The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1904, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1904. MEAT DEALERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF STRIKE SITUATION ES FACE FAMINE Cause. Expiration of wage agreements on May 28. Reduction of wages to unskilled labor from 17% and 15 cents. Demand of un 28 Union demands old wages and ten-hour day. Men declare they are limited to from thirteen to forty hours’ work a week Average since January 1, four days a week. | blame men for short hours and declare trade conditions Employers make demands unreasonable. Eifi’eot. | Packing-houses closed in nine cities. Forty-nine thousand six hundred involved, making a total of 84,950 men who are idle. Meat famine imminent—the worst on record. More than 150,000 dependents face want. Meat gone up in price from 3 to 5 cents a pound already. Cattle shipments stopped and great loss inflicted on cattle men. Packing-house companies suffer enormous losses by interruption of business. Hundreds of thousands of persons connected with other lines of in- dustry feel financial effect. 1 Cause and Effect of Strike. n for restoration of schedule in use previous to May 181; cents an hour to workers on strike and 35,350 others Arbitration May End the Strike Continued ¥From Page 1, Column NOT FOR HIGHER WAGES. t r fres allegations that ased wages, Pres- ke leader, gave statement to-day, ad- taking a stand wages for labor and controlled by e those affected & Co., Nelson, Packing Com- Sulzberger and organization an hour be the f the fact that in theé av- : hours a seen that our reasonable. All of anies are paying an we are asking pay. Our or- of working forces, except ;r members were discriminat- OF INGRATITUDE. DISPLAY Men Who Caused Strike Are First to Apply for Work. CITY, Mo., July 13.—At one 1 ing plants (Ar- hut down yester- the butchers’ killing scale. was re- small The be running soon big retail dealers pents to do their nd assert that strike at present. strike was principally unskilled laborers, a s class of labor at Ar- go out yesterday. These ng to the union, an ganize them not having suc- se unskilled laborers were in the killing de- plant 500 head of gs had been bought t on them was made. t said that it expected e gradually. the Cudahy Packing statement, intended to make pen one | men who are willing udahy, “regardiess of are union men or mot. 600 to 800 non-union men and expect to hire all ed. We will first use cleaning up the plant. k is done we expect to ain prices of th r s wor at a t continued Cudahy, at work within two ° never seen men strike but because they the strike order. plant always has been str ictly union. A number of wo: ren have appealed to the Kansas C mmittee for aid, saying that their is who were packing-house em- = were now idle, and the shutting es by da tute. The strike €ven if they receive strike benefits, RS e R OFFICE MEN DON APRONS. Assist in Caring for Stocks of Meat in | the Omaha Plants. Nebr., July 13.—The price & of all kinds advanced nds to-day. Edward A expreesed the opinion ould be unless the strike A few cattie were slaughtered at the Swift. Armour and Omaha Packing Company plants, but Cudahy made no attempt to start any department. Men ir. other departments among them the mechanical and engindering, to the number of nearly 1500 joined the strik- ers, making a total of 5500 men who are out at South Omaha. There was little friction to-day and none of the strikers went near the pracking-houses. At a meeting of the strike leaders it was decided to at once begin a system of picketing. A slight altercation took place be- tween a few non-union men on their way to one of the packing-houses to apply for positions and a number of the strikers. A wagonload of police, which was en route to one of the piants, was turned back by the strikers. It was said that unless the strike was settled in a short time all of the packers would begin the employment OMAHA of fresh n terfered with a | and | intimated | 2 majority of the men | Many of them told | were striking not because | Kan., flood relief | r income, toming on top of | the recent flood, has ! e will | rk hardship upon these persons, | that | 2 still further advance, | was speedily settled. | | of non-union men and business would | be resumed at once. In fact, two of | the large plants began hiring outside help to-day Office men were taken to the slaugh- | tering departments to-day, where they donned overalls and aprons and assist- | ed in the work of caring for the meat left on hand, and, in some cases, in killing cattle. The South Omaha Fire and Police Board has given orders that saloons shall sell no beer except by the glass over the bar during the continuance of the strike. A number of special police were added to the force, although this | precaution has thus far been unnec- essary. The closing of the packing-houses has had the effect of throwing a great number of men out of work who were not directly employed at the packing plants. They include railroad men, stock yards employes and others whose | employers depended on the packing- house business to sustain their own business interests. ot FRE TN BIG CITIES AFFECTED. ALL General Advance in Price of Meat Re- sults From Strike. WASHINGTON, July 18.— Local butchers admit that Washington is again facing a meat famine of serious proportions as the result of the strike |in the packing-houses in the West. Prices already have gone up. Prime beef is held by several of the butch- ers at 35 cents—an increase of from § to 10 cents over a week ago, and pork | has jumped from 12 to 14 cents a pound. T. PAUL, Minn., July 13.—There ap- pears no immediate danger of a meat famine in St. Paul and vicinity. It said fifty carloads of cattle arrived to- day and they were taken care of by the | half-dozen smaller packing concerns in South St. Paul and the smaller butch- | ers in surrounding cities. The smaller packers are not affected by the strike. PHILADELPHIA, July 13.—As a re- sult of the butchers’ strike there has | been an advance of from 10 to 12 cents a pound in the wholesale price of meats in this city. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 13— Wholesale prices of all fresh meats nere were advanced about half a cent per pound to-day. The retailers, how- ever, added, 2 cents a pound to their selling prices. SYRACUSE, N. Y., July 13. — Beef prices in this city were advanced 1 cent a pound to-day. Not more than three days’ supply of dressed meat is | in stock at the local branches. MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 13. — The prices of meats in Milwaukee were ad- vanced from 1 to 2 cents per pound wholesale to-day. None of the Mil- waukee packing plants are affected. PITTSBURG, July 13.—The strike of the packing-house employes advanced | the price of meat 3 cents a pound here to-day. T RSN AR STRIKERS STANDING FIRM. No Desertions From the Union Ranks at St. Joseph. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 13.—The | striking butchers were paid off to-day |and the packing companies have giv- | en out the word that all men and boys | applying will be put at work. All of the packers claim to have a small force of men at work and they say they will add to it day by day. The strikers are standing firm and there have been no desertions from their ranks. The engineers at the Swift plant, who went out last night, have re- turned to work. The engineers have a demand of their own for higher wages, but it has not been passed upon by the packers. IR T . GOMPERS SCORES PEABODY. Labor Chief Denounces the Governor of Colorado. MILWAUKEE, July 13.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, addressed the del- egates to the Internationdl Longshore- men and Marine Transpart Workers' Assoclation convention to-day. He de- nounced Governor Peabody of Colorado for his course in the miners’ truble, and also said that the system of in- Junctions was wrong. He declared the American capitalists were Chinese- izing American labor. PN MINERS GIVE BONDS, Cripple Creek Men Guarantee Their Appearance for Trial. DENVER, July 13.—William D. Haywood, secretary-treasurer of the ‘Western Federation of Miners, and John M. O'Neill, editor of the Miners’ Magazine, to-day furnished bonds of 310,000 and $5000 respectively to in- sure their appearance at Cripple Creek next September for trial on the charges filed against them in connection with the riot at Victor, June 6, following the Independence station dynamiting, is | { New York Butchers Go Out on Sympa- thetic Strike. ‘ NEW YORK, July 13.—When the | hour for opening the big packing| plants in this city had arrived to-day | the strike of the butchers and meat handlers, instituted in the West yes- | was on in this city and before many hours it was estimated that nearly 5000 men had quit work. The men that went out were the butchers, { packers, carriers and cutters, members of the Greater New York locals of the | Amalgamated Meat Cutters Butchers Workmen’s Union of ica. From the managers of the beef plants it-gvas learned that the beef supply is very low, some of the dealers having only enough to last fifteen minutes when the daily purchasers arrived Within a few hours the price of beef | and | Amer- | | had gone up two and three cents a | pound, with indications of advancing | further. None of the dealers had a sufficient supply to last longer than a | week and it is the opinion among them | that if the strike continue a meat fam. | ine is inevitable. | There is a possibility of a sympa- | thetic strike of the Benchmen's Asso- | ciation. These men represent the cut- | ters in retail stores and such a step | | would completely tie up the retail | trade and directly affect families, The seriousness of the situation was shown in =a statement issued by the | manager for Swift & Co. He said: “We have not advanced the price of anything, for the simple reason that we haven't anything to advance the | price on. 1 am willing to pay 14 cents a pound for a carload of beef if 1 can get it, but I cannot get it.” g FOUR-DAY MEAT SUPPLY. Situation in the World's Fair City Is Not Reassuring. ST. LOUIS, July 13.—There has not been an increase in the price of meat as the result of the strike of the union butchers and meat cutters in the packing-houses of St. Louis and East St. Louis. The packing-houses report reserve stocks for three to four days’ supply and the majority of the retail- ers have on hand a supply for the same period. The livestock market is affected greatly by the strike, as pack- ers are buying sparingly or not at all. The East St. Louis packing-houses af- fected by the strike were running with small forces to-day. In St. Louis the union employes of the St. Louis Dressed Beef and Pro- vision Company, the only St. Louis packing-house affected by the strike order, went out to-day. The company continues at work, but with a small force, and, in common with all the other packing-houses affected, is drawing upon its reserve stock to fill orders. e STRIKE'S COST TO BOSTON. Shortage in Meat Supply and Prompt Advance in Prices, BOSTON, July 13.—New England provision interests are preparing to meet an expected shortage of Western beef as a result of the strike of butchers and packers. In this city beef dealers are making arrangements to slaughter in abattoirs near the city, to which cattle will be brought on the hoof from all parts of New England, New York and near-by States. The meat supply was short before the strike was called, accord- ing to the meat exporters, and whole- sale prices already have advanced from $2 to $3 a hundredweight. Re- tail prices were advanced one cent 4 pound to-day and will be advanced to- morrow and the next day, dealers say, unless the strike be settled. —— e SEATTLE, July 13.—The Gafney ware- house, on the water front at the foot of Pine street in this city was destroyed by fire late last night. The damage is about 000, mostly on hay and grain stored in the build- DEALS LABO | employment of non-union workingmen, | are void, accerding to a decision an- | cuit Court to-day. It is the first ruling | work. TO RAISE PRICES AND EASTERN CITI SHI LE ARK E_OF THE o AT THE CHICAGO NG PACKERS WHOEE GREAT PLANTS ARE ECTED BY THE WALKOUT OF DISSATISFIED EMPLOYES UNION | | i + STOCKYARDS, | HEAVY BLOW Contracts Prohibiting Em-‘ ployment of Non-Union Men Are Held to Be Void | oot ambe MILWAUKEE, July 13.—Contracts | made by incorporated labor wunions | | with manufacturers, prohibiting the nounced by Judge Ledwig in the Cir- had upon the question in Wisconsin and if sustained by the Supreme Court will be of far-reaching importance. The decision was given in the suit brought by the Milwaukee Custom Tailors’ Union, a local concern which | made an agreement with the tailors to employ none but union workmen. A temporary injunction was obtain- ed, but this Judge Ledwig ruled was improvidentially issued. After the injunction was issued the union instituted proceedings to have the company punished for contempt for the alleged failure to comply with its terms. The motion to punish was denied and the injunction set aside. o AR WILL HIRE NON-UNION MEN. Cudahys to Attempt to Resume Oper- ations in Sioux City. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, July 13.—The Cudahy packing plant will begin hiring non-union men to-morrow to take the places he strikers. Kill- ing operations t a standstill to- day. Manager Weldon gave all his attention te caring for the meat on hand. The office force assisted in the There is. mediate danger of a meat fam! re: There has been no violened™™ —_————— VILLAGE BURNS AND MANY ARE DESTITUTE Fire in Maryland Town Causes Heavy loss and Leaves Many With- out Homes, MILLINGTON, Md., July 13.—Two hundred persons in this town are des- titute as the result of a fire that de- stroyed thirteen dwellings and seven- teen places of business. Loss $150,000, with practically no insurance. —_——— POSTOFFICE AT SAN FRANCISCO DOING WELL Receipts for June Show Great In- crease Over Those of the Same Month Last Year. WASHINGTON, July 13.—The gross receipts of the Postoffice at San Fran- cisco for the month of June were $131,112, against $118,214 for thesame month of last year—an increase of $12,898. - —_—— Police Prevent Her Going to China. SEATTLE, Wash,, July 13.—At the request of Chief of Police Wittman of San Francisco, Loy Sen, a Chinese wo- man, was arrested here to-day on a charge of embezzlement. She was pre- paring to leave for China. It is said that the alleged embezzlement took place four years ago. BANKER'S WIFE KEW1RDS HERO Why Trapeze Performer With Broken Back Is Be- ing Given Every Assistance et MILWAUKEE, July 13.—The reason why a New York banker's family has been caring for L. M. Gardner of this city, a young trapeze performer with a broken back who has just arrived at New York from London, has been re- vealed. The Gardners, mother and son, have reached here from the East with nurses, and with them came a report that the banker would build a home for the boy to insure his comfort as long as he lives. An explanation of the generosity of the banker is given in this story: While walking down a principal street in New York one day Gardner was attracted by a runaway. A swaying coach con- taining a child came down the street, dragged by two frightened horses. The young man dashed out, seized the ani- mals and brought them to a standstill. The mother of the child offered Gardner a reward. He refused it. Then she gave him her card, telling him if he ever needed assistance to call upon her. Gardner refused to give his name and disappeared. When he came to read the card he found it bore the name of the banker’'s wife. Soon afterward Gardner returred to London. It was there he fell from a trapeze, missed the net and sustained serious injuries. News of the accident appeared in the New York papers, and with it came the story of Gardner’s act in rescuinz the banker’'s child. Seeing the report, the banker's wife took the first boat for London. Upon arrival she engaged two leading physicians, employed a staft of competent nurses and did her best to make Gardner happy in his trouble. Meanwhile Gardner’s father died. Hearing the news, Gardner asked that his mother might come to him. The banker's wife at once made arrange- ments, and since that time Mrs. Gard- ner has been with her son. —_—— LIST OF FOURTH OF JULY VICTIMS INCREASES Five More Die in Chicago, Making a Total of Eighty-Four Deaths in the Country. CHICAGO, July 13.—Five more deaths were added yesterday to Chi- cago’s list of Fourth of July victims. Four died in agony from lockjaw, while the fifth succumbed to wounds caused by the explosion of a toy can- non. From other cities in fRe country two deaths from injuries and five from tetanus were reported, making the total of lives lost in the *“‘patriotic celebration” eighty-four. —_—— Idaho Pioneer Passes Away. BOISE, Idaho, July 13.—General ‘W. H. Pettit, one of the pioneérs, died here early this morning. Direc- tions have been received this after- noon from a brother at Yolo, Cal., to ship his body to that place. Deceased was 80 vears of age. He was Sur- veyor General under the Harrison ad- ministration. Big Army of Workmen Now Idle. Men Now on Strike. Kansas City . South Omaha . East St. Louis. St. Joseph . Fort Worth New York . St. Paul . Sioux City .. New York .. St. Paunl . Total Men on strike. . Number in enforced idleness. Total number idle. .. 10,000 3,000 5,000 5,000 | | | | 1,500 15,000 7,500 3,000 3500 | 4.000 P MAY RAISE THE WRECK MOFFAT RAILROAD HAS OF BATTLESHIP MAINE NEW MAPS PREPARED Cuba’s Contractor Seeks Informa-| Company Surveys Line Through Emi- tion as to the Attitude of the United States. WASHINGTON, July 13.—Cuba has concluded a contract with R. H. F. Sewell of New Orleans to raise the wreck of the battleship Maine from the bottom of Havana harbor, where it has lain since it was destroyed on the night of February 15, 1898. Sewell has informed the Navy Department of the contract, but before proceeding to work he inquires what claim, if any, the United States has In the wreck. The work has been undertaken by the New Orleans contractor evidently with an eye to the value of the material and to protect himself he is anxious to know whether there is a probability of the United States putting in a claim for all or part of the mass of twisted iron and steel after it has been pulled out of the mud that has partially covered it for six years. The com- munication has been referred to Cap- tain Diehl, judge advocate general of the navy. —_——————— TOWN OF MADERA NOW HAS A NATIONAL BANK Comptroller Authorizes Institution to Open With a Capital Stock of $25,000. WASHINGTON, July 13.—The First National Bank of Madera wfs to-day authorized by the Comptroller to begin business with a capital stock of $25,000. L. D. Scott is president and L. Elliott cashier. The Citizens’ National Bank of Los Angeles was to-day approved as the reserve agent for the First National Bank of Salinas, Cal. ————————— Storms Cause Heavy Losses in Oregon. PORTLAND, Or., July 13.—Belated reports of the losses caused by the heavy storms during the first part of the week in various parts of the State now show that the damage will amount to about $100,000. gration Canyon on the Way to Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 13.— The first maps of the Denver, North- western and Pacific Railroad, known as the Moffat road, have been filed in the United States Land Ok here. They consist of four sections across the Uintah Indian Reservation in Northeastern Utah, covering a tetal of ninety-five miles. What route the read will take after leaving the reservation is not shown, but it is believed the line will run through Provo Canyon on its way to Salt Lake. A fair grade has also been surveyed through Emigra- tion Canyon, directly east of this city, through which the first Mormon plo- neers, under Brigham Young, made their way into the valley of Salt Lake. —————— MAY REQUEST MAYOR OF MEMPHIS TO RESIGN People Are Aroused Over Gambling Tragedy and May Take Law Into Their Own Hands. MEMPHIS, July 13.—As a result of the rioting in a gambling house Mon- day night, which resulted in the death of two deputy sheriffs, the Committes of Public Safety to-day decided to call a mass-meeting to-mororw for the purpose of dealing with existing cir- cumstances. Several speakers advo- vated the appointing of a committee of 1000 to call upon Mayor J. J. Wil- Hams, Chief of Police John J. Mason and George Blackwell, Sheriff of Shelby County, and demand their res- ignations as public officials. All gam- bling houses have been closed. —_—e——————— Eminent Clergyman Dies. NEW YORK, July 13.—The Rev. Dr. Lemuel Moss, D. D., LL. 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