Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1904 — PACKERS WIN THE INJUNCTION SUIT [ARTICLE]

PACKERS WIN THE INJUNCTION SUIT

Building Ordinance Not Viofcilated at Chicago Stock .te*-,.. Yards. DONNELLY IS STILL HOPEFUL Declares That the Prospects of Winning the Strike Are Yet Bright. Bays Packers Are Losing Heavily and Financial Support Is Promised the Strikers—Teamsters Are Still Out. Chicago, Aug. 25.—Judge Brentano granted the injunction against the city of Chicago restraining the police department and the building commissioner from interfering with the workers now housed in the packing houses at the stock yards. The injunction was granted in the name of the G. H. Hammond company, but will apply to all the packers. The court found that the housing of the employes in the plants was not in violation of the building ordinances. Donnelly Still Hopeful. President Donnelly returned from St. Louis and declared the prospects of winning the stock yard strike were bright. He based his hopes on the demoralized condition of the packers’ business and the heavy losses they are sustaining He said the packers were compelled to sell meat far below cost, and were being cut into tremendously by the independent packers. Just before going into a conference of the labor leaders at the Transit House, Mr. Donnelly said: “I shall report everything going smoothly at St. Louis and East St. Louis. Organized labor all over the country is promising us financial support. My address to the miners will, I think, meet with generous response. When I left Indianapolis the miners were still in session. Packers Dosing Heavily. “I find the packers are losing heavily in selling dressed meat. They are compelled to sell much cheaper than the live stock costs them, bought on the hoof, because of the competition of the independent packers. In fact, in St. Louis they are fairly giving meat away Chicago is the only place where prices are fairly maintained. Even in New York they are compelled to sell below cost The independent packers can keep up prices because they are getting the union trade. The unions have boycotted the products of the big packing bouses.” Donnelly believes the large packing concerns can not stand the financial strain much longer. He says they will have to give up or face ruin. Troops Cause a Scare. Excitement ran high int he stock yards district when a train bearing the Fourteenth and the Twenty-first batteries of United States artillery, with their full equipment of cannon, caissons and horses came to a standstill on the Erie tracks at Fortieth street. “The regulars I The regulars!” shouted a swarm of dirty-faced urchins who were the first to notice the arrival of the troops. The news spread like wildfire and the story passed from lip to ear that the packers bad brought in the military to put an ee* to lawlessness in the territory surrounding Packingtown. The battery came in from the east en route to Fort Sheridan over the Erie railroad. The train was quickly transferred to the Northwestern line and the excitement ended. Armour Has Close Call. Chicago, Aug. 25.—J. Ogden Armour, who was supposed to be in Poston, suddenly appeared at the stockyards at 7:30 oclock a. m., arriving at an inopportune moment. His buggy, in which he was alone, was surrounded by a crow'd of pickets that chanced to be engaged at the time in a conflict with the police. Mr. Armour had driven up Root street, and attempted to enter the yards by the Exchange avenue gate. He was in the midst of the pickets almost before he was aware of it The strikers, numbering about 100 men, bad been pressing too close upon the police lines and bad been ordered away. They refused and the police, with drawn clubs, advanced to force them back. It was at this moment that Mr. Armour’s buggy was seen. The police were scarcely less surprised than were the strikers. Strikers Show Their Hatred. Mr. Armour found it impossible to urge his horse through the mob without running over some of the strikers and policemen, so he drew rein and waited, the horse prancing and frightened. Most of the strikers recognized Mr. Armour instantly and angry scowls showed their hatred. One of them cried: “Stone him!" What would have been the outcome is hard to say had not the police put forth redoubled efforts. Mr. Armour’s presence in the very midst of the enraged strikers made the situation too dangerous to permit lenient measures, and the pickets were routed by a sudden effort. They were clubbed and sent flying in all directions, bowling with pain and rage. Mr. Armour lost no time, once the road was cleared. In

getting Inside the shelter of the stock* yards fence. \ STRIKE-BREAKERS IN PANIC Fire In the Nelson Morris Lodging Room Routs Them from Bed, Chicago, Aug. 25.—Fire In the sleeping quarters of 500 employes, mostly women, in the oleomargarine plant of Nelson Morris & Co. at the stockyards routed the workers from their beds at night and drove them down three flights of stairs to safety. The blaze was quickly extinguished, with slight damage, and no one was reported injured in the scramble to escape. The first strike baby has been born. A little colored pickaninny first saw the light of day in Swift & Co.’s plant and there was a fantastic jubilee in the big packing-house to celebrate the coming of the stork. The mother of this little “strike” baby is Mrs. Lottie Moore, who has been employed at the Swift plant sinee the beginning of the strike. Mrs. Moore was taken to the Provident hospital. TALK OF ASKING FOB TROOPS Packers at Omaha Say They Can’t Ge* Justice from the Authorities# Omaha, Aug. 25.—T. J. Mahoney, one of the attorneys for South Omar ha packing interests, makes the statement that efforts are being made on the part of his clients and their associates to have federal troops stationed at South Omaha and along the railroads leading to Omaha over which the packers are running, morning and evening, a chartered train for the a» eommodation of their present workmen, and to take all strike cases to the federal courts. The packers’ representatives allege that this course has been determined on for several reasons, one of which is that they cannot get justice in South Omaha, and that they do not wish to encumber the county court with a lot of cases which should not be brought there, and that by concentrating the stock troubles in one court they would be greatly simplified. Washington, Aug. 25. The officials here will not discuss the proposal of the Omaha packers to apply to the United States for troops, but as the case stands now the request would have to come from the governor or the legislature. If a federal marshal were unable to enforce an order of court, however, the case would be different. BKLL STOPS A DEPORTATION Arretli Two Would-Be Reporter* and Releaiiee Their Prisoner*. Cripple Creek, Col., Aug. 25.—Two men were arrested by Sheriff Bell while attempting to deport Herman Herz, a clothing merchant of Goldfield, from the distrfftf In company with one other they forced Herz at the poiift of a revolver to accompany them, saying he was wanted at Independence. After the men had left with their prisoner Herz’s son telephoned Sheriff Bell of the occurrence, and the latter, with two deputies, overtook the would-be deporters and their victim, and arrested two of the former. Here was then given over to ons of the deputies, who is now guarding him to prevent any further efforts to send him away. Hera says that a big crowd of armed men had gathered near the Hull City property for the purpose of escorting'him from Goldfield, but he was rescued by the authorities in time to thwart their plans.