The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-13
DAYLIGHT AHEAD F!
A Flutter of Hope that the
Great Strike is Drawing
to an End
The Governors of Missouri ana
and Kansas are Acting
Like True Mem
And MIR. Hoxie IntImates
Thar lie Is at Home
10 Reason!
while Prudence sim Keeps
watch in the Camps Of
the strikers.
Some of the Straws Yester-
days Eitfui BreeZes
Tossed To ana Fro.
Gov. unrmaduko wants More Light
ON the subject.

Gov. Mnrmadukc wants More Light
ON the subject.
st. Louis March l2.-Everything
was quiet about the railroad shops
this morning. The men are all al
work and seem to be entirely satisfied
with the action of the company yes
terday in restoring their wages. The
statement comes from Jefferson City,
made on the authority of one of the
leaders of the Sedalia strikers, who
was in that city yesterday in confer
ence with Gov. Marmaduke. that I'M.
less settlement of the difficulty is
made by Friday noon the engineers
and iiremcn will Join the strikers.
Gov. Marmaduke will send special
representative to Sedalia to make
further inquiry regarding the situa-
committee of personal friends AZ
Scdalia to keep him thoroughly adj
vised of the condition of affairs. lie
does not know why, if it be the fact as
stated that no violence has been used
AM. no interference practiccd by the
strikers, that trains do not move and
the traffic of the road is not resumed.
AT ATCHisoN, kAs.
st. Louis, March l2.-An Atchison,
Kas., special to the Post-Dispatch
saws: The status of the strike is nm
changed. Passenger md mail trains
are all right, Freight trains have been
entirely abandoned. Hundreds of
loaded ears are sidctrackcd in the
wards. No attempt has been made tn
remove freight. Office clerks are idle
and some have been given lay-oil,
| The strikers won't accept ComprU.
mise.
AT HANNIBAL, NO.
st. Louis, March l2,-The strikers at
Hannibal, Mo, have been Joined by
| the section and some wood workers
and their total number is now about
seventy-iive. No freight trains arc
| allowed to move on the Missouri
| Kars - IL Texas road, but passenger
trains are undisturbcd. General bust.
moss is suffering and there is good
deal of discomfort becoming manifest
among the laborers in lumber yard.
who had wages reduced lately.
AT MoBERLY, MO.
| st. Louis, March l2.--A special tC
the Post-Dispatch from Moberly, Mo.
says: The strike continues wiihou
new feature. Everything is quiet. a
conference between committee o
the strikers aud the managers of thu
Missouri Car company, the lessees o
the Wabash shops, has been held
The managers stated TO the men i
they would resume work at the Gu
their wages would be at once increas
ed according To their worth. Thi
proposition was rejected by the CON
mittee, who said the men would no
20 to work till arrangements wer
made satisfactory to workmen al
along the line. Ii is not unlikely tn
contract between the Wabash compi
nv and the lcssees of the shops her
will be Cancelled If the managers d
, not commence work in a very fe
j DAYS. Quite number oil workme
here are making arrangements
move to other places where eniplo
ment may be had.
AT sEDALIA.
st. Louis, March IA Sedal
special SAYS: No change in the co
r' dition of affairs here. The streets
the city are quiet as Sunday. Scarce
l. anv business is being done. Adjutal
y Gen. Jamison is here again, and wi
III the police force endeavored to mo
:. l Irelgnl lIhlnst IlNt hltcihpto w
10 make, and each time the strikers
le auested the engineers not to mo
+ their engines aud the request "
le coupled with. The strikers will h'
& n meeting this afternoon, when it
IL expected Capt. Hayes, senior vi
"a, president of the Missouri Pacific, v
sn be present.
ne LArER.-Again this evening age
X attempted in connection with sup
intendent Hager TO get out freight
re- striker requested the engineers
OF to depart, and he said he was afr
re- to go. At the meeting of the strik
ho this evening the committee wi
went TO Jefferson City to sec
So governor made their report. 4
me said the governor told them that I
OF had perfect right to use .persua
~. and as long as they used no o.
lua means to stop trains they would
aus unmolested. The state labor com
a.. tee was present at the meeting
, advised the strikers togo to work
Ou. pledge himself to do everything il
ne9 power to persuade the railway [
anu pany to act fairly. No freight Il
ohs have moved to-day and there ar
immediate prospects OF their MOI
M n WHO TOLD ITY
! St. Louis, March IL "A Jeflc