The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27
The Great Strike

The Great Strike
ST. LOUIS, March 23.-Lar6e numbers
of rocks were thrown into the Missouri
Pacific shops to-day. Tomorrow
is expected to bring serious contest be,
tween the strikers and the law officers,
and the police force has been strength
ened scco, dinghy,
At Sedalia in the afternoon an attempt
was made to get out a freight train. En-
Gineer Bradley, Conductor Spangler
three loyal brakemen, SUP erintendent
Frey and Trainmaster Lyons, with a
protective force, were in charge of the
train. The usual request of the Knights
10 the engineer met with 70 attention
and the train pulled out at zen miles an
hour.
1t passed the stock Yards at still higher
7apeed, and was making twenty-five
miles an hour when three torpedoes
we're exploded. This sigral was un-
needed. Three miles from town Super
intendent Frey discovered misplaced
rail and called to the four men On the
engine to jump, and they jumped Mr..
Frey fell on his back; Train master
Lyons had an injured back but the en-
gineer and fremen were unhurt. Special
Officer Nelly was thrown from the front
car against the tender and fractured his
right thigh, Officer Mason broke his
right arm, and Conductor SpangIer was
seriously cut about the head and face.
At Leavenworth, Kansas, Judge
Brewer of the federal court ordered an
engine sent for from Hiawsstha to move
certain government stores. The engine
started but after leaving Atchison it was
followed by an engine in charge of the
strikers and killed.
Last night body of masked men en-
tered the Missouri Pacific ronnd-house
at Atchison and killed all of the engines.
At Kansas City no freight is moving.
The switchmen in publirhed card de-
clare that they are striking for wages
equal to those now pad in Chicago.
Grand Master Monagan Of the Switch
mems Union is on the ground.
Business is suffering, and little is be-
ing done at the packing houses. The
militia are believed to have received
orders to be ready for an emergency.
The merchants talk of pstroniaing the
river.
The merchants of Galveston and Hen
derson, Texas, and Parsons, Kansas,
have sent kilograms Of sympathy to Mr..
Hoxie.
At Palestine the strikers killed two
passenger engines undisturbed by the al
thorities.
At East St. Louis all is quiet, and the
swltchmen are still at wock. Ii Arkan-
sas supplies are running short and the
planters are unable to prepare for their
crops by reason Of the freight blockade,
No freight trains leave Chicago for Kan
sas City and all freight trains between
Kansas City and st. Joe are abandoned.
ST.. LOUIS, March 23.-The Knights say
they will accept no terms from the COM
pany unless hey are offered to them as
members of the knights of Labor. One
member of the executive committee
said: The WORT ls vet to come. l
dread it, but there is no help for it. If
we were to submit now and return to
work without being recognized as
Knights, it would be defeat, not only
for Ms, but also for all labor unions and
trades assemblies, and for every labor
organization in the country. We will
wait three or four days IN the hope that
some way towards settlement may be
opened, and then if tho situation re-
mains unchanged every freight train on
every road running out Of St. Louis and
Chicago will be stopped"
ArcH1soN, March 2S.--This has been
another exciting and eventful day in the
strike. Al 1245 this morning ten men
who were guard at the Missouri Pa
cifc round.house were surprised by the
appearance of thirty-fve or forty masked
men. The guards were corralled in the
oil room by detachment of the visitors
who stood guard will pistols drawn,
while the rest of the force seriously dis
abled twelve locomotives which stood
in their stalls. They had possession of
the house about fife n minutes, and
upon taking their leave notified the i'm
prisoned guards that they must not at
tempt to leave the room until the expl-
: ration of twenty minutes.
At noon there was another exciting
event, when large number of strikers
and others seized freight train below
town, bound for Kansas City. They
climbed upon it in scores and frightened
the brakes, to prevent its further pro.
gress. They uncoupled the cars, and