Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-03-18
Disturbance Among Railroaders.

Il SIrlke LOOK place III tne west ldsi
week among the rallroaders on the
Gould system of railroads. The fight
is between the men who are manag-
ing the roads and certain other men
that are employed by the manag-
ment. The people at large have no
interest in the fight further than that
their interests may suffer in having
the running of the cars stopped.
There may be considerable loss to
property if the strike is continued.
What right has a set of men to pre-
vent the running of trsins that they
do not own7 What right have they
to prevent the shipment of grain,
merchandise and cattle, and stop
travel? They may quit work but
that does not give thom the right to
prevent others from working, any
more than it gives other people the
right to compel them to work. Dis
patches speak of
The STRIKE
''at Dallas, Texas, and Sedalia, No,
as formidable, at Fort Worth, SIar-
shall, Jefferson, Dallas, Dennison,
Palestine, and Abilene, in Texas, the
men connected with the Gould sys
TEN are all out, and permit no freight
trains to pass either way, and in
some places no passenger trains are
allowed to move, only the engine and
mail car In most of those places
the railroad managers have not only
called upon the officers to protect
their property, but served notice
that the respective cities will be held
responsible for all damages resulting
from the lawless mob, as they term
strikers, who are determined and un
yielding, though quiet and orderly.
In Missouri the situation is per-
haps more desperate At Sedalia the
number out is very great, and they
are quiet and orderly, but determin-
ed. The city has appointed several
hundred extra policemen. No freight
trains are moving and no engines are
allowed to leave the shops. The rail-
road management served notice upon
the city that they demand protection
and also that they would hold the
city responsible for all loss of prop
erty.
TROOPS CALLED FOR.
The mayor OF Sedalia, called for
troops about midnight on the night
of the 10th inst. About two hun
dred and fifty troops were sent on
the morning of the 11th from st.
Louis.
AT KANSAS CITY
some five hundred men are out.
They are refusing to permit Missou-
ri Pacific trains to move, but have
decided to let Wabash go, as that
road is in the hands of q receiver,
and they fear conflict with the Uni
ted States Government,
AT ATcHIsoN CITY
fully two hundred men are out. They
are holding trains and nothing but
passenger trains are permitted to
pass. Freight is being refused at
tse depots, which are full at all points
and many persons are taking their
goods away, as they fear loss by fire,
as no one can tell what may occur.
All along hundreds of cars loaded
with all sorts of freight, cattle, fruit,
horses and merchandise, are side
tracking and in ali towns business is
dead and nothing doing.
MEN THROWN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.
Travelling men are all idle. There
is no use selling goods, as there is no
telling when they can be shipped.
At Moberly the situation is unchang
ed. The Wabash people have leased
their shops to a company and al
men were invited to come to work
at the old wages. The strikers loob
upon this as a ruse and have not VET
returned. In some places brakemen
fremen and engineers have joined
but not many. The strike is confn'
ed to shop men, men in the round
house and depot help. 1t is estima
ted that the number of strikers now
out will reach four or five thousand
and this number is growing hourly.
THE FREIGHT BLOCKADE
The freight blockade at seYera