, 1880-03-21
TRADE AND. LABOR
ST. LOUIS.

Special Dtspdtch to TIE Chteaco 7,,n,,..
81. Louis, March a-The strike NJ A..
road men still continues, and thera ara ~ taa&'
tnat 1t may extend. To-day the ranra - eesss =.
strikers have been largely augmente5 ~ Inc
Platform nen Of the Missouri Pactfc BON: 1ae
have Joined the striking swftchmeo. "a bara"'
tne men al me machine-shops, the classes ns. .,o
1orn- 'o men aemandlns sl5o instead Of q s ~.
day, and the mach1ne-shop men ara .s,-- per
way his now about 100 men as.1 nall.
in the strike, and Is in 1sased
bad way as regards the transac+,a', oa'aes
freight business Clerks are endeavnrtns. "
the work Of the laborers In the DEPOT hrt .oao w.,
not do much. The pla1orm-men at Tho r7sa4r au"
Depot have also struck, but the diffcn,t,. '1a ~
doing the work Is not quite 80 Rreat a. 80! ~
the Missouri Pacific. The striking tracl- 1a
on the different roads have been ho11fnu rnas. sa
tngs to-day and tonight In East St, Louis 81,
have devoted most ct their time to the co,as. 49,
Grafton OF asplan for forming Union 'a. =.
10 o'clock tonight q meeting beu.n
representatives from the sx,ker u
all the different roads, from which W W
outsiders were excluded, and which At ,s,a ~.
srent d2 H. ~ ali sss oont the yards
derly to-day. though almost no work has NJ "
doue- Very few new men are being secnrS on ussa
all the places Of the striking swttchmen. Tote 2
has been resumed On no additional road to.ssat
The Agent OF the Vandalia Road retterateS N.
statement that the strikers on the Van3nMss lug
must go to work or lose their situaIonsl
Msss5pp pPsTss men, was xhep @nas to sam, the Ohio
made by them as to tae'na1a %A.+saa.s "a.
or not their terms would be acceded to- "1eIasr a.
xate meeting teaI Of The super!ntendenta of ts dH
Superintendent John c. Gault, Of he St fensl cl
Wabash s Pacific, and the situation % d..
cussed' but the course Determined upou
VII has yet been aqs Expressed ass - e1n3 Nc II
the railroad officials and the striking labnrosaa
and It seems possible that settlement Of e1iss,'
this Is not the case the injury to business Of ah
kinds threatens to become serious 4 msss.
meeting Of workmen will be held o-mor1eW. S,aa''
To tbs Ntst<rn Associated Frs.
ST. LOUIS, March 20-The platform mer 49,
freight handlers, Of the Missouri Pacific Raa5 a
also those Of the Union Pacific Railway & Tmnsitt
Company: made q demand for an increase ~
and the latter from sL.25 to $l.50. Fhe d.,
mands were refused, and the men mir
work Their places have alseajs s
been filled to q considerable extent and tho
frcight-house managers say there viii Be las no
IN getting q full complement Of nev
men in one or two DAYS. The General Aaaaeefs
Of the roads Ca held M private meeting at the oioe
noon, but the result has not transpired At this
writing.
The strikers held another meeting in Eastst
Louis Tonight. at which various reports VEN
made as to the progress Of the strike The s.
Louis & Southeastern acceded to the demands.
and the men resumed work. The Cairo +
Louis Narrow-Gauge will pay what the other
roads do. The Ohio T. Mississippi will nav the
same as the Transit Company, which IS tie fiji
price demanded, but will not take back tha
strikers. The Bell Road and East St. Louis +
East Carondelet agreed to the demand The In
lianapols i St. Louis and Chicago s Alton Of
cred TO pay hremen $85 per month and helpe5s
81, but the offers were rejected. At the Van
ialia yards all the men are out, and will STAY
,ut until their demands are acceded To-
The men In the St. Louis, Iron Mountain
+ Southern yards reported that they are rcceiy-
ng satisfactory wages, and the meeting voted
. let them alone. After these reports vere
cceived the meeting went into secret session
o organize 4 Union. 4 mass-meeting will be
lc1d in this city Tomorrow. Tho action ct the
General Managers at their meeting this after
loon has not yet rnnspfred.