Pauls Valley Sentinel (Pauls Valley, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1904 Page: 2 of 12
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AniTTrn nirtllT'11" l)a^,8 of ^ie country. At Kansas
111 I I |>M MIJM I I Olty. Omaha and Bast St. Loula the
STRIKE OF MEAT WORKERS MAY
BE OF LONG DURATION
ROTH SIDES ARE DETERMINED TO WIN
Preaident Donnelley, of the Strikers
Issues Orders to Men to do No Vio-
lence—Non union Engineer Assault-
ed at Chicago
CHICAGO; The strike situation is
now assuming u serious conditio.!.
uarkerK liavo renewed operations on
a much larger scale than last week.
ST. LOUIS: The effect of the
injunction issued by the Illinois court
against the strikers hus intensified
the situation. Pickets have been in-
creased about the plants and grave
trouble is feared.
KANSAS CITY: The packers have
begun to ship and all have an in
creased force of men at work. The
strikers assert that they are constant-
ly gaining recruits, and the situation
is apparently settling down to a long
drawn out fight.
ST LOUIS: "This strike is only
in its infancy. It will be the most
j;igantte in the history of the country
since the coal strike. A sympathetic
strike will he called only when we
NEWS OF THE NEW STATE.
Both slilos nr.- determined to win at ct-id it absolutely necessary to win.
ny cost. The union men will call xo riot shall take place In Chicago or
for a sympathetic strike when occa- ,iuy ()t,u>r ,,aotkng center, and the
slon demands. union officials and men must see to
At a secret and stormy conference j ,his #Vou ,r ,h( V ,iave to stiui(1 lnsMit
of the leaders of twenty labor unions U) avolil it This strike will never he
it was decided to extend the -lacking furgottou. |t will prove one of the
JONES HAS RESIGNED
THE FLAG TECUMSEH CARRIED
Indian Terri-
Joseph McCoose, a
house strike In every possible direc-
tion the moment thai Michael Don
nelly, president of the union now on
greatest educators
the country."
In this languaj
in the history ol
did Michael IKm-
strlke. shall ask for assistance, these n<fHy natlona! head of the Hoef WorU.
unions represent about L500 men. and ors." and Bmchors- Federation of
.1 the> so out it will create a more AmCTica n UlIVSS „ monster meeting
serious condition. Vreight handlers, strikers and tbeir sympathiiers in
firemen, meat cutters and packers.
engineers and other workmen abso-
lutely essential to the operation of
the plants, are included in the list.
It Is rumored amonn the men that
the packers knew a month ago that
toe strike would be called, and that
the> entered into a compact among
themselves to break the unions at
any cost. *o the battle narrows down
to a fight to the death or both sides
So far as getting men to operate
plants are concerned, the packers
f a\e ail the help they need. Tram
loads of men. gathered in many cities,
wene rushed into the packing district
In the fresh consignments were many
experienced butchers and meat trim-
mers. engineers and other skilled
help.
Kast St. Louis.
Mr. lkmnelly reviewed the history
of the strike and its causes. He de-
clared that Araiour himself was to
blame for the breaking off of all ne-
gotiations. He denied that there had
been any rioting in Chicago and St.
Paul and asserted that there would
bo no disorder or lawlessness; that
the union officials will see to it that
the dignity and majesty of the law is
upheld and the strength of the union's
cause is not jeopardized by acts of
vlokncc, which would alienate public
sympathy
SIOUX CITY: For ^heir protection
in ease of an attack by strikers, the
Cudahy Packing company has dis-
tribute*' revolvers anion? all non*
The plant
a fair force
An attack was made Sunday or. four union employes.
negro strike breakers by a mob com- Matters at the plant are quiet, no
posed of spectators at an amateur violence being reported
base ball game in the vicinity of the resume killing, with
stock vards. Two white men, one p<> men.
lleeman and the four strike breakers, On the return of the mayor, after
were seriously injured. Revolvers an absence of several weeks, the
and knives were used, and three of t udahy Packing companj appealed to
Uie injured men s\> In a serious eon- bltu for additional protection at the
dition.
Slugged into insensibility by a do
en men and left for dead on the tracks
of the Ashland avenue trolley line at
West Forty-Seventh street, Anton
Bartusiakovis. an employee of the
plant.
A Report States That the Indian Com- It Is to be Exhibited in
, missioner Will Quit Jo^y Bu.ldmg
MUSKOGEE: A private telegram | MUSKOGEE: Joseph
from Washington has been received Peoria Indian of Miami, has furn'sh
here, stating that William A. Jones, to the managers of the Indian Tftrrl-
United States commissioner of Indian tory building at the World s fair an
affairs, has tendered his resignation, | old llag which is said 10 ia\e en
effective as soon as bis successor can carried by the famous warrior le-
be decided upon. The message states cumseh, in his last fight, the batue
that Mr. Jones' action was forced by ot the lhames. 1 he le ic was sp
the breach which has constantly been ; cured through the agencj o •
widening between the commissioner Parker, Jr., and the history wmch its
and Secretary Hitchcock. According owner gives of the flag is very iu
to the report Mr. Jones will return to teresting.
'lis home in Mineral Point, Wis., and According to McCoose s story, .en
retire from public life. eral William Henry Harnson, wo
Commissioner Jones and Secretary commanded the United . a es
Hitchcock have differed widely in a at the battle of the Thames, called
number o' things with which both for three volunteers who should at-
were, in a way, connected, among tempt to capture the gieat i_cum.' .
them the recent dismissal by the lat- Immediately three Indians, Superno
tcr of Indian Agent Mitscher of the McCoose of the Peorias, greatg e
Osage reservation. But what was grandfather to the present owner of
probably the culmination of the the flag, a member of the Kaskaskias,
trouble grew out of the removal of and a Plankaslia, presentee ne
General Pratt as superintendent of selves for the task.
the Carlisle Indian schools in Penn- In the attempt to capture tecumseh
svlvania. In addition to these, the the great chief was killed, and mem-
secretarv, contrary to the wishes of be,s of his own tribe spin or u-
the commissioner, dismissed a num- body away in a boat. , e iree
ber of special agents in Wisconsin trusty reds, however, made a last al-
and other states. This, it is said, tempt to get the body from the boat,
tended to humiliate Jones until he but 'succeeded only in tearing from
finally decided to resign. i it the war flag in which it was
Knowing as thev do the state of wrapped: that is, McCoose did, for
affairs as they have existed for a both his comrades wire seriously ic-
number of months, the officials here jured, one of them dying almost lrn-
credit the report, although it comes mediately.
from an unofficial source. However, McCoose is quite positive as to th*
the departments in Indian Territory genuineness of the relic. He says it.
have never suffered any by the fric- has been In the family for four gen
tion. Such of their work as had to orations, and has always been pre-
go through the commissioner's office served with the greatest care. Of a
has been submitted to him without truth the flag looks to be quite old
hesitancy, and it has always been enough to give credit to its owners
given prompt attention. story. It is .filled wirh bullet ho es
For the past three months, however, and rents, and apparently torn by ar-
>'r. Jones has not been at his desk in rows.
Washington, having had some special McCoose has another interesting
work in Chicago and St. Louis. It story in connection with the service
is the opinion of many that he will rendered by his ancestor and his two
not return to the capital at all, but companions in their all but success-
will continue with his outside work ful attempt to capture Tecumseh. He
until his successor is appointed. There claims that the three arrows engraved
seems to be no doubt that his resig- upon silver dollars and other silver
nation will be promptly acecpted, if coins are placed there in honor of the
it has not already been, since it is trio.
supposed it was. at least by implica-
tion, demanded.
FIVE THOUSAND MISSING
OKLAHOMA CITY: The price of
mt-at has begun to soar as a result
of the strike of the meat workers. A
general advance of nearly a cent per
Swift packing plant, "is dving at the l*"nd already been made in Kan-
county hospital His injuries, in the sas City on fresh meats. No raise Many Creeks and Freedmen on the
opinion of Inspector Hunt wer? in- has as yet been made upon salt meats. ; Roils Cannot be Found
flicted bv .strike sympathizers and but a continuance of the strike for MUSKOGEE: The Dawes
the wheels of a trolley ear. The n eu. * >" leugth of time trill set that go- mission has completed th? roll of lost Mrs
according to a witness who has talked "S too. and missing Creek freedmen There captured, but Mrs. Moran declared he
to the police, set upon Bartuslakovis Chicago St Louis. Omaha and are on the rolls 5.160 names of per- was not the one who had committed
SEARCHING FOR A NEGRO
Near Grand Mrs. Moran Was Knocked
Down by a Black Fiend
GRAND: Posses on horseback
and on foot are scouring the country
com- in search of a negro who assaulted
Thomas Moran. A negro was
as he was going home from work.
When they could not induce him to
otn the strikers they broke his skull,
fractured his jaw. kicked him about
the face, head and body aud theu
threw him upon the car tracks
The motorman of a car approach-
ing not Ions afterward saw the body
in time to stop the car. but not before
tb# wheels had crushed the man's
Omaha
other cities are experiencing a like ; sons supposed to be in the Creek the outrage.
advance in the price of fresh meat- nation who have never been found, The assault occurred at about the
\ ery little live stock is being shipped and cannot be located by the com- noon hour. The woman was cook-
ir.to the market centers now | mission. These names were furnished mg dinner when the negro appeared
i the Dawes commission at the time it at the kitchen door and demanded
No Ra se i> Prices began business by the tribal author- either food or money. Mrs. Moran's
OKLAHOMA CITY: Mr. Sparrow , ities. from their rv>H. movements were not swift enough to
o« the Oklahoma City Packing com Chairman Bixby thinks most of sstlsfv him. and, entering the house,
paay, in an interview, stated that I them are dead, and says those who at- he struck her over the head with a
the present strike of the meal work- > tempt to perpetrate fraud by repre- rolling pin. rendering her uncons
shoulder. The injured one was taken ens would have no effect upon the > senting the missing will surely be de- cious. The negro then proceeded
to the county hospital He has not prices of dressed or cured meats in
regained consciousness. 'this section. The concern he repre-
President Donnelly sect out a circu- seals not ia any way connected
tected and prosecuted.
!ar urging the men against > oler.ee.
as follows: "We mv.st win Because
every American e ti es must have liv-
ing wages Must nave the very best
for the children Must have recog-
nition for the un>on We can win. if
w:.h the establishments affected by
the strike. He stated that supplies
• :be furnished dealers throughout
ransack the house, and while so en-
gaged was seen by Mrs. Moran's hus-
band. who was coming from the field.
negro, inquiring
Oklahoma City B & L. Statement
GUTHRIE: There has been filed He called to the
with Secretary Grimes a statement what he was doing there, and at that
covering the past fiscal year of the the negro rushed out of the house
this s^.'tion at prices prevailing be- Oklahoma City Buihiing and Loan as- 9nd wss soon lost to sight in a clump
tote the strike, and the company aociatioa. The law requires thai such of bushes at the rear of the house,
would continue to pay the highest a statement be fl'ed. The report of Mrs. Moran was found by her hus-
yon stick by the union. If we obey market prices for cattle and hog?- the company shows 4?6 shares ot band, lying where she had been
the union when it say* molest no per- This will be good news to residents stock issued between July 1, ISkV! and thrown by the negro, and still in an
son or property, and abide strictly by of both territories, who depend upon January i. i?04. and T63 shares issued unconscious condition. She could
it* laws of the country"". butchers who secure their sup- .between January l and June SO. this give no coherent account of what
Both sides are preparing for te>; plies from the pack:ng houses
of strength that wtl! come this week
n the strike of pack.ng bouse em- A civic league has been formed at
ploy**> The packers sr* to hire ore Guthrie whose object it is to protest
thousand additional usee with - the against Sunday ball games and oth*
seit fire da,"r*. bringing iheir. itt fus? alleged violations of the Sabbath.
year. During the first period named had happened for some time, but was
there were loans made of S15.65S 4c>. at length revived sufficiently to fur-
and during the second period the nish a description of her assailant,
kians amounted to The te- Posses were immediately organised
sources ot the company are shown to and hare since been searching for
b« JSO , the negro, but without success
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Wilson, O. S. Pauls Valley Sentinel (Pauls Valley, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1904, newspaper, July 21, 1904; Pauls Valley, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110158/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.