Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-19
A General Strike Ordered On All Rail-
road Lines West Of the Mis-
sissippi River.
Members Forbidden to Repair Wabash
Rolling Stock in Any shop I'm
der Any Conditions.
The Most Important Action Yet Taken
By the trganiKstion-What
1t Means.


of Labor and of the committees repre-
senting the locked out men on the
Wabash road. and the KNIGHTS of Labor
employed on theGould Southwest system,
was held this morning. A body of reso-
lutions was adopted denouncing the
action of the Wabash officials for attempt
ing to break the Knights of Labor and
for causing the arrest of members of the
organization by United States 1narsbals
like common feleps. Congressman VIM.
Warner Of. Kansas City, Mo, and Gen.
NJ. Palmer of Springfield, H., wefe re-
quested by resolution to defend imprison-
ed and prosecuted Knights, to prosecute
the Wabash railroad for conspiracy and to
impeach Judges Treat, Brewer and
Krekel. 7. j. Russell of the Gould sys-
TEN committee, says that the Wabash
orders issued yesterday was preliminary
to general order, but declined to say
when the general order would be issued
or give an idea of its extent. The COM
mittees are awaiting information from
the French organizations of the Knights
of Labor throughout the West before
resorting to extreme measures. 1t is
probable that an order calling out the
men on the Gould roads will be issued
shortly.
AT THE REPAIR SHOP.
Word has come down from the Wabash
repair. shop in North st. Louis, where
only abetit a dozen men are employed,
that none of the men have yet gone out.
Inere was only one knieht OF, Labor
among them. 4 dispatch ff6m Mobssly
says that the men there are still at work.
Reports are conflicting, growing out of
the fact, perhaps, that the hour ordered
for the strike is the regular dinner hour,
and, OF course, all The men left the shops
for dinner, and it will N It be known who
or how many actually struck until after
the usual hour for the men to return to
work has passed
A GENERAL STRIKE ORDERED.
3 o. Clochi PM-A general strike has
just been ordered on all the lines west of
the Mississippi river.
THE SITUATION AT ST. LOUIS.
The Wabash road has only two very
small repair shops and a small round
house here employing all told perhaps
fifty men. 1t therefore cuts but slight
figure in a strike. All these men re-
mained at work to day and there is not
likely to be any trouble at this point
IMPORTANT ORDER.
The General Executive Committee of
the Knights Of Labor were in session
again this afternoon and tonight and
formulated and issued the following i'm
portant oreer
OFFICE OF TIE GEx'L s.c'Y iND TEEAsskrR,
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, August is, 1885.
To all whom it may concern-greeting:
Owing to the persistent fight of the
Wabash company against the Knights of
Labor the general executive board deem
it advisable to issue the following order
to all assemblies on the Union Pacific
railroad and Gould's Southern system.
All assemblies on the above lines Of
railway, all Knights OF Labor in the en-
| ploy of the Union Pacific and its branches
and Gould's Southwest system, or any
| or handle in any manner Wa
orders from the General Executive
Board, and if this order is antagonized
by. the company through any of its of.
hereby ordered to call out all knights
of Labor on the above systems without
further action. By order of the Genera
Executive Board.
| FREDERICK TURNER,
| Grand Secretary and Treasurer.
| THE STRIKE FAIRLY ON.
1t develops that it was the intention
of the board to issue this order befor,
the one sent over the Wabash read, a
the actual weakness of the Knights oil
that road was known to the EXecutiv,
Committee, and there was good reason
to believe that the effort of to-day woul'
be uufavorable, but for some unexplaine,
cause it was held back. The order was
however, telegraphed all over the speci
fed roads this evening and assembl
meetings were called at every point +
receive 1t, and it is expected that to
morrow the real Strike will be fairly on
WHAT THE ORDER IMPLIES.
| In this connection the Globe Den,ocro
will say to morrow: Under this orde
all Knights OF Labor must refuse to i
any way handle Wabash railroad stock
and should any yard master, master me
chanic, district or division superintend
ent, or any other official of the road en-
deavor, to force the men to handl7 sue
cars, then district strike is ordered
the Wabash road the Knights of Labc
are all, or nearly all, out and have bee
for some time, but on the Missouri Pa
cifc, Iron Mountain, Union Pacific an
other roads the Knights are said to Fl
the shops and yards. Thus is this lai
order guarantee of a revolution of !;
Dor. 1t will at any rate inforce publ
test of the strength of the Knighrs {
Labor and their tealty to the principl,
which each has sworn to uphold. /
! fact, the iale of the organization seen
to be in the issue, aud it remains to |
seen whether the $4,000 Knights that al
;, claimed to be. employed on the railwa.
west of the Mississippi river will ODE
! the call of the Executive Board who
! they vested with this absolute powe
: Dispatches from Council Bluffs, Ia, Al
:. drews, Ind, Decatur, ILL.,, and, in fac
y from all shop points on the Wabash 70;
excepting Stanberry, Mo-, received
officials and by the press here are to Il
effect that the men remained at work t
day, and that no demonstration was an
where made So far the strike, in its r
s lations to the Wabash road at least,
] regarded as complete fzzle.
q HAS HAD BUT LITTLE EFFECT.
II Dispatches received from various poir
tonight say that the strike has had
little effect so far Its full effects W
probably be felt to, morrow and the ne
: day, and will prove test OF the streng
e of the strikers.