Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-11-10
COMPANY, ATTENTION.
OMNIBUS WORDS WHICH SCATTER
A STOCK YARDS MOB.

1 . YIN WIZ
The Situation in Packingtown - About
1000 Men Now at Work Under Pro-
tection-An Agreement Between small
Packers and Their Employees = Barry
Proposes Arbitration-shots Fired.
| CHICAGO. Nov 10-Everybody was ex
cluded from Packingtown Tuesday morning
except persons engaged there or those willing
to go to work on the packers terms. These
latter were announced to be, according to
resolution signed by all the prominent pack
| ers except Nelson Morris and George W.
| Swift & Co, that the men shall resign from
any labor organization they may belong to-
| The absence OF the names of Swift and Nor
| ris from the resolution was commented on by
/ the men as the weak point i'll the packers po-
| siiion All was quiet within and without the
| Gaarantiaed district Tuesday morning
| Deputy sheriffs were on guard IN the avenues
| and ALLEYS of Eacklngtonn with the
main.avenue from thu entrance ot the yards
| tn Halsted street picketei by mihtiamen.
Outside the charmed circle the Lake police
| were i'll charge of things. Two companies of
the Second regiment were stationed at points
| made conspicuous by disorder Monday, the
corner of Fortieth and Halsted streets and
at the viaduct and Forty-third street They
had no shelter, but stood at ease with an &C.
cissional scrap of drill 10 keep their blood
circulating. On Halsted street, from Thirty
first to Thirty ninth streets, there was quite
a large force of city police.
The saloons IN the town of Lake were
closed Monday morning, and will remain so
until further orders from Supervisor Stat
ford.
The packers at meeting Monday after
noon adopted tine foliowing
WHEREAS, 1t is evident thatmany men are
willing 10 work but are prevented by the
action Of the labor organ cation. and
WHEREAS, The packers are brought face
to face with the fact that their men are alb
solutcly controlled by such labor organiza-
ton. b. it
Resolved. That we will not employ any
man who Is a member of said labor organize
ton: he it
Resolved That all men employed will he
required to resign from such labor organizl-
ton and place such resignation IN tue hands
of his employer
Mr.. Barry has proposed the folowin plan
OF ar5itr alton to the packers: That the lat
ter authorize their executive committee to
act and the men select committee with full
power, the two leaders 10 meet and adopt a
plan TO mst the present difficulty and to
prevent recurrence; in case they could not
agree, each side to select an arbitrator and
these 10 agree upon a third. the decision of
the trio 10 lie binding on both sides The
packers seen agreed to bring about an early
meeting OF their association to consider this
proposition
Mr.. Barry has a dispatch from MI Pow
derby in which the general master workmen
repudlateS all interviews on the strike and
offers to send assistance 10 the representative
Of the executive board here if he needs it
The following strikers were at the Harri-
son street police station Tuesday morning
charged with riJting at Forty third street
and the railroad crossing on ArmOur's
grounds Monday evening: Joseph Hall, -
years. butcher; John L. LYMAN y, laborer;
Carl Trenuett. 81 James Hickey, -, butcher;
Michael Fahey, 4G, laborrr: John Sweeney,
-, laborer; Archibald McNegh, Henry Os-
tahur. NJ ! Dohertv. Amias Mcdonald
Morris CavanauGh Edward Hanlan. James
Hanlan. Cornelius Muldeal, and Michael
Walsh were also locked up for assaults on al
legged on-uuIunists. mistakes having been
made 10y some nf them and loyal men beaten
The following agreement. adopted by the
executive board Of district No n has been
adopted 10y number of small packers and
butchers, who started up Tuesday morning on
that basis
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
BEEF AND PORK PACKERS OF CHICAGO AND
THEIR EMPLOYEES: We the undersigned mu-
tually agree to the following agreement, to
he binding on both parties from Nov ;, 1SS6,
to May /. I>S1:
Eight hours shall constitute a days work,
commencing at o'clock and stopping at 4 20
The schedule of wages shall b. on the basis
of 10 per cent reduction on all skilled labor
This does not include the catt1emen whose
wages have already been adjusted Lahorers
receiving SIT per day To receive : 10. la
borers receiving 81 ~ per day less to re
ceive no reduction
Those who have given in their adherence
to this basis Of settlement 10 date are: The
Cork house, at the yards, l,25 men, the Phael-
ger house, IN Fowl old place cattle butch
ers, - men: the OMalIa cattle house. in
Bridgeport. tOo men. Libby. Mcneil u
Libby, at Sixteenth and State Streets re
sumed work Monday on the same basis as
did Shoeneman Il Hutchbarger, hog butch
ers at the yards, Tuesday morning without
having signed the agreement
There were Iumors out at the stock yards
Tuesday afternoon that General Master
Workman Powderly has been requested TO
come to Chicago and Use his best efforts to
effect settlement between the packers and
their striking employees. 1t is known that
Mr. Barry Is in constant communication with
Mr.. Powderly, but whether the general mas
ter workman has consented to come west
can nOt-he aScPrtaIned
Mr.. Barry came into tho city Tuesday and
called on Mr. RotSford, of the packers com
mittee. He asked whether it WINS true that
resolutions had been passed insisting that
striking Knights of Labor should renounce
their order rs a condition precedent to being
re-employed Mr. Bostford replied that
such was the case. MIR Barry said very lit
tie else and left.
The only trouble encountered during the
morning was at the corner Of Packers ave
nue. and Fosty seventh street, where Com
pany Of the First regiment, under Capt
Eddy, was stationed. Some one in the crowd
called some names and stones followed No
one was hurt, and at the order: Company,
attention." the crowd scattered like fright
ened sheep. Everything looked quiet and
the men werr fast going to work Ii was es-
tmatrd that fully 1000 men were at work.
IN place Of the so who were in Monday.
The first excitement of the day at the stock
yards occurred at ! o'clock Tuesday after
noon At that hour word was sent to the
headquarters of the deputy sherifrs that their
services were needed Mt Forty second and
Ashland avenue Fifty deputies immediately
hurried 10 the place, and were quickly fol
lowed ly -four companies OF militia. An in