, 1886-10-09
A BIG STRIKE.
Chicago Packing House EN- :
ployes Quit Work.
Over Twenty Thousand Men
Out of Employment.
A Daring Daylight Robbery
in Pittsburg.
A BIG STRIKE.
The Packers Strike.

CHICAGO, Oct. S.-The great strike OF
the employees Of the Chicago packing
house against the proposition to return
to the ten hour working day began this
morning. The packing house owners
had put up printed notices notifying
their men that, beginning next Monday,
the men would be expected to work
ten hours instead of eight hours. This
morning a committee OF $4,000 men EN-
ployed by the Chicago Packing and Pro-
vision company, waited on the foreman
Of the works and demanded that the
notices be taken down. The demand
was refused aud the regiment OF work
men at once left the building and were
soon Joined By 800 men employed in the
Silver Horn works. Thus reinforced
Il large force went in a body to the Ar
mour works to induce the men there TO
stop work. There is great excitement
at the yards, but no trouble has yet DC.
CURED.
This afternoon a large body of addition
al worKmen went on a strike. A riot oc
Cured at the works Of John Morrell,
where a number of persons were hurt.
The entire police force of the town of
Lake has gone to the scene, and two of
Pinkerton's men, armed with rifles, have
also gone. The riot was caused owing to
some of Morrell's men returning to work.
Eight thousand men are now on a strike.
5 P. None hundred and fifty three
Pinkerton detectives sat down to supper
at the Transit house with Winchester re-
peater rifles between their knees. Capt.
Foley, in command. said that by to. NOR
row he would have 500 men in and about
the yards as an emergency committee.
The Pmkertons arrived at the yards at 4
o'clock via the Lake Shore railroad, and
we're greeted by derisive yells from a
crowd of ., 900 which filled the streets.
The men vent to the town hall, and were
all sworn in as specials, then they were ia.
ken back to the cars. The crowd made 1t
80 unpleasant, however, that Capt Foley
formed his command into four companies,
and headed for the Transit house.
The strikers express the idea that the
packers have a deep laid scheme to fill the
houses with new men willing to work ten
hours. 1t is said that to this end the
employers had been collecting men at out
side points for months.
A feature of the strike to-day was the
beef men coming out at Armours. This
was a surprise to the packers, who evil
IDENTIFY intended to confne the fight to the
hog interests. The firm is left with 439
head Of cattle in their yards to feed.
Armours coopers came out also. They
had ask d for twenty-five cents advance
and it had not been granted. 1t is esti-
mated that there are now 0 1000 men out
of work, about one quarter Of whom are
strikers, the others being obliged to quit
on their account for want Of work. The
strikers are skilled workmen. the remain
der being laborers. These latter. though
not technically striking, appear to be in
hearty sympathy with the movement
The men all quit with their knives and
other sharp edged tools in their posses
sion.
A mass meeting of strikers has been
called for tomorrow afternoon, at which
it is feared trouble may develop. Fully
5000 persons are expected TO be present.