Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-16
WAR ON PHIL ARMOUR
DECLARED BY THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR-A
GIGANTIC BOYCOTT
To Be Placed Upon His GOOds-TwslVs Hundred
Beef Butchers Join the Stiks-ArmOr Gets in
New Asn-Delegats Barry Departs
For Richmond.

CHICAGO, ILL, October 15.-The situa-
ton at the stock yards is further compli-
Gated this morning by the refusal of 1000
beef butchers employed by Armour to go
to work. This long threatened move, the
strike of the beef butchers, was decided on
at the meeting last night. Knight Of
Labor Barry, sent here from Richmond
to try to effect a settlement, says he is
satisfied that he can do no good here as the
packers will not treat with him as an
association. He leaves for Richmond i'm
mediately to lay the case before the
Knights Convention. Packingtown, the
scene of the great strike, was filled this
morning with crowds Of men who stood
idly about discussing the situation.
The order for the beef and sheep killers
to strike this morning was
CONFINED TO THE ARMOUR ESTABLISH
MENT
beef departments of the other houses are
running as usual. This is taken as indi-
eating that the fight by the Knights Of
Labor is being directed solely against Ar
mour and the latter states it rs his view
that the General Assembly of the Knights
of Labor will not cOuntenance this move
rs he declares that the situation is the
same in all the houses and that the only
difference is that his firm is employing a
larger number of men than any other. The
Armour firm is not attempting to operate
either its beef or pork killing departments
this morning. The firm now has six hun
dred men at work preparing goods for
shipment, but announces that it will start
all branches as soon as a sufficient number
of men have been engaged, and to this end
is offering large inducements to men to en-
ter the employ. The firm does not expect
to be able to resume in all its departments
for two or three weeks Everything was
quiet at the yards this morning. The
opinion is gaining ground that
A LONG AND BITTER CONTEST
between the packers and their employees
at the stock yards is inevitable All at
tempts by delegates Barry and Butler to
negotiate or compromise the questions
raised by the strike, have signally failed.
The packers have not shown a disposition
to discuss the matter in an official manner
and the strikers are disposed to regard this
treatment in the light of challenge.
illustrating the general feeling among the
packers, one Ofthe most prominent ones said
to a reporter when approached on the sub
iect: I'VE wont submit to any system
but,that of ten hours for days work ut
ten hours pay. In other words, an uncOn-
ditiOnal surrender or nothing. | attended
a meeting of the packers the other day
when the matter was fully discussed. The
gentlemen said it had been determined
upon to hire new men. He said the green
hands could be easily broken in in spite of
the statement of the strikers that their
places could not be filled. Ofcourse," said
he, sit will take time to fire all the houses.
We, as an assOCia tion, intend to start this
big concern going First, we have ad-
vertisements all over the country, and al
ready the men are beginning to come i'll rs
a result of these agencies. kTmour and
the Anglo American will be running with
full forces next week. When these two
firms are runding full handed, the fight is
practically won.
TEN HOURS WE WILL HAVE.
We don't intend to see any committee
either. If the men wish to return on that
basis they can do So as Individuals. The
opinion of the packers was read to Others,
and was pretty generally endorsed.
After meeting of District Assembly No.
IS hadadjourned at an early hour this
morning Delegate Barry said, referring to
the ordering out of the Armoul's beefmen,
1--WE have formerly declared war on the
big pork speculatOr, and it will be war to
the knife and knife to the hilt."
shall get to Richmond now before the
Convention adjOurns, and you may de-
pend upon it that Armour's meats
throughout the United States will be an
unknown quantity in less than three
months. We intend to fight an aggres-
sive battle, and Armour with his millions
will either be brought to terms or be rele-
gated to the position of retired, if not Il
ban krupt pork packer. As far as the
men are concerned, we shall take care of
them. Besides, the closing down of the
industry here does not necessarily do
away with it altogether. The demand is
bound to be supplied, if not here else
where.
NEW MEN CONTINUED TO ARRIVE
during the forenoon, and this afternoon it
was reported that Armour had 800 men.
The twenty-five packing house firms at
the yards this afternoon issued card in
which they say, Having noticed the pub
lished report of the remarks of Mr.. ThOs.
Barry, of the Committee of the X. of L.,
in which he throws the onus of the present
labor troubles at the stock yards
upon the house of Armour & Co. and holds
them alone responsible for its results. We
the remaining pork and beef packers of
Chicago who have entered their protest
against the eight hour system do hereby
announce that we are unanimous in our
action and that Armour & Co. are no more
responsible for the present circumstances
than we ourselves are individually and