The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-13

Everything Remains ouist-No Violence
offered. Hut the Freight Doesn't
Move-AIi Attempts tn Start
IL Prove Futile.

Sr. LOUIS, March l2.-Eyerything IL quiet
about the railroad shops here this morning.
The men are all at work and seem to be en-
sirely satisfied with the action OF the COM
pany yesterday in restoring their wages.
The statement comes from Jefferson City.
made on the authority of one of the leaders
of the sedalia strikers, who was in the city
yesterday In conference with Governor Mar
maduke, that unless settlement OF the diff
Guilty Is made by Friday noon the engineers
and fromen will join the strikers. Governor
Marmaduke will send special representa-
tive to Sedslia TO make further inquiry re
gardir the situation there. aud will proba
bly, appoint committee OF personal friends
al Sedalia to keep him thoroughly advised
OF the condition of affairs. he doesn't see
Why. IL Ii be fact as stated, that no violence
had been used and no interference practicsd
by the strikers. that trains don't move and
traffic OF the road is not resumed.
The strikers at Hannibal, Mo-. have been
joined by the section men and some wood
workers and their total number is now about
seventy-hye. No freight trains are allowed
TO move on the Missouri Kansas aud Texas
Road but passenger trains are unGisturbed.
General business is suffering, and good
deal OF discomfort lie becoming manifest
had their wages reduced lately.
KANSAS CRY, No., March 12.-No further
Developments In the railroad strike. The
Missouri Pacific pey-car has not arrived yet,
but is expected this afternoon.
SEDALIA. Mo-. March f2.-Ho change In
the condition OF affairs here. The streets
are % quiet as on Sunday. Scarcely any
business is being done. Adjutant General
jameson is here again, and with the police
force endeavored 10 move freight trains
Five attempts were made, and each time tho
strikers requested the engineers not to move
their engines. and the request was complied
with. The strikers will hold q meeting this
afternoon, when II Is expected Captain
Hayes, senior Vice President OF the Missouri
Pacific, will be present.
ST.. LOUIS, March ia special 10 the
Post-Dispatch, from Moberly, Mo-, says the
strike continues without new features.
Everything quiet. A conference between
a committee OF strikers and the managers OF
the Missouri Car Company, the lessees Of the
Wabash shops, has been held. The mana.
gers stated TO the men, II they would resume
work at the cut rates, their wages would DO
At once increased according to their worth
This proposition was rejected by the COM
mittee, who said the men would not go to WORK
until an arrangement was made satisfactory
TO the workmen oil along the line. IL Is not
unlikely the contract between the Wabash
Company and the lessees OF the shops here
will be cancelled, IL the managers do not
commence work In n very few days. Quite
a number OF workmen here are making ar.
rangements to move TO other places where
employment may be had.
ST. LOUIS. March 12-The Atchison, Kan.
special TO the Post Dispatch says: The
status OF the strike Is unchanged. Passenger
ard mail trains are all right but freight
trains are entirely abandoned. Hundreds
of loaded cars are on the side tracks and in
the yards. No attempt is made to make
freight The office clerks are idle, some have
been given lay-off. The strikers won't &C.
cept compromise. The following Is the
suggestion of the Governor. The Railroad
Commissioners to send committee to 81
Louis to confer with aoxie and Hays, IL the
strikers at Eedalia and Parsons do the same
ST.. LOUIS, March IA Jefferson City
special TO the Post-Dispatch says the air i:
filed with all sorts of wild rumors. The
strikers claim compromise has been offered
by Governor Brown, representing the rail
road company, to restore the old wages o.
last October, with probable increase. Gov
ernor Brown denies the statement aud says
the railroad will not negotiate with the
strikers, because they are not law-abiding
and honest citizens, and could not trea
with them under the circumstances.
The strike at Pleasant Hill, M ssouri com
menced this morning. The shops and yard
are in possession OF the mob. Trouble il
feared there. The militia are still at Centre
town, fifteen miles west Of here, awaiting
orders.