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Show :v,IS:;KOMiSEllfiOKMttYr i r Strike Leader Declares He Has Sensation That Will Put the Packers' on th6 Run; Major's ' Action Helps Strikers. ' BUTxrrnr. CHICAGO,' Aug. 20. Allen Cotten, a striker-breaker, .was found unconscious uncon-scious la ths stock yards today, with -his eyes lacerated until the sight had beeji destroyed. , The right eye was practically gouged out, and the .man . was bleeding profusely. It is be-. lieved,hs is also suffering from a fractured skulL. The police took hm 1 to a hospital. . . . . CHICAGO, Aug-. 20. "I see no peace in sight except on condition that the packers surrender and on uncondltlon- -al. terms. When the people see the report re-port of last night's meeting of the Fed- ' eratlon of: Labor they will be as-, founded. JVe. have a trump card to play , and it has been drawn from ths deck." 80 said President Donnelly of the striking cattle butchers today, while he was directing his assistants to go to East St. Louis to meet International Vice-President Cass E. Schmidt, whom Donnelly will send to Kansas City to look after the labor situation there. -Donnelly Hopeful . . ' He delared the action of Mayor Harrison Har-rison in ousting the strike-breakers . from the housing rooms In the packing -plants meant quicker success, to the strikers. ' Not since the strike began has President Presi-dent Donnelly seemed so hopeful. He criticised the action of the teamsters in sending a committee into the yards to make an Inspection. ' I don't see what the teamsters expect ex-pect to do," he said. "If they don"t like this strike, let them go back to work." Keeps His Sensation. On the subject of action by the Fed- 1 eratlon of Labor Donnelly was silent. He-simply declared the report would . prove a sensation. "A national election Is. coming on." said President Donnelly. "The labor vote is too powerful to be ignored. As . soon as I have seen Schmidt In Kansas City I shall go to Indianapolis. While I am away I expect to make several speeches. Helps Out Strikers. i "The Mayor's action in declaring the packers shall no longer house their strike-breakers Is the hardest blow our foe has yet received. The packers will have no trouble getting the breakers out of the plants and out of the wards. v We will help them to do that, if they need any help, and will see that the . outgoing crowds are not hurt. But as sure as the sun rises the strike-break- ' ers will not be able to go back to their places of work." May Appeal to Courts. Packers affected by Corporation Counsel Torolinson's opinion holding that the employees lodged at the stock yards must find accommodations elsewhere, else-where, called a meeting today at Swift's offices to determine what action to take. It was hinted before the meeting meet-ing that attempts to abolish the living quarters In the packing plants would be contested, recourse being had to the courts If neceewiry. The packers declared informally before be-fore canvassing the situation, that they would contend Maj. Tolman Is mistaken In the premises and that the temporary placing of beds in the plants does not change the character of the buildings any more than the killing of a chicken in a private home would cause evolution evolu-tion cf a residence to a slaughter-' house. |