The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-08-27
THE WEEK.
In the United States and the
Old World.
ORDERED OUT OF THE SHOPS.

Asuikc Iuaugurated on Gouid's South
west system.
None Of the Wabash employees at st. Louis
havo struck, The general executive commit
tee Of the Knights oil Labor have issued tho lol.
lowing order;
10 all whom it may concern Greeting:
DIVING To the per 'istcnt fight Of the Wabash
company against the Knights OF Labor, the
general executive board deem it advisable TO
ISSUE the following order 10 all assemblies on
She Union Pacific railroad and Goulds South
west SYSTEM
10 all assemblies on the above lines of rail-
ways Al Knights OF Labor in tho employ of
Ihe Union Pacific and its branches and Gould's
Southwest system, OF any other railroad, must
refuse to repair or handle in any manner
Wabash rolling stock until further orders from
the general executive board, and, if this order
Is mtagon2ed by the company through amy Of
Us officials Your executive committee is here
BY ordered to call out all Knights of Labor on
the above systems without further action. by
order OF the general executive board.
FREDERICK TURNER,
Grand Secretary and Treasurer.
1t develops that it was the intention OF the
board to issue this order before the one sent
over the Wabash road as the actual weakness
Of the knights on that road was known to the
executive committee, and there was good rca-
son TO believe that the cilor, would BIO uniavor-
able, but Tor some unexplained cause it was
held back. The order was, however, te!e.
sTphed all over the specified roads and
assembly meetings have been called ut every
point to receive it, and it is expected that tho
real strike will be fairly on.
In this connection, the st, Louis Globe
Democrat says. "The situation is about this.
On the Wabash road the knights of Labor are
all, or nearly all, out, and have been Tor some
time, but ON the Missouri Pacific, Iron
Mountain, Union pacific and other roads the
knights are said to ill the shops and yards.
thus is this last order guarantee OF n revolu-
ton Of labor 1t will at any rate enforce public
test of the strength OF the Knights OF Labor,
and their iculty to the principles which each
has sworn to uphold In fact, the fate of the
organization seems to be in the issue, and il
remains to be seen whether the 50, 900 knights,
as are claimed to be employed on the railways
ives, OF the Mississippi river, will obey the call
of the executive board whom they vested with
this absolute power"
At Fort Wayne, Ind, the employees did not
strike, nor make any demonstration whatever,
as ordered by the Knights of Labor, to which
organization about two-thirds of the men
employed in the shops at Fort Wayne belong.
At Toledo, O., the command sent by the
Knights of Labor lad little effect At noon,
the hour set for the strike, all was quiet at the
shol s, and all the men recommended work at
! o'clock
At Decatur, H., less than 10 men quit work
out of the 800 employed, which is explained
by the fact that nearly so knights quit work
two months ago and have remained idle ever
since
At Strawberry, Mo-, all the men in the
Wabash shops went out Everything is quiet
and there is no demonstration.