Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-09
ANOTHER STRIKE.
PACKERS EMPLOYEES IN CHICAGO Re-
sIsT TEN HOURS.
Fifteen Thousand Men Go Out - Scenes
and Incidents Of the
Occasion,
by telegrpb 70 tine pIspatch.I

by telegraph 20 the Dispatch.l
CHICAGO, October S.-Fifteeu thousand
emploleS Of the twenty in the pork-pack-
ing establishments ct the st1ck-yards have
almost unanimously resolved not to return
TO the packing district Monday. Yesterday
after dinner hour. almost simultaneously,
notice Appeared In the different houses.
stating that on and after Monday, October
II, 1856, the proprietors would operate
Their houses on the basis OF ten hours 10?
oay's work. To the notice was appended
the Signature OF twenty-One packing frm'.
The matter had been regarded by tn
men o. blutf, but the authoritative tone OF
The notice had demoralizng effect, and Il
consequently became the topic for discus
sion and resolution on the part OF the men
not TO return Monday or until the .lockou
Il over. This resolution, however, the
are not likely TO keep, and MOndiy WI
probably bring on the packing district an
army ~ men. The question a. to wheth''
the hog.men will allow the bcef-men 10
work is now being discussed. The pre-
vailiDg impression i that the lOcked-oUt
men will not allow ANYBODY TO work in
any Of the packing houses. Should they
conclude Ia prevent the Deef-men from
working about twenty thousand men will
be thrown out Of employment. There
seems no way 10 avoid the crisis. The
packers seemed 10 he determined and the
men say they " III never acccde. The Chi
caeO Live Stock Exchange held n meeting
lat evening 10 consider the matter. Repre-
scntatiyes OF bCei-killing houses said they
did not anticipate any trouble. In view OF
the possible shutting down OF the pork
packing houses a resolution was adopted
;skiDg the shippers Of live hogs TO the CHI
cago market "to carefully watch events and
in 10 case to glut' the market, but to send
only enough hogs 10 supply the eastern de-
mand."
This afternoon large body OF additional
workmcn went on a strike and riot &C.
cured at The works OF John M0rrell, when
a number Of persons were burt. The
entire police force Of The town Of Lake and
Two Pinker.on men armed with lilies have
gone 10 he scene.
Hundreds % men were standing about
the PinkcrtOn headquarters this morning.
making Application FOR positions a. guards.
Mr.. W. A. PinkcltOn was reicent a. 10 his
intentions. but said be had not received
ony call for special police for the purpose
II guai ding The stock. yards. The crowd
Of strikes failed 10 induce the Armour en-
ployes and anglo.American workmen u
sop work, and departed without attempt
ing anything compulsory. Everything =
quiet at The stock-ysrds.
Shortly before O'Clock all The men
employed by the following ,tock.yard pack.
ing companies refused to work aud joined
the silikerS: Amour & TO-, John Merrell
J. 4. Hickey h Co., John Cudahy, the H.
tclaati, nal Prov ision Company, and TIE
Anglo-American Packing COMPANY.
There gre between G,000 and 100.
making shout 5000 in all who stack du-
ling the dav. Some OF MorreI's men att
going out de cided II return to work. The
strikers al once invaded the place - COM
pei them TO quit. and employed yiplen =
which for fine took on the dimensions Of
a seriou, fio,. The police a'e now Al the
scene and hope - re,tpre order.
:. W. Meek. the a tOIoey for TIE ENer1-
tive BoHd q tie knights Of Labor, 'o-
nioht. in let-ii OF the workin.nCn in
VOWED. Issued tie iolloHIny >titemen, Co.
the prtss: The I. iUg o. lie annOun Pc
uent of rCiu'd 10 The 'er-hoDr sy,f IN on
Thm,dl by tie p4ckCIs without sny pr-
PLANTATION. caused The men employed in ln"
Chicago Packing end Provision Company
and SilbesroIn 4 CO. - leave thrll
work. not for any violence or mo
luio. hut hat they should lie Thoroughly
Organized for a determined Resistance IN e
fair and honorable way, and they ask tb It
the people be not prtiudiced AGAINST them
~ any blsty and erroneous report, OF yio-
lence, written to serve tlie interests OF TIE
vackers. The wrrkingmen have taken
their sand only after every offer ~ fair
end honest settlement Of their differences
ha, bCen refused 10y their employers. The
contracts emhodyiGg the agreement, 49,
ready had between the packers and their
employees have been rejected by the puck
ef>. and it is simply a question OF
,he packers keeping their agreements.
They are on trial and not the workingmen.
Tie action Of the cutters in returning 10
Tier work, and carefully clearing up and
completing their work IN baud by the
direction, Of their leaders, shows both the
split Of faiTnes. with which they regard toe
lnieIe>ts Of their employers andthe abSclrc
Of all desire On their part 10 cause los
or the waste Of the ueceSS9rics 81 lie.
Il shows. moreover, perfect organization
never before attained by the Workingmcn.
a VOIiiCn Of them returning 10 Their work
for q definite time by direction Of their
leader, for the express purpose OF saving
their employers The loss OF perishablc pro-
perry The Wcihngmtu luNOlNtu a>N "l
ibe public only a fair and honest judgment
II their actions. and tortmember that their
irtore>ts are the Interests u the whole
pCoVc VI America.
AfIsir. became more quiet after the ar-
rival Of the police. Il was found that some
# the Mcrrcl cmploye. were injured by
the attack made upon them. but none Seri-
ously. Three hundred Pinkerlon men are
Guarding The house, TONIGHT.
4 representative % the Silycrhorn pick
ino-hou.r declared that New York and oth't
eastern buyers were sending their orders
to Kansas City, which ncceSs;tatod . chan &c
10 the came hours here. Armour 4 C.
posted a notice tonight notifying their
men 10 come and receive their pay to-mor-
row. II i deemed positive TINT the house,
sl contemplate keeping closed down, for a