The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-08-28

0ould Lines West of the missintpp o.
dsrsd Z. Suspend work = Resoiutiens
Adopted ~ the Executive Board-Othss
Movements Aattcipsts<i-
ST.. Louis, Mo-, August l9.-An or.
der was issued At two O'Clock Yesterday
afternoon BY the Executive Board Of the
knights Of Labor OF North Amer
lea, calling on al Knights Of
Labor employed on railroads west
OF the Mississippi River TO
quit work. The order a9ects not only
the Gould lines but every road west Of
the Mississippi River on which there Il .
member Of the organization employed.
The Union Pacific has q large number
OF these men working for II. The organ
ization on that road Is complete. The
Missouri Pacific. Iron Mountain and, In
fact, all a the Western and Southwestern
roads employ large numbers OF Knights.
The strikers claim that they delayed
action as long as there was any hope OF
securing conference with A. A. Tai
mage. They regret the necessity for
such action, but claim that their rights
were In danger and It was necessary
measure Of sclf-defense.
A meeting Of the two committees rep
resenting the locked out Knights OF La
Of Labor on the Gould system. ana the
Executive Board Of the National organi-
zation, was held yesterday morniug. In
the absence Of Mr.. Powderly, Chairman
OF the Executive Board, J. A. Buchanan,
acting Chairman Of the Board, presided
over the deliberations. The following
resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, The wabash. - Louis a Pacific
RAILWAY Company has declared war against
the knights Of Labor,
said company without them signing away
their rights and locking them Out Of said
= ry insilgasinga series OF outrages upon
members Of the order by United states Mar.
shais. causin Them 70 be arrested without
srIra Ike e. fe ei and incarcernted IN ithy
dungeon 20 ionthsomc a. 70 impair the
health OF the imprisoned brothers. 81 for
upon the public that they were feIons. out
laws and dynamters. and
WHEREAS. The United states Court has
| company to deprive American citizens q the
| rights OF free speech. thus outraging the
| fundamental principles o. our Republican
| Resoirsd. BY this body Of knights Of Labor,
| representing the entire order Ia North
Amer,cs that We ere reqvss' mayo saen mm m
/ Palmer. ~ springfield. Ill. 20 defend our
prosecuted brothers In their respective
| asainst their prosecutors IN the railway
| company. Also 10 prepare articles OF I'M
peachment against Judges Treat, Brewer
| and krekc for mnlfeasance IN ONCE anc TOT
| high treason TO the American people
l Resofrsd, That we heartily commend Hon.
VIM Warner. Of kansas CITY AMI Hon. =. y.
I Palmer ~ Springfield. H.. for the manly
and grafutons defense OF our brothers IN
/, distress .
! be transmitted 10 the gentlemen above
| named and TO the public press.
4. J. Russell, member OF the com
mItsec representing the knigtns employed
on the Gould system Of railroads, said to
q reporter yesterday morning, explaining
the situations
sThc order calling out tie knights on
the wabash Road was merely preliminary
10 more general order, which think
will follow soon"
slow soonf"
"well. can't say = NAV be to-day
and II may not be Tor several days;
no definite time can be set Inc
three committees are all here yet,
awaiting tcsegrams from different CEN
trail points throughout the West as TO
the eject 81 the Wabash order, the SEN
timent Of the great mass Of the Knights,
and other Important matters, before ex-
IRENE measures will be resortcd TO.
telegram may be received at any moment
which will prscipitatc matters"
swhat Il the nature Of III"
III don't care to say Just at present.
When IL arrives meeting will be called
~ the three committees at either the
Plaptcrs' House or the Hotel Brown, and
our future course decided upon. The
only Immediate effect OF Yesterdays or
der was TO call out the Knights employed
IN the Wabash shops AZ Stanberry, No,
numbering In the ncishbornood Of seven
" men. You see all Of the knights on
the road, saving these men 1t Stanberry,
were already out BY the action Of the dis
trict divisions OF the organization TO
which they belong. At Stanoerry there
n no district division and the men there
were only subject to the orders OF the
National Committee. We have not heard
. vet. but expect a telegram momentarily.
, | The eject Of the order will not be felt at
4 terminal point like this city for some
time. probably. The Wabash has no re-
= | pa,r shops here, and the only men who
; will quit work In obedience TO the order
are few inspectors at the Union De-
' pot"
tire ignorance of any trouble existing
between the road aud its employees.
{ Colonel Hoxie's private secretary ad'
J. mItted that committee Of the working.
( men Of the Missouri Pacific had called
Z Yesterday afternoon and had left docu'
D ment for the Third vicc-PresIdent Thai
J, gentleman being absent, the private Sec
0 rotary told the committee he would hsne
r Il to Colonel IIoxie Immediately on Ill
Q return. None Of the officials can I'm
q agine what grievance the men claim Y
9 have, and Il 10 . concerted expression
q that the Missouri Pacific men viii o
called out for no other reason than Y
K give the wabash men support. How
Is ever, Il 10 claimed that the Missouri