on the
negro and he was beaten and stamped
and left in the roadway half dead.
While groups of strikers are gath
cred at various places. it is not thought
further serious trouble will occur, and
peace officers say they have the situa-
tton we'll in hand.
Packing house officials claim the
strike is ineffective, but it is known
over 1000 attended a meeting at the
union headquarters yesterday ana
strike leaders declare fully 95 per cent
of the packing house employees are out.
Guards in South st. Paul.
South St Paul. MINI. Dec. T.
Four hundred state guardsmen under
command of Adjt. Gen. w. T. RhinoW
are doing guard duty in the strike
area of the Swift and Armour pack
ing plants here today. They were or
dered out by Governor Preus, foiiow~
ing an appeal of the mayor here and
Sheriff James Dunn of Dakota
county, who declared they were IN
able to keep open the avenues of en-
trance to the various packing plants.
According to a statement of the ad-
jutant general, it will be the duty of
the troops to open up the picket line
now surrounding the plants, so as 10
permit all workers to come and go
without molestation. Peaceful pick
citing and missionary work shall not
be interfered with" he said. The
decision of the governor to call out
state troops came as a result of riots
yesterday in which several of the
strikebreakers were severely beaten
and two cars of food and blankets,
which were being sent to the plants,
were <unloaded by strikers and thrown
into the river.
Ordered To Shoot Straight.
Armed clashes between packing
house workers and National guard
troops seemed inevitable at noon to
day when Adjt. Gen. Rhinow an
nounced his intentions of smashing
the picket line.
IF you have to shoot" the adjutant
general told the 400 armed guards
men, Shoot to kill
Determination to break the picket
line was rea ched by the adjutant gen.
era1 after Sheriff Dunn and other Of
ficials said they were unable to cope
with the situation.
Az fha yao nj
culated among the crowds with mega
phones. urging the spectators and
strikers to return to their homes.
Claim Workers Held.
Oklahoma City, Dec. Whether
injunction against alleged interfer-
ence by pickets for striking packing
house employees will be sought, was to
tween officials of both the Wilson and
Morris companies and Crawford D.
Bennett, attorney for the Wilson inter-
ests in Oklahoma City.
Bennett indicated the final decision
hinged upon the attitude of pickets.
with workers hired to replace strikers,
the petition for injunction will be filed
Immediately, he said.
Charge that twenty men who
wanted to quit were being held
forcibly in the Wilson plant was made
by Fred Kemp. union secretary, Wed
nesday. Kemp said action to obtain
release Of these men doubtless would
be taken some time during the day.
The daily meeting of the men was held
at 10 a. m. today.
Other Unions Join In.
Albert Lea, Mimi, Dec. En-
gineers. firemen and steam filters at
the Wilson packing plant here went on
strike today in sympathy with the
striking meat cutters and butchers
workmen. They were declared to be
acting on orders from national head
quarters of their union.
st. Joe Plants at Normal.
st. Joe, Dec. THE managers of
the Swift, Armour and Morris pack
ing plants in South St Joe declared
this morning that the houses were
operating at normal. and the strike
leaders here admitted that the strike
thus far seemed to be a failure here
They complained that promise of
the he's of the mechanical unions to
order q strike had not been complied
with and said that they hoped to in
duce these unions TO walk out within
the next day or two. Permission has
been given by the police officials for
the strikers to station a limited num-
Der of pickets in the vicinity OF the
plants, but none was on duty today