, 1880-01-10
On THE WANE.
The Pig.Stickers' Strike Losing
Strength Every Day.
4 Division President Abanlons the
Union and Returns to Work,
Everything Qaitt ut The inrls Yesterday Ftw
Gases Of Intimidation -Reteips Of llogs, Mt.

morning Of the representative Of THE TNliI-
rSE who was sitting by her side IN the South
liatstctl strcct-car which was taking them to
n common destll,ntiotl,-the Stock Yards,
Thu reporter acknowledged that In was,
mentioned with pardonable pride tllo nanlo
Of tho paper for which lle helped gather tho
news, md asked the good lady what he could
do for l,cr.
"Arc yoM tho man that writes up tho
strlke?" she continued, following up tho
affirmative answer wlicl, tile question evoked
by tho query:
"Now, you l,ayc been giving the packers.
and the Uilt0n-espec!alty tho packers will
say--n fair show, bull yUn have never given
my Of tho strikors' wives CHANCE to have
their say ut all. Nav, don't sou suppose
there's good many of us wo,nc, have
r.oSaE1. HEADS THAN oun MEN?"
81 hnye no doubt Of 1t; but arc YOU tic
wife Of strikcr9"
II mn; my husband Inns been out of work
now far two weeks wnrke,l III Arnour's,
Int the Uninn gut hold Of him, and devil n
penny has lie earllcd since tllc,."
"'rlcn suppose yoli nru suffering in con-
sequence of tho strike?'
"We arc not. We have our own house nntl
lot right over near Dexter Park, where the
1nentlng WIS yesterday, md besides TINT va
hare enough to liyc for quite willie yet
without asking help of anybody"
"Your husband earns big wages, then,
whclt he's working?'
"11c does not. Hes ono Of tho Sc men.
s s sss& ta&n tnF F,as tnat s XG % ice 5st 5sE
men wIo earn sl.75 md 81 day that buy. the
louscs md lots, md always l,nve u lit nf
money by them aEninst u "coollng," while
seme ss 1ss a'e'E, viz ct W ro e'S rss5'Ss4 @ To- st
dny-aro almost all Il llaat-,.p lot. That's
the reuson WY tbs Union l'as lcl'lout sowell
"iiow do tho women like tho strlke?"
F" We don't like It. md We dnn't believe In
IT. Tho men think wa nru 'lenthcr-lleA,ls,'
but they can't make ns believe that lt's right
for tic Union to wa',s tho Fuckers not to lire
let another woman come into my house and
Tell tic Just how tnlst run IT.. tell me how
l must take eare Of ING G children, w!a. I
st "st ut E'vS tS s' to "a SG 4Sw n Yt sr o s,fhss ef
feel nbo,,t tho unlolI.'
tha "Way sy AIM, nt :, yoa ,on!fs;; akq your husband of
:" I don't Mcc.l 10. lie looks at tic strike
aWhat did he join tho Union forq"
:" lie never wMnte!l to, a,ld le held out as
cIcty nlreaty ANIL lte told them tint TINT was
MS mich rs he could afford; hut they kept ut
| him tay ntul night, nllll ut last lie
CONSENTED TO JOIN THE UNION"
WY "WN@y' @y' don't he leave ita''t gu back to
- liz wouldn't, t1o that, and wouldn't want
the Union, atld lie IL u 1nali Wl!n respects his
word: let ntone snlcsnfl 0btignttoiL"
"MolltEli't you like him 10 bo back work
"Of course I would, mud so would he;
but he won't noyc until the Union does"
II have i've Children I lave boy TINT is
l luve him Mt schno. It's bntter. for Him to
be there, us lonE us we can afford 1t. thnn to
ln,,sr. Besides, the buys .wonld knuck -
out out q Hf J him II they caught him coming from
"i should suppose your husband Is q son
stantl Up III tho Union and try to get them Ill
to ~ buck to work?
"Ile woal1n't! t}nre In TO- i He's NO speaker;
"Sat,pose the strikers wives were admit
ted t ta ta, the ,]niOl' how lung would tho strike
%Dssil 4 day. They'd vote to 70 to work
talking nhout whit WIS right md what was
wrong. They know TINT The packers arg
strong and determined, alll that they, will
to worE tie bstMiei M far ' al pairtiss.' Phi W s ''
tho E.!e5 s59 i s M ,tP;sSns ;systy '"d suffering In
tsY tell yq" H. ihyI stay G hen ome mSSe T.
10 ul,iS li 10 t set It alonE: IT, Whsn 1 havem7t ihu
money to get what | want In tic house Ito
Without 1t, but g.tess there's good mMiy
tllat run iii credit nre
rilETry HARD PUSHED JUST NOW"
"no You think tho men will soon givo
| "1f they knew what was gootl for them
tey oats I. iu't 1T c the estnK Sii S Sfsts5d"y didn't
The reporter confessed tl.at It did not, ant!
then, the t.bles being, turlietl he was Invited
by the !Mty to give lily views on tlo subject,
snrtnE SIR til" that THU ID oaSel liEs "a q issMsiGie us
| young in,ll," anil TINT she llml tu fullest
fait TINT What }ETopessd Wi be csrn
times predicted tho elMl ut tic strike, md
broken Its backbone a couple of lines more,
tho reporter declined to venture prophecy,
II not valuable, Information !.l,on how Tic
str}ke looked ftolI q feminine standpoint,
went about Ills regular stoek-Yartls pere.
The search for news proved rather barren.
Nat pnckcr, ,'nr q representative ct q puck
er, could bc fm,ud WHO tnok nnytlng ltko
comfort from tls eonsi$ler0tion q tho fi!i re-
meeting OF tho dny brfnre. They snw IN 1t
merely in Indication tint tho strikers wnro
still under tho e0ntrnl ut tho officers Of tho
!H1p n'l tha until t9 ,naahr,; th Ml TIL thtey
mora favorable opportunity .tlian that NJ
fnr.lc.l. by public inasss-,l.erttng to 1rol,ote
ths; tH,s;%S tue "Eators M sl9 "as to re-
tte vote by show of ha,u!s III fnvor vt e9Mti!l-
tdGss rss! SaS seat!@eot s q tns ,aeet!as.