Show M MM 01 M M t M MM M H M H i I I THE HE CHICAGO STRIKE M M M M M M M M I M M M M t M M M M t MH M I In Jn inaugurating their campaign of extortion against the consumer r of the tile country the great packing monopolists did not realize the character or extent of the forces they would be called upon to o encounter They know now The rile law is affer after them hem The Tile Federal and State powers they have sneered at are arc moving upon them Finally they mire ire obliged to fac face a f teamsters teamsters' strike which appeals appears ap ap- pears peals ears likely to paralyze their business and unfortunately at the same same time to make serious trouble for or the general public It is reported that union teamsters at all of the he great packing centres centre's have decided d to strike against the be beef f. f barons and will no longer haul their products IIi In places like Chicago St. St Louis and Kansas City this will mean an almost total su sus su- suspension pension of the meat business Where the food sup sup- ply ly of cf large populations thus is cut ff the natural thought nought would be that all the forces of law and ordel order order or or- der del civil il and military would be involved to prevent prevent pre- pre vent rent the famine that must ensue if such a strike be allowed to spread and control the situation Neither Neith er en the civil nor the military arm of the State governments governments gov gow- which will be concerned can be reckoned upon to assure immediate relief especially if the theother theother theother other trades unions actively should aid the striking teamsters In Chicago it would be dangerous to precipitate an open armed conflict We Ve remember the he history of the street car strike in St. St Louis and that hat it taught the country how easily a great city might fall helplessly into the h hands of a mob The situation is discouraging n not t alone from the view view- point joint of our beef rations but because it threatens the he peace and order oder of e country As The Telegram Telegram Tele Tel I gram has felt bound to fear fear current conditions condition favor favor favor fa fa- fa- fa vor a succession of strikes during the summer Such movements ments gen generally rally occur when the American peole peo peo- pIe le are riding on the top wave waye of general and bountiful bountiful boun- boun prosperity But they are t to tObe b be deplored We cannot afford them and labor capital and consumer consumer alike is interested interested to prevent them if he can |