The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-19
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
The Difficulty Reported to be
Practically Settled.
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SALISBURY. MAINE, BURNED.
The Pesky >psrrOws-8e Jumped His
Bonds-PreParing for War-Beaten
by Death-Etc.
The Chicago Strike.

CHICAGO, October I7.-One hundred
additional Pinkertons arrived at the
improvised barracks in the stock yards
this evening. The force now numbers
$50 men. The strike came before the
Trades Assembly TO-DAY and raised
quite commotion. 7. J. Lyons intro
duced a resolution holding P. D.
Armour responsible for the strike and
at the bottom of the trouble The
resolution also called on the assembly
to use its influence 10 induce all persons
not 10 trade at a shop where Armour's
meats are sold. The introduction of
the resolution brought q number of
delegates to their feet instanter.
A. Z. Cameron Yehemently as
serted that there was not
a scintilla of proof to show that Arm
our was more or less culpable than
other packers and he was opposed to
singing out one man and destroying his
business when others were as deep in
the mud as he was in the mire. Another
delegate said the stock yard employees
had neither asked or taken such acton
yet, and when they did it would be time
enough for the assembly TO act. At
this point Chairman Crawford ruled
bl1ob ho lIC ICSOlul1Ou COL
templAted boycott. the assembly could
take no action on it, but to refer it to
the boycott board which was done.
Acting under instructions from Gen
eral Master PoWderly, T. P. Barry will
contrary to announcement, not go to
Richmond, but will remain here and
continue has efforts and bring about an
amieable settlement. Tonight Barry
SAID he hoped for a-Speedy. adjustment
OF the trouble; on what basis he could
not say, but he was of the opinion that
a compromise of some sort would be eff
fected. He said he had been authorized
by Powderly to settle the difficulty and
was invested with full power to act
Fully a thousand Knights of
Labor met this afternoon in
Germania Turner Hall in secret
session. Barry 10 ade report giving an
outline of the negotiations which have
been conducted by the committee of
which he is chairman. The meeting
passed vote of confidence in the COM
mittee and pledged itself to obey all or
ders which might be issued. The pres
ent status Of the strike is given by Barry
as follows: II have explained to the |
packers, especially Mr.. Kent, that a
mere technicality is all that prevents a |
settlement. Inc men want simply q |
formal recognition Of the eight-hour |
day, and do not object to work over
time for wages which shall be at the |
same rate as regular time. Packers re-
fuse to concede this one point, as Ar !
monr says they have counted the cost. |
and the shedding of a little blood will |
not stop or influence them in the least. |
l have all confidence in the strikers. If |
they remain quiet and peaceable and !
stick together, victory is sure and |
speedy"
The great strike at the stock yards is
practically settled. Delegate Barry, of |
the Knights of Labor, states that he !
will have an interview with the packers |
this afternoon, and would then tell !
them the men were prepared to work
ten hours a day, as demanded by the
packers. He should use every endeavor
to have the packers discharge all non
union men they have brought in, but
be would n 0t keep tle men out, he said,
even if this request was refused. Ar
nour Il &C. say they will not discharge |
any of the men they have brought In,
and that so far as they are concerned,
they feel almost INDEPENDENT of the |
strikers. They killed FIVE hundred of |
the cattle yesterday with their new |
men, and expect to Kill six hundred to-
day.