Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-18

ton force Their barracks in Washington
Butchers Sons packing-house presents the
appearance of a military camp. All
through the day and night sentinals armed
with their Winchester rifles pace up
and down the alleyways and tracks
which surround it There is an entrance to
the packing-house across the tracks but this
is guarded by a sentinel, who orders the
would be visitor around TO the side gate.
Here another sentinel PAGES slowly backward
and forward and bars the entrance. passing
the word for the sergeant of the guard. That
worthy finally makes his appearance and es-
corts the visitor through Il courtyard sur
rounded on three sides by the brick walls of
the packing house, in which an awkward
squad" is constantly being drilled in Upton's
tactics, into the building On the third floor
are the barracks proper. Hundreds of can
vas cots are standing in long lows, while long
tables are set with tin cups and plates and
spoons and bone handled knives and forks
The men off duty lay around and while away
the time reading the papers and telling
stories.
Over in one corner is plain board parti-
ton over which is a sign bearing the word
Headquarters Through the door is a slit
ing the time of the arrival and departure of
the mails Inside the little box-like structure
Capt Foley and the nd jutant are located.
while clerk is busy writing at small table
The floor is carpeted with empty canvas bags.
and the apartment contains four cots for the
captain, clerk and adjCtant Lieut.. Hay has
been foreed by his wound to leave his duty
and sojourn at his home for n week or So
The whole scene is very martial one and
all the men are under the strict discipline of
soldiers in camp.
1t is understood that the Pinkerton army
is being recruited, and that the force viii be
largely increased on Monday
The boycott is rapidly extending in the
town of Lake The saloonkeepers ON Hal
sted street refuse the use of their watering
troughs to Armour's teamsters. A delega-
ton of the strikers waited upon all the butch
ers who came for their regular supply of
meat, and informed them that after Friday
1t was not in good style TO patronize Mr. Ar
mour. The drivers of coal wagons for Ar
mours were stopped, and, after brief con-
sultation, turned around and drove in the OPP
pos lite direction.
A few cattle were slaughtered in Armour's
new house Saturday forenoon, probably TO
drill the new butchers. The impression
prevailed that Armour would start up Mon
day with full force of imported men. An
other batch arrived on the Lake Shore
dummy Saturday morning
Several wagons loaded with bread for the
men employed at Armour's We're sent out
from the city. They reached Forty second
street, where a crowd of strikers threatened
to kill them II they proceeded further. The
drivers became frighted, turned their wag-
ons about, and returned TO the city
William Smith, a teamster employed at
Silberhorns, was sent with his team to Hal
sted street to get load of bedding for the
guards ct that house He was stopped
Emerald avenue by a crowd and badly
beaten and returned wi thout the bedding
The non+union carpenters and coal-heavers
employed by Armour, probably about fifty
in number, stopped work Saturday morning
and joined the ranks of the strikers.