The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-11-11
CHICAG0S BIG PACKERS.
THEY DECLARE WAR ON ORGANIZED
LABOR.

No Trades Union Man or Knight OF Labor
to BE Employed Hereafter at Their
Packing Houses The Little Packers
Give in to the Strikors-NOtes.
CHICAGO, Nov. l0.-ThO situation at the
stock yards is unchanged. Two regiments Of
militia are on guard. The packers have de-
cided that they will employ no Knights Of
Labor men, and hat If their men come back
they must place IN the hands Of their en-
ployers their resignation from tho labor
unions This move Is likely to make the
strike more bitter and long.
Everybody was excluded from Packing
town in the morning, except persons engaged
there or those willing to 60 to work on the
packers' terms These latter were announced
to be according to resolution signed by all
the prominent packers, except Nelson Nor
ris and George W. Swift g. Co., that the men
shall resign from any labor organization
they may belong to. The absence Of the
names of Swift and Morris from the resolu-
tion was commented on by the men as the
weak point in the packers position. All was
quiet within and without the quarantined
district. Deputy sheriffs were on guard on
the avenues and alleys Of Packingtown, with
the main avenue from the entrance Of the
yards to Halsted street picketed by militia
men
Outside the charmed circle the Lake police
were in charge of things Two companies of
the Second regiment we're stationed at points
made conspicuous by disorder yesterday, 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
occasional scrap OF drills to keep their blood
circulating. On Halsted street, from Thirty
first to Thirty-ninth streets, there was quite
large force Of city police.
Armours two houses were running, hogs
and some cattle being killed Swift's and
Morris houses were also running, with
slightly increased forces
Before the militia fully occupied the
ground, as they did later in the morning,
large crowds assembled, and several fights
took place. With the advent Of rains and the
boys in blue, the crowds dispersed. The sa-
looms in the Town Of Lake were closed, and
will remain so until further orders from Su-
pervisor Stafford The temporary prohibi-
tion district extends from Fortieth street
north, and between the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne e. Chicago railroad tracks on the
east, and Western avenue on the west
The following agreement, adopted by the
executive board of District No. 81, has been
adopted by number Of small packers and
butchers, who start up this morning on that
basis. Articles Of agreement between the
beef and pork packers of Chicago and their
employees:
awe, the undersigned, mutually agree to
the following agreement to be binding on
both parties from November 8, 1885, to May
/, 1887: Eight hours shall constitute days
work, commencing at o'clock and stopping
at 4:30 The schedule Of wages shall be on
the basis of 10per cent reduction in all skilled
labor. This does not include the cattle men
whose wages have already been adjusted
laborers receiving SIZE per day to receive
Sl.65; laborers receiving SLIGO per day or less
to receive no reduction"
Those who have given in their adherence
to this basis Of settlement to date are The
Cook house, at the yards, 1875 men; the Phael-
ger house, in Fowlsr's old stand, cattle
butchers, fifty men; the O'Mallia cattle
house, in Bridgeport, 100 men. Libby, Nc
Nsill & Libby at Sixteenth and State streets,
have resumed work on the same basis, as did
Shoeneman and Hutchberger, hog butchers,
at the yards, without having signed the
agreement
Quite a number Of new men reported for
work at the houses advertising for additional
help and pro missing protection.