Finds packers break the laws
Mary Eleanor O’Donnell reports on the conditions found among women strike-breakers in the stockyard plants of Chicago. She describes her experience working as a strike-breaker in the kitchen at Swift & Co.’s, noting the unsanitary environment and difficult working conditions. O’Donnell provides 15 facts she found from her investigation into the condition the strike-breakers housed in stock yard plants, including the violation of city laws, “the bringing of paupers and criminals to the city to fill the places of strikers,” the “distribution of impure, vile foodstuffs,” unsanitary conditions likely to spread disease, and the disregard of moral laws.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-19
