Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-09
PACKING HANDS STRIKE.
THE GREAT BATTLE BEGINS
SOONER THAN FXPECTED.

ChlcagO F6Cklng and Provision Company
waited on the foreman of the works and
demanded that the notices be taken
down. The demand was refused, and the
! regiment of workmen at once left the
building, and We're soon Joined by 800 men
employed in the Silver Horn works.
Thus reinforced, the large force went in
a body to the Armour works to induce
the men there to stop work. There was
great excitement at the yards.
! This afternoon a large body of addi-
tlonal workmen went on strike, and a
riot occurred at the works of John Nor
rell, when numbers of persons were hurt
| The entire police force of the town Of
Lake and two Pinkerton men, armed
with rifles, were sent to the scene.
Hundreds of men were standing about
the Pinkerton headquarters this morning
making applications for positions as
guards. MIR. W. a. Pinkerton was ret
| icent as to his Intentions, but said he had
not yet received any call for special p0-
lice for the purpose of guarding stock
yards. The crowd of strikers failed to
induce the Armour employees and Anglo
American workmen to stop work, and de-
parted without attempting anything COM
pulsory. Everything is quiet at the
yards.
Shortly before O'Clock all the men en-
ployed by the following stock yards pack
ing nrms refused to work and joined the
strikers: Armour & Co., John Morrell,
j. L. Hickey & Co., John Cudahy, Inter-
national Provision Company and the An
glo-AmerIcan Packing Company. There
! are between 5000 and 1000 of them, making
about 5000 in ali VINO struck during the
day. Some of MorrelPs men, after gong
m. al 6ad %
strikers at once invaded the place to COM
pei tuem to quit, and employed violence,
which tor time took on the dimensions
of serious riot.
QUIET RESTORED.
Affairs became more quiet after the ar
rival OF the police. 1t was found that
some OF the Morrell employees were in
Jured by the attack made upon them, but
none seriously. Three hundred PiDker-
ton men are guarding the houses tonight
A representative of the Silver
horn packing house declared
that New York and other Eastern
buyers were sending their orders to Kan
sas City, which necessitated a change to
tie same hours here. Armour g. Co.
posted notice tonight notifying their men
to come and receive their pay tomorrow.
1t is deemed positive that the houses all
contemplate keeping closed down for
short time at least.
CLAIMS OF THE STRIKERS,
S. W. Meek, attorney for the Executive
Board of the Knights of Labor, tonight,
in behalf OF the wOrkingmen involved
issued the following statement to the
press: 1.-The posting OF the announcement
OF the return to the ten-hour system on
Thursday by the packers, without expIa-
nation, caused the men employed IN the
Dnn rfv.,. Il TT -.
and Silverhorn q Co.'s works to leave
their work, not for violence and mob rule.
but thoroughly organized for determined
resistance in a fair and honor.
able way, and they ask that
the people be not prejudIced against them
by hasty and erroneous reports of vio-
lence written to serve the interest of the
packers. The workingmen have taken
their stand only after every offer of fair
settlement of their differences has been
refused by their employers. The con-
tracts embodying the agreements already
had between the packers and their en-
ployers have been rejected by the packers,
and 1t Is simply question OF the packers
keeping their agreements.
THE PACKERS ON TRIAL.
"rhey are on trial and not the working.
men. The action OF the cutters in return
ing to their work aud carefully cleaning
up and completing their work in hand, by
direction of their leaders. shows both the
spirit OF fairness with which they regard
the interests OF their employers, and the
absence of all desire on their part TO
cause loss or waste of the neces.
sarIes of life. 1t shows more
over perfect organization, never
before attained by wOrklngmen; portion
OF them returning to their work for a
definite time BY direction of their leaders
for the express purpose OF saving their
employers the loss OF perishablo property.
The wOrkiugmen involved ask the public
only fair and honest judgment OF their
actions ana to remember that their inter-
ests are the interests Of the whole people
of America"
THE DETECTIVES AT SUPPER.
At6oclock this evening the Pinkerton
detectives sat down to supper at the Tran
sit house, with Winchester repeating
rifles between their knees. Capt. Foley,
in charge, said that by tomorrow he
would have 800 men in and about the
yards. An emergency squad Of Pinker-
ton men arrived az the yards at 4 O'Clock
via the Lake shore road, and were
greeted by dersive yells from
crowd Of 1000 which filed
the streets. The men were sent TO the
Town Hall and wese all sworn In as spe-
the gar, but the crowd made IT so un-
pleasant that Capt. Foley formed his
command into four companies and headed
for the Transit house.
DEEP LAID PLOT.
The strikers express the idea that the
packers have a deep laid scheme TO MI
the houses with new men willing to work |
ten hours. IL is said that to this end en- |
ployers had been collecting at outside |
points Tor months. A feature OF the strike |
was the beef men goiug out at Armours. |
This was surprise to the packers, |
who apparently intended TO contine the |
fight 20 tho hog interest. The firm is left |
with 1890 head OF cattle in tbeir yard to |
feed. Armour's coopers came out also. |
They had asked for 2jc, advance and 1t |
had not been granted.
10000 MEN OUT.
IL is evident that there are now 10000 |
men out OF work, about one-quarter OF |
whom are strikers, the others being /
Obliged 20 quit on their own account Tor |
want OF WORK. These laborers, though |
not technically strikers, appear TO be
in hearty sympathy with the movement. /
The men all quit with their knives and