New-York tribune., 1877-07-25
81. LnI-I, Al 4 DEADLOCK.
sTRlKERs STOPPING ALL TRAINS ENCEri THOSE CAR
RYiNG TIE MAILS.

sTRlKERs STOPPING AL TRAINS ENCtfi THOSE tAi-
RYING rHE MAILS.
St LOUIS, July 24.-An the passenger ana
express ears for c East ~err stopped ,uis m'a- by
tine strikers One on the Nanaia Road wa lI'"eA
10 20 ont but ala the others detained am no more
Will be ncrmittei to leave the Naudta Line TIefr
was NO interference with postal cars ana they were
allowed to 20 all the roads All tue ears al the
Inop station on this Of The river have been moved
out o. the yard immediately in frout OF the station ana
taken mp road distance leaving the Tracks at
III station clear.
Afr strike Mayor Simpson. Supernt ndent Of tine
Vandalia Line received dispatch from thc employees
al Matoon on the Indianapolis aHd ST. Iou' Road a.
manimcan advance OF twenty pcr cent On thtT wages
b. noon oday, or lhcy would cease "ota. Ihe Mayor
answered tnat ntsnUch a. all the tfAihs"h IN Io'u
had been stopped by the strikers here ror 10 e r.
ccipt of this dispatch, IL d hOt se necessary 10 '@"
q further r-ply.
The strikers crei, 40 mdGl~ ground III TINS case
II is ither absoute Il tory or ae'e t. "ti thrH and
they propose 10 make tne issue square u" carly d ied
from now ou and 10 eject ta.s tGey will snt total e
bargo on freight and passenger tIaic. Their organza
t, increase - strength perfect hour, bui
,o long as they aie uctercd VITA IN ther purpose
10 Obtain they consider ar AMI Just remuneration
for their Labor there Will De- no violence OF tsori hu1
Il e, arc frcibv Opposed. there vii he trouble. and
plenty o IT. The policy Of toe railroads continues ." 'c
passive one. and 20 s not ikcy ANYTHING " he DONE
for She present unduy excite OF influence the
Aler,e body % strflers cane across the river rom
r,st st ons This norIug and went o. the Missouri Pa
ciae Railroad ops and forced INC nel T. cease WORK,
and also c, mpcl Ell W tie uain uen 10 gt IheIe Was
no aisf,t Naucr. 70 is not knOvn what acuDh tSe
Rainos Jmpauy viii tasc, or whai tue men VINO were
compel Il stop work viii do.
dispatc rom seda says thai the employees OF the
Missouri Kansas aud Texas Railroad struck tais noru-
ing about O'Clock. The stock train came IA fah me
sutb AMI ON arriving tee. tne men ran the engine into
the Round House and thea TOOK ih- sock cars Gown 10
tbe M wards uuioaded tDo stOcs, returned tf ears 10
III. station and delivered them TO tie lVision ouptFn-
,a,aept saving thai thcy would work no longer all
three mouths back pay pa a. ana tae wages F'hei
10 what they before the last TWO fc9"' uo'' y"
,rit trains have moved to-day. The passenger trains
ar run "a usual The men are quiet but apparently de-
teTmned.
-Four companies Of the 23d Infantry. under command
of Cen Jefferson Davis passed East through Seltia
.t o'clock this morning. with section OF artillery IN
cluding a Gatng gun The troops we're switched OF az
uyxaudotte Kansas, sut came through on time.
specai from Kansas City, No. says that meeting
~ Mold there that night. composed OF several hundred
,sbo,ine men, railroad employees anu others A con-
,oitte s railroad and psckinN house employees sub
o,ted resolutions the prlcpIl feature OF ~hch was
,h, dsuaud he made by the tIan-men and trsck-neh
m the railroad authorities for the restoration oi theH
- 10 ,hs standard OF the lst OF January, 1874, and
,nald The demand ne refused, 10 cease "OTA lhe pas
- I'D mail trains Will not be interfered VIII, bui
,he freight trains will be stopped The reSouuoh' "eo
adopted, .,,o o,iv railroad
The Rock Island and Pacific was the Only faifO"u