Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-10
Packing HOUSE Trouble.

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statement of the CAicago knights of
House ProprIetors.
Chicago, Nov. 8-Members O, the Srst
aud second regiments assembled at their
arm osies at 7 O'Clock thin mosaing in
obedience to orders from Governor
Ogle shy. Perfect quiet reigned at the
stock yards this morning, the tracks in
the vicinity of this packing heuAss bgipg
patsoled by depIsy sherifTs WHO ke5t
Israail crowds which galheSad at the
corners moving on.
MIR. Barry, who is re~Lfcsenting
Powderly anil the knights Of labor
general executive board, said to-niglt
5hat he considered the situation q very
serious one, and he looksa for q pro-
tracted strike. He said tae order 20
strike was regular, and offefeG the fol-
LOVING statement to the pubic as an
,iIicial lutheran 90 on the subject:
TO whom it may concern: In jus t1ce
TO Ourselves and the $4,000 men whom
We represent we defire to make a few
statements and cerrect some erroneCns
impressions. tbs committee Ahaving
the last strike in pnA-ge made III efforts
consistent with kYighthood to com
promise the difficulty. The paci .ers were
offered the following proposition, hich
they treated with Contempt:
/. A technical rvcognitiOr Of the
eight hour day, the employees promising
to work overtime as usuch as the pack.
erH deemel necessary
III. A Reduction Ia pay suficieet to
balance any l5ss which, might Ne inol-
dental to such an arrangement.
THESE negotiations failing, certain
pc skers assured the committee that il
the men woald return to the ten aour
plan for q Few weeks shat they f(the
packerSS wauld withdraw from the
peckers' association All rsturn to the
eight hopr system. Authorized repre-.
sentatives Of the packers have since
notified as that no len, Der of the asso. |
citation had q right TO tase such action. .
We hGVs positive proof rhat MIR. z. D.
ArmotE desires no sett .ement on anT
basis w%hatev,r. He ie fighting fo.'
another obieet. The g rtement he re-
quires oil the II q to sign who return to
his employ throws light upon Lis
motives That agreement is as follow j:
II do faithfully promise that / v Ill
renounoe allegiance to all labos orgasi-
cations, and that | will deposit SO wes T.
~ until the total has reached 800, ii ID
that l willaot LEI. re this fir except III
two weeks notice on my part Gader q
penalty OF FORGETTING all the mdney ~.
deposited" GllF
W. are oensured for not putting tLlI
houses in order, q precedenb which was
established at the last strike. At shsf.
time MIR. Granville Sawyer, q memberio!
sshe executive board of district %fifty-seven,
was ASKED by Mr.. Cudahy to clean up
his houses. Sawyer raised volunteers
among The men and did the work to
SJndaEys satisfaction. Next day an in.
junction was plpoed on Sawyer, restrSnn-
ing JHim from entering the yards. Tk1t
is DE, ard an al sufficient, REGION for -.
cii1sitng 70 assist, stssle packe lis in this res
sp-ct. No agretAlens wait ever made b J.
twean the pacie.s land the executre
boaIl of che cattle butchers association.
Ihtjpacsers offshed q schedua based
onsbbe ten hour system and signed it,
but Che bdtchers, commfttes rejecte.. the
proposition. ThslDrderl to strike was
the york oil no ohe man or only a few
mel. lit was IN Sesponse to tia uIna,,i-
moas demapd of 25,0C0 men who wire
p9eI.Antl, represented in thu delibera ;i&us
OF the committey which, issued that
order. bslieving THAT thin staff mene
viii give The pubJfJ a better uafet4tand,
ing VI somt of the complications Of the;
problem We subsrribe, respectfully
Exedahe e cofg1uttes oSs knights oA
Labor. M. "A. MI RsHAIL, Secretary i
The Ohicaab pa skers Gave deolar Ia
\ Ar npo't III labor organizations d al |
tn,S a,ter nodA signed a r~sa6lrtioa
dec'arll 8 that Hereafter npne az them
would mploy a1. man connected with
any al reorganization. ihe following
\ It res,Hutiht4 signed by every packer
TIE 81 pek yardas
Whereas, It ID evident that many Qle,.
are willing ~ work, hut are psa@e1ted
oy the actl,n OF lsbor organizatiyrs,
anq ~ 8
Ehereas, The packers ATE broukf
facs face with Intact thas} men are
ebaulntely controllesN5y such organIJa-
ss'ons; therefore, be "
ResolTed, That we will rot emp 81
10y msn who is n member of said Ia ,or
grganizat lees. (signed1
Arrnour q no.; Anglo-A,sSvican Prov.
ssi9p DomEany; Chicago Fsakina end
rsovision tDompany; John Morsel1 CO
Ailertol P2aking Company; BosIforA'
lacking Csmpany; Eately Bra:
t:obert WarSsu d Co.; Jones & SsiIes;
eioran y HeelS; Silberhorn & Co.; u.
~. bend &sCo.; IrteiSssional Packing
Company g. d. Baldwin 6 o.:
Underwood & Co.; FLOYD, Huffman b
~; w. E~rinher's Sons, snd Joha
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