The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-09
A Number of Nom Union Men Assailed and
Sayagely Beaten During the Day, but
General Outbreak Is Averted.
The Situation Serious, and PrOtracted
Struggle Considered Certain.
The Packers Manifest Determination to Re-
fuse to Employ Men Who Retain Their
Membership in Labor Organizations
GUARDED BY MILITIA.

GUARDED BY MILITIA.
| Two Regiments of Infantry in Charge-State-
ment of Committeeman Barry.
| CHICAGO Nov. 8.-The members of the First
| and Second regiments Illinois National Guards
assembled at their armory this morning, at 7
| o'clock, in obedience to orders from Governor
| Oglesby, transmitted through General Fltzsim-
mons commander of the First Brigade.
Perfect quier reigned in the yards this morning,
the tracks in the vicinity of the packing houses
being patrolled by deputy sheriffs, who kept the
| small crowds which congregated in the corners
| moving. Around the outskirts of the yards the
scene was different. Gangs of strikers stood at
the entrances, and men with their dinner pals
| in their hands were deprived of their pals, and,
in number of instances, were severely thrashed.
There seemed to be determined effort on the
| part of the strikers to prevent any new men
from apply ing for the positions which the former
| have left On the other hand, the employers
seemed determined not to re.engage any of the
strikers Captain Mackey, of the Town of Lake
police, assured men who applied every minute at
| the Town Hall that they would be protected.
| At 7:30 o'clock there were nearly IL, 900 less
| men at work than at the same time week ago,
and the men that did report for duty were. al
most without exception, those that have been
imported by the beef packers to take the places
| of the 5000 men who struck last week. So far
the status of the strike is somewhat indefinite,
the only thing absolutely certain being that the
| men who were ordered out on Saturday unani-
mously obeyed the order and left their work just
| in the condition in which it was when the COM
mittee appeared among them and read to them
the instructions of the committee of the butch
| ers' assembly of Knights of Labor. AT that
time some OF the men, notably those in Armour
| & Co.'S house, seemed to doubt the authenticity
of the order, and seemed to be disposed to refuse
| to obey it, but the appearance of several we'll
known committeeman allayed all "oubts on the
subject and left the doubters Ho Tentative but
to obey or renounce their all lance to the
Knights of Labor. Some of the .tn seemed to
be dissatisfied at being called out, and some
openly expressed their sentiments on the subject,
but the great majority accepted the situation
and went home without a murmur. The COM
mittee which issued the order was by no means
unit on the subject.
About 9 o'clock the crowds at the yards be-
came more turbulent and assaults non-union
men became more frequent One man, who
was on his way to Fowers packing house, was
intercepted while walking over viaduct which
leads to the house. Three or four men picked
him up and threw him over on to the ground
below, distance of over thirty feet. He was
very badly injured
Pat Collins and Mike Sullivan were brought
to the Armory police station during the morning
axd oho SxuiSh cfod
by Officers McGraw and Flanagan, of the
Thirty fifth street station. About o'clock
Henry Sharp and VIM. Oakley passed Thirty
eighth and Paurel streets on their way to work
at Armour's. A crowd of over one hundred, the
leaders of whom are alleged to be Collins and
Sullivan, attacked the two workingmen. Oak
ley was almost killed, his assailants jumping on
him and kicking him in frightful manner.
But for the arrival of Officers Flanagan and
McGraw who drove the crowd back at the muz-
zles of their revolvers the two men would prob
ably have lost their lives.
At 10 o'clock this morning the First and Sec
ond regiments marched from their armory to
the Lake Shore station, and from there they
were at transported to the stockyards.
There has been serious disturbance at the
yards yet, but the assaults on the non union men
are growing more frequent. AS the morning pro-
gressed the crowds surrounding the entrances to
the yards increased The strikers became more
obstinate and the deputy sherifs found greater
difficulty In dispensing them. Armour & Co. had
about one hundred and fifty of their old men,
who have refused to STOP at work killing hogs
but this was the only hog house in the yards
running Knight of Labor Barry said he had
not, as yet, been able to get at all the facts in
regard to the strike, and did not know what ac-
ton he would take. He proposed, however, to
have talk with the packers during the lay, and
hoped to soon bring about an amicable settle
ment of the trouble.
The militia, numbering about seven hundred
men, arrived at the stockyards without incident
They left the cars at Forty-third street march
ing through the yards, and are now quartered
at Ferguson's packing house. The crowds
cheered them family on their arrival but yelled
and jeered at the Pinkerton men on their
rounds.
since the assaults of this morning All the men
arrested for making these attacks were taken
before a justice and fined from $50 to $l00
each.
At Sic this evening an Associated Press re-
porter arrived direct from Packingtown and the
headquarters of the First and Second Regiments
l. n. G.. At 730 all was perfectly quiet in the
vicinity of the stockyards. No disturbance had
occurred during the day, and there were no
grounds for fears of any during the night. The
neighborhood is now deserted save for the First
and Second Regiments of Stete militia stationed
there. and the sheriffs deputies and Pinkerton
men. VINO have been on guard duty since the
trouble commenced. Late this afternoon, at about
the time the packing houses closing for the
night the First Infantry patroed the yards and
approaches to the packing district, while thg
Second Regiment marched up Root street to the
intersection of Halsted. In this way the entire
field covered, but not the slightest indica-
ton of mob violence moleston of non union
employees met with. The strikers express
satisfaction at the arrival of the militia. whose
presence they claim to prefer to that of Pinker-
toms men.
Tonight the strikers issued circular warning
men to keep away from the packing houses, and
urging upon their members the necessity of
'boycotting" liquor if they nope to win the fight
The saloons in the town CT Lake all
closed at o'clock to night bY order of the sheriff
There were few people on the streets after
o'clock, and everything was as quiet as if no
strike existed. At the yards the only unusual