The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-02
the CHINESE TROUBLES.

threatening Aspect u A6htFD Growing
Out OF tho Lste Rock SPRING. Riot.
OMAHA, NER, September 2A-Thc situ-
alton on the Union racific il rapidly DO
coming more seri0es and threatening. The
programme, as announced Saturday, was
carried ont to-day at the Rock Springs coal
mines, Wyoming. Reports at the UEbn
Pacific headquarters in this city state that
most of the Chinese went to work this
morning at seven o'clock in accordance with
General Manager Callaway's order, In
which protection was assured to Chinese
and whites alike. All the white miners,
however, refused to go to work, with the
exception of few engineers and some car
penters. and some men who were Mt work
on top of the ground. Manager Galloway
then telegTaphed an order to Rock Springs
to have all the strikers paid off and to be
informed that he would issue passes good
for one week SO that they could leave II
they wished, but If they remained longer
than one week they would have to pay their
own transportation if they wanted to get
away. During the last three or four days
Manager Galloway has received by
telegram, letter and in other ways,
numerous threats and warnings
of a general strike all along the road. 1t
has not yet come, but he fully expects it.
He has also received a number Of anony-
nous letters containing threats Of violence
toward railroad property and officials.
The use of dynamite is predicted and
threatened. One of the letters signed III.
NJ. S." from Denver, purpOrts to give irl-
formation regarding the plans of the dyna
miters. The writer of the letter claims,
while riding on a train to Cheyenne. to have
overheard two men, supposed to be dyna-
miters, talking about plan to blow up pOr-
tons of the road. These two men got off
at Cheyenne One of them took down the
names of prominent railway officials in
Omaha and Wyoming and entered them in
a book. He instructed the other man to
come to Omaha, to work up a strike among
the railroad employees here and look over
the ground. He gave him 5000 and told
him if lie wanted more to telegraph and he
could get all lie wanted. Galloway thinks
this letter is straight information and he
believes that the dynamiters who have
been operating on the Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad in ard around Denver in
tend to come over the Union Pacific and
use dynamite. This morning Galloway re-
ceived a telegram from President Charles
Francis Adams stating that he and the di-
rectors of the road would stand firmly by
him in the difficulty, and that his course
was meeting their approval They will
back him through to the end. Galloway
says if the employees of the road desire 10
go on strike they can do so now as well
as any other time, and he would fight it
out, as the issue had to be met squarely.
There are nearly 1900 men employed at
the Union Pacific shops in this city. About
One-tiird receive less than SO week.
These men, it is claimed, are ready to 90
out if a strike is ordered, but the other two
thirds, receiving So a day and upward are
not anxious for strike, but among them
are great many Knights of Labor who
would obey the order of the executive COM
mittee of the organization. 1t would be
under protest, however, because Omaha
wOrkingmen consider the Wyoming fight
really none of their affair, and think they
ought not to be forced into it General
McCOOs. who is at Rock Springs with SIX
companies of his regiment from Fort Doug
las, las telegraphed to President Cleveland
that martial law ought To be declared in
Wyoming. MaiOr-General SchOlieid ar
rives at Rock Springs tonight. Several
meetings of Knights of Labor were held
in Omaha yesterday, but nothing 50 far has
been learned regarding their action.