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KHTAIfMHlIKI) JUNK 1'J, J87L
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1904. TI1IKTY-RIX PAOES.
The Greatest Clearing Sale of HiK Class
Waists Ever Offered in Omaha Will Be
gin Monday Morning in Our Waist Dept.
Wfclla a4 lore linen. I1H RiUtriti said lf IrlmmUt, Krearh Cham
fers? U1i nrfn? wheel Irlmmlx, raltna voile with plain pleats or
fsee trlmnlM, white hlaa silk, plain and trimmed, ef FT
KiorirU4 hntlate", while and white with black dots. f I Q (J J
This MM Inelndea all wal-ta from a.GO to (UHMh prtco
More Silks and Greater Bargains
T)i t'l "ok hnm h'n ot nf the btmle.t we this iiimm'r. WHY? On ac
ecni.1 f.f th splendid value THAT BRNN KTT'H IHVE IN SII.KH.
1 h.refnr tali notii-n t what HeimeU OFFER KOR MONl'AT, AUGUST 1ST.
Twoiy-flv dr. patterns In the $1.00 qua Ilty FOULARDS 24 Inches OQr
. f.,rynrd J w .
f. f .it.rf In F.nry Filks. conslHtlng of POKtjFF.. LOriflINF,S. PEH DK CHAM
OiH AM) TATKOTAH-not one of fh.ae fine silks worth less than $1.00 CXVkn
ur4'4M'n MONI'A If BARGAIN KUH yard J-JS
Bargains in Wash Silks for Monday
White Jsp 8ilka 22 Inches wide for yard 35o
Whll Jnp KIIUh '11 Inoliea wide for-yard 50o
White Jp Hllks .18 Inches) wide for yard ...... G5o
Whits .Tap Milks -U1 Inchea wide for yard . . . . .T5o
Whit Jap fcllks 30 Inches wide-for-yard J. 15
Black Silk Sale v
19 Inch Taffeta 0c quality for yard 5 50o
19 Inch Tanta-Cc quality-for ynrd . 65o
24 Inch TifTel-$l.0 qunllty for-yard ... 75j
Winch Tafffta-Hl 1.251 qunllty-for-yard ' 1.00
Wholesale Slaughter in Wash Goods
FIVE THOt'SAND PIECES TO HK1.KCT FKOM, Every yard of our fine Lawns,
rlmltls. Oraandles, Tissue. Suitings, Batiste and Walstings divided In three lots
IT ONF lreat 5c table all wash Roods to the value of 26c to be given away Cn
et-rd
1T TWO Alf of our Tissues, French Lawns. GrenacHnea and. Organdie 71c
to be sold fit yard
LOT Til It KE Imported French wash goods including all the flneet ma- t(c
terlals to be sold at-yard Vw
Monday Muslin Underwear Day
Prescriptions
Never a doubt In the minds of
Omaha's leading physicians as to the
absolute safety, reliability and de
pendableness of Bennett's prewcrip
Hon filling department.
Never the shadow of a doubt In the
mind of the patient as to the above
qualifications and the absolute car,
talnty added thereto of money-saving.
We guarantee atrlctest faith
fulness, purity, freshness and clean
line. Send us your prescriptions.
Boys Wanted
Omaha school boys can have pleas
ant money-making work for Pennett'a
during their school vacation selling a
combination that costs the customer
$1.00 and that carries $4.00 In Little
Green Stickers with It. A commis
sion of 26 cents to the boy wh'e
name and reRlstored number Is on the
combination will le paid after the
goods have been delivered C. O. D.
to the customer. t
Call Monday morning, boys, at the
advertising department.
PEACHES! PEACHES!
1 --.. i fwm rlt
FA
ha
NCY ELBKRTA rEACHES only "JAf
tsket - l
And $1.00 la Little Green Stickers.
...25c
..25c
FANCY APPLES- ,
peck
And $1.00 In Green Trading Btampa.
SIX MEASURES OF PEANUTS
for
And $1.00 In Little Green Stickers.
FRUITS, BERRIES AND VEGETABLES RECEIVED EVERY. MORN
- IXfi.
Woodenvvare Section
6x12 Curtain Stretcher 89c
Folding Ironing Table 75c
Willow Clothes Basket 48c
LOT NO. 180 do-en ladles' tucked, ruffiod Cambric Drawers,
fine Cambric Corset Covers, la- and ribbon
trimmed and ruftle trimmed Chemises values In
this lot worth up to 5oo Monday garment
' ' a,
25c
And 50c In
Green
V,
Trading Stamps with each garment.
LOT NO. 2 flR doxen ladles' superfine Muslin Night
downs, cluster tucked joke, ruffle trimmed collar
and cuffs values up to 75c Monday
each - J
And 11.00 In Greei Trading Stamps.
-39c WBl
b '.t.-f:l! f'ti
LOT NO. 875 doien ladles' fine cambric Chemises, lace and
embroidered yokes, full regular made goods values up to
8c each and Z dozen children a and misses' fine p f
mualin Night Uowns, tucked yoke, hemstitched, I IIP
ruttle trimmed valuea up to 75c all go Monday at..'v
And $2.00 n Green Trading Stamps.
LOT NO. 4 SS do?n ladles' extra fine cambrlo Chemises, em
brolderel yok m and fine Swiss embroidery trimmed tuck e
yokes, lace Insortir.n and Valenciennes lace trim
medsplendid values at I1.2& Monday's sale
price
And 13.00 In Green Trading Stamps.
75c
;i vi.H.rs,Tf
Our best Rotary Washer re
duced to
and 815.00 in "S. & H." Green Trading Stamps.
5.95 FSgl
Crockery Section
leWaM
Peppers
China Salts and
eaca
And 50c in-Little Green Stickers.
Half gallon MASON JARS v
per dozen , n
And $8.00 In Little Green Stickers.
TIN TOP JELLIES
per dozen
And K2.00 In Little Green Stickers.
PLAIN WHITE CHINA CUPS AND SAUCERS
each ,
And $1.00 In Little Green Sticker.
ROYAL AUSTRIAN CHINA TEA PLATES
each
And $2.00 In Little Green Stickers.
GOOD RUBBER FRUIT JAR RINGS
per dozen
And 50c in Little Green Stickers.
COLONIAL PATTERN GLASS BERRY BOWLS large aiee-fiOo
values Monuay
and Comb and .Brush, Traya,
French Bronze Bracket Lamps oomplet with
ney. burner, etc
White Hasburg China 100-plece Dinner Sets
You should see these. Also price them elsewhere.
Thin Lead Blown Champagne Glasses on stem each
...10c
...65c
..25c
...10c
:X5c
... 5c
19c
50 per cent discount on all German China Sugars and Creams, Cracker Jar
silver glass reflector, chlra-
45o
,.$7.98
. 10O
Grocery
The best qualities ever the
lowest prices always. Monday
Specials:.
mm
II xim -.it I
WffiM
mm
$1.00 worth "S. tt H." Oreen
Trading Stamps with pound
New York Full Cream Ofir
Cheese AVJC
$2.00 worth of "8. & II."
Green Trading Rtamps with
illon Jug Cataup. erp
!r www
$1.00 worth of "8. & II."
Green Trndlng Stamps with
two pounds Carolina fr
Head Rico Iww
$1.00 worth of "8. & H."
Green Trailing 8tnmps with
pound p.ickage Bennett's
Capitol Coffee,
fur.
$2.00 worth of "S. ft H."
Green Trading Stamps wMh
pound package best fQr
Tea Sidings lOw
28c
Olives, stuffed, bottle 10c
rkkles, assorted, bottle... 10c
Imported Sardines, can....lOc
Salmon, pound can 10c
Itakcnl Beans, can 5c
repper Sauce, bottle 7c
Oa stile Soap, cake 2jc
Corn Starch, lb. pkg 5c
Potted Ham, can 4c
Potted Tongue, can Ac
Butter
Received everv dav fresh.
Fresh Country Butter,
per pound
Bennett's Capitol Creamery,
per pound
Medium Sour Pickles,
pint
13c
22c
...5c
Candy Dept.
DOc worth of "8. ft H." Green
Trading Stamps with t
Jar assorted Candles .. '
CIGARS.
Havana Prlnclpes, 2 7E
for 60IOO for 1 AO
And $3 50 In "8. & H." Green
Trading Stamps.
Stogies, one hundred 25
And $4.50 lri "S.' &H." Green
Trading Stamps.
London Whiffs, two for 5a
AIU1 ART! AR.T!
AUGUST REDUCTION SALE Monday we lead with an artist proof.
(pVSS-rji ETOHINnS, 14x2S, frametl in a handsome two-inch
I Vi'-J I dark brown oak and white mat, a ood f 0
VSf$i And r 0 'orh ot Cneen Tradinf; Stamps.
vr..'e, i I i i
one in u niMiMiiiT,
Only
NOTF1 Purlng Atigust we will place on sale frames and pictures, framed and
unframed " that will mean quick purchasing. All are rlcan go..la. up-to-date and
prices are beyond comparlcon. Above for Monday only is a starter. Come and
convince yourself.
We must have the room, our fall purchases necessitate more counter and wall
scare and we will have the als for August that will leave our big July ones far
behind. Get In with the bargain hunters, secure a prise In the Held of art at
Bennett's. We are lenders.
JEWELRY DEPARTMENT
Monday we offer nickel cilvcr frames, fitted with the FIN
EST OBTAINABLE LENSES our regular $1..
tiroDOHitlon. for
And $4 In Little Green Stickers. A dark room and
nkllled optician at your dervlce.
COLLAR BUTTONS The "cant wear ro out" kind
The kind you haVe always bought for 25c lf
Monday IUw
- With five $2.00 In Little Oreen Stickers.
3ood collar buttons, riveted pearl backs, lever C
tops, good rolled jilate, each
With five $1.00 in. Little Green Stickers.
75 c k&J
VVVVAA1VvvyeV'
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ROGER'S STAIN FLOOR!
'One of the best floor stains on the market today will be
found in Bennett's Paint Department Monday morning cell
ing at the very low price of -
Half pint can 25c
One pint can ....40c
One quart can. ........ ...75c .
Also any kind of oils, paints, glass and dry colors will
be found at Bennett's Basement.
FLY NETS! FLY NETS!
We carry the largest stock of fly nets and
covers shown in Omaha this is really so,
a look around will convince anyone.
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A snap for Monday andTues
day a heavy cord team net
And Double Green Trading Stamps
m
A
Revolution
MARVELOUS BARGAINS IN
Patterns thai formerly sold at $25, $20,
$18, $15, $12 and $10, all o at
(your choice) ,
MILLINERY
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And Green Trading Stamps as usual.
by the discovery of
Eor the first time in the
an absolutely correct fit
The art of surgery bag been almost revolutionized
"X-ray" photography. So has the art of shoe-making,
history of the shoe business, It is now possible to get
in a pair of shoes. The "Dorothy Dodd" is the shoe.
It Is designed wholly from the study of "X-ray" photographa of the human foot
The bony structure with the accompanying muscles, tendons, ligaments, etc.,
is made the last around which the shoe is shaped. It la a long explanation in
words but a short one In deeds. If you will slip your feet once Into a pair of
"Dorothy Dodd" shoes you will discover Instantly that a new process of shoe
making has been found.
Slocersly yurs,
Fast color eyelets used exc luslvely.
flWTxfords !
CV k0m& $250 '
$3
Shoes -$3
and
$3.50
Z9 tZ
CAUSE OF THE MEAT STRIKE
Why tha Bugler. Went Out with the
v Unskilled Laborers.
CONDITIONS THAT PREVAIL AT PLANTS
CraeM I'oole Gives av luaunarf of tba
Sitaatioa Before d Darlnx
Early Uays of the
Trouble.
In the current number of the New York
Independent. Ernest Fool, who la study
ing conditions In the stock yards district
of Chicago as a soclul b.ttlenient worker,
ylvos this account of the big Dieat paokara'
itrlke.
The meat strike of 13"4? Can the National
Vu-t Wurkeis' union hold out long enough
I, i creute su.-tj a crisis as will again thor
oughly arouse the poofl' la the first
Mk of the strike the prices of meats all
over the country have Jumped SO per cent.
Already the people have been deeply
stirred. Already taey are demanding the
fdi ta demanding that the union prove by
f.ii l. whether its claims be Just and de
manding of the Meat trust that It ahow by
facta the reasons for the enormous rUe In
meat prlcea that has coma In the last four
y.urs. The attitude of the farmers toward
the labor unloa mar nam be cleared as
never before. Already both political par
tire, who evaded the labor laaue In their
presidential conventions, are beginning to
f.H't from every side a steadily tncreatlng
preeaue forcing them to ome out of the
wixida and Into the open.
There is but oae question for the publlo
to uoiuilder hero. This queatloa Is so deep
ar.it vital th.it It doea not first appear. To
retuh It we muet first sea the more tmtoe
dlute causa of the strike.
Vmw of la. kill. a l.KSur.
tf the mi.iMI mea on strike are en-
gagrd to d.tTer.nt kinds s urukUld labor.
I it Wt the uiUoii'a last aunual agreement
t.-ns uaskt.ld mea r v. d cents per
t .v.r. A few received It cents, many othws
l.S i-ents. but the lirgaet number, like the
1 . In CwtJio, recelnd US cents an
hf nr. This WHge t ntuch lower than It
rm iteara, f ir as the men averse but
f.xiy ujuri' wgik a wwji throughout tue
eir. :-S cnits pT hur rrxtans only IT ev a
wa.'k (a 1' ly t. whan this annual agree
in.; I p'.rsl. the union, d.ui-.-ided that tikis
f'j tui be BsJ. tfee mluluium wage In
.... .I'l.-a. This the trust has refused to do,
.m- itty fit tkev cava tn Chicago re
t i iMrl; l.vO U"k!..4 luau to ltHfc
. - ii pr lu'ur. thus t:Jti; thlr future
I i y of wholesi red i ic 1 1' a, llr.aJly the
ui lu::- Ut'rf ia lua protested against
I' i r..!jcili,a- broke u.T negotiations, and
i' e wh.ie .ui struck sol. ljfta tke Intcr
t i f t: a uuakUlsil larjrers.
I ...:nmi tutj th: me lmmtfvllate
a
I' kiK i'i stni t vKw U esy U un-
'efi'..t A n....,t! aa-. t M.ctbiel
" "t"n a fwM.t, whether be
t.s tuwiwevi riut.iiwi al
wage. He promptly answered. "No, W
cannot possibly accept It" "And yet John
Mitchell has accepted a reduction for kls
r.nlou," J said. "The miners can do It,"
said Donnelly. "They had already forced
up their wages high enough so that they
could afford to accept a slight reduction,
but how can you expect these unskilled
men to do It how can you expect a man
with a family to accept a reduction from
$7.10 a week V
How t hs Heat Live.
To find what kind of living such a wag
could give I came a week ago to live here
In "Packlngtown." I came In across Bub
bling creek, a waterway thickly coated
with grease and filth and garbage, with
carbonic acid gas boiling up from the Im
pure masses below. From the bridge here
the main street stretches away Into Pack
lngtown. On this street, from the bridge I
counted twenty-seven saloons In one solid
row. A few blocks to the left twenty tall
laughter house chimneys pour black
smoke over the sky. To the right, one
half mile away, are the great tracks of the
Pennsylvania railroad. The tracks of the
Grand Trunk cross one-half mile ahead. At
midnight now I can bear the endless freight
trains go rumbling shrieking by. No won
der the three babies aoross the yard have
waked up and are screaming. From this
district the bkilled workers, having won
higher wages, have moved out into better
air. In here live the unskilled the men on
17.40 a weuk. Many by strict frugality have
kept their oottagea fairly comfortable and
wholesome. Others live In wretched base
ment rooms. A family of five In one room
Is not uncommon. The more recent Polish
i and Slavonian and Lithuanian Immigrant
i mea live often In boarding houses, where
on small bedroom does for four boarders.
On a night Ilka this such rooms are stifling
and noisome from the twenty chimney and
from Bubbling oreek. In winter so the
doctor here tells men such rooms are even
more unwholesome, for the thin board
walls give acant protection from the keen
sera blasts off Lake Michigan.
Cjch living Is what comes from $7.10 a
week. The demand that It may not be
made worae Is not exorbitant.
The trust's point of view la equally easy
to understand.
Attltade of the Trait,
Txr. 1t Is hard." I heard yesterday front
; ihe superintendent of one large packing
; house. "It la hard that this wage must be
i reduced But ft can't be helped. It s sim
ply the law of upply and demand. The
supply of labor Is steadily growing larger.
Had you come here last week at I a. la.
you would have se.n over I.OuO men loosing
( i"r num. jim ne depression grows worse
th-.re wtll t Piu.cihi men out of work In
j Chicago. They will crowd out here. They
won't demand 1XH cents. They wtll be glad
t. get even IS cents. Why should we pay
more than we have to? We certainly have
tha right t. hire labor as cheap ss we can."
From a tHisinena standpoint this vlsw Is
entirely rlalit. Yesterday I gave rt to one
j of the common In Infers. "It alti't right!"
, he said at ene. "I have worked six year
I fr tke packer. If they g half shut
doan ty Itie depiss.ion then 1 would have
, to suffer, too. rtut they eln't shut dowa.
They're puttta" up prl-es bi4'hr every'
year. Now, what I want to know is. Ain't
I a part of the allow 7 If I am, why
shouldn't I get my share of their pros
perity 7 At any rate, why should I go
down In wages, just because the packers
see a chance to make atlll more money by
squeexlng meT"
Should men be treated as mere expense
Items or aa fellow workers and fellow
sharers with the employer? This Is the Im
mediate question for the publlo to consider
here.
But beneath this question lies a far
deeper Issue. Why do the 20,000 skilled
workers throughout the country strike for
the 40,000 less fortunate laborers? Be
cause in the fate of these' 40.000 lies
the whole future life and power of the
union. "All our leaders see this," said
one of Donnelly's right hand men to me
this morning. "We've seen It tor years."
Bo has the trust This strike Is only the
climax, of a long, slow development a
growth from the strictly nonunion shop
toward the union shop.
la NoaiaaloB Days.
Four years ago in the yards the non
union ahop prevailed. The packers, un
troubled by the united demands of labor,
disregarding Individual demands of the
men, very naturally mad their own
profits the supreme consideration. '
"In those days," a former foreman told
me, "If I could save one twenty-fifth of a
cent on the expense of killing each beef
I know that I would be preferred over
other foremen. I wa oanutaatly trying
to cut down wage In every possible wy
by driving individual bargains with sepa
rata men. The other foremen were doing
the same. Some of them got a commis
sion on all expense they could save below
a certain point"
In hours, likewise, the men wera not
considered. The work rushed or fell off
as the consignment of live stock came
In. It was cheaper for the packer to
kill their stock very soon after" Its ar
rival. One day the men worked eleven
hours, the next day three hours, the next
fourteen hours, the next none at all.
The men, forgotten by the packers, were
constantly abused by the foremen. There
can be no question of this fact For this
bitter memory has lived four years and Is
till heard on every aide. One Instance
will Illustrate hundred of others. It was
late afternoon on a. stifling August day
In the cattle killing room. The heat from
the blood and the odor from the butcher
ing were frightful. In the midst of the
heat and the turmoil an old Bohemian
was trying feebly to keep up with the
high pace at which the foreman wa
driving his men. The old man blundered.
The foreman Bhouted some directions, but
the old man could not understand It Sud
denly the foreman seized him with both
hands by the ooUar an4 shook him like
a rat The next moment the foreman lay
unoonacloua on the floos. The man who
had struck him down wa discharged the
next day for insubordination.
V kra the liloa ( aime.
This was the iuu union shop, and the
Ideal shop from a purely business stand
point liut four tai. ago the union was
formed In spite rf strict precautions of
Uie packets. The kuiiva grew. Tus pack
er felt It trength. Then slowly, without
any general strike, wages were forced up
over 25 per cent for the skilled workers.
Hour wera made more regular, foremen's
abuse was abolished. But meanwhile,
when the packers were forced to pay
higher wage and to work more regular
hours, often to a great disadvantage, they
began the mora swiftly to develop ma
chinery and specialization of work. One
month ago In a big packing house I was
shown the effect of this change. Hero I
spent several hour going about with the
superintendent Even to my unpractlced
eye It waa plain that the entire Industry
wa being, swiftly transformed. Where
one man had killed and dressed a hog,
now the wretched beast traveled dangling
from a long chain through room after
room will! Aver 100 men did each one small
part in the dressing and cutting and
c'Banlng.
loaroa of Labor Supply.
That same morning at t o'clock I bad
gone through the yards and had seen some
6,000 men looking for work. Most of
them were fresh Immigrant, Lithuanians,
Bohemians, Slav and Poles. It 1 these
people who are welcomed by the paokers.
It Is a well known faot In two large pack
ing houses Immigrants are always the one
picked out from the mornlr.ff crowd at
the door. These unakllled stupid laborers
would bo willing. If necessary, to work
for half the wage that American work
men require. It la easy then to see why
the packer welcome them and why they
are so developing their Industry that these
men, together with the Increasing thou
sands of women, shall mora and more
take the place of the skilled workers, the
men who use their own brains, the men
who are Intelligent enough to form a
strong and formidable union. These more
intelligent workmen, who have formed the
backbone of the union, now see that un
less this tendency can be checked the union
will be swamped. When a ship ha a
great gap In its bottom that gap must be
stopped or the water will rush In from
below and the ship will sink. The union
Is trying here to stop this gap below. They
know that unless they can enforce a min
imum wage aa a check to this steady low
ering of the price of labor they will be
forced to compete with millions of Immi
grant and with milUsis of women and
young buy and girls, who are In Increas
ing numbers being drawn Into American
factories. "Tea." said a union leader two
day ago, when I spoke of this prospect
"we all see St coming. It is a tremendous
problem, we know that, but all we want
la that In settling this problem the good
of the workers be considered as well as
the good of the packers."
For the Pablle.
This sets the quustlon for the publlo
to consider. Shall an Industry be devel
oped for the benefit of the employer
alona, or shall the welfare of the Workers
be considered of equal or even greater
Importance?
The public too often thinks that on
man can call a strike In an hour. It took
six weeks and .0i0 men to call the meat
strike. The successive step were as fol
lows: tin May ft, at tho natluual conyeatiua
of the union at Cincinnati, 200 delegate
met from local unions all over the coun
try and agreed upon the, wage scale which
la now demanded.
The executive board of eight men met
with . President Donnelly, discussed ths
scale, presented It to the packers, and dis
cussed It with them many times during
the next six weeks.
. When this discussion failed on the
question of the wage for unskilled labor,
then the executive board put the ques
tion by referendum vote to every local
union In Chicago, 8t Louis, Omaha, Kan
sas City, New Tork, St Paul, St Joseph,
Fort Worth and several other centers.
The unions all unanimously decided to
atrlke.
In some twenty-five packing centers
through the country delegates from the lo
cal unions met in central bodies and again
discussed the question. These central bod
lea finally ordered the executive board to
call a strike.
The executive board then discussed the
most suitable time for striking.
Then, and not till then, did Michael
Donnelly, the president, Btfod the word
rushing over the wire which started the
great atrlke machine In motion.
At Strikers' Headqnavrters.
Sine the strike began I have been Irv
ing next door to union headquarters, and
have gone there frequently. It 1 a busy
seen day and night The long outer hall
la crowded with an endless stream of all
nationalities stopping before the row of
local union desks to pay their due and
get fresh union buttons. In the Inner room
you may find group of leader discussing
the latest move or waiting for others.
Every few minute a door la dashed open
from a still smaller room where three or
four big leaders are constantly In confer
ence. Some one from outside la called Jn.
A telegram Is sent In cipher, or the long
distance telephone Is used. Bvery ' hour
brings fresh bulletins from other cities.
Word come demanding Donnelly' pres
ence (n St. Louis, and he goes there to
speak on Bunday. Earlier In the week he
was constantly going down to confer with
President Oompers, of the American Fed
eration of Labor.
Meanwhile you bear the constant buxs
outside of voice In the. big outside room
speaking In Polish, Lithuanian, Bohemian,
Slavic. You look out the open windows
at the hundreda crowd1::? the street cor
ners below. You go out and walk through
the district and see 25,000 men of all na
tionalities Idle In the streets; some sitting
on their door steps with their wives and
babies, others restless and out of Xeniper
from the stifling air of Packlngtown, others
excitedly discussing the strike. As you lis
ten now to one and now another of the
five different languages, aa you pass
through the different district where dif
ferent nationalities live, then Packlngtown
begins to seem like a little world In Itself.
You feel that there Is a great mass of hu
manity, the kind that Is hardest to man
age, the easiest to Inlxine, ttte slowest to
understand. To control this mass, to arouse
Its best feelings and to curb It worst pa
alona, to sts.r It safely through this crisis,
la the task which now confront the un
ion leader. v
What the Union Most Do.
The union must try to do three things.
It must attempt to arrange arbitration.
It must keep down violence. It must keep
up loyalty. ,
So far all attempts at arbitration have
failed. For not arranging arbitration be
fore the strike wa called each side now
blames the other. The packer claimed
that they had offered to arbitrate twelve
hour before the men stopped work. Don
nelly replied that the offer had come too
late to stop the great strike machine, which
had been already set In motion all over
the oountry. The packer claimed that
they had sent In this offer but' a few
hour after Donnelly had notilldd them of
the strike to be called. Donnelly claimed
that they had known It several day be
fore. There can" be do question that they
dH know It some time before, and yet they
are partly right, for they should have re
ceived some official notification.
Since 'the atrlke was called several meet,
lng have taken place. The union In It
proposition for arbitration made three de
mand, all of which the packer refused.
The first two demand were, that the
arbitration board should not be allowed
to deckle on a reduotlon of wages, and
that, pending the board' decision, all
worker should go on working ut lust year's
wagea These two demands the union has
withdrawn. It still, however, holds to the
third demand, whioh la, that all member
of the union be taken back at once Into
their old place of work as aoon a the
arbitration begin. This the packer have
refused also, on the ground that they can
not discharge the non union men whom
they have already secured to fill some of
the striker' placea
Packer Concede Nothing.
So far the union has made two conces
sions. The packer have conceded noth
ing. The fight seems to have begun in
earnest. The second task before the un
ion leaders is to keep down violence.
Everywhere on fences and on trees you
may see this notice, which Is printed In
English, German, Lithuanian. Polish and
Bohemian;
We can win if we stand by the union. If
we 'obey the union's rules to molest no
person or property, and abide strictly by
the laws of thix country. All men on strike
should retire to their homes and ntn-nd
their various union meeting for all infor
mation. If you follow the above Instruc
tions, you will be of great assistance In
helping to win till striae. Your or;nUu
tlon will not assist you It you get into un
lawful trouble.
To keep them out of unlawful trouble
the leaders are making strenuous efforts.
Yesterday morning at six o'clock I stood
at Whisky Point. It was here In '94 that
biasing cars could be seen all along the
railroad. It was hxre that I'nltcd giutea
regulars engaged In pitched battles with
the strikers. As I stood here with a crowd
of strikers I saw a stocky, red-faced, red
haired Irishman come swinging along, din
ner pall In hand. He waa employed In some
minor line of work In the yards and had
not considered himself on strike. From
the crowd a dozen men Jumped out. "Yer
a acabl" cried due "Who said thalf" de-
manded the fiery Irishman, turning short
around. "MelI said dot," growled a
huge Dutchman. "What do yea man by
say in' It?" cried the Irishman, his face
growing two shades redder. "We'll show
ye," cried the crowd. "Come on!" cried
the Irishman. But suddenly a union of
ficial rushed up, thrust through the crowd
and put his arm on the angry man's should
er. A few moments later I saw them sit
ting peacefully together over a cooling can
of beer.
The leader have asked the squads of po
lios who are oonBtantly patrolling the
street to send Instant word to union head
quarters when a street fight break out
I saw on begin. Two men rushed out of
a saloon pounding each other. Both were
strikers, but the arnwd of a thousand men
and women wre mostly Polish, could not
understand Knglish, and so thought that
on of the fighters waa a scab. In a mo
ment the street wa a sea of angry faces,
stones began to fly at the squad of police.
The police drew their revolvers and fired.
On man fell, shot In the shoulder. Then
suddenly down the street came six union
leaders marching; abreast. In a few min
utes they had quieted too orowd. Thai
trouble wa over.
Hardest Task of AIL
The third task for the union Is to keep
up loyalty. This will be uncommonly hard,
for this reason: Common , labor 1 moat
easily replaced, and the packers are bet
ginning to fill the strikers' place. Sales
men, buyers, foremen and assistant upr
Intendent and managers of branch atorr
are being taken from their work in all
parts of the oountry. The packers claim
that these skilled men will instruct the
new, unskilled workers who are being;
hired from cities east, west, north and
south. This method la being pursued la
many dries beside Chicago. It 1 hardj
to know Just how fur to believe the pack
ers' statements of their success. The un
ion claims that It knows Just how many
available butchers titers are In America
for John Joyce, one of the leading secre
taries, has received every week during thai
past year bulletins from every union shop
in the country. The union claim that It
knows Just how many plaoea are empty
and how few skilled mej the packer can
hire to Mil these places. It Is sending this
word to striker h 11 over the country In
order to offset statements of the packer.
Meanwhile fie union has bei n reinforced
by scores of foremen who are In sympathy
with the strikers and are unwilling to work
with nonunion men. The H.imd engineers,
carpenters and other mechanical workmen
In the Chicago stock yards are alxo reudy
to , strike In sympathy. Other drgardrecl
labor Is offering lis support.
Ho the two sides line up and the struggle
bcKius.
1. Hhould men be treated as mere ex.
penxe items or as fellow workers and fel
low sharers with the employer?
2. Htiiill an Industry be developed for
tiie profit of the employer alone, or shall
the welfare of the worker be considered
of equal or even greater Importance?
These are the two questions fur th euU
aide publlo to coiisltUr.
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