The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-11
MONEY VS.. MUSCLE
The Strike Complications Are
Rapidly Drawing to a
Focus
Miles on Miles Of MOtiOnless
wheels, and Myriads of
dead" Engines
The Governor OF Missouri Has
Dispatched state Troops 10
Fan the Flame!
While Uncle Sam stretches His
Hand Over the wabash,
His ward.
THE GREAT STRIk T..
Gov. Mnrmnduke Calls out the
MILITIA,

Gov. Murnnduke cans out the
Uiiiiia.
st. Louis, March, lO.-Goy Marina
duke has called on the militia here to
20 to Sedalia, Mo-, to aid III repress-
ing trouble likely TO arise there to-
day out of the railroad strike. About
100 officers and men left here this
morning on a special train, aud will
arrive at Sedalia at Up. IN.
THE SITUATION AT sEDALIA.
Sedalia, Mo, March 1O.-The situa-
ton is little changed. The strikers
refuse to allow any freight trains to
leave. They adopted resolutions de-
handing that Manager lloxie be
superseded In the management of the
Missouri Pacific. The city council to.
day appropriated 81 ,000to pay special
police to protect the company proper
ty and assist in the movement of
trains, Division Superintendent lag
garty requested the sheriff of the
county to give the men willing to
work protection. The strikers are
out tonight doing double duty, guard
ing property and seeing no treights
are moved. The strikers are very
well behaved.
AT FORT WAYNE.
Fort Wayne, March l0.-The strike
of the Wabash shopmen at this point
still continue. Master Mechanic
barnes, by order of General Master
Mechanic Johan, posted notices Satur-
day to the eflectthat employees who did
not report for duty Monday morning
could consider themselves discharged.
The strikers ignored the order and
refused to work. To-day another
notice was posted saying those who
did not report for work tomorrow
Wednesday, morning were no longer
in the employ of the company.
The knights of Labor have
the matter in hand and prom
Use assistance when needed. No
attempt has been made TO interfere
with the movement of trains, or to
prevent men who are at work from
continuing, nor is il thought such in
reference will be made.
AT KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, March lO.-Last night
the strikers at this place took all the
switch engines of the Missouri Pacific
company except three, of which the
police had control, ran them to the
round house and put out the fires.
They refused to permit any freight
trains to be moved.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, March l0.-The strike
of the freight handlers of the New
Orleans Il Texas Pacific stops the
movement of freight.
AT SHREVEPORT.
A special TO the Picayune from
shreveport SAYS: Over eighty cars of
freight due last week are still on the
road.
WEIGHING A COMPROMISE.
Kansas City, March lO-The
strikers here are considering n propo-
sition which will be submitted to the
railroad officials this afternoon. They
have decided to discontinue interior
ence with the Wabash trains, fearing
a conflict with the federal authorities
that road being in the hands of the
United States court, and force OF
deputy marshals are now guarding
that property. The mayor called d
special session of the council this
afternoon. No freight has beer
moved on the Missouri Pacific.
CRISIS AT sEDALIA.
st. Louis, March l0.-A special iron
, Sedalia to the Post-Dispatch saws al
is quiet there among the strikers, bu
affairs are critical. The strikers ar,
now in session drafting proclama
: ton that they will keep the peace n
all hazards. They are embittered be
- cause thirty Pinkerton detectives hay
arrived, who are hired by the railwa,
D Adiutant-G General Jamison had con
ference with the strikers, and inform
/ ed them they must not prevent train
moving. The pay car arrived thi
morning. but the strikers refused I
receive their wages, because, the
said, this would sever their come,
- ton with the company, and beside
D the car was not due for five days We
n Rumors that the militia are comm
0 aggravate the situation. There al
r now over seventy engines in III
1 round house and yards here, whiC
have been killed by the strikers, an
over ten miles of loaded freight ca
ON side tracks. No passenger trail
s. have yet been stopped, but no passe
- gers have arrived here from west
u Kansas City, or south of Parsons, ka
since Sunday.
"IS FOR THE WAR;
. st. Louis, March l0.-A Moberl
D. Mo-, special says: NotwithstandiI
the Missouri Car and Foundry col
pany, who have leased the Waba
railway shops here and will hereaft
conduct them, have announced tn