The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-01
THE CHINESE TROUBLES.
Threatening Aspect of Affairs Growing
Out of the Late Rock Springs Riot.

Threatening Aspect of Affairs Growing
Ont of the Late Rock Springs Riot.
OMAHA, NEB., September 22.-The stu
alton on the Union Pacific Is rapidly De-
coming more serious and threatening. 1he
programme, as announced Saturday, was
carried ont to-day at the Rock Springs coai
mines, Wyoming. Reports at the ufsn
Pacific headquarters in this city state THAT
most of the Chinese went to Work THIS
morning at seven o'clock in accordance Wltn
General Manager Callaway's. order, IN
which protection was assured to ChiheSe
and whites alike. All the white miners,
however, refused to go to work, with the
exception of few engineers and some car
penters, and some men who were ut WORK
on top of the ground. Manager Galloway
then telegraphed an order to Rock Springs
to have all the strikers paid off and to De
informed that he would issue passes good
for one week so that they could leave IL
they wished, but if they remained longer
than one week they would have to pay their
own transportation if they wanted to get
away. During the last three or four days
Manager Galloway has received by
telegram, letter and in other ways,
numerous threats and warnings
of a general strike all along the road. 1t
has not yet come, but he fully expects it.
He has also received a number of anOny-
nous letters containing threats of violence
toward railroad property and officials.
The use of dynamite is predicted and
threatened One of the letters signed III.
NJ. So from Denver, purpOrts to give in
formation regarding the plans of the dyna
miters The writer of the letter claims,
while riding on train to Cheyenne, to have
overheard two men, supposed to be dyna-
miters, talking about plan to blow up por-
tons of the road. These two men got off
at CHEYENNE One of them took down the
names of prominent railway officials in
Omaha and Wyoming and entered them in
book. He instructed the other man to
come to Omaha to work up 4 strike among
the railroad employees here and look over
the ground. lie gave him 5000 and told
him if he wanted more to telegraph and he
could get all he wanted. Calaway thinks
this letter is straight information and he
believes that the dynamiters who have
been operating OF the Denver " KlO
Grande Railroad in and around Denver in
tend to come over the Union Pacific and
use dynamite. This morning Galloway re-
ceived a telegram from President Charles
Francis Adams stating that he and the Iii
rectOrS of the road would stand firmly by
him in the difficulty, and that his course
was meeting their approval They will
back him through to the end. Galloway
says if the employees of the road desire to
90 on a strike they can do so now as well
as any other time, and he would fight it
out, as the issue had to be met Squarelv.
There are nearly 1900 men employed at
the Union Pacific shops in this city. About
one-third receive less than SO q week.
These men, it is claimed, are ready TO go
out if 4 strike is ordered. but the other two
thirds, receiving 81 day and upward are
not anxious for strike. but among them
are great many Knights of Labor who
would obey the order of the executive COM
mttee of the organization. 1t would be
under protest, however, because Omaha
wOrkingmen consider the Wyoming fight
really none of their affair, and think they
ought not to he forced into it General
McCOOk. who is at Rock Springs with SIX
companies of his regiment from Fort Doug
las, has telegraphed to President Cleveland
that martial law ought to be declared in
Wyoming. MdjorGeneral Schoield ar
rives at Rock Springs tonight. Several
meetings of Knights of Labor were he'd
in Omaha yesterday, but nothing 50 far has
been learned regarding their action.