Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-19
The Knights of Labor Order a Gen.
eral Strike
ON THE GOULD WABASH SYSTEM
West of the Mssissippi---The Order Not
Observed in Many Of the
Shops.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR VS.. JAY GOULD


Eshed here to-day, dated Sunny Brook,
Hyde, Cheshire, Epgland, July l3 1885,
and signed Samuel n Brooks" which
speaks Of his son, g. NJ Brooks, having
left home last January on business trip to
Ireland, and that no word had been received
from him since. 1t had been learned, how
ever, that he had the curate Of the adjoining
parish for companion, and that they had
INDUCED in various extrsvagsuces, and
that Brooks name had got mixed up with
the "St. Louis trunk mystery" and also
mixed up with Doctor Maxwell. The let
ter shows great distress on the part Of the
writer, and makes an urgent appeal for in
formation in regard 10 the Eersor CONCERNED
in the murder
A part of this letter was shown TO Max
we'll and be recognized the signature as
that OF his father. and dasired the posSessor
of the letter to write his father and tell him
thst he (MaxwelN was innocent Of the MUIR
der of Preller, and that he had a perfectly
good defence In the course Of q conVerss-
lion, Msxwell-or as he is now pretty def
aitely identified, Brooks-said that Preller
Was troubled with insomnia and that he had
prescribed chorOform for him on several
occasions, and with benefit. Preller how
ever, had heart disease, he said, and init
mated that he had either taken, or had
administered 10 him, on this occasion, an
- g.. xn,,,Ito The yEy,Il ho
Brooks defense when he comes to trial.
For causing the arrest Of members Of the
Knights of Labor by l. s msrshals, like
common felons, Congressman VIM. Warner
of Kansas City, No, and Gen. J. NJ Palmer
of Springfield, Ills, were requested to offer
a resolution to prosecute the Wabash rail
road for cons piracy, and to impesch judges
Treat. Brewer and Krekel. T. J. Russell
OF the Gould system committee says that
the Wabash order issued Yesterday was pre-
lmiuary to general order, but declined to
say when the general order would be
issued, or give an idea Of its eX-
tent. The committees are awaiting
information from branch organizations of
the Knights OF Labor throughout the West
before resortiDg TO extreme measures. 1t is
probable that an order calling out the men
on the Gould roads will be issued shortly.
ST.. Louis, Au.u,t l8-Word has come
from the Wabash repair shops in North st
Louis, where only about q dozen men are
employed, that none OF the men have yet
gone out There was onl one Knight OF
Labor among them. A dispatch from
Moberly Gays that the men there are still at
work: Reports are conflicting,
growing out of the fact per.
haps that the hour ordered for the
strike is the regular dinner hour and OF
course sll the men left the shops for dinner,
| and it will not be known who or how many
actually struck until after the usual hour
tor the men to return to work has passed.
ST LovIs, Nc. August Is, 3 D. ma
general strike has been ordered on all the
ines west Of the Missis,ipii river.
The Wabash shops only very two
small shops and a small round house here,
IMPLYING all tod, fifty men. Ii therefore
cuts but small figure in a strike. All
rhese remained at work today, and there is
net likely 10 b. any trouble.
The General Executive Committee Of the
Knights of Labor were in session this after
loon, and formulated and issued the follow
ing
Important Order.
OFFICE OF The
| GEyrRAL SscRyTARY AND TREAsvREa,
ST. Louis, Mo, August Is, lSS5.
T. Al Whom Il Nay Concern:
GRYETlNG-Owiug to the persistent fight
| ctie Wabash Company against the Knights
4 Labor, the General Executive Board
| .eem it advisable 10 issue the following or
| tsr 20 Assemblies on the Union Pacific
rsilrosd aud Goull's Southwest system:
To .sll assemblies on the above lines Of
always.
All Knights Of Labor in the employ OF
| he Union Pacific and its branches, and
| Goulds Southwest System or any other rail-
| way must refuse to repair or handle in any
manner Wabash rolling stock until further
orders from the General Executive Board
aud If this order is autagor lied by the com
psuy through any Of its officials your Exec
utiye Committee is hereby ordered to call
out all Knights Of Labor on the above sys-
tenn without further acton
BY order Of the General Executive Board
FREDERICE Turner,
General Secretary and Treasurer.
II deveiopes that it vas the intention of
he hosrd to issue this order before sent
over the Wabash road, as the actual weak
ness on that road was known 10 the eXecu-
tive committee and there was good rea-
son TO believe that the effort OF to-day
would be uniavorab'e, but for some uueX
ulained cause it was held back. The order
vas however, telegrsphed all over the
specified roads this evening, and Assembly
meetings were called at every point ID re-
ceiye il, and it is expected that tomorrow
the real strike will be fairly on.
To Strike To-Day,
In this connection the Globe Democrat
will say tomorrow, under this order all
f, Knights Of Labor must refuse in any way
TO handle Wabash stock, and should any
yardmaster district or division superinten-
dent, or any other official 2f the road en-
deayor to force the men to handle such
cars, then district strike is ordered. The
situation is about this: On the Wabash
road the Knights OF Lsbot are al or nearly
all out, ard have been for some time, but
on the Missouri Pacific, Iron Mountain,
Union Pacific aud other roads the Knights
are said to fill the shops and yards. Thus
is this last order guarantee OF
A Revolution of Labor.
1t will at any rate enforce public test
Of strength OF the Knights of Labor sud
their feslty to the principles which each
has sworn to uphold. In fact, the fate Of
the organization seems to be 10 the issue
ard il remains to be seen whether the so
coo Knights as sre claimed TO De EN-
ployed on the railways Of
Mississippi viii obey the call Of the Execa
tive Board. Dispatches from Council Bluffs
Is. Andrews, Ind, Decatur, III and in
fact from all shop points on the WABASH
read, received BY officials and by the press