Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-12
CHICAGOSTRIKERSSHAKY
THE AIR FULL OF RUMORS OF A
COMPLETE SURRENDER.

AoWuefIy hetuseb 10 itSnY GhhJ he De@
clared the Fight In-Advised ana Or
dsred the Meu Back to Work A Peace
maker from Boston on the scene-The
Packing Houses Well Supplied with
New Men.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE situation at
the Union stock yards showed improve
ment this morning. All the packers re-
| ported their forces increasing, and among
the applicants for work to-day were
many of the old men. Contrary to gen.
eral expectation, the workmen who were
engaged by Fowler & Co., in New York
last Monday, arrived at the yards
and reached their employers establish
ment without any molestation. Trouble
was expected when these 800 men ar
rived, and every precaution was taken by
the military TO prevent it. Company
d, Of the First Regiment, marched
to the corner of Fifty-fiftn and
! Halstead streets shortly after O'Clock
! this morning. Shortly after that hour
the Grand Trunk Line train, with the i'm
ported workmen, arrived, and the men dis
embarked. Guarded by Company ID, they
then had to march two miles through the
toughest part OF the stock yards district
to the yards proper, and although the
streets were crowded with strikers and
their sympathizers, not the slightest in
terIerence was attempted. The new
workers were safely housed at Fowler's.
Reports TO Gen. FitzsimmOns at 8 O'Clock
from all parts of the yards reported every
thing quiet.
HUNDREDS AT WORK.
The presence OF blue coats was about
| the only indication this morning of the
strike being IN progress. Hundreds OF
men went to work and there seemed to be
no lack OF business. Armour & Co. were
running almost at 1ull blast to-day, they
! having received number OF men
from the East last evening, and number
of both old and new men were put to
work this morning. The firm had nearly
5000 men at work. The Chicago Packing
and Provision Company received fifty
men last night, and to-day have about
900 at work. Nelson Morris and Fowler
Bros. had each fully as many, and Swift
& Co. had about 1,500 men.
Arrow IN THE CAMP.
The great topic of conversation this
morning was a row in the camp OF the
knights and the split between Messrs.
Barry and Butler, and Messrs. Grant,
Harper and Dolan. Each side has it sym
pathizers, and the constituents of the
.
Barry and Butler are those who went
TO work. The Barry and Butler
element lined the sidewalk on
Halstead street and used all endeavOrs
to dissuade the men who desired to go to
work from doing SO. No violence was at
tempted, however, as blue-coated pickets
lined the approaches to the yards and in
spired due respect IN the minds of even
the most pugnaciOus of the strikers.
PEACEMAKER ARRIVES.
A. T. Carlton, of Boston, of the General
Executive Board of the knights OF Labor,
arrived in this city this morning, and
after consulting one or two of the ''old
heads'' OF the order, went out to the town
of Lake. W hen he arrived there he was
met by Messrs. Barry, Marshall, Butler
and other prominent knights of Labor.
The leaders of the strike. with Mr.. Carl
ton as a new angel of peace, repaired TO
the Transit House and held long secret
conference. MIR. Carlton is a conserya-
tive man, and was, it is said, chosen by
MIR. Powderly as the agent most likely TO
be able TO bring about an adjustment OF
the trouble.
POwDERLY AGAINST THEM.
1t was reported in the Board of Trade
to-day that the following dispatch was
received by MIR. Barry this morning:
Order the men back. The eght-hOur move
ment at this time is considered impraclica-
BILE, and has not our approval,
PowDERLY.
Mr.. Barry refused to affirm or to deny
the truth OF the report when interrogated
by note, replying that he was 'busy."
Mr.. Armour's manager said that they
had heard a similar report from their
manager at the yards, but they had no
confirmation OF the report, although they
believed it.
SO many new men have come in from
ali parts Of the country that the packers
reported this afternoon that they need no
more At Armour's 900 cattle and 1000
hogs were killed to-day with the force at
work in their house, which was composed
almost entirely OF new men.
TO BE ORDERED BACK.
Late this afternoon MIR. Barry, who has
been on the ground ever since the strike
was inaugurated, and who all day has
been in consultation with Mr.. Carlton, oi
Boston, of the General Executive Board
OF the knights OF Labor, announced that
an order sending the men back to work
would be issued. The men will go bac k
on the packers terms, VIZ, ten hours per
day. What proportion OF the strikers Will
find employment is rather doubtful. At
the end OF the last strike the packers an
nounced that none OF the new men would
be discharged to make room for those
who left them. and that they were anX-
ious to give the new hands employment.
DRIVEN OUT.
But soon after the strike was over the
new men left in droyes, the explanation
being given that the old men would make
il 30 unpleasant for them that they could
not stay in PackingtOwn. All the board
ing houses there virtually bOycotted the
new comers. Whether this experience
Will be repeated now or not is question.
The packers say not, aud further state
that they have made every arrangement
: TO prevent it. All the boarding houses
that have been started for the new men
by the hackers VIII be maintained. II is
further announced that the packers will
require OF every man in their employ "A
written guaranty that he will give the
firm three or four days notice before
leaving, and a money deposit will he re-
ouired from emery employe ITO cover his
guaranty This rule Will apply to the
men now at work as well as to those
engaged in the future.
NOT AT An END.
CHICAGO, Nov. IL, II p. M.-The re-
port teegraphed from here early
mis- evening that the strike was
al an end was based upon d.
rect information from the packers. At n
o'clock Tonight information was received
from the same source that the report
| prnvaa m be without I, uudaLiOu.