Wichita eagle., 1886-10-16
CONFUSION woHsE COMPOUNDED
Horns OF Contention Between En-.
plOyerS and Employees Still
Locked.

| CHICAGO, Oct 15.-The situation at tn,
stock yards was further complicated thi
morning by the refusal of 200 beef butch
ers employed by Armour TO go to work
knigh. of Labor Barry. sent here from
Richmond to Try and etfccta settlement. say
he is satisfied he can do no good here. a
the packers won't treat with him or his as
sociation, and he will leave for Richmond
Immediately to lay the case before tht
Knigh.s' convention. Packing town. th,
scene of the great strike. was filled thi.
| morning with crowds of men who stood
idly about discussing the situation.
| The order for desk and shop men tC
strike is confined 10 Armours establish
| ment Beef departments of other houses
are running as usual. This is taken Us al
indication that the fight OF the Knights OF
| Labor is being directed solely against Ar
nour The Armour firm are not attempt
ing TO operate either their beef Or pork kill
| ing departments this forenoon.
| The firm has six hundred men at work
preparing goods for shipment. but an-
| nounces that il will sta t up all branches Is
soon rs 4 sufficient number OF workmen
have been engaged. and TO this end is of
fering large inducements TO men To enter
| its employ.
The opinion is gaining ground that :.
long, bitter contest between packers and
able. One of the most prominent ones
said to Il reporter: We cannot submit to
any system but that of ten hours per day S
work at ten hours pay; i'll other words, un-
conditional surrender or nothing. The
gentleman said it had been determined
upon to hire new men. He said green
hands could be easily broken in i'll spite OF
the statement of the strikers that their
places could not be filled Armours and
the Ang glo- American say they VIII be ran
ming with full force next week. W hen
these two houses are running full handed
the fight will be practically Won. Ten
hours we will have and we don't intcndto
see any committee either. Ii the men
wish To return Oh that basis they can do So
us Individuals.
After the meeting Of District Assembly
No. 81 had adjourned at an early hour this
moraing Delegate Barry said referring 10
the ordering out Of Arnour's beef men:
We have formally declared war Oil the bic
pork spectators. and it viii be war TO The
knife and knife to the hlt | shall 90 to
Richmond now before the convention ad-
j0urns. You may depend upon 1t that
Arnours meats throughout the United
states viii be ali unknown quantity in less
than three months We intend 10 fight an
aggressive battle, aud Armour with his
millions viii either be brought 10 terms or
be rclegated TO the position of a retired, if
not a bankrupt pork packer.
New men to nil the place of strikers ar
rived during the forenoon. Armour now
has 1900 men engaged TIE twenty two
packing house firms AT the yards this after
noon issued Il card to the publ. in which
they say: Having noticed the public re
mort # the remarks Of ThoS. Barry Of the
X of L. in which lie throws the onus Of
inc present labor troubles OF the stock
yards upon the house of Armour 81 Co.
and holds them alone responsible for its
results, We, the remaining pork and beef
packers Of Chicago who have entered their
.Jrott 81 a.aiust the eight h0ur system SO
hereby announce that we are unanimous ia
our action. and tina. Armour & Go. are no
more responsible for the present circum
stances ,han We ourselves are, individually
and collectively.
Q. y. Armour and Samuel Allerton met
T. T. Barry ana II. j. Batter al Armour 5
office today Butler and Barry were
there at the solicitation OF Mr. Armour |
The two delegates were received with the |
utmost consideration Mr. Armour stated /
that he called hicssrS Barry and Butler To
explain To them his position. He denied |
having been directly or indirectly |
for the p esence Of the |
Piukerton men at the stock yard. |
Nevertheless he approved Of the fact that |
they had been brought there and would /
contribute towards keeping them there |
They afforded protection that could not |
otherwise be obtained 1t was false that |
be was in the way of 81 aInicsble settle |
nent OF the difficulty. In company with |!
other packers he make revolt against |
what he was justified in believing an i'm !
position on the part Of the men. Were the |
3-hour system adopted over the country |
i, would be different and he had !
10 doubt that Chicago packers would then !
accept the situation. Mr. Armour said |
Mr. Allerton was chairman Of the citizens |
tia, engaged the Pinkerton men !
lnd was there to explain his action.
Mr. Allerton said the Pinkertons were |
'hSaeeu oTs'"sc ..s no" ~ s-iei'" "
governor who could be depended upon in !
,ase of an outbreak.
Nj Barry suggested that there was no |
ianger Of an outbreak
This NeSsrs. Allerton and Armour de-
liei Dir. Armour expressed sympathy
-or III. men locked out AID expressed fear
ha: the strike would end in blootshed.
Mr. Barry said he was unsbie 10 see how
he Packers association could refuse ST
lemer, OF a slight technicali'y when slIrl.
,r,at interests were involved.
A messenger handed Mr.. Armour tcis.
,ram announcing that the last batch Of
Knights in his employ bad been cailet; cat,
md tearing the paper into shreads closed
he Interview with the remark: It's ten
iour, cr nothing.