, 1880-01-04
PIG-STICKING,
The Union Butchers Anxious to
Secure a Compromise,
And Are 0oldly Rebufed by the Packing.
House Owners.
Tho Attention Of the Grand Jury to Be Called 10
The Situation.

the Situation.
Yesterday was 4 bad day for the strikers,
Keenly allye to the fact that something had to
be done to keep up the spirits of their follow
ers, the officers of the Union made three sep
arate attempts to get tile thin end Of (. COM
promise wedge into the firm body which the
anti Union packers now present, and each
time they met with a chilling rebuff. The
first house to which they made. their propo-
sition was that Of the Chicago Packing & Pro-
vision Company, and following were the
terms upon which they offered to go back to
work:
Firs-The Union to immediately supply
the packers with all the men necessary to 10
the work Of the several departments, and,
upon failure to do so, the packers to employ
no1-Union men.
Sec0Hd-The men to make no further de-
! 1nands upon the packers this season respect
ing the price of wages or hours OF labor,
which shall remain as heretofore.
Ihtrtl-All men to be restored to their
former positions. and no man to suffer loss of
situation on account Of allegiance to the
Union.
Fourth-The packers to discharge any
man for incompetency, drunkenness, abusive
language, or disorderly behavior without
the consent OF the Union..
FTfU,-Shoull 4 disagreement arise bg-
tween the packers and the Union, tho entire
force to continue at work fur three days after
giving the packers notification Of their
grievances.
These propositions are quite a backtlown
from those upon which the Union originally
stood, and the Union officers expressed the,ll-
selves to the members as confident that they
would be accepted, and that all the packing
houses wonld be running on Monday on a
Union basis. This was a great mistake, how
eyer, as the Chicago Packing, Company de-
clined to accept the terms. and declared that
they would have nothing to do with the Union
in the fnture. the fact Of the matter being
that all Union men who hope to return to
work in their. house must. first OF all, sign
their resignation from the Association, while
non-Uni0n men must agree to join no body
inimical to the Interests Of the house. The
disappointed delegation then visited the Of
fees of Armour IL Co. and Fowler Bros,
much less to consider, the proposition which
the officers of the Union had to make.
The three leading non-Union houses killed
yesterday rs usual, and then postponett oper-
Packing & Provision Company, killed $40
hogs, and purchased 500 more with which to
begin operations next week. Armour Il Co.
did a slashing days work on. two benches.
kllllng 5,.o, ana laylnE IN m d1esn supply OF
o,0G5.
Fowler Bros. reported that none Of their
men had been interferel with during the
morning or the evening Of the previous day,
but At Armour Y Y Co.'s some nf the workmen
them of a very. CORY nature These, how
ever, lacked slbstantiation. and such eases
as were duly youched for did not turn out
upon Investigation to h, very serious, \ man
trsf3
the second floor,
SHOWED A BLACK EYE,
| which he said q gang of six Union men had
given linn on 1IaISted street, near Thirty
eighth; but he was working rs usual, and dill
not seem to consider himself, very, bGd!y
victories achieved by non-Unon men over
their Union torHientors, but II ffshy flavor
| hung around them, As an imaginative ef-
| fort, however, the horrible tale told by tie
Professor" surpassed the rest The VICTIM ;
was one the Gamers, who was attacked bya
! ferocfous gang OIL the corner OF two streets
! (nalnes uncertain). The man escaped Till
| scathed, rs he believed, until llncll-tiMe,
when lie found in his dinncr-can his left ear.
there to remind him OF what they had done.
The "Professor" claims that this story CALI
not be surpassed, and that until it can no
more tales Of illegal intimidation should be
II The packers are tirmer than ever In their
resolution to yield not 4 step OF the ADVANCED
ground they lave taken The action OF the
Chicago Packing Company i'll abandoning tila
"mixed' - position which they Occupied eariy
in the week for the solid non.unton m, y basis
is l7bw but matter OF a few days, as the
evidences are growing palmer that the Union
is drawing nearer the end Of It's finanrinl
tcther. It was stated yesterday TINT q Un1o4
Committee was gathering subscriptions, fIou1
some Of the city busincss-houseS, and that
some of the brewing companies male them
Handsome donations. The firms which are
now united III an agreement to employ no
orG nRt" l"s me then cheasa fe Gdnk ckinr
vision Company, the Kicker Packing co'!,-
pany, Alierton Packing Company, s: r.
Murphy & ca, Armour u Co., Jones y Stiles
George .. Baldwin y Co., Charles Counsel
man l. Co., 4llorne d Go. ...
The firms which are giving employment e
exclusively Union men are Il. Botsi0fA q
Co., George ". Higgins T. Co.. Davis Bros,
payies Afkiaspn n3sir eGfs G9 L sda r. pe9 Go and
Mo4ap. Kern iIeeney Taey 1 ca aeu'S'' '0 Wv AA'|
Xii Of these firms signed the following reso~
luton, which w3S unanimously adopted nc
the meeting Of the packers and cufers OIL tho
7tll OF November last:
Teso9p<d, By the packers and c,lrcrs, as per
harmony, one with the ether, IN aia matters per
taining to the employment OF labor aud cspc-
cinlly rs to tho right to hire or diEcnnFgc any
men they sec fit, without retyurd to nny Union or
Association.
It is the general belief throughout the
Yards that had this resolution been Us !laIl-,
fnlously adhered to as It was adopted AMI
signed, the strike would not haye lasted Il
Week, though, at the same time, the packers
who hare houses III other cities acknowledges
that this fact was a strong temptation to the
others to go to work us they have done.
To-day nothing will be done Mt any Of the
parking-houses, and it is hoped that the I'm
ion may meet aud decide IT, go to work nl
Monday morning OIL the terms proposed by
the packers.
T11E STRIKING EVENTS
of the day among the packers was the visit
to them ut r. deputatlon from the U.ilnlt,
headed by the President, O'Connell- At the
offices OF Armour & Co. and Fowler
Bros the deputation OF three strik-
ers were met by the response
that the members Of the firm were too busy
to talk to them. This was quickly inter
preted as it WIS meant, and the COMMITTEES,
left without 4 word of consultation. These
two firms say that all they want Is to b. tS
alone, and that they are ln0re than satisfied
with the no1lUnion men who are now work
ing for them, and that the men have male
more progress than they li;d dared to hops
for.