Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-24
FRESH COMPLICATIONS.
Another Strike Threatened by the Chica
go SsOck Yards Bntchers.

go stock Yards Butchers.
Before O'Clock on the morning of
the l 9Th, over 1 200 of the strikers at
the stock yards applied for work at
the various packing houses. Foremen
from the packing houses were on hand
and designated which men they wanted
to go to work. Those who were not
chosen went away without murmur,
feeling certain that they would be given
chance In the near future. While the
work OF hiring the men was in progress
strong guards of militia were posted
at points OF vantage, but there was no
need OF their services. Armour put
100 Of the strikers to work, Morris
$50, Fowler Bros. SO, Silverhorn Is,
Cudahy so, Hately Bros. 200, and
Swift about 800. The main rea-
son why so few were put to
work was the scarcity of hogs in
the yards, and the price of those had
been doomed up to q figure at which
none of the packers wanted to touch
them. They will probably be shipped
East by scalpers, while the packers
will wait for the new supply, which
will be in with g. rush in day or two.
Mr.. Cudahy, Armnur's manager, said
he would not think of resuming butch
had got up to at least 45, 900 per day.
A number Of the men taken back at
Swift's refused to sign a contract
which was presented to them as O. con-
dition of their employment. This
makes a, two weeks notice necessary
before q man can leave Or be dis
charged, and requires the men TO con-
tribute weekly to g. forfeit fund.
A few of the imported men resigned
during the day, and were provided
with transportation to their homes
and escort to the depot.
A Chicago dispatch of the 10Th says
'"The militia will probably be removed
from the stock yards tomorrow OF
Thursday, as the presence of the mil
tia seems no longer to be required
Many more men applied for work to
day. About twice as many men as
were engaged yesterday were selected
from the crowd this morning and or
dered to report to the various pack
ing houses for duty. The rest of the
crowd looked disappointed, but when
at 8 o'clock they were asked to dis
perse the q en- did SO without com
plant.
The Cattle Butchers Assembly held
O. meeting tonight, at which the main
topic was the contract proffered by the
! packers. Resolutions were adopted
denouncipg the action of the packers
and pledging the members Of the as
sembly not TO sign the obnoxious con
frQ q n1llfI 10y
was unanimous. Mr.. Barry said
''The packers think they have the mer
by the throats and propose to tighter
their grip q little. They have exacted
their pound OF flesh and now require g
pound of gold. "T'hat contract" said
Mr.. Barry, sis an Infamous piece o.
business. Themen are virtually asked
to contribute So, 100000 TO the pack
ers to be used in their business. They
could start q frst-class cooperative
| packing house with that sum. If the
packers do not recede from their pres
ent position, / am inclined to believe
that District 81 will order new strike
as it has q perfect right to do. In case
Of such a strike, tbs district would get
no support from the general order, but
would receive aid from the local as
semblies all over the country"
Considerable comment has beer
| made o. the alleged offer of P. D. Ar
mour to employ any Of the militia who
might lose their positions on account
Of their absence in the stock yards
campaign. It was suggested that many
of the boys might be quite willing tc
! make q change OF business, and Mr.
| Armour was asked this morning If he
| had really made the offer and If he haC
thought of the number Or men he might
| be called upon to engage. The great
packer acknowledged that he lad made
the offer, and hesitated g. momeub az
the vision OF a string Of several hun
dred blue-coated applicants for clerk
ships came before his eyes. Then
with his usual decision, he said: eyes
sir, we will take care Of any one who
may lose his place on account of his
duty at the yards" Glow about
your imported men. Mr. Armour:
"Every one of them will be kept and
taken care of, and wewill see that they
are notmolested or driven away"
The contract which the stook-y ards
RS~Oo OAo coAO ACd I'LL A1S OAAO - 80 ~ =
to sign is leading to fresh com plications
and possibly another general strike.
Many of the men who are not yet en-
ployed say that they will never sigt
any such agreement. The more radi>
cal Of the strikers are IN favor of re-
newing the fight, claiming that Powder
~ ordered the men back Upon the sup
position that no new conditions would
be imposed. The leaders are advising
the men to refuse to sign the contract,
stating that should this bedone TO any
considerable extent, District 81 will or
der a general strike and appeal to the
VARIOUS districts Throughout the coun-
try for aid.
Tonight Perry o aIeara, a switch
msn onthe Lake Shore Railroad, shot
and killed an unknown msn, sup
posed to be- one of the stock yards
strikers. In a saloon discussion
O'Meara unguardedly revealed that
ne was non union man from Toledo,
and on leaving the saloon WAS set