Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-10-15
ARMED WITH WINcHEsreRs.
PinkertOn's Men Stationed I'm ChieagO's
StOekyards. They are Watched with
Interest and Hatred

PInkertOn's Men Stationed in ChicagO's
StOckyards. They are Watched with
Interest and Hatred.
| A dispatch from Chicago says. Advices
from the stockyards report the situation
unchanged and no disturbance of any kind
has occurred. Armour & Co. say that the
: report that their beef killers had also joined
the strikers is mistake, and that that part
of their establishment, as well as those of the
other packers, is running as usual, the
strikers being confined to the hog killers.
About 1000 head of cattle and 800 hogs were
received at the yard to-day.
| Over $50 Pinkerton men were lodged and
breakfasted at the Transit House, and at z
O'Clock in the morning emerged from the
dining room and shouldered their Winches.
ter rifles, which were stacked in the corner
around the lobby. Capt Foley called the
men to Attention" and they were marched
Off through the yards. At each packing
house squad of men left the line, and, in
charge of q sergeant defiled through the
( yards, and were stationed at the various cor
ners, where they could command view OF
the entire premises, and they were watched
| with interest and hatred by the men in work
ing clothes, and by hundreds of men without
dinner pals and attired in their Sunday
clothes, who, by this time, had as.
sembled in force in the yards and
observed the proceedings at the
idious packing hou es. This morn
ing it was rumored throughout the yards
that the packers had appointed commit tea
to adjust the difficulties with the men. Il
was asserted that the men had been making
money under the new schedule of wages, and
! were satisfied with the advance, but could
! not allow the machinery to remain idle for
/ two extra hours. The compromise 10 be
offered to the men, 1t was claimed, is to a l.
vance the wages for 10 hours to the sama
rates paid during the nine months for eight
/ hours This, 1t was said by some men,
eight hours work would be accepte /.
The great mass Of men were non.
committal and referred all questions to the
, leaders. The situation, from business point
! of view, is decidedly gloomy one. The
market is very dull, there being no demand
for fat hogs for packing There is, however,
some little demand for light hogs for the
around the office waiting for prices to &c
! down. Commission men have advised their
customers not to ship any more cat6le, and
4 kilograms of inquiry as to the condition of
things are being received all the
time. The commission men are very
gloomy.
| In an interview on the subject Of the strike
I Mr.. P. d. Armour says: THE matter OF
returning to the ten-hour system rests
entirely OF the question OF self-protection.
! Chicago packers are unable 10 compete with
the c ncinnati or Kansas City people on q
b sis of eight hours, chiefly on account of the
/ lpssened cost of operating at those points
The corn bt 1t has moved pretty much west.
/ ward, and hogs are cheaper out there. Chi
! cago packing house property has greatly de
! preciated in value Of late, and, for my part
l stand ready to dispose Of my Chicago
stockyards property at 20 per cent less than
cost. have expended $500, coo on my Kan.
sas City packing houses this season. would
gladly have my men work eight
hou,s If I could do SO in justice tc
myself, but under the circumstances
this Is not possible, and self
/ protection, Of course, must be primarily re-
garded by the packers work IA hours my
self every day, and 10 hours daily toll /.
! certainly not a great hardship for my en-
| ployes. do not anticipate closing dowr
work entirely, although for few days We
may not op + lte at full capacity. There are
p enty OF men who are wiling to work ter
hours each day, and take the places Of the
strikers If they are assured OF protection, anC
this will positively be offered them to the
fullest entent. trust the old hands, how
ever, will take proper view Of the situation
and reconsider their action, which iS certainly
! i'll advised" "