The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-19

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Preliminary Notes.
MoPERIY, Mo, Aug. II. An official
order commanding all knights of Labor of
the Wabash system to quit work on Tues
day, Aug Is, at IL o'clock, noon, and re-
main ont until further orders from The gem
eral executive board has been Issued The
order is signed by Frederick Turner, secre-
tary of the board The order has created
quite sensation in Moberly. The strike
ordered is looked upon as one of the most
serious for many years.
The cause OF this action is the fact that
Mr.. Talmadge. superintendent of the rail
way lines has refused to meet the Knights
of Labor COMMITTEES, on the ground that
there was no necessity for such meeting,
and this is looked upon as an attempt to ig
nare the organization and finally break
it up.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. IA meeting of t ie ex-
eCutive board of the Knights of Labor
and of the committee representing the
LIckeI-out men ON the Wabash road and
the Knights of Labor employed on the
Gould southwest system, was held Tuesday
morning A body of resolutions were
adopted denomcing the action of
the Wabash officials for attempting
to break up the Knights of Labor
and for causing the arrest of members of
the organization by United States marshals
like common felons. Congressman William
Warner, OF Kansas City, Mo-, and Con. j.
M Palmer, of Spring field, Ills, were re-
quested by the resolution to defend the i'm
prisoned and prosecuted knights, to prose-
cute the Wabash railroad for conspiracy,
and TO impeach Judges Treat. Brewer, and
krekel
T. J. Russell, of the Gould system COM
mittee, says that the Wabash order issued
Monday was preliminary to a general or
der, but declined to say when the general
order would be iSsued or give an idea of Its
extent. The committee are awaiting infor-
nation from branch organizations of the
Knights of Labor throughout the west be-
fore resorting to extreme measures.
II is probable that an order calling out
the men ON the Gould roads will be issued
shortly
The strike of the Wabash employees effects
St Louis but slightly, there being but few
| employees OF that system in this city that are
Knights OF Labor. The strength of the
movement will he elsewhere 1t is now GER
tain that the employees of the southwestern
| system have decided to go out if necessary
to aid the movement The orgaui-
cation is very strong in Texas,
aud certain they can completely
block traffic there. 1t is strongly hinted
| that at the recent conference between +. NJ.
| Arthur, of the locomotive engineers. and
| Tallmadge of the Wabash, the help Of the
| engineers was pledged the company in case
of the strike, the only effect of which can be
! to totally disrupt the locomotive engineers
| organization, as they hold their allegiance
| to the knig hts higher than to brotherhood OF
| locomotive engineers and have considerable
suspicion of Mr. Arthur's close relations
with different railway managers of late.
| CHICAGO, Aug. l0.-The strike ordered
| by tine executive board of the Knights of
| Labor at ST. Louis will have no effect in
| Chicago, as this end of the system is
not operated by Wabash men. The
| yards at Polk street contain nothing
| but Western Indiana men, and the
| yards at Forty first street, where there are
sixty men employed contain less than a
Io2en Wabash men. Local Freight Agent
| Wmans says that if they were all to leave
tneir places could be filled in five minutes.
| Tns engineers, switchmen and brakemsn
have independent organizations of theiI
1 own.
! kilograms have been received here from
! Decatur, where only ten out of 800 men at
work in the Wabash shops, quit work:
Stanberry, Mo-, where all the men went
out; MoberTy, where twenty-five men quit;
and Toledo, where only about one-sixth of
tine men are Knights of Labor
SPRINGFIELD Ills, Aug. l9.-In accor-
dance with the official order promulgated by
tie executive board of the Knights of Labor
and signed by Frederick Turner, secretary
nearly every member belonging to that or
ganization on the Wabash system between
Moberly and Fort Wayne quit work Tues
day noon.
1t is reported here that the men on the
| Southwestern system and in all Wabash ter
ritory east of Fort Wayne will strike at noon
Wedne day. The engineers will not parti
cipate in the strike at present.