Morris tribune., 1886-03-17

Tho Missouri Pacific. Outloois-ExcitinI
Chase with an Engine After Strikers
| Cincinnati Street Car Men-Ten Thou
sand Idle Minors Labor News. !.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 15.-At 1853
q. m. Friday morning freight train run By
q switch engine left the Iron Mountain de
pot and reached Benton, twenty-five mile
south. The passenger engine whis h was X
take the St Louis train south was captures
at the round house by masked strikers and
sent altar the freight train. The freight
train was overtaken at Benton
and disabled, and the strikers started bach
toward Little Kock with the passen
geo engine At Mablevale, ten miles
south of this city, they waited ON a side
track for the passenger train to go by. Tho
train came along, and when the last cal
bad passed they threw the switch open and
dashed out in the direction of Little Rock
United States MarshaI Fletcher and several
deputies were on the passenger train, &C.
companied by Superintendent Wheeling.
The track was cleared for switch-engine,
and the officers got aboard and pursued the
strikers, both reaching and dashing past the
depot under full headway. While
crossing the bridge the pursuing engine
caught and made fast to the strikers en-
gine, and the officers began climbing
aboard, ordering the strikers to stop They
refused, and on reaching the north side OF
the bridge several strikers jumped of, and
the officers began firing. About fifty shots
were fred, and one striker, named Sullivan,
was shot in the leg, wounded severely, and
captured Seven others besides Sullivan
were captured, and the officers are in pur-
suit Of the fugitives, about eighteen in num-
Der. The captured strikers were released
on bond, and everything is quiet although
considerable excitement prevails
ST. LOUIS, March 15.-In the railway
strike thoro was but little change to note
Saturday morning, except that all accom-
modation trains which have heretofore been
running irregularly have been abandoned,
the engineers and f1remen all refusing to 20
out The blockade therefore becomes more
effective than it has yet been since the in
auguration of the strike.
New YORK, March 15-The Herald's St
Louis correspondent telegraphs: "Informa-
ton has reached me from an authoritative
source that Mr.. Hoxie is In communication
with the executive committee of the Knights
of Labor at Sedalia, and that negotiations for
q settlement of the strike are progressing
privately" T..
Ell PAso, Tex, March 13-J. A. Wilson,
local passenger agent of the Texas &
Pacific road received instructions Friday
night to receive all classes of freight in
Guiding live stock for points on and beyond
the Texas Pacific, except the points reached
by Missouri Pacific, the International g.
Great Northern, the Missouri Kansas &
Texas and the Iron Mountain road
Ed Walker and J. Hunies arrived here
Friday in charge of Deputy United States
Marshals Morning and DuvaL The men
were heavily ironed and placed in Jail.
They are the men charged with robbing
engines at Big Springs and were arrested ON
a bench warrant issued by Judge Turner of
San Antonio
PALESTINE, Texas, March 5-A sheriR's
guard has now charge Of the railway shops
here. The company has discharged all the
nisn. The Howard Oil mills has been COM
PEELED to shut down on account of the
strika. --~-4 assg,~@