Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-11-09
THE GREAT STRIKE.
The ssMeat Packers Stand
Firm.
THE MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
An Address From the Knights
and Resolutions by the
Owners.
THE MILITIA ORDERED OUT.

Especial TO the Herald bp The Associated Press
CHICAGO, November s.-Governor Oglesby
has ordered cut the First and Second regi-
ments of National Guards to be subject to
further orders of the Sheriff, as q conse
quence of the eight-hour strike of the meat
packers.
At $50 all YVES perfectly quiet in the vicin-
ity of the stock yards. The neighborhood
is now deserted save for the First and Sec
ond regiments, the State militia stationed
there, and Sherifrs, deputies and Pinker-
toms men, who have been on guard duty
since the trouble commenced. The strikers
express satisfaction at the arrival of the
militia, whose presence they claim to pre-
fer to that of PinlSerton's men. Tonight the
strikers issued circular warning men TO
keep away from the packing houses, and
urging upon their members the necessity of
"boycottfng liquor" They hoped to win
their fight.
THE PACKERS SIDE.
The following is resolution signed by
every packer at the stock wards:
Whereas, it is evident that many men are
willing to work. but are prevented by
action of labor organizations, and
Whereas, the packers are brought face to
face with the fact that their men are abso-
lutely controlled by such organizations,
Therefore, be it resolved that we will not
employ any men who is member of such
organizations.
Armour Co, Anglo American Provision
Co, Chicago Packing and Provision Co.
John Morrell & Co, Allercton Packing Co.,
Botsford Packing Co., Hally Bros, Robt.
Warren & Co.. Jones & Stiles, Moran &
Healy, Siberian 4 Co.. L. d. Dond & Co,
International Packing Co., G. D. Baldwin &
Co.. Underwood & Co., Floyd Huffman &
Co., W. Butchers Sons and John Cudahy.
THE sHERIFF's SIDE
The following proclamation was issued
this afternoon bv sheriff Hanchett: Notice
to the public-On and sfler November 9Th,
and until further notice, entrance to pack
ingtown will be open for the admission of
any men who desire to work, and ior all
persons who desire to do business with
Tacking houses or in the tockyards. No
other persons will be admitted. Ample
protection will pc furnished for all men
who desire to so to work"
THE LABOR SIDE.
Mr.. Barry, who is representing Powderly
aud the Knights of Labor General Execu-
tive Board, said to night that he considered
the situation very serious one. and he
looked for a protracted strike. He said the
order to strike was regular, and offered the
following statement to the public as an
official utterance on the subject
To whom 1T may concern: In justice to
ourselves and the 25 900 men whom we rep
resent, we desire to make few statements
sions The Committee having the last
strike in charge made all efforts consistent
with knighthood to compromise the diff
Guilty. The packers were offered the fol-
lowing proposition, which they treated with
contempt: First. technical recognition
of the eight-hour day, the employees prom
Using to work over time as much as the
packers deemed necessary. Second. a re-
loss which miaht be incidental to such an
arrangement. These negotiations failing
certain packers assured the committee that
If the men would return to the ten hour
plan for few weeks that they the packers,
would withdraw from the packers associa-
tion and return to the eight-hour system
The authorized representatives of the peck
ers have since notified us that no
member OF the association had right
to take such action. We have positive proof
that Mr.. F. d. Armour desires no settlement
on any basis whatever. He is fighting for
another object. The agreement which he
requires all men to sign who return to his
employ throws light upon his motives.
That agreement is as follows:
"I do faithfully promise that l will re-
nounce allegiance to all labor organizations
and that l will deposit from my wages
the sum of SO weekly, until the total has
reached sl'O and that will not leave this
firm except on two wee. s notice on my
part, under penalty of forfeiting all money
SO deposited"
We are cens,ired for not putting the
established at the last strike. At that time
Mr.. Granville Sawyer, member OF the Ex-
ecutive Board of District Assembly 81, was
asked by Mr.. Cudahy to clear up
his houses. Sawyer raised volunteers
among the men and did the work to Cuda-
hy's satisfaction. The next day an injunc
tlon was placed on Sawyer, restraining him
from entering the yards That is one and
an all sufficient reason for declining to as
sist the packers in this respect.
No agreement was ever made between
the packers and the Executive Board of the
Cattle Butchers Association. The packers
offered a schedule based on the ten-hour
system and signed it, but the butchers COM
mittee rejected the proposition. The order
to strike was the work of no one man or
any few men. 1t was in response to the
unanimous demand OF 25,0oO men who
were perfectly represented in the delibera
tions of the committee which issued that
order.
Believing that this statement will give the
public better understanding of some COM
plications of the problem, we subscribe
respectfully. (Signed) Executive Commit
tee Knights of Labor.
NJ. A. MARSHALL, Secretary.