New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-09
STRIKE OF THE PACKERS.
TO HOLD OUT FOR THE EIGHT-HoUR DAY.
rrN THOUSAND MEN QUIT woRK-woRKMEN At
TACKED AND INJURED

TIN THOUSAND MEN QUIT woRK-woRKMEN AL
TACKRD AND INJURED.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
CHICAGO. Oct s.--The great strike at the pack,ne
houses against return to the ten-bour worA"e '
vas unexpectedly preciptated this morning ,"Io 80"
fore the day closed resulted in q scene u -.
This morning the employees OF the Onc'1o 80 %
and Provision Company gathered al the mouse - ."
sarlv hour They had no intention oi ios"h
under the new tenhour rule billed to 60 into enec'
on Monday and the probable intention was 10 see
-. ,ho man would stand They decided after brief
talk not to accede to the proposition to return loe
decision was regarded as final and unanimous, ana
when II became recognized such the men went wiio
x;th excitement They assembled outside and
marched in body to the Armour house. calling on
the men there TO come ont and join them out inc
latter refused to do and the men proceedeo 10 .ne
AnyloAmerican Works. where their efforts to orne
the men ont were also abortive. During the noon
bour however. the men in the larger shouses were
were interceded with to stop worR anu q Ta1n Hon
men employed by Armour marched ont and
the advent OF this great army caused the eIctement
10 run higher than ever. They were soon Iclnou uy
tbe 8 600 en- ployos of the American Company
and by the 800 pen each employed by Morrel 20;
and John Cudahy. After consulting win tne oro%u
the Morrell men started TO return TO WORK Ire
crowd at first :nterceded with them: and that iang
made an attack on them. injuring hiteen OF twenty
men, but seriously The situaton WIS on ,ho
cred sufficiently grave to cause the assembling Oh lne
entire town OF Lake police force. and 2oo armed
Pinkerton men went 20 the scene from the city ana
went into the packing houses TO guard 'hem "o"
injury. .;oo ;nforn;ro
their men that they would be paid on tomorrow
which ia taken as an indication that the house VIII
rema closed until some form OF settemen. Is
reached The strikers now in such large ioice ha
the remaining workmen will be intlmidaled a9o oaao
NOT return TO work This illustrated In the case
of the Morrell men, 1t shown that larger num-
Der of men desired to continue work than was sup
posed but owing to intimidation VIII propaoy not 10
The cattle slaughterers announce that they Will lot
the present. continue under the present system OF
eight hours work and ten hours pay The laborers
know that il the pork packers gain the day the Deei
packers will follow suit and there is danger tnat
not only the pork men. but the cattle ai sneep men
will be involved The number OF men who Will be out
of work to-morrow unless of the packing houses
should keep open is about 10000 the beet men
should 90 out it would swell the NUMBER 10 nearly
$4,000. ,C
Representatives OF packing interests on Change
were extremely reticent over the SITUATION. fowIcr
said; Ii simply means that we will keep our house
closed till il can be opened on our terms. MANY OF te
packers will not feel the strike for time. for they
woul0 shut down now anyhoE Tor repairs. ,..
W. H. Silberhorn said "This question undoubt-
edy has two serious sides. Those men Work very
hard and deserve all they can get If all the packers
of the country adopted shorter hours the desires OF
The Uorkmen could be gratifed But New-fork men
ere going by Chicago to buy at Kansas City because
there they work ten hours and can give better rates
other cities This forces TO return to our old hours
p. d. Armour was not pleased with the .eports
which the wires at his desk brought from the SOCK
again until the will work ten hours day II the
establishments 90 down." said he with mild firm
ness that showed be was not speaking hastily. ="
understand the bows are having time to-day. but
there will be trouble. There Is no law compelling
them to work if they don't wish to- =,
"Will it he possible to reopen without the Ola
he houses will not be closed entirely and men will
soon DRIFT this way. But don't care TO discuss It,
One thing can set down and that Is, we Will mere
after run ten hours day or not at alt"
Three hundred Pinkerton men were on the scene TO-
nigh but every thing quiet. Pinkeron says that
he represents ali the firms that published the circn
lar saying they would resume the ten hour system on
Monday He also intima.ed that they intend 10 re-
s-me work On Monday and if the old employees inter
fere declares that he will look to the interests OF the
packers The specials are al IN Uniform nho are
declare that all this display is needless as they do not
contemplate causing any trouble
The packing house men declare that their skilled
hands arc among the best paid aborers in the unon
receiving as high as So 10 So day. The great
body of the men, however, are ordinary day ao0rers
receiving the usual pay OF their class, but since May
have been working only eight Lours Outside OF the
packing houses in all other portions of the city the
same class of laborers have to work ten hours
From the indications at late hour tonight little mis-
row viii cause a scene of horror beside which
The Anarchist carnage Of May g will dwin-
Gle to almost nothingnesss oo Tonight there there
turbulent be found IN the arisan quarter
OF any city in the world Each man OF them is III pos
should the strikers give way thirst for liquor the
nkertons make their appearance at the meeting
led for tomorrow the consequences can scarcely DC
4 etOld
When the Pink erton arrived at the yards to-day
Immediately sworn in as special police officers
Lake and each one was provided with his
rife of their superior officers this armed
force marched down into "PackingtowD and
squads them distributed at various places to
property and prevent violence. If possible Dur
Ing afternoon while there was no organized riot in
dvldual foqGeBt and here many
hrnk heade II
declare they Will preserve order all hazards. No
serious disorder ANTICIPATE: unlass of the houses
attempt start up. The strikers confident that
.eir numbers Will be sufficient any attempt
by "A few keep work and this also has weight
with the hories and IL is generally considered posi-
tive OF houses will attempt to resume
work In the present temper or the men. |
AN AGENT BOYCOTTED BY MANUFACTURERS.