Show AIM AT MEAT FAMINE ABI butchers workmen are now ordered out at once throughout the country efforts to call out switchmen at the stock yards awant railroad men to refuse to handle cars loaded by packers chicago august 31 president donnelly has ordered 1600 butcher workers employed in the independent packing plants to cease work after today he said that it these men continued slaughtering cattle they would be handling eatock previously looked after by the men who took the place ot the stock handlers selected to quit work today the manager of the union stock yards said that in anticipation of the strike of the stock handlers men had been in training to take the places of deserting wei ghers and that a lot of such men are available at once he said further that no trouble was expected in handling the stock famine in meat is declared by the strikers to be the probable result of their new move in the strike orders have been issued for a general strike of all butcher workmen throughout mhd country they are expected to go out tomorrow the order will affect in all about 2000 men in chicago the packers say it Is aim to create a neat famine which he thinks would arouse the public to euch a pitch of indignation thai a settlement would be forced donnelly Is undertaking abo impossible said a packer in addition to the stock handlers special policemen and nearly pen cleaners drivers of refuse wagons and laborers employed by tho union stock yards also quit work efforts aro being made to tall out the switchmen at the yards employed by tho chicago junction railway company frank F JI awley grand master of the switchmen has been summoned to chicago with the view of getting switchmen throughout the united states to refuse to handle cara containing anything of the packers if there Is a strike of the switchmen it will be entirely unauthorized malj an official of the union today to call a strike of switchmen just now when we are on the eve of business depression would ba tolly because the brotherhood of railway would take our places as they did in 94 I 1 am confident that there will be no strike of switchmen |