The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-10

OMAHA, Neb. Aug. 9-After a confer
ence las ing ten hours between the state,
municipal and county authorities and the
packers in which the situation was thor
oughly canyassed, the packers refused to
continue business tom brow without the
protection of the state troops and the gov
ernor issued the necessa ry orders.
The Omaha guards and ThurstOn rifles
which have been under arms at their
srmories for several nights were at once
started to the scene Of the disturba nee.
Other companies from the interior of the
state will come in tomorrow. Tonight
two men stood off fifty of the strikers
with their revolvers. Two men and boy
left the Cudahy plant about O'Clock and
started for their homes. A gang of the
strikers saw them coming and when the
men reached G. street the gang began TO
closed in on them. Drawing their revolver S
shey pointed them directly at the head
men. You come another step nearer to
me and I'll blow your head off, D." said one
Of the men. His partner also leVelled a
revolver in the same direction and the
strikers stopped and called for police
man. The officers told the crowd TO dis
perse which they did.
ALL LABORERS ARE ATTACKED.
A fremen and engineer at Cudahy's
who work at night were assaulted on their
way from work. Neither of them was
hurt. A particularly eXasperating feature
Of the disturbance Is that Iaborers, and
others who have no connection with the
packing houses are mistaken for packing
house men and made to suffer from vio-
lence.
Two hundred more deputy sheriffs
at the packing houses at o'clock
today. They Were armed with
buggy spokes, no firearms Icing allowed.
The strikers refused 10 withdraw their
picket line at the approach of the officers,
and while avoiding a collision paid little
attention 10 the deputy sheritfs. While
he situation Is quite strained, il appears
DID the surface To be more quiet than last
night.
Quite a crowd Of new men arrived on
the Burlington this evening and a squad
Df special officers WAS sent from Cudahy's
TO escort them to the houses. Three or
four strikers pickets who were mounted
on horses fastened TO their headquarters
and notified the leaders. A crowd went
out TO meet the new men, but the special
police would not let the strikers get near
enough to talk 10 them and beyond some
muttered threats nothing was said.
When the men quit work tonight the
different packers told them they would
not ask them TO return to work tomorrow,
and they could do as they saw fit, they did
not want any of their men to endanger
their lives and their families in going TO
and from work. A great number of men !
did not show up for work this morning. |
and the forces at the packing houses were |
considerably less than almost any day
In nj IN. I'D ~
sentiment of the packers is unanimous in !
the determination to shut down entirely
for an indefinite period ana AS Manager
Foster of SwItJ's expressed IL, IF the city, !
county and state cannot give US protec-
ton. and do not care TO project the great
industries Of South Omaha, we can stand !
IL if they can. and as we were losing money
before he strike, we are not going to fight |
The str kers and lose more money. Con-
Eequeutly the best thing we can do is 10 |
shut down entirely"
The packers complain that thew cannot |
get warrant served on any man after !
complaints have been made Not even |
after men. against whom complaints have |
been filed. are pointed out 10 the police |
and cOnstGbles will they serve the war
rants, and nOu see, said one of the PACK |
FRS, with all the police and specials we
can get no projection or Justice done and /
we do not care 10 run If we cannot get |
protection"
Tonight as man was passing one of the |
packing houses two or three men took |
after him. He started 10 run and in few !
seconds 1000 men were after him shouting |
'scab-' and vile eDithets. First one |
striker would strike the man and then an
other. The man was knocked down ana |
kicked. He made no effort To defend him
self except TO get away. After ne was |
beaten aud chased for two blocks the !
police finally got between the mob aud the |
man, aud stopped the assault Captain /
COnueh held revolver in each hand and |
swore he would shoot the first man who |
continued the fight. The police then es-
corted the man home. Later he said that I
lie would 20 to work in the morning and !
that u meant death to the man who at I
tempted TO assault him while he was mind /
Ing his own business The conduct of the /
strikers in this case is criticised severely.