Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-07-12

Chicago, July 12.-lt was rumored al
the stock yards this morning that all the
packing house men would strike at 10 a
IN. As consequence but little business
has been done to-day. The Armour and
Swift companies are running with small
force.
EXPERT BUTCHERS QUIT.
The expert butchers at the stockyards
left work this morning in accordance with
the plan for general strike. They num-
ber 1000 and are employed by Armour,
Swift and Morris. Their action will in.
terfere seriously with work at the packing
houses.
The strikers this morning tried to in
terfere with the non-union men who took
their places and large crowd gathered
around the Morris building and threatened
violence. The police and militia sent to
the scene prevented trouble. The strik-
ing butchers are expert workmen and
their places will be difficult to fill. An
attempt is being made to supply enough
men to continue killing to-day.
LABOR LEADERS coNFERR1Na.
The conference called for to-day by
Samuel Gompers, the head of the National
Federation of Labor, was to have been
held at the Briggs house at 8 O'Clock, but
at 10 o'clock not more than three or four
of the participants had arrived. The
meeting, it was announced, would be
secret and nothing is likely to be known
of the result until late in the day. "We
are all In sympathy with Debs' strike,"
said Gompers, land we shall try to do
something to bring order out of the
chaos. What that will be I don't know.
We have ample power to order general
strike, but whether 1t will be done or not
I can't say"
Another prominent leader said that
they proposed to issue an appeal to the
public to cease patronizing the Pullman
cars.
CAVALRY SENT TO THE PACKING HOUSES.
All of Swift's butchers have gone out
and the Morris and Armour men are 60
ing out at noon. A company of cavalry
has been detailed at these packing houses
in anticipation of trouble at the noon
hour.
/. GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT QUIET.
The General Managers association has
decided to discontinue its information
bureau tomorrow, alleging that the
strike troubles are now practically over.
The general managers say that the rail-
roads are now practically in their usual
condition and have no further need of
the assistance which the bureau has been
giving to them.
CALLED ON MAYOR HOPKINS.
Messrs. Sovereign, Lindholm, Adams
and Fitzgerald called on Mayor Hopkins
this morning and conferred with him for
an hour. Their object was to call the at
tention of the mayor to the provisions Of
the O'Neil law of 1888, under which it is
thought the president may compel Pull
man to arbitrate his differences with his
employees. Mayor Hopkins promised
the committee that he would call the at
tention of Corporation Counsel Rubens
to the sub ject and also speak of it to
Gov. Altgeld, who he said he understood
was in the city to-day.
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN REPRESENTED.
The Federation executive committee
convened at the Briggs house this fore
noon. 1t is estimated that 100000 men
we're represented. The meeting was pre-
sided over by President Gompers and
the strike situation from the time of its
inception was fully investigated. Par
ticular attention was paid to the Pullman
strike and reports heard from the various
local organizations which had already dc.
cided to strike. It was generally believed
by those present that no decision as to
the action of the Federation of Labor
would be reached before tomorrow.
Neither President Debs nor Master
Workman Sovereign were present at the
morning session, although it was an.
nounced that Debs would be called to the
conference before it was closed.
SOVEREIGN NOT INVITED.
There seemed to be desire among
those present to give Sovereign no in
vitation to attend the conference,
although it was stated that Sovereign
might be called in some time during the
meeting. 1t was apparent that the
Knights of Labor were not looked upon
with favor and the Indications are that
an eruption between that order and the
Federation of Labor may be developed
in the present conference. All of the
delegates, however, absolutely refused to
discuss the probability of such result.
Cigar makers representatives appeared
and reported that 5000 of their men had
gone out. The meeting at 1890 took
recess till 2:30 p. m.
PRESIDENT DEBs INVITED.
President Debs this afternoon was in
vited to appear before the executive
committee of the Federation of Labor at
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