Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-14
LAB0R'S FIGHT ON TIME.
STRIKERS BENT ON EIGHT AND
PACKERS ON TEN HOURS.

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The Men Offer to Work All the Overtime
Necessary II the Rule Is AdOptcd-The
Employers Offer to Pay by the Hour
A Combination by the Packers.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-Mr. Barry, OF the
arbitration committee appointed by the
Knights OF Labor to adjust the labor
troubles in the stock yards, said to a re-
porter this morning that he had hopes of
making settlement to-day. The quiet
that has attended the great strike has
made thousands of friends for the
knights, to whose efforts the admirable
order is due. Importations of new men
by Armour & Co. is making some of the
strikers restive, and the task of controil-
ing the younger element ls becoming
more difficult. Everything this morning
was as 1t was yesterday. Armour's beef
butchers still remained at work by order
OF the Knights, although they were restive
under the fact that cars were being loaded
by clerks and outsiders. The Pinkerton
men this morning completed their culin-
airy apparatus and will now live entirely
in Washington Butchers Sons packing
house. They cannot buy anything outside
except at the Transit House. There is a
rigid boycott against them.
COUNTER PROPOSITIONS.
Delegate Barry was seen by a reporter
at noon today and said: 1.-THE men have
their minds set on the eight-hOur rule and
Will agree to nothing else. We made a
proposition this morning to the packers
that they adopt the eight-hOur rule and
the men will agree to work all the over
time necessary. This will be practically
recognition of the eight-hour question and
will be accepted by the men. The packers
submitted a proposition that the men
work and be paid by the hour, but this
will not be accepted, as the men are
afraid the system will work to their disad-
vantage, and if the packers desire to do so
they can give them only an hour or two's
work day. l have proposed u meeting
with the packers at the Board Of Trade
this afternoon, and should they accept the
proposition the matter will be settled i'm
mediately. Should they not meet me /
will take other means to effect a settle
ment, for this thing must be fixed up
quickly, as 1t Is all DOnsense for Armour
to suppose that his beef butchers will
work under the circumstances by which
they are now surrounded.
WAITING GAME.
"If l find that things are as sometimes
suspect they are, and that the packers are
playing waiting game, l will take more
energetic measures at once, and on my
return TO Richmond shall tell the Knights
there that Armour's beef is not as good as
it used to he, and we will see how the
opinions of 100000 men throughout the
country will affect his trade"
1t was learned this morning that, In
spite Of the packers statements to the
contrary, they have combined against the
eight-hour movement, and have given
bonds OF $50,O00 each as a penalty that
they will stick to their ten-hour agree
ment. Another installment of men was
brought from Milwaukee to Armour's
house this morning. This makes about
400 imported men now quartered there.
Mr.. Armour's representative said that
the packers would remain firm, and there
would be no compromise on their part.
Armour loaded fifty cars yesterday, and
expected to load forty cars to-day.