jQuery slick carousel "slide" setting

I had similar issue and could solve using following method:

$(".slickContainer").slick({
    slide: 'div',
    rows: 0
});

I had a similar issue. The trick was, instantiate the slider, then filter out what you WANT to display.

Working Fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/m8uxqrt3/

$(".slickContainer").slick().slick('slickFilter', '.slickItem');