St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
A LABCRERS' REVOLT.
The Strike of Employees at the Chicago
Stock Yards Growing Very
Serious.
Ten Thousand Men Now Lying Idle il
Response to Knight of Labor's
Order.
An Alleged Contract Which the
Butchers Representatives Have
Violated.
A Miners Strike Threatened in
Pennsylvania Involving Many
People.
The Chicago Strike.

CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-The situation at the
stock yards is practically unchanged this
morning. The large force of hog killers
continues at work. The engineers and fire.
men employed by Swift stopped this morn
ing refusing to work for the non union
men. Armour has about three hundred
men at work in his beef houses and is en-
gaging new men. Deputy Sheriffs to the
number of 200 continue on duty, but there
has been no disturbance. Knight of Labor
Barry, who was sent here during the last
strike, is at the yards. He is accompanied
by another representative of the knights.
Armour Il Co. commenced killing beef al
their old house this afternoon. The firm
declared that many of their men had re-
turned to work. Yesterday morning a
local paper published al interview with
Nelson Norris of the packing firm OF Nell
sod Morris Il Co.. in the course of which it
appeared that Sir. Morris
EXHIBITS A CONTRACT
with the Butchers assembly of Knights of
Labor. in which the latter agreed TO work
ten hours per day, the same being signed
by the members of the executive board of
the assembly. Granville Sawyer, one of
the members of tina. board, tonight made
statement to the effect that he had never so
much as seen the contract referred to- and
that no such contract had received the sig
natures Of his colleagues within his knowl-
edge. He denied that any order from the
general assembly ordering PackingtOwn
employees out had been received. Such an
order, if issued, would necessarily come
through his board. he said. Mr.. Sawyer
said also that not more than 500 or 900 men
were now out and they had acted on their
individual responsibilities in quitting work.
THE STRIKE BECAME GENERAL
shortly after 3 O'clock. All the men in the
great houses of Fowler Bros, John Cudady
and nearly all of Armours men left their
work by order of the executive board about
o'clock this afternoon. There were very
few men left in the yards. One prominent
packer said:
am ready to shut down sixty davs if all
the other packers will do the same The
strikers then would have good opportunity
to rest all they wanted to.
1t is Lot exactly known what policy the
packers will now pursue, but it is under
stood they will at once advertise for men to
take the places of the strikers. The de-
mand made OIL behalf of the men, it is un-
derstOod, was that eight hours should con-
stitute days work, the men agreeing to
accept 10 per cent. reduction in their pres
ent wages. Fourteen thousand men
stopped work in response to the order. but it
is estimated that the order indirectly affects
6, 600 to s, 900 more.
There seems to be indications that the
strikers of Packing town are weakening.
A careful review OF the situation to night
reveals that the contract referred to in these
dispatches between Nelson Morris and the
executive board OF the cattle breeders as
fhnu,rh Si,r hxrth no rti
OF the second part. was
TACITLY ACCEPTED
by them and went into effect Monday
morning. This is admitted by the mem
bers of that board, while another tonight
denied any knowledge of the contract, said
no order to strike had been issued by the
general executive board and claimed that
not more than 1000 men were out. 1t is
learned that fully 10000 men are
out, among them being employees Of
every packing house at the yards Very
few OF ArnlOur'S men are out, however, the
strikers being mostly those Of Fowler
Bros, Silberhorn and the Chicago Packing
company. There is difference Of opinion
among the employees as to the authority OF
District Master Workman Butler to order
strike, some claiming that such action lies
only i'll tie province Of the general execu-
tive board. 1t is said that the steader and
cooler headed of the employees are very
much opposed to general strike while the
movement is chiefly agitated by restles.
characters and the so-calied hooulum ele-
ment There is nothing whatever in the
nature of a disturbance at the yards to-
night. Half an hour after closing time
scarcely all employe was to be seen about
the yards.
RECREANT KNIGHTS.
Boston. Nov. 6.-There lfas been con-
siderable excitement among the Knights OF
Labor in this city recently over the dis
covery that quite number OF the member.
of the order had gone to Chicago to work in
the packing houses in which the labor
troubles are at present existing. The ex-
ecutive board of ID istrct Assembly No. 80
OF the Knl ghts OF Labor to-day issued cir
cular to all the knights in the district, CALI
ing attention to the packing house troubles
and fOrbidding them under a penalty to GO
to Chicago to work in those houses until
the troubles are settled.
Strike Threatened.
MOUNT CARMEL, Pa, Nov. 6.-Eigh
hundred miners employed at the Cameron