Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-19
THE WABASH STRIKE.
The knights of Labor Make a Poor
Showing on the Wabash Road.-The
Executive Board Order all OF its Mem.
bers on Other Roads to Refuse to Han.
die Wabash Rolling stock.
Sr. LOUIS, Aug. Is.

Sr. Louis. Aug. Is.
A general stiike has been ordered on all
lines west of the Mississippi river. 1t is
claimed that the strike is ordered BY the
nights of labor on the Wabash road. Ii will
have very little effect on the working OF the
road here. Engineers, fremen and break.
men belong TO unions of their own and it is
thought the order will not affect more than
the men in the shops and yards here.
LArER.-Nine of the Wabash employees
struck 10 day. The general executive COM
mittee of the Knights of Labor were in ses-
sion again this afternoon and evening and
issued the following order:
ITO whom it NAV 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 south
west system.
To all assemblies on the above lines of rail-
All knights of Labor in the employ of the
Union Pacific and its branches and Gould's
southwest system, or any other railroad,
must refuse to repair or handle in any man.
ner Wabash rolling stock until further orders
from the general executive board, and if this
order is antagonized BY the company through
any of its officials your executive committee
is hereby ordered to call out all Knights OF
Labor on the above systems without further
action.
Ii devolves that it was the intention of the
board TO issue this order before the one sent
over the Wabash road as the actual weakness
of the Knights on that road was know to the
executive committee and there was good rea-
son to believe that the effort of today would
h.ln m pfay rahl hut for Al paI
cause it was held back The order was,
however, telegraphed all over the specified
roads this evening and assembly meetings
were called at every point to receive it and
il is expected that tomorrow the strike will
be fairly on.
In this connection the Globe Democrat
will say tomorrow The situation is about
like this. On the Wabash road the Knights
of Labor are all, or nearly all, out. and have
been for some time, but on the Missouri
Pacific, Iron Mountain, Union Pacific. and
other roads, the Knights are said to fill the
shops and yards. Thus is this last
order guarantee of revolution of labor
1t will at any rate enforce public test of the
strength of the Knights, and their fealty to
the principles which each has sworn to up
hold. In fact the fate of the organization
seems to be in issue, and it remains to be
seen wnetner the l0OOO knlghts, as are
claimed to be employed on the railroads west
OF the Mississippi river. will obey the call of
the executive board, whom they vested with
this absolute power
STANBERRY. Mo-, Aug. Is.
At noon to-day all men in the Wabash
shops went out. Everything is quiet.
DECATUR. Ill. Aug Is.
The Wabash strike was inaugurated here
at noon to day. OF the 800 employed here
less than 10 men went out, which is explained
by the fact that so knights quit work two
months ago and have remained idle ever
since.
FT. WAYNE, Ind, Aug. Is.
The employees of the Wabash road at this
point did not strike nor make any demonstra-
tion whatever at noon to-day as ordered by
the Knights of Labor, to which organization
about two-thirds of the men employed in the
shops at Fort Wayne belong.
TOLEDO, o., Aug. IS.
The command sent by the Knights of
Labor Executive Committee ordering a gen.
eral strike along the line of the Wabash
road had little effect here at the noon hour
set for the strike. All was quiet at the shops
and all the men recommended work at one
o'clock.