Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-12
pRoGREss OLE THE sTRIKEs.
wabash Said to be Making an Expert
ment for all the Railroads.

| wabash Said to be Making an Expert
meDt for all the Railroads.
CHICAGO, March 1.-THE Daily Ne1es
this morning says: cit Is rumored here
| that the action of the Wabash Road
| which brought about the present strike
was taken after consultation with the
| arrangements CT other roads, and that it
| is purely a tentative affair to ascertain
| the feelings of the railway employees of
| the country on the subject of reduction
| of wages. The Wabash Road. from its
/ location and from the fact that its prop
| erty is under the protection Of the United
States Government, being in the hands of
| Il receiver, is peculiarly well fitted to try
| this experiment. The fact that the United
States Marshals and even Federal troops
are liable to pounce down on any body
| of strikers who undertake to destroy
| property will prove strong
| leverage in forcing the result aimed at.
| If successful, report has it, the leading
| roads of the country will follow with like
reductions, in turn using the reduction in
wages on the Wabash and the competi-
| tive advantages given 1t thereby, as
| preteXt, in brief, claiming that this re-
| ductiOn forces them, unwillingly, to this
step. They thus hope TO secure gen.
eral reduction without engendering as
| much hot blood as would otherwise re-
| suit"
CONFERENCE IN KANSAS.
ATCHISON, KAN, March 11.-Passenger
and mail trains are not molested. There
has been no movement of freight trains on
the Pacific and Omaha extension or Gen.
| trail branch. The strike has extended
| west on the Central branch, and the en-
plOyes at the Greenleaf shops, 100 miles
from here, have stopped working. The
city is quiet. Gov. Martin and the Board
of Railroad Commissioners arrived here
this morning and went into consultation
with a committee of strikers.
MEN WHO WON'T GO OUT.
ST. LOUIS, March IA committee
from Sedalia have called on the men in
Missouri Pacific shops here, but 10 is I'M
derstood that they got little if any salts
faction. 1t is stated that the men in the
Missouri Pacific shops here have decided
not to 90 out. The militia companies
which left here yesterday are still resting
between Jefferson City and Sedalia. Ne
gOtiatiOns for compromise between the
railroad company and men are now going
on.
A special from jefferson city Gays:
"Adjt. Gen. Jameson returned from Sc
dalia this morning. He reports that the
strikers at Sedalia are all quiet and
orderly, and he apprehends no disturb
anCe. He will not say that all danger has
passed, and he cannot say what may
occur"
FAILURE TO MOVE TRAINS.
A Sedalia special says: "Superintend-
ent Hager requested the Mayor this morn
ing to swear in pinkertOn detectives, but
the Mayor refused ON the ground that the
law required one years residence before
man could act as an officer. The Super
intendent sent for the executive commit
tee of the strikers this morning and asked
if they had not violated their contracts
made last night to allow freight trains to
run. They replied that they had not as
that promise was made with the under
standing that the freights were to be run
if men could be found to run them. Three
attempts were made last night to take out
trains and several this morning, all Of
which failed on account of the men en-
ployed leaving the trains.
PROPERTY OWNERS.
The strikers are all citizens of Sedalia,
many owning houses and property, and
destruction of property would necessarily
involve loss to them. He met the leaders
of the strike who say that they will only
accept the restoration of their former
wages. A written promise was given to
him which was signed by the executive
committee of the strikers saying that
trains will be allowed to run and property
will not be tempered with. AS an evil
dence of the widespread influence of the
strike he said that the leaders told him
that the reason for their hesitancy in
agreeing to allow the railroad companies
to run freight trains was because of con-
flicting agreements with strikers at other
points to hold out until the demands Of all
the strikers on the entire Gould system
had been agres d to.
TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
Under instruction of Judge Treat, of
the United States Court here, United
States Marshal Cousins left tonight with
a posse of about fifty for Hannibal, Mo-,
to take charge of and protect the Wa
bash Railroad COmpany's property at that
point.
Master Mechanic Hewitt visited the
Missouri Pacific shops here just before
quitting time this evening and announced
to the men that the wages prevailing in
the shops prior to September last would
be restored, dating from March. The res
tOratiOn amounts to from 10 to 80 cent,
according to the wages earned by the men
in the different departments.
AN EFFORT TO RAISE THE BLOCKADE.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 11.-AIl
Wabash trains, and Missouri Pacific pas
senger trains from this point, are now
running as usual. The only work per-
mitted in the Missouri Pacific yards is
the switching of few freight cars that
the strikers allow to be moved to accom-
modate shippers. An agent OF a connect
ing line stated to Times reporter this
evening that he was informed by repre-
sentatiY of the Missouri Pacific Road to-
day that the freight blockade on that road
would be removed tomorrow. This re-
port is understood to mean that the rail-
road officials expect either to effect COM
promise tomorrow, and force the issue and
undertake to operate freight trains despite
the opposition OF the strikers.
A small reserve of the police force was
kept on duty, but there has been no Occa-
sion for its services. One military COM
pany of forty men was also held in readi-
ness in case of an emergency.
| COMMISSIONERS AS ARBITRATORs.
! ATCHIsON, KANSAS, March 11.-GOv.
Martin and the Railroad Commissioners
were in secret conference the greater part
of the day with the executive committee
of the strikers and District Superin-
tendent Fallon of the Missouri Pacific
Road. The strikers presented their
Grievances, and after discussion of the
matter at the suggestion of the Governor,
the Commissioners consented if both
sides were willing to act as
arbitrators. There was no pretense that
the commissioners had any authority to
arbltrate, but they consented to act in the
hope that the difficulty may be settled
| dnllCduly. DtlOIC Tue COuleTeuC6 du-
i0urned it communicated to the strikers a
proposition of the Governor. They then
adjourned, first having authorized the
committee to give their ultImatum which
is said to be demand, first, for the res
toration of October rates and then arbI-
tration of the decision of the arbitrators.
At O'Clock this evening the committee
was still-in session with the Governor
and commissioners.
RESULT OF The INTERVIEW.
The general meeting of strikers to-
night to hear the Governors proposition
rejected it by unanimous vote and in-
structed the committee to say to the Gov
ernOr that the strikers would accept the
services of the Railway Commissioners
as arbitratOrs, provided wages were first
restored to the October scale, and
also that pending arbitration the
other shops in the strike shall
| be treated in the same manner
in their respective States, and that until
a conclusion was reached which shall be
mutually agreeable, matters shall stand
as at present. This report having been
communicated to the Governor, another