hog-trimming

Updated: May 2, 2025

And in the morning, when the twenty thousand men thronged into the yards, with their dinner pails and working clothes, Jurgis stood near the door of the hog-trimming room, where he had worked before the strike, and saw a throng of eager men, with a score or two of policemen watching them; and he saw a superintendent come out and walk down the line, and pick out man after man that pleased him; and one after another came, and there were some men up near the head of the line who were never picked they being the union stewards and delegates, and the men Jurgis had heard making speeches at the meetings.

Upton Sinclair - The Jungle