Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-16
ARM0UR'S BEEF MEN OUT.
KNIGHT Il AIRY DECLARES WAR
ON THE FIRM.


A Boast that the Meats of the House,
win be Driven Out of the Market in
Less than Three Months-The Other
Packers Declare Themselves in Sym
pathy with the Firm Threatened.
CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-The situation at the
stock yards was further complicated this
morning by the refusal of 1900 beef
butchers employed by the Armour Com
pany to go to work. This long threatened
strike OF the beef butchers was decided
on at IA meeting last night. Knight OF
Labor Barry, sent here from Richmond ia
try and effect settlement, says he is sat-
isied he can do no good here, as the pack
ers will not treat with him as an associa-
ton, and he will leave for Richmond i'm
mediately to lay the case before the
knights' convention. Packlngtown, the
scene OF the great strike, was filed this
morning with crowds OF men who stood
idly by discussing the situation.
he order for the beef and sheep kill
lers' strike this morning was confined tol
the Armour establishment. This is taken
as indicating that the fight by the,
Knights Is being directed solely againstl
Armour. That firm did not attempt to-
operate either it's beef or pork killing de-
partments this morning.
BARRY's BRAGADoCIo.
A morning paper prints an interview,
with Delegate Barry, of the Knights OF
LABOR, regarding the ordering out of Ar
mour's beef men, in which Sir. Barry
says:
We have formally declared war on the big
pork speculator, and it Will be war 50 thes
knife. | shall get to Richmond before the
convention adiourns, and you NAV depend
upon IL Armoor's meats throughout the United
states VIII be an unknown quantity In less
than three months. We intend to HghL am
aggressive battle, and Armour, with his mil !
lions, VIII either be brought to terms or be rel-
egated TO the position OF u retired, If not
bankrupt pork packer. As far as the men ara
concerned,we shall take care OF them.
THE PACKERS OF ONE MIND.
New men continued to arrive durins,
the forenoon, and this afternoon IL was
reported that Armour had 1900 men ens
gagged. Twenty-Five packing house firms
at the yards this afternoon issued q card
to the public, in which they say: "Havs
ing noticed the published report Of the
remarks OF Thomas Barry, of the commit.
tee of the knights of Labor, in which be
throws the onus Of the present labor
trou bles at the stock yards upon Armour
81 Co., and holds them alone responsible
for ITS results, we, the remaining pork
and beef packers OF Chicago who have
entered their protest against the eight.
hour system do hereby announce that we
are unanimous in our action, and that
Armour n co. are no more responsible
for the present circumstances than we
are ourselves, individually and collect.
lively. All the statements that Armour
& Co. are standing in the way OF or in any
manner opposing an amicable solution OF
the question at issue are entirely without
foundation, Discrimination aVnfnat Ar.
mour d Co.'s dressed beet business by orr
dering out their beef butchers is equally
unjust and unreasonable, as their com<
pettors, Messrs. Swift Il Co. and Norris
IL Co., are iuliY in accord and sympathy
with the ten-hOur system.