Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-11
TnE STRIKE.


sTiTrxExT RRox EpcKrvEs ssovx.
ST. LoCrs. March "a vsry !oas
statement, containing all the material
Iacts 10 csunectlou with the Texas and
fa<anc Railway. made by Governor
bfo~n- reoeiFer Of that road, uas been
received here. The essential parts o,
TIE staseDsni are as folloxs:
having referres to the sppoirt4ent
o. receIvers Of the road. Receiver
oroEn states that xher gbou, Deeem
Der Sth De went TO Marshall os basins.=
CONNECTED With hrs Office, hs vas waited
on oy committee Of eEapioyees n the
shops ard G-ked II the r1esiver would
fatify tie agreement u 4de by tss nan
heement IN force In March, ISIS Re
csITer Brown replied that the prop. rty
oeiRg managed under orders OF tie
Coort, and the receivers being agents OF
that Coart, the sanction Of the Court
Vas necessary before such action cosld
De tHken. but the receiver would deal
frankly Nth the OPERATIVES, and the
same rate Of wages would De paid Them
as paid BY the former management, and
noue OF the receivers thereafter It
ceiFed any complains until Brs9n, IL
January, received a eomnunlcatlOu
porportinz to come from w. NJ Moore
and Others, signed As A committee.
which again drew bis attention 20 the
agreenent's copy of which was en-
closed, as also \ copy of the regula-
lions they wished aud would endorse.
ibese regulations expressed a desire for
harmonIous relations between the Texas
and Pacific Railway Company and the
knights of Labor employed on said
road. desired that there be 10 reduction
In the rate of wages unless rnutualjy
agreed upon, that no discharges be
made without Just cause and investiRa
ZION and that all disputes be referred
10 arbitrating committee Of sIx, the
members of which would be drawn
equally from the company and the
Knights OF Labor.
10 this Brown replied substantially
as to the other committee. adding fur
ther infornatioH showing that tne court
only had foil Jurisdiction IN the u alter
lne reply concl1d.s with the statement
OF she refusal of the reeelv-rs so sign
'se agreement referred to, to do which
the power vested IN then was made
quats. This was tue sole cause Of the
strike and any other allegation was an
sfterthought.
TIE EFTEcr ON DrsIsTERKsTEB EN-
PLoyEEs
ST.. LoUIs, March 9-It is said that
for the tirst time IN the history of rail
road strikes employees not interested in
the cause are affected by the action OF a
portion of the employees 10 separate
and distinct departments. This morn
ieR An order was issued by II. N. II exie,
First Vice President of the Missouri
facinc road, to the heads of all depart
nents OF the road to at once dispense
With the services OF every nployee not
positively necessary to the company in
It's present crippled condition. This
means that over 100 telegraph operators,
100 freight house hands, so clerks, $50
crossinR watchmen, 100 to $50 firsmen,
and many other employees on tue Nil
souri, Pacific are let out for the time be-
ing. 1t is qaietly understood that the
engineers will receive at least half pay
and that hfemsn who are not IN the
strike will be treated likewise. Con
dnctors will receive paw only when they
ruD, and this IS equal to suspendine
nearly 400 freight conductors and
others necessary to the running Of local
and through freights. All told, IL is
stated that nearly 5000 persons not in
terested 10 the present strike will suffer
she loss Of their salaries until the
Knights OF Labor return to work. IL Is
stated on the authority of a high official
that individual notices are being sent
by the company to all strikers that their
names are stricken from the pay roll
and that they are discharged from the
service of the company.
A STATEMENT FROM THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR
ST. LOUIS, March 9-The Knights of
Labor to-day furnished the Associated
Press a copy of a lengthy letter ad
dressed to IL. N. HoxIe, First Vice Pres
ident of the MlssoRri Pacific, in answer
to Hoxie's statement published today.
The substan % of the letter is as follows:
A short time ago the Texas 4 Pacific
Rsilwty Company employed some sew
,nty men TO work in the machine shops
OF the Company on condition that when
tue company was through with their
services, in 30. GO or 30 days, the men
would be discharged. Instead OF dis
charging these men as agreed upon, old
employees were discharged, in their
opinion, on account Of their promin INT
parts In the organization of the kdighl 9
Of Labor.
The company refused to bear and ad-
Just the grievance of Conductor BisseJl,
who was dismissed without Sufficient
cause. Biss-ll was an earnest worker
In the canse OF the Knights of l. lbor.
The next grievance mentioned IS the
i lsoh8rge of q. A. Hall, already referred
IL IN these dispatches. Hall was charged
by the company with neglect Of duty,
hAt al al a
The letter Gays that Hall WAS absent to
serve AS a delegate ~ n meeting of
Knights OF Labor at Marshall by per
mission of his superior, notwIthstaud
ing tse present denial Of the IaIte r.
When Hall returned from the meeting
he found a letter Announcing his dis
charge. A Committee was appointed
and waited upon Mr.. Crosby, Halls
superior, g. ascertain Why Hall vas sis
charged. Crosby said because OF bis
incsmpetency and denied that Hall had
ever asked his permission TO be absent.
After peAted overtures TO sne receivers
for hearing on the matter, the Execu-
tive Board frat submitted the Question
10 the different local Assemblies for
be reinstated.
iuttcE 6tdtc8 tldt u Is
plain thai the action taken In this
strike was voluntary on the part Of each
and every man belonging TO the Heights
of Labor. Ii IL sieued ov p. j. Nolan,
chairman, and John A. Williams, Woe,
bs order of the Local Executive Com.
nittee.
THE SITUATION At ST. LOUIS.
ST.. LOUIS, March l0.-Ths situation
remains unchanged in East st. Louis
this msrning. The kniahts of Labor
have not struck yet. but large numbers
OF thai organization from this oity are
there attempting. II Is supposed. TO per
snade them TO jsin the movement.
The sdec; of the strike In ~. Louis
upon the cattle trade Is especially Sc
we're. No stock ears can cross the
bridge, and therefore receipts are mate
rally lessened ss the strike proceeds.
General Superintendent kefrigan, Of
the Missouri Pacifo, this morning 10
sued an order expelling from the Mis-
sour Pacific yards all Knights OF Labor.
This order includes the delegation of
men appointed BY the knights TO guard
the eompsnys property
A. he circular issued 10 the strikers or
deripe them of the csmpsny's premises
IL a. follovs;
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