St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-16
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
All the Packers Stand by Phil
Armour and are Firm for Ten

morning by the refusal of the 200 beef
butchers employed by Armour to go to
work. This long threatened move. the
strike of the beef butchers, was decided on
at meeting last night. knight of Labor
Barry, sent here from Richmond to try and
effect settlement says he is satisfied he
can do no good here, as the packers Will
not treat with him as an association. The
order for the beef and sheep killers to
strike this morning was confined to the
Armour establishment. The beef depart
ments of the others are running as usual.
This is taken as indicating that the fight
by the Knights of Labor is being directed
solely against Armour, and the latter
states it as his view that the general as
sem bly, of the Knights of Labor will not
countenance this move, as he declares that
the
SITUATION IS THE SAME
in all the houses, and that the only differ
enee is that his firm is employing larger
number of men than any other. The hrm
now has 600 men at work preparing goods
for shipment, but announces that 1t Will
start up all branches as soon as sufficient
number Of workmen have been engaged.
The firm does not expect to be able to re-
sumo in all its departments for two or three
weeks. The opinion is gaining ground that
long and bitter contest between the pack
ers and their employees at the stock yards is
inevitable. All attempts by Delegates
Barry and Butler to negotiate or compromise
the questions raised by the strike have sig
nally failed.
THE PACKERS
have not shown disposition to discuss the
matter in an official manner, and the strik-
ers are disposed to regard this treatment in
the light of challenge. Illustrating the
general feeling among the packers, one of
the most prom nent ones said to a reporter
when approached on the subject:
We wont submit to any rule but that OF
tel hours for days work at ten hours pay.
In other words, an unconditional surrender
or nothing. l attended a meeting of the
packers the other day when the matter was
fully discussed.
The gentleman said it had been deter
mined 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 filed.
''Of course" said he, lit will take time to
fill all the house. We as an association, in
tend to start the big concern going first. We
have advertised for men all over the country,
and already the men are beginning to come
in. AS result of these agencies, Armour
and the Anglo-American will be
RUNNING FULL HANDED
next week. When these TWO houses are rum
ming full haaded the fight is practically won.
We can easily lay up for few weeks, months
for that matter Ten hours we will have, and
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 this packer was read to
others and was pretty generally Endorsed.
After the meeting of District Assembly
No. 81 had adjourned. at an early hour
this morning, Delegate Barry said. refer
ring to the ordering out of ArmOurS beef
men:
We have formally declared war on the big
pork speculator and it will be war to the
knife, and knife to the hilt 1 shall go to
Richmond now before the convention adj
journs and you may depend upon it that Ar
mour's meat throughout the United States
will be an unknown quantity in less than
three months. We intend to fight
AN AGGRESSIVE BATTLE,
and Armour, with his millions, will either be
brought to terms or be RELOCATED to the posi-
ton OF retired, if not bankrupt pork packer.
AS far as the men are concerned, we shall
take care of them. Besides, the closing down
of the indu stry here does not necessarily do
away with it altogether. The demand is
bound to be supplied; if not here, elsewhere.
Twenty-Five packing houses have issued
a card saying that they have read the pub
lished remarks of Thomas Barry. of the
Knights of Labor, in which he charges
Armour & Co. with being responsible for
the strike, and announcing that they are
unanimous and Armour q Co. are no more
responsible for the circumstances than the
remainder of the packing houses. All
statements that Armour & Co. are standing
in the way of an amicable settlement are
without foundation, and the discrimination
against Armour & Co. by ordering out their
beef butchers is unjust, as their COM
petitors, Swift & Co. and Morris & Co., are
fully in accord and sympathy with the ten
hour system.
''TEN HOURS OR NOTHING"
CHICAGO. Oct. 15.-P. D. Armour and
Samuel Allerton met T. B. Barry and NJ.
j. Butler at Armours Office to-day. But
Ter and Barry were there at the solicitation
of Mr.. Armour. The two delegates were
received with the utmost consideration.
Mr. Armour stated that he had called
in Messrs. Barry and Butler to explain
to them his position. He denied hav-
ing been directly or Indirectly respon-
sible tor the presence of the Pinkerton
men at the stock yards. Nevertheless. he
approved of the fact that they had been
brought there, and would contribute
towards keeping them there. They afforded
a protection that could not otherwise be
obtained. 1t was false that he was in the
| way of an amicable adjustment OF the diff
fculties. In company with the other
| packers he had made revolt against
what he was justified in believing to be an
imposition on the part of the men.
Were the eight hour system adopted
throughout the country generally it would
be different matter, and he had no doubt
| the Chicago packers would then accept the
situation. MI. Armour said Mr.. Allerton
| was the chairman of the committee that
engaged the Pinkerton men, and was there
to explain his action. Mr.. Allerton then
said the Pinkertons were engaged because
they had no sheriff or governor who could
be depended upon in case of an outbreak.
Mr.. Barry suggested that there
was no danger of an outbreak.
| This Messrs. Allerton and Armour denied.
Mi. Armour expressed sympathy for the
| men locked out, and expressed fear that
| the strike would end in bloodshed. Mr..
Barry said he was unable to see how the
Packers association could refuse settle
ment on a slight technicality when such
great interests were involved. A messen-
ger handed Mr.. Armour telegram an
nouncing that the last batch of Knights in
his employ had been called out. He read
the message aloud, and tearing the paper
into shreds, closed the interview with the
remark: SIT is ten honrs or nothing"
Reecher Stirs Up Strife.
LONDON. Oct. 15.-Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher delivered an address to-day in Rev.
DR.. Parker's city temple on Pulpit Work"
He dwelt upon the aid the newspaper rem
dered the preacher. A number OF ques-