Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-12
The X. OF l.. Committee in Chicago
No Change in tne Situation.

CHICAGO, Oct. 12.-The committee from the
general assembly Of the knights of Labor this
morning are having consultations with indi.
vidual owners oil the packing houses, rot find
ing ii possible TO deal with a committee repre-
senting the entire packing house interest. The
general situation AT the STOCK yards is un-
changed. Inere We're large waiting crowds
abou. the honses this morning. but there was
work and the Armour house is running its
pork department with a reduced force.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS IN TRYING TO FIND
WALLEkS ASSAILANTS.
Forty arrests were maue yesterday by Capt.
SchaacK and his officers In their endeayors TO
capture the men VINO mobbed the anarchist in-
of the men arrested were identified by Waller
and were held without bail. Among tuem WAS
the man whom Waller shot. He is only slightly
wounded.
MORE TERRoR1zfNG by ANARCHISTS
1t Was kept secret uuiil last evening that on
several nights last week parties Of men visited
the residence of Major Cole, In the suburbs,
with the evident intention oi maltreating aud
terrorizing himself and family, and possibly
assassinating HIM. Major Cole WAS one of lhe
jurors in tue anarchist case. On each OF the
hi hts in question Major Cole was in the cily
anu beyond greatly frightening the inmates OF
his house by threats nothing occurred. Thurs
day night when Major Cole Was returning ifom
the theater he WAS seized by the ruffians i'm "A
lonely spot near ms home. A pistol was
pressed " his forehead and he had gwen him
SELF up tor lost when the sound OF an approach
Ing carriage caused the assailants to release
him and nec.
Tne CITY council last night refused to nav the
bills presented by The doctors OF the county
hospital Ior attendance upon the officers
wounded IN the HayRarket massacre. The
council considered tue bills, which amount TO
several Thousand dollars as eXurDitant. 1t is
claimed alsu that the services rendered the off,
GERS should not have been charged ior by a pub-
lie institution.
MORE MEN GO on STRIKE.
The strike at the yards nas spread the latest
men TO go ont being ITO employees OF the Union
Stock EaruS Transit coiupauy. OF these 60 are
section hanus anu the balance work Ina tue
blacksmith shop. Tue shop has been closed.
Tue company notified the Inen that they would
have " work ten hours per day and they re-
fused. TDi. has not as yet interiered with the
business OF the company.
CHICAGo's GREASY GLORY HAS DEPARTED
A puDiIsned interview concerning the stock
yarus strike, with Mr.. Armour, says: "1he day
OF Cnicago's supremacy pork packing
center viii soon be a thing ol the past. kausas
City, Omaha, Cedar Rapids and oIner western
points are last taking the business away from
mere. Take Kansas City, Tor Instance. The
price of hogs there is twenty-1 cents a hun-
dred less than IL is here, wnie her freight rates
TO all western and southern points are as low as
seaOoard are only twelve, or at the most fifteen
words, Kansas City's freight rates to the
markets woere 30 per cent OF our products are
sOiu are just AS good AS ours, while hogs are
cheaper. W hat Is true OF Kansas City is true
in u greater or less degree or other western
points. II Is the natural course Oh events. The
corn belt has moved west and with il hog rails
Ing. It's history repeating itself. Oaly lew
years ago Chicago took away the supremacy
from Cincinnati and ST. Louis. To snow that
this Is not idle Talk, brought on by the present
troubles, will say / have not added a single
brick ~ my packing house properly here IN
Chicago, whlie III Kansas City, wnere already
had el ,5OO,OOO worth of packing house prop
erty, nave built S3OO, ,OOU worth additional
this summer, and between now aud next Janu-
ary will build anotner s3oo.oo0 worth"