Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-12
STRIKE NOT DECLARED OFF
Reported Settlement of the Trouble at
Chicago Authoritatively Denied,
sPscuLAroRs START THE STORY
The Knights Confident or Successes
Committeeman Carleton ON tho
Ground-PowdcrIy Refuses To
Talk About the strike.
Tho situation In Chicago.

CTttCAGo, Nov. 1.-THE situation al tho
stock yards this morning shows an improve
mCht. All packers report their forces inCrcas-
ing, and among the applicants for work to-
day are many of the old men. Contrary to
general expectation the army OF worlimen
which was engaged by Fowler ~ Co in New
York last Monday arrived at the yards and
reached their employers establishment With
out any moleStation. Reports to General
Fit2sinmons at o'clock from all parts OF the
yards report everything quiet.
1t is believed that the great strike at the
stock yards is at an end. Ii Is reported on
Change that Powdcrly has ordered the men
back to work. The same report is current at
Armour's down town Office, although they
have no official confirmation of 1t. So many
new men have come in during the past few
days that the packers now say they need no
more.
The reports telegraphed from here early
this evening that the strike was at an end
from the packers. AZ 10 p. m. in
same source that the report proves to be
without foundation. J. G. ilately, member of
the executive committee OF the Packers as
socation, says the statement that the strike
had been declared OIL by the knights was q
mistake. lie does not undertake to explain
how the mistake was made, and can only say
in receipt of information which, though not
official, was considered by them reliable.
Messrs. Barry and Carleton, members OF the
Knights of Labor general executive commit
tee, denied to reporters shortly after y. IN.
that there had been any change whatever ip
the status of the strike. a meeting Of
strikers Is in session tonight at the yards,
which is being attended by Messrs. Barry
and Carleton.
Before entering the hail at p. m., Barry
and Carleton were seen and questioned con-
cerning the reported collapse of the strike.
They denied emphatically that there was any
truth whatever in the statement. Carleton,
who arrived this morning as a representative
of Powdcrly to Investigate the situation,
said that so far from the strikers having sur
rendered, they were full of enthusiasm and
confident of ultimate victory. So far as he
has been able to ascertain to-day there was
| little or no probability of the strike ending
| until the men had won their point, namely, that
| the packers concede a technical recognition
| of the principle OF eight hours work for
eight hours pay, or at least allow the matter
| to be arbtrated. The stntement that Pow
| dery had ordered Carleton to order the strike
| off was lie on its face. Carleton had only
arrived In Chicago this morning, and IL was
absurd to suppose that ho would be pcremp-
| torily commanded to end the strike without
being given any time to fulfill the mission
| which brought him here. The news concern-
| ing Powderly'S alleged telegram had been re-
ceved III Chicago over spectators private
| wires, and both Carleton and Barry declared
without reserve the belief that the report say
| ing the strike was off had been given out
| solely for stock-iObbing purposes.