Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-11-09
BOTH SIDES DETERMINED.
BITTER WARFARE BETwEEN The
CHICAGO sACkERs AND MEN.
Non-Union workmen Attacked and
Badly Beaten by strikers-Tho
Militia Called Out.

ever inaugurAted In "Paokingtown.' ,
At z 30 O'Clock this morning there wer
NEARLY IL, 900 less men ut work than a
the Same time week ago, and the me,
that did report for duty were, almos
without exception, those who have beel
imported BY the beef-pAokers to tax,
the places Of the 5000 mon who strucl
last week. 30 far the status of tn,
strike is somewhat indefinite, the onl,
thing absolutely certain being that tn,
men who were ordered out on Saturda,
unanimously obeyed theorder, and lef
their work just In the condition whioi
It was whsn the committee appeared
among them and read TO them the in
structions OF the committee of tn,
Butchers Assembly OF the Knights o
Labor.
Gangs ofstrikers stood at the entranc,
to the yards this mosninR, and the moi
with their dinner pals In their hand
were deprived of their pals and in 4
number OF instances severely thrashed
There seemed to be . detefmiRed effort
on the part Of the strikers TO prevent
fany new men from applying for tn,
positions which the former have left
On the other hand, the en- mployers seem
cd determined not TO re.engAge any oI
the strikers. Captain Msckey. of the
Town OF Lake police, assured men who
applied every minute ~ the Town Hal
that they would be protected.
AS the morning progressed the crowds
surrouhdins the entrances to the yard
increased. The strikers became mors
desperate and the deputy sheriffs found
greater di@culty In dispensing them
| Armour & Co. had about $50 of theil
old men, who have refused to strike, at
work killing hogs, but this was the only
hog house In the yards running. AbouI
8 O'Clock the crowd at the yards grew
| more turbulent, and assaults on non
| union men became more frequent. Ont
man, while on his way to Fowler
packing hoase, was intercepted Will.
| walking over . viadust which leads Il
the hoRse. Three or four mon picket
him mp and threw him over on to th,
ground below, . distance OF over thirty
feet. He was very badly injured.
Pat Collins aud Mike Sullivan wer,
brought to she Armory police station
during the morning and charged will
assanlt. They were arrested by Officeri
McGrAw and Flanagan, of the 35ti
street station. About z O'Clock Henry
Sharp and VIM. Oakley passed Thirty
fifth street and Laurel on their way Il
work az Armour's. A crowd of ovel
300, the leaders of whom are alleged Il
have been Collins and Sullivan, at
tackled the tws workingmen. Oakley
was almost killed, the Assailants jump
ing on him and kicking him in fright
ful manner. But for the the arrival o
Officers ElannigAn and McGraw, who
drove the crowd back at the point o
their revolvers, the two men woul(
probably have been killed.
The militia, numbering about 70'
men, arrived at the stock yards with
out incident.
The Chicago packers have declares
war upon all labor organizations, anC
this afternoon signed resolution de
| claring that hereafter none of then
| would employ any man connected with
any labor organization. The following
la the resolution which was signed bJ
every packer at the stock yards:
Whersas, 1t is evident that many
men are willing to work, bat are pre-
| vented by the action of labor orgAniza
tiops; and
Whereas. The packers are brought
| face to face with the fact that their met
are absolutely controlled by such orea
nixAtions; therefore to ii
Resolved, That we will not employ
any man who is a member of said labo
Organization.
Late this afternoon, about the tim.
the packing-houses were closing for tn,
night, the First Infsniry patrolled tn,
yards and approaches to the packing
district, while the Second Regimen
marched up Root street to the inter
section Of Halstead. In this way tn,
entire field WAS covered, but not th'
slightest Indications of mob violence OF
molestAtion of non-union employees wer,
met with. |he strikers expressed salts
faction Mt the arrival of the militia
whose presence they claimed to prefel
to that OF Pinkerton men To night the
strikers iseued q circular warning mer
TO keep away from the packing houses
and urging upon their members thu
necessity Of "boycotting" liquor If they
hoped to win their fght.