The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-25
j. s. ACTS TO HALT
SPREAD OF YARDS
STRIKE IN CHICAGO
Farm Administration Orders
Temporary Suspension Of
Cattle Purchases

Chicago, July 2s.-(R-The market
at the Chicago Union stockyards Ne
opened Wednesday under IN agrse-
ment between officials Of the yards
and striking handlers to permit the
disposal Of stock on hand.
It was q cleanup" market, designed
to permit the merciful slaughtering Of
stock shipped In on ordinary CONNER
cial accounts. Yards officials were
confident that Ill Of the commercial
stock could be cleaned up before 3
p. m.
A revised estimate placed the NUM-
Der OF privately-owned cattle ct . lit
tie more than 5000. The balance Of
the 10000 cattle belonged to the fed
eral government, purchased for relief
purposes. In addition, there were
5000 head Of hogs and = handful Of
sheep.
Striking handlers asserted they
would not interfere with the market
so long as the handling Was not done
by strike breakers.
Meanwhile the feeding Of the cattle,
most Of which had received nothing
but water, was begun by nou-union
feeding crews.
Other Walkouts Seen
Reports persisted that handlers for
commission men, who have their own
union, would join the strike ct the
close Of the day, but union officials
refused to comment. A walkout Of
union butchers and daughter house
employees was considered likely.
Selling proceeded at rapid clip
throughout the morning, and due to
the light offerings Of commercial
stock, much progress was made In the
slaughtering Of government cattle.
The ordinary government daily kill,
it was pointed out, was around 5000
head. Indications were that the
slaughter would far exceed that num-
Der.
With the temperature at . record
breaking los reading Tuesday white
collar" workers were pressed into ser.
vice to bring water to the cattle. But
the undertaking was too great for the
curtailed and unframed staff, and
most Of the animals went without
food and water. many perishing.
Activities at the yards were at q
virtual standstill, and plans were
we'll underway to extend the mercies
Of the slaughter house to the animals
on hand.
Farm administration officials in
washington Tuesday night ordered .
temporary discontinuance Of the pur-
chases Of stricken cattle, to relieve
the acute condition here and else
where, where facilities are jammed to
overcapacity.
A sympathetic strike was averted
Tuesday when leaders agreed to With
hold any such order II styikebreakers
were not called to man the scales on
which cattle are weighed. As . r..
suit. the Weighing was done. what lit
tie there was, by union men affiliated
with the strikers and representatives
Of the buyers.
Strikers threatened q general strike
unless all strikebreakers are dis
charged. They charge the Union
Stockyards and Transit company has
failed to establish q 4O-hour week, and
has made no answer to grievances Of
employees, and that union leaders were
discharged upon rumor OF q strike.
n. D. Shipments Stop
Purchase Of cattle by the govern
ment. for shipment. was halted In
North Dakota Wednesday, pending
settlement Of the Chicago strike.
Orders were received BY Z. A. VIII.
son, state federal relief administra.
tor, from M. T. Morgan, special repre-
sentative ct ct. Paul Of the federal