The Portland daily press., 1886-04-13
No Disturbances Reported at East
st. Louis Yesterday.
Strict Order Being Preserved by the
Military.
The Deputy Sheriffs Who Did the
Shooting Friday Released
from Custody.
Coal Miners in the ST. Louis District
to Strike
TWO Thousand TaiIors in Milwaukee,
Wis.,, will Quit Work To-Day.

been reported since the ncendiary fires OF Friday
night, and it is now believed that no encounter
between the military and the strikers will occur.
The same strict guard, however, over the railroad
property is observed this morning, and the vigi-
lence Of the sentries has in no way relaxed. The
time over which the order extended requiring
those who wished to go over the bridge into East
St. Louis to supply themselves with passes elapsed
at midnight last night, and the bridge this morn
ing presents an animated appearance Pedestrians
are passing and repassing without interference
over and on neither side of the bridge are their
drivers approached by the intlmldatlng strikers
attempting to persuade them to again stop work.
The promise of the military of protection to
those who might desire to go to work today mas
resulted in the employment OF large number OF
applicants, most OF whom are not knlghsss o. La
the vacancies caused by the strike OF the latter,
and who left their places last Friday, after the IA
tai shooting by the deputies. The platforms OF
the various freight depots are busy with men ac.
lively engaged loading and unloading cars, ana
no attempt at interference by the strikers has oc-
CURED, nor is any anticipated. NO freight trains
have left this city up to $50 O'Clock but in sever
al yards trains are now in process OF construction
and the attempt to start them out Will be made IL
is expected, some time during the morning
New YORK, April 12.-The following dispatch
was received at the office of the Missouri Pacific
Railway Company this morning:
ST. LOUIS, April IL.
Saturday. containing 4772 loaded cars, an in
crease of 81 trains and 676 cars as compared
with the e. same day last yea year On sunday there there
every place along the lsne. FL M. HOXIE.
Mr.. Jay Gould denied that negotiations We're
pending between himself Mr.. Hoxie and Mr.. w.
o. Mcdowell
ST. LOUIS, April 12.-F. P. Sargent, Chief of
call this morning for meetings of the grievances
committee Of ali the local lodges on the. Gould
system to investigate the discharges of firemen
and all other grievances which may be presented
to them and to report to meeting OF the general
grievance committee which will meet at Parsons
Kansas, on the goth inst
In the criminal court today the writ of habeas
corpus applied for Saturday by Judge Laughlin
in behalf of the deputy sheriffs who did the shoot
ing in the Louisville and Nashville yard in East
st. Louis Friday, was granted, and the men re-
leased. They will be Immediately re-arreSted
however at the instance of the East St. Louis al-
thorities as fugitives from Justice and placed in
JAIL where they will be kept until requisition
papers are received from the Governor Of Illinois
until they can be sent to East ST. Louis without
endangerlng their personal safety.
NEW YORK. April 12.-When asked about the
truth Of certain reports published in the morning
papers about negotiations pending between
There is no truth whatever i'll the reports OF any
further conference with the general executive
committee of the knights of Labor, The whole
matter was put in HoXies hands by the directors
of the Missouri Pacific some time ago, and they
propose to let it remain there. Besides in their
and my opinion the strike is thing of the past.
Fort WORTH Texas, April 1.-THE grand
jury is after Martin Irons. When the strike was
ordered off by Powderly and Knights at Fort
Worth telegraphed Irons about it, Irons tele-
graphed back, ''Hold the fort" When trouble
grew there and affairs became desperate he tele-
grapbed Hold the fort at all hazards" 1t is
proposed to investigate how far sat all hazards
@ i 'c VIII u iav cs in niint,rent for CON-
SSiicit,, Siie4 in in the Ei,1ip,, Wv - o o''
pi,Il's =, .no Nii,.s, r ca,,.o, IT.,
NEW YORK, April l2.-Ihe central LABOR Un,
ion adopted Saturday preamble callng Gouid
destroy all labor organizations and TO it append
Ell resolutions denohcmg Gould ior Dls refusal
the til Missouri Pacific pedging aid to the western
StRefs ana "a proyug loT e or oen oa q
eral boycott on Jay Gould in New York and other
cities The meeting left it wholly with the COM
mittee to be appointed to settle plan OF boycot
ting Gould, and no person had any idea what
at all sure that any of their members were in the
employ of Jay Gould, baked the bread he ate or
made the clothing he wore or did any OF the hun
dred little things man in G0uld'S circumstances
required done. Other resolutions were adopted
commencing the advice given by the head of the
labor organizations to the strikers to act as law
abiding citizens and demanding that whoever is
responsible for the East st. Louis murders be
brought to trial
THO a+ae+
ihS IoteSS'
ST. LOUIS, April livery meagre reports of
the situation in East ST. Louis had been received
nnit ~ s aon@ n P he 70 neople the militia mantanne
perfect order and no disposition being shown at
any point TO create disturbance OF 70 commit
unlawful acts. troops are guarding al tne YARDS
ana tne streets ana open spaces around tile relay
depot are patrouea, ana people are not alioWeu 70
work has been done in the yards so far and but
the tbe reasnn b"wever that in some Of the Yards
there are not sufieient men to make up trains,
While in others there IS little or no freight TO
move: The Louisville y Nashville yards are
practically at standstlll: ms IS the ROAD at
which lhe strikers are most lncensed ana puI IeW
moved no trains yet To-Day.
no go, - @ha xaa,a axo+naxe, ME-
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pute-
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LINN. Mass April d2nIne eommltlee OF ;1 tne
lasters, Union was again IN c0hsultatioh Win
Keene Brothers this morning. The meeting was
protracted, but came TO no results Inc aiscus-
sion turned Wn9iy on tnS pIices YES 70 pe plu M NE
trlai OF me cooperative plan LOT year. Inc
LasterS' Commlttee malntamea thaI no sucn
proposltlon eoud be ehtertainea, ior tle reason
tnat IL would pc unlalr 10 tne hldnulaclurers III
Gardiner and klchmond VINO are paying q uni
form standard price LOT iaStng. Inc okowmegali
lasters never nave entered lnto Inc co-operatlve
determhed that u shal pc aI the same iaIe oI
wages as Is palu in 5aIalneE e. anu @ hiciiiiioiu' T
-. - ;ii ,,t srso i, ,ot u oa, ID ratI,ars ,,nlaSs
they send for it,
Tai!ors TO Strike.
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I'LL "a t,i Ea 10 ls ; p,,Io ds j6ot 400
taos , ~ eh!s oity W e1 ni9oi & on 'pDo s ;
VIII SLIM IN ~ o"; .iio oos @ a lo ba M
gIeasS @ s " ne9ly Ky ~ PEI Nm, III "''so' ''s
pVei ieiuo0u ~ ''oi' e"Pio9oio'
Enis,aye Strike m Aid fine Knights of
"''''o's S'''~o ~ 1'O
Labor.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. April 1.-THE miners along
number. have struck to aid the knights of Labor
on the Missouri Pacific Inv cutting Of the coal srp-
nlv they held meetings Yesterday and resolved
fnrepain firm togefher and NOT resume work till
ofter the strike hv the KniobtS shall have ended
and Is exnected that the total emitting off of the
sunnly will affect seriously the manufacturing in
teresfs of ST Louis Besides these 45O operators
on the Illinois and St, Louis railroad who have
about Belleyillei Illinois. TODAY to assist the
is well informed dec a ed YESTERDAY that all the
miners in ST. Clair and Madison counties, Illinois,
wonl,t he ont this week excepting perhaps the
men eynployed in machinery mines The st.
Louis coal district extends over radius of fifty
es ne ers aS ao' fS f fSs anu eS arS emnoV
ed in the machine mines and they would not
strike ON their own account. Few OF them are
Knights OF Labor, but most OF the other 5000 are
if called upon to do SO.
Strike Among Winnjpeg .aborers.
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ST PAUL Minn, April IA winnipeg SpeGldll
says; Inls Inornlhg zoo ltdllduS asseliuie,u , ~ ae