St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-09
or molestation of non-union employees were

ton at the arrival of the militia, whose
presence they claim to prefer to that OF
Pnkerton man. To night the strikers
issued circular, warning men to keep
away from the packin- houses and urging
upon their members t,.a necessity Of boy
cOtting liquor if they were to win their
fight A meeting was held this afternoon
in the directors room Of the board of trad @.
Representatives of every one of the packing
firms were present the decision reached
was unanimous. After discussing the stu
alton. resolutions were drafted and adopted
without dissenting voice. The signatures
of the packers were then affixed Only
those strikers will be taken back to work
who will sign an agreement to renounce all
connection with the Knights of Labor and
similar organizations. The meeting also
determined to provide board and protection
for new men, A comnittee was appointed
whose special business is to promptly pro-
cure all the assistance, boarding quarters
and Accommodations necessary.
CHICAGO PACKERS
! have declared war on al labor organizations
and this afternoon sigCed resolution de-
claring that hereafter none OF them would
| employ any man connected with anv labor
organization. Following is the resolution
which was signed by every packer at the
stock yards:
whereas It is evident that many men are
willing to work but arc prevented by the ao-
! toa of labor organizations; ana
| Whereas, The packers are brought face to
! face with sba fact that their men are abso-
lutey controlled by such organizations:
! therefore re il
Resolved, That we will not employ any
! man VITO is member of labor organi-
| cations.
I
American Provision company; Chicago Pack
ing and Provision company, John Morrell &
Co.. Aliorten Packiu5 company BetsfoGd
| Packing company. Hstel' Bros Robert War
| ren & Co. Jones Il Stiles, Moras & kIeaey.
| SlIberhorn & Co., L. D. Doud & Co., &. D.
Baldwin & Co.. International Packing com
| pany, Underwood x Go, FloTd. HUFFMAN &
| Co. ". Butchers S0rs John Cudahy.
The following proclamation WAS issued
this afternoon by Sheriff lianchett:
Notice to the Puplic: o. and after Nov 9,
| and until further L0tice, toe entrances to
| PacktnEtown VIII be open for admission to
| all men who desire to go TO work and for all
| persons who desire 20 do busnsas with the
| packing houses or stock yards. No other
| persons will be admi ted Ample protection
will be furnished or all men who desire to
| go to work. SET T. HANCHErV, Sheriff.
THE SALOONS
in the Town of Lake were all closed at s
o'clock tonight by order of tue sheriff
There wero few people on the streets after
6 O'Clock. and at II o'clock everything was
az quiet as il no strike existed. At the
yards the only unusual sound was the tread
OF the soldiers and the songs from impris-
oned quartettes in the camp of the
militia. The yards are brilliantly
| lighted by electric lights erected
since the inauguration of the
labor troubles. The executive COMMITTEES
| OF the Knights of Labor was in session all
| day and until late in the evening. The
secrecy of their proceedings was guarded
even more rigidly than usual. One of the
members said thsy had considered the CO.
| operative plan and were in receipt of offers
of substantial financial backing should it
be decided by the knights to begin opera
| tiOns in the packing business under that
| system.
| Mr.. Barry. who is representing Mr.. Pow
derry and the Knights of Labor general ex
ecutive board. said tonight that he consid-
cred the situation q very serious one, and
he looked FOR protracted strike. He said
the order 10 strike was regular, and Of
| fered
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT
to the public a. an Official utterance en- the
subject:
To whom 1t may concern: In justice to
ourselves ami the 25,00g men whom we re-
| present we de = IN make a few statements
| and correct 81 ne erroneous impressions.
! The comsnittee having tne last strike la
| charge made all efforts consistent with
| knightho0d to compromise the difficulty.
| Tho packers were offered the following pro-
| positions, which they treated with contempt:
| First, A technical recognition OF tae eight
| hour day, the employees promising to work
o. n-rtr nad
| necessary. Second, A reduction in pay
| sufficient TO halance any loss which might be
| incidental 10 iuch an arrangement These
| negotiations Rilug. certain packers assured
| the committee, if the men wGuld return
| to the teu-hoir plan for few weeks. that
they, the paciers, would withdraw from tAe
| Packers association and return to the eight
| hour system. The authorized representatives
| of the packers have siuce notified US that no
member of tAs association had the right TO
take such action. We have posi-
| tive proof that Mr. p. D. Armour
desires no settlement on any basis
| whatever, He is fighting for another
| object. Tie agreement winch he requires all
tie men to sign who fe turn to his employ,
throws light upon his motives. That agree
ment is rs follows: Il do faithfully promise
| that viii renounce allegiance to all labor or
gan2ations, and that | will deposit from my
wages the sum of % weekly until the total
has reached s10f, and that | will not leave
this firm except on two weeks notice On ny
part, under penalty of forfeitlRg all money
so deposited" We are censured for
not putting the houses in order
precedent which was established at tho last
strike. At that tins Mr.. Granville Sawyer a
membei of the executive board of district Ne.
81, was asked by N. Cudahy to clean up his
houses. Mr. Sawyer raised volunteers amoug
the mer and did the work to Mr.. Cudahy's
satisfaction. The next day an injunction
uvaS r1lo aaA Mr. n nis=c nj
from entering the yards. That is one and
an all-suiicient reason for declining
TO assis the packers In this respect. Ne
agreement was ever made between the PACK
ers and the executive board of the cattle
butcher. association. The packers offered q
schedule based on the ten hours system and
signed L, but the butchers committee re-
jected tie proposition. The order to strike
was the work OF no ons man, or any few men.
1t was in response to the unanimous demand
OF %, 600 men who were perfectly represented
in the deliberations OF the committee which
issued that order. Believing that this state
ment will give the public better understand
ing of some of the complications of this
problem, we subscribe, respectfully.
EXECUTIVE CoNMITTrB KNIGHTS OF LABOR,
N. A. Marshall, Secretary.
An Ea~tsra sn pIicaIion.
ALBANY, n. Y, Nov. S.-A fresh CON-
plication has arisen which will call for &C
tion by the Knights of Labor. 1t relates to
the slaughtsring of cattle for dressed beef
depets, and is an outgrowth of the great
Chicago strike. Saturday and yesterday
forty carloads OF live cattle were received
at West Albany from Chicago. billed to this
city, Troy, aud points in New England.
Agents of the dressed beef firms Instituted a
search and after some little trouble found
that only one butcher would kill stock for
them. 1t is thought that if the
strike in Ch;capo which has caused