Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-22 | Page 2 | Farmer Goes to Market--Toils There, Too

Farmer Go Goes Gos to M Market Toils Toils There T Too o 1 j r t rz fg STRIKE OR NO STRIKE THE CATTLE MUST BE FED But farmers themselves have t to o unload hay at Chicago yards White lite Collar Help Toils In Iii Picketed Stockyards CHICAGO Nov 22 INS INS Hundreds Hundreds of brokers comm commission sion men and nd their white collar struggled today to clear clealO th the huge Union stockyards where a C I 0 O strike is in progress of hogs cattle and and sheep Under an ari agreement with leaders of the Livestock Handlers Handlers' union No the th-e com commission firms and exchange were given until 5 p. p m. m today to empty th the vast expanse expanse expanse ex ex- ex- ex of pens of as many animals as they could In return the livestock exchange delegation agreed not to r receive any more animals and warn against any shipments being sent in until the strike is settled and the handlers return to work Work Begins Early arly The commission houses had their office help out at dawn this morn- morn jug ing ng As the he heavily laden trains and trucks rucks rumbled into the yards the themen themen themer men mer armed with sticks and whips drove the bellowing cattle down long ong lanes and into the thousands of pens Fifty policemen were were on duty during the night and 50 more arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived with the daylight Pickets marched back and forth before the entrances of the yard ard There was no novi vi violence lence Although the exchange had warned shippers about animals animals ani ani- mals mat were due to arrive at the yards during the day Continued shipments are expected expect expect- ed despite the the- warning Farmers Go Along Reports from various parts of the west indicated that farmers were accompanying shipments of steers to the Chicago market so th they could unload them themselves if the strike still is on when they arrive I The problem of feed bills to shippers shippers ship ship-j pers if all livestock is not cleared j out iut today and more continues to I arrive was a vexing one It was estimated that shippers would be forced to pay out a day for feed if the yards are filled with i animals and they are not moved The question of feeding the livestock livestock livestock live live- stock during duing the duration of the strike was expected to be taken up by y the rival factions at a conference today Unless the question is settled whatever animals are on hand Will starve tarve Police also feared any ny attempt attempt at- at tempt empt at feeding without permission permission sion ion of the strikers' strikers committee might lead to violence The union called its members off offic the ic job on the charge that the management management man- man gement of the stockyard and transit transit tran- tran sit it company had broken off broken off negotiations negotiations for a wage increase for 6 65 men receiving less than 62 cents an n hour a hour 40 week a closed shop top and written contract and the off check system for dues tion lon