St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-09
THEY DECLARE WAR.
The Chicago Packers Sign an Agreement
Which is Of Great General
Importance,
By the Terms Of Which KnigEts of Labor
Are Hereafter to BE- Earred
Out.
Two Regiments OF Militia Holding
the Fort ut the STOCK
Taros.
Their Presence Less Resented Than
That Of Billy Pinkerton'S
Men.
The Chicago Strike.

at o'clock. in Obediance to the order o1
Gov. Ogiesby transmitted through Gen
FitZ Simons, commander of the first bri-
gade. Perfect quiet reigned in the yards
this morning. the tracks in the vicinity OF
/ the packing houses being patrOled by the
I deputy sIeTifis. who kept the small crowds
I which congregated on the corners moving
on. Around the outskirts OF the yards toe
/ scene was different. Gangs of strikers
/ stood at the entrance. and the men with
! their dinner pals in their hands were de
prived OF their pals. and in a number OF
/ Instances We're
SEVERELY THRAsHED.
There seemed to be a determined effort
! on the part or the strikers to prevent any
new men from applying for the positions
which the former have left On the other
hand employers seem determined not tC
re-engage the strikers. Capt Mickey, OF
the town of Lake police. assured men who
applied every minute at tie town hall thai
they would be protected To-day mark.
the commencement of the greatest strike
ever inangurated in Packingtown. At 7:3O
o'clock this morning there were nearly
IL. 600 less men at work than at the same
! tine week ago. and the men who report
| for duty are almost without except.o on those
/
take the places CT the men who struck last
week. So far the status of the strike is
somewhat indefinite. the only thing abs0
lutely certain being that the men who were
ordered out on Saturday unanimously
OBEYED THE ORDER
and left their work in just the condition in
which it was when the committee appeared
among them and read to them the instruc
tons OF the committee of the Butchers
assembly of the Knights of Labor. At that
time some of the men. not only those III
Armour & Co. s house, seemed to deabt
| the authenticity of the order and seemed
! disposed to refuse to obey it, but the ap-
pearance of several well known COMMITTEES
men allayed all doubts on the subject. and
/ left the doubters no alternative but to obey
or renounce their allegiance to the Knights
! of Labor More of the men seemed dis
satisfied at being called out, and some
openly expressed their sentiments on the
subject, but the great majority accepted the
situation and went home without nur-
mur The committee which issued the
order was by no means unit on the sub
ject As to the position of the packers re-
ports differ. Swift & Co. and Nelson Nor
ris have number of
IMPORTED MEN
in their houses and have made provision to
feed and lodge them. Early this morning
a humber of men arrived from Boston and
were taken to Swifts house. where there
are now about 500 new men. Nelson
Morris has about 400 and expects 10 have d
number more to-day. Swift & Co. have
| advertised in the Chicago papers for more
men. anu have also inserted notices TO the
same effect in the Eastern papers ard those
OF Milwaukee, st. Louis and Kansas City,
On the other hand. Michael Cudahy, who
| is manager of Armour q Co.'S house. said
to j. G. Hately: We'll. l am ready to shut
down for thirty or sixty days, and give
these fellows all they want"
so am l." said Mr.. Hately. and the two
head men of the packers committee sep
arated each to go to bis own house. One
of tlle smaller packers said that everything
indicated that the pork houses would shut
down for an indefinite period, while the
beef houses would b8 run with imported
men, The butchers have inserted notices
in the papers of all the large cities, warning
all wOrkingmen to keep away from the
stockyardS.
THE MILITIA MARCH.
At ten O'Clock this morning the First and
Second regiments marched from the aruiory
to the Lake Shore railway station and from
there they will be at once transported to
the stock Yards There has been no serious
disturbance at the yards yes, but the as
saults on the non-union men are grow .ng
more frequent. As the morning progressed
the crowds surrounded the entrance to the
yards closed. The strikers became more
obstinate and the deputy sherltfs found
greater difficulty in dispensing them. Ar
p k,1 -.
fifty of their old men, who have refused to
strike, at work killing hogs, but this was
the only hog house in the yards running.
Knight of Labor Barry said he had not as
yet been able to get at all the facts in re-
gard to the strike. and did not know what
action he would take. He proposed. how
ever to have talk with the packers dur
ing the day, and hoped to soon bring about
an amicable settlement of the trouble
About 9 O'Clock the crowd at the yards got
more noisy, and
ASSAULTS ON NON UNION MEN
became more frequent. One man, who
who was on his way to Fowler's packing
house, was intercepted while walking over
a yiaduct which leads to the house. Three
or four men picked him up and threw him
over to the ground below. distance of
thirty feet. He was badly injured. Pat
Collins and NJ ke Sullivan were brought to
the Armory police station during the morn
ing and charged with assault. They were
arrested by Officers McGraw and Flanagan,
of the Thirty-tfth street station. About
o'clock Henry Sharp and William Oakley
passed Thirty eighth and Laurel streets,
going to work at Armors. A crowd
of over 300. the leaders of whom
are alleged to be Collins and Sulll-
van. attacked the two werkingulsn.
Oakley was almost killed. his assaiants
jumping on him and kicking him in fear
ful manner. But for the arrival of Officers
Flanagan and McGraw. who drove the
crowd back at the point Of their revolvers
the two men would have probably lost their
lives. The militia. numbering about seven
hundred men. arrived at the stock Yards
without incident. They left the cars at
Forty-third street and marched through to
the yards, and are now quartered at Fergu-
sons packing house. The crowds cheered
them family on their arrival. but yelled
and jeered at the Pinkertoa men on their
rounds. There has been no disturbance of
any kind since the assaults Of this mern-
ing. All the men arrested for making these
attacks were taken before justice and
fined from $50 to 500 each. At S:I5 this
evening an Associated Press reporter ar
rived direct from Packingtown and the
headquarters of the First and Second regi-
ments. At 7:s0 all was perfectly quiet in
the vicinity of the stock yards
NO DISTURBANCE HAD OCCURRED
during the day and there were no grounds
for fears of any during the night. The
neighborhood is now deserted, save for the
First and Second regiments of state militia.
stationed there and, the shefif's deputies
and Pinkerton men. who have been on
gaard duty since the trouble commenced
Late this afternoon, about the time the
packing hOnses were closiag for the night,