The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-25

hundreds-waited dumbly in the union stockyards today for 800 striking men and their employer to settle a dispute over wages.
 Thousands more of the suffer- ing animals were doomed to death unless the strike is settled within hours. All over the crowded yards they bawled and beloved until thirst, starvation and the torture of a 10O-degree sun brought death.
 Commission men telegraphed a plea to Washington for federal in- teSention and strong methods to end the strike.
 Simultaneously, more than 1000 other stockyards employees, mem- bers of the livestock and Commis- sion Mems union, voted to strike at p. m. today.
 Without them and the 800 live stock handlers already out the yards would be left virtually un- manned.
 Fifty thousand head of govern ment owned cattle probably would be unaffected, as employees of the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation are not striking.
 Police were stationed through the huge maze of pens and chutes today to prevent a recurrence of attacks on white collar" workers who attempted to feed and water the animals last night.
 A truckload of hay was over- turned and it's driver beaten by pickets who said he was a strike breaker employed since the walk out yesterday.
 Fire department squads stayed at the yards all night. spraying hose streams over the dying cat, tie, but were unable to give them water to drink.
 Members of the regional labor board attempted to arrange 8 con- ference between o. T. Henkle, gen. eral manager of the stockyards company, and union leaders. They said a meeting probably would be held tonight.
 The striking handlers charged in their strike call that their employ CT has violated wage terms of a contract under which they returned to work after strike last winter.
 WATER 50 CENTS BARREL
 Washington, July 25.-(UP)-In the west where a coppery sun is shriveling almost every growing thing and water costs 50 cents. a barrel, 1,600,000 people have turned to government relief.
 They are receiving practically their entire support from the fed eral emergency relief administra- ton, which has spent $2O,000,000 this month to combat ravages of drought.
 The administration is trying to give jobs to all those farmers whose fields have turned into deserts.
 Official figures show 100000 drought stricken families depend ent on relief funds. H
 In one town the administration laid a two inch pipeline to a spring five miles away. The population was buying imported water at 50 cents to one dollar a barrel.
 Elsewhere in Wyoming, Colo rado, New Mexico and Montana, where many hotels refuse to let guests bathe and citizens dare not waste water on lawns. the admin istration is sinking hundreds of deep wells.
 In Kansas. Iowa, Missouri, and other farm belt states, the admin istration is hiring farmers to build ponds, so that the trickles which once were creeks won't be wasted.
 Soil erosion projects to prevent ponds from being filled with silt and to hold moisture in the fields have been started in widespread 
 The administration has saved more than 500,000 cattle from slow death by starvation by purchasing them and rushing them to packing plants for canning and distribution later to the destitute. These cat tie have been bought from S3,000 farmers and ranchers who sold an average of 8 dozen head each.