Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-11-12
THEY MADE A MISTAKE.


| CHICAGO, Nov. I2-Wednesday afternoon
| the Packers association, after a session last
| ing nearly four hours, adopted the following
| resolutions, resembling the ones passed Mon
| day:
WHEREAS, At a meeting of the packers
| held the Sth inst. resolutions were passed con
| corning the relations between their employees
| and the labor organizations; and,
| WHEREAS. We are convinced that such ac-
| ton brings uninteutional injustice upon
numerous persons who may be members of
| such organizations;
| Resolved, That the resolutions passed the
| date above mentioned be rescinded, and the
| following resolution be adopted as being more
| Ill accord with the mutual interest of both
| employees and employed, to-wit:
| WHEREAS, The packers are confronted
with the fact that their employees are repeat
| edly leaving their employment without no
tice to them and to the great detriment Of
| their business, which is of such nature as to
require constant prosecution and careful at
| tention: therefore
| Resolved, That, while we will not exclude
| from employment the members of such or
| CARNATIONS we will exercise the right to EN-
| ploy and discharge whom we please, and
| conduct the business on the ten-hour plan,
| and according to our best interests.
| All the big packers seemed pleased that the
| AioNN VI "lthdi awning Il thi pbSlllpil VI
hostility toward the Knights of Labor and
al labor unions had been taken. "A good
man. said Mr.. Armour, docs not lose any
thing in setting right mistake and l think
that resolution declaring against unions was
mistake l don't want to figure as boy
cotter myself and that first resolution put
me In that light
! Reveille was sounded at O'Clock Thursday
|
hard for the boys to turn out of their now
| comfortable quarters into the frosty air, but
their is no characterization Company of
the First regiment have the credit of the ar
rangemeut which makes the barracks more
comfortable than before. The boys secured
| some rubber horse-covers, which they spread
| On the floor. Then they piled hay on these,
and by combining two blankets and sleeping
two in bed manage to keep warm and conf
Portable. There is no complaint of a noisy
crowd keeping the militia awake, for the
boys are all too tired at taps to make mu III
disturbance, and are beginning to appreciate
opportunities for sleeping like veterans The
food, too, they say, is better since they have
their own ranges and cooks, and the boys
tont have to so through the smell of
Slaughter-hOuse noTder to reach their dining
ROOM
The troop of cavalry which arrived late
Wednesday, slept at night in the infantry
barracks, and the work of mounting was be
gun Thursday morning. Before noon suit
able horses were secured for most of the
troops and they are now prepared to dash
| through the alleys and pounCe upon offend
ars in grand style and on short notice There
| is quite spirit of rivalry between the foot
and horse troops, and no false motions will
De made 10y either. Sergt Doubleday had
his gatling gun squad out for practice Thurs
day morning with the little brass demon
AT the stock yards Thursday morning
| everything was as quiet and secure as any
portion of the city of Chicago. Men were
as safe in going TO and from their work and
| about the yards as if at their homes. There
was the utmost security and quiet every
| where
The night passed quietly except for little
distur bance at the foot of the viaduct at
Forty-third street, where some of the civil
guards were fired upon. Six of the attack
M PARTY were arrested, of whom four were
+ armed with revolvers and two with biles
SIX hundred new men who arrived from
! the east over the Grand Trunk We're escorted
I from Fifty fifth street by Company c, Capt
! Miles, Of the First regiment, and We're not
moicsted. One half went to SwIft's and the
other 10 Armour's There were $500 men
at work at the latter and 800 to 800 nt the
former house Thursday morning. Morris
hal $50 men, but there was not much doing
at the other houses. The men employed be-
fore the strike by Swift and Moran 6 Healy
were paid off at the Lake police headquar-
tiers Thursday morning.
T. Il. Barry who was found at the Transit
house Thursday forenoon in conference with
Mr. marshall, said he knew of the packers re
scinding the ostracising resolutions from see
ing it stated in the papers, and supposed that
it was so, though he had no direct informa-
ton ON the subject This. he thought,
would made the situation much more favor
able When asked whether he contem-
plated proposing settlement ON a ten-hour
basis lie indicated that he did, but did not
say so in so many words. He said, however,
that he was ready to submit the matter to
arbitration, and he thought the packers
showed q disposition TO meet the men In
the meantime committees appointed by local
assemblies of the knights would endeavor to
influence the men to keep away from and
avoid int rfering with the new men, and to
avoid gathering in crowdsor visiting saloons,
or in any way doing anything to annoy the
authorities.
The great topic of conversation Thursday
morning was the split between Messrs. Barry
and Butler and Gaunt, Harper and Dolan
Esrh side has its sympathizers, aul the con
stitnents of the three who have defled the
wrath of Barry and Butler are those who art
going to work. The Barry-Butler element
!, lines the sidewalk on Halsted street and use.
all endcavoTs to dissuade the men who desire
to go to work from doing so. No violence is
offered, however as the blue-coated pickets
2 line all the approaches to the yards and i'll
spire duo respect in the minds of even tbs
most pugnacious of the strikers.
Mr.. A A. Carlton, of Boston, member o
the general executive committee of TIN
knights of Labor, arrived in this city at
o'clock Thursday morning, and at once wen
; 10 the stock yards. MIR. Carlton has beel
sent here by Mr.. Powderly to DO what is pos
D sibly toward settling the strike.
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