St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-08
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
Several. More of the Employees Of tho
Packers Lay Down Their Tools
and Quit.
A Statement of the Causes Which Pre-
cipitated the Strike Made by
Knights.
Gov. Oglesby Orders Two Regiments
on Duty at O'Clock This
Morning.
Armour Says He VIII Start Up In
Spite of all H1nderance by the
Strikers.
The Strike at Chicago.

CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-There was no dis
turbarce worthy of mention at the stock
yards to-day. Armour & Co. report that
500 cattle were slaughtered in their estab-
lishment. 1t is now known that the
strikers committee formally presented
their demands to the packers yesterday.
They asked for the eight-hour system and
scale of wages slightly less than the one
in force for ten hours. The packers re-
fused to entertain the proposition, and the
strike was ordered. The strikers sent COM
mittees around to-day to induce the men
still at work to quit. In many instances,
especially with the fremen and engineers,
the attempt was successful. A number of
packers held a conference IN Armour's
office to-day, but declined to talk about the
proceedings. Several largely attended
meetings of the strikers were also held.
The deputy sheriffs did not leave their
barracks during the day, all detail work
being done by the regular town Of Lake
police. One hundred more deputy sher!ffs
arrived in the evening, making a total of
800.
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
The committee of Knights of Labor. Dis
trict Assembly No. 81. hasa issued the fol-
lowing official statement OF the grievances
of the men, and desire its publication as
the official utterance of the only committee
authorized to furnish statement covering
the reasons for the strike: Fearing that
the position of the striking employees of the
Union stock yards will be misunderstood,
we make the following statement in regard
to the situation:
When the men returned to the ten-hour
system a few days ago by order of T. B.
Nuaa 6icc tiSpo o4t tho
loss of the eight-hour day. and it is doubtful
II they would have returned had they not
been made to believe that tfe return to ten
hours was but a temporary retreat and that
in the near future, when opportunity Of
fered, they would again reclaim the eight
hour day. This opportunity was furnished
by the employees in the beef houses of Sauft
and Nelson Morris going out on strike (the
two houses who had continued the eght-hour
day until last Monday. The attempt on their
part to re- establish the ten-hour system met
with a refusal on the part Of their men. This,
coupled with the understanding that the pork
men were also To make an effort in the near
future in this direction, is responsible for the
strike.
THE MILITIA TO ASSEMBLE.
In pursuance to telegraphic instructions
from Gov. Oglesby the following order was
issued by Gen. FitZsimmons, commanding
the first brigade of the state troops, to-
night, directing the assembling of two of
the infantry regiments of his command at
their armOries tomorrow morning:
By direction of the comma uder-in-chief the
officers and enlisted men of the First and
Second regiments of infantry of this brigade
will assemble at their respective armories at
o'clock a. NJ, Nov. s, armed and equipped
for active service. BY command of Brig.
Gen. Fizsimmons. CHARLES S. DIEHL,
Assistant Adjutant General.
ARMOUR DETERMINED.
In an interview tonight. p, d. Armour
declared emphatically that he would start
up in all departments tomorrow morning
at any hazard He would meet the strikers
determinedly from the very outset. and he
intended to bring the matter to settle
ment in the shortest possible time.
CONFERENCE.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 7.-General Mas
ter Workman Powderly and Messrs. Hayes,
Bailey and Mcguire. of the general execu-
tive board of the Knights of Labor, held
conference here this evening relative to the
strike of the Chicago beef and pork pack
ers. General Master Workman Powderly
telegraphed to Thomas Barry. a member of
the executive board. for information, but at
midnight had received no reply. Mr.. Pow
derly said tonight:
have received no information from Chi
cago. 1t is a mistake to say the general ex-
ecutive board ordered this strike. 1t was
done by the district assembly. AS soon as
heard of an intimation Of strike sent Mr..
Barry to Chicago to avert the strike, but he
did not get there in time.
Mr.. Powderly declined to discuss the
merits of the case in the absence of any
knowledge Of the strike.