, 1880-01-12
Practical Termination Of the Pig
Stickers' Strike.
a Detected Mass-Meeting Addressed
by Detected Orators.
Tho Union Men Now willing 10 Work
with Non- Unfonlsts.
Interior Hog Dealers Requested to For
ward Porkors Without Delay.

tho Church OF tho Nativity, on Soutl, I1al-
stc,l street, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning,
IN attend the mass-lneeting Of the Union
which It was commonly expected wls 10 de-
eide finally tho future action OF the M,ly III
regard to tho strike. Tfte weather was my
thing blt propittois, ntNi the crowd wore III
inspect Of detection sadly Mt VARIANCE with
their l'cmcntior Of fortnight ngo. The
meeting WAS called to order by President
Daniel O'Connc1l, who IN n few words con-
ycyel the impression that tho cause for which
tho Union had nOw struggled for near
couple Of weeks wis in a bad way, md t1lat
the situation was such that 1t required In
n,e,inte Intention. III then called upon tho
eyer.rcady MI. Powers for few remarks.
Mr., Powers was hardly himself In al, Drn-
torleal sense. In fact, l,o was uut of his
element II II were not savnty OF mn Irish
bull, seeing TINT the speaker Is a sailor and
has sailed the ocean blue, he might hasv
been described rs all Mt sen. Ills words
failed 10 flow, and the magnetism with which
he ncltl previous audiences was conspicuous
efforts, fnIi of. sweet promise and Of yltNpcra-
ti0n delightful to the speakers ear, Ind been
grrcted with round aftcr round t,f cheers,
and his oft-repeNtcd Joke Of reminding the
nis'ff Ssf ne 'e eve thoy Up Wef y IL m VIZ 1f&
repetition, to evoke n laugh; hut us II pro-
FOUNDER Of THO virtue Of patirlice under dire
necessity he is . failure. IFS speech. like
{n5 Racatn s tet tIs uS hn TFs at o GS
it'd iilen it bristied With hitter pl,rascs, It
failed to evoke t,e passing tribute If 4 cheer.
l. r. concluding his re1lnrkS hG noye! that
pointed n committee to consider the situation
Of affairs, and to form 4 mt Df resolutions
cnbUdying wlnt they considered would bb
THO wlscst action Ut tho Union III tho ruling
dilenlu+
The motion WIS carried, and, after few
remarks by Afr. N. J. Downs, who wished 10
correct q lniHstnteMcnt nlRilH concerning hin
~ 2 morning paper, tho meeting adjourned
st tl!at hour about 1000 people were pres
cnt 10 licar the resolutions prepared during
Tho RECESS by. the unioh Directors. presi-
dent VConnell presided, nnll, IN chilling tho
meeting to order, sald TINT for obvious rea-
wHic!1 ind presc!iesi II. Thc% % m.l Weather, % s
whicI, llat! tended to cut SHIRT their dc'ibern-
t1ons IN the morning, might be looked
upon by Son,e US inausplc!os!s, t,nt It
ssseo ss3'y %ss on theft ros &c. ''15 On, PsSs! sa
OF tho recent rains was TINT the rnntls III the
cnuntry were SO terribly, muddy md cut-np
tint the farmers could not send forward hogs
work there wolild be Just about rs ,nlch
work for t!,oin rs Il tho strike ha, not o.
currnu.. lie was nbi0 TO say, with c0lltl-
tlcncc, that in day or two the Union men
would De back
WORKING IN THEIR OLD PLACES,
lie Ind heard 1t suited tint large number
of ynian, lne1, intended u 20 baek 10 work
on tho following morning. lie did not know
whether this wns so or mt, but ln would,
first Of nlt beg I'LL members Of. tho Union To
ftsy IL oa kn ss y's 1t eys st !Gss @ w wa H iii
6erctl; tic brnnd Of Cali wonltl be sct ul,o,
htnl. antl It would bo well, after the
s}Iaft Umiofn ts gott baek to M9'rk, THAT a'l such
then be worth tho living! Tho question nf
whether the members of the Union would 60
bnck to work 9longsite Of nnl-Uni0n 1neI,
WIS III the hands of the Cnnmittce appointed
tlo subject and Ind prepared Il set ot res9l!l-
tions, which, however, II would not bp pulitlc
to yet before the presert meeting. CONFUSED
Us It Was BY other than Union n,eil. Ii, how
to work nt tho packers' terms Tho Union nuii ii
would not tNkD f0nE tn show tlleir employers
tie difference bctween tho kind of work done
~ yiaJl Unlpn men !a and that asconpis,c by te
Unioa men l sed to 10 ro ifRS ts Ross a""s HSW tic TIC
punches, and somu few Ut thcm who Ind
been there o's BUSINESS knew how
tho "scnbs" had failed TO alo Tie
outAo Wo!h sattsiAclotl'5. lHo cnhtFlAr,
When the Two SGlS OF MEL were working Siitt
by side, would bo 50 clear tlat It would only
bc matter Ut time When tho packers would
send tle "Hcabs p" nbnnt their business. IN
order order that tho resolutions prepared hy tho
for their netio, It had !,cuu decided to hold 4
n,nss-nset!ngof of tl;e body at the West Twelfth
Street TNr1ier-llNll at '"'clock the following
tthlsl morn!lE IT t which tllS sinlpls question
Ing 70 work ut THO packers terms would be
inK = aeespt ti,a iattcr aternatiye, the uaion %
Mada s ao eoa,t IL, eqsfloHs n snoIa tat 1t str Ind
ia,, lnss,iei lsussis u,i Gcen f"rse'l to rstrsat
valIqnlshetl mud to Iraya behind him, an
%ars 4nIIitq 10 s lis Standard IL ~ ss ary y wj,e6 ie
kept tho whole of Europe III awc,; and,
though lie was In tho e,lh tlefentn! II was
oGnly through trcachcry md deceit, The
R'on sSf gt sff na sffqt Il st M
hiK'i n1id righteous principles for which It
has leen fighting, hut defeat would not lueun
antlhilatiol!, ai the day would come, and 1t
would not bs 'Gng III eonling,, Wien under
now tic fight which they Ind been carrying
nh N vain. In conclusion, h9 begged tic
Union: W)lntasar WINS the rGsnlt of Tho ,Mcet-
e G of fpta ,a1 aSS4 t"G% Wsy ay y oststeS mt w a
them through tho contest.
Mr. Davis followed with q few remarks In
similar strnin, n1iu thn Union mltonrncd to
M!eet agait IN tho West Twelfth Street
Turner-lfall Mt . 0'c!Nk this morning.
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
q TRIBUNE reporter Ind u brief conversation
with lnenlbnr 0f tlc Committee Oh ltesolll-
tions, WHO Informed him that, vlilg hu could
not c9nsistently impart their nnture, llo be- |
l!eyett tl'o CoMmitteo wGTo uuaNlmo,ls IN TIC