The Indianapolis journal., 1886-03-18
Expectation that All Knights Of Labor En-
ployed on the Gould System Will Short
ly Be Ordered to Cease Work.
East st. Louis Railways Refuse to Nego-
tiate with the Knights of Laber.
A Passenger Train Thrown from the Track
and Bridge Burned in Texas-Action Of
the Knights Concerning These Crimes.
THE RAILWAY STRIKE.

Powderly En- Route TO Kansas City.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 1.-THE thirteenth
day of the Gould system strike opens with as
little If not less, hope of q speedy resumption
of freight traffic as ever. Suburban passenger
traffic has been partially re-established with the
aid of police and deputy sheriffs, whose presence
on the trains prevents the Knights OF Labor
from influencing the engineers to leave their
trains, and an effort will, it is expected, be made
to-day to run out all the suburban trains on
their schedule time. Vice. President Hoxies
reply to Martin Irons, chairman of the
Knights of Labor executive committee. inclines
many to the belief that the company will at
tempt no settlement with the strikers as body,
but that it will wait until the number OF new
men employed on the lines shall be sufficient to
carry on its business. Should this prove to be
true, it is understood by the Knights of Labor
here that the order which called those out who
are now striking will be followed by one which
will cause every member of the order employed
on the Gould lines and their Southwestern con-
nections to cease work.
Mr.. T. Y. Powderly, general master workman
of the Knights Of Labor and chairman of the
national executive committee of that order,
passed through this city tonight on his way to
Kansas City. His mission, it is said is to meet
and confer with delegates from the five district
assemblies which embrace the entire Missouri
Pacific system Of roads in regard to the strike
now existing on that system. He would not talk
about the strike during the few minutes he was
here. but expressed considerable surprise that
cepresident Hoxie had declined to confer with
a committee of Knights, as suggested by Martin
Irons, of Sedalia
It was expected that P. NJ. Arthur chief en-
gineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
GERS would also arrive here tonight, en- route to
Sedalia, but so far as is known, he did not come
The managers of the tied-up roads aver that
applications in great numbers have been made
and the men are in reach in sufficient numbers
to fill the vacancies on the roads il there were
no improper influences brought to bear upon
them. There were IA, 315 men on the payroll Of
the Missouri Pacific road when it was tied up
Reports were received yesterday from every em-
ployer of men in the service of the road. Said
an officer of the company yesterday: 'These re-
ports showed an aggregate of 3,717 strikers.
There have been 6095 of the company's men
suspended until the road can be operated to give
them work. and there are 500 men at present
engaged in the different branches Of the COM
pany's service. There are more than 5000 men
deprived of positions, and perhaps many of the
work or are not allowed to work owing to the
discharge of man employed by another rail
road. Why, if they do not choose to work for
the Missouri Pacific railroad unless Mr.. Hall
works for the Texas & Pacific road, don't they
look for places elsewhere and allow those
who desire to 60 to work at salaries
of which no complaint is made, chance to do sog
The statement is repeated over and over again
that the company is not making any effort to
serve the public as its charter demands that it
shall. But the public must understand from
the dispatches and local reports that daily efforts
are made to serve the public, and nobody more
deplores the fact than we do that it has not been
done and is not being done just now The fact
is that the roads damages. sustained at the
hands of the Knights OF Labor in endeavoring to
serve and accommodate the public will already
exceed $100 00O No man, perhaps, acquainted
with tho facts will deny that every reasonable eff
fort has been made to run the Missouri Pacific
trains during the exciting trouble. The road
will, of course, continue in its attempts to oper
ate. calling to its aid nothing but the law so far
as it will serve to protect its property and those
who are willing to operate its line and shops
against the Interference OF those who quit
employ March 8, and have since been obstruct
ing all freight operations on the road. The road
has made no changes in its policy"
VIII Not Treat with knights of Labor.
ST. Louis, March 1.-THE adjourned meeting
of railroad officials who, yesterday, considered
the matter of increasing the wages of switchmen
in East ST. Louis, met again this afternoon and
adopted the following
Whereas, Application has been made by commit
tee of Knights of Labor asking the various roads at
ST. Louis and East ST. Louis to increase the pay of
certain employees, therefore,
Resolved That we say to our employees that we will
consider the question of increase of wages unless
the application for such increase is made directly by
our employees to their immediate employers, in which
due consideration will be given to the request
and proper action be taken.