Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-22

/ Affairs i'm East st. Louis--How Long WIN
| the Militia Observation-Disclosures Trouble
| in the Coal Mines at Collin sville--A Small
| Riot at BeIleviIle--Officers Badly Beaten
| An Assessment to be Made to Aid the
| Observation-Disclosures Will be Received.
| THE STRIKE IN EAST ST. LOUIS.
| EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, April 1.-THE
situation at the various freight yards has
| improved slightly since yesterday, al
| though the railroad companies are still
confronted by the same drawback-the
difficulty of getting men to work for
| them. Notwithstanding all reports to the
| contrary, most of the companies are not
| in condition to handle the freight they
received satisfactorily. The rumors that
old men are going back to work have no
foundation. The strikers are as firm as
ever and say they will stay out to the Bit
ter end.
The chief question now agitating the
East St. Louisans is. GLOW long will the
militia remain?'' The blushing East side
maidens, of course, hope it will be very
long, and some of them, it is said, will
keep few of the boys there for life. The
/ "boys" themselves are not particularly
anxious to stay much longer, and, as one
of them loosely remarked,
eff they keep US here too long, why the
militia will 60 on a strike"
The general opinion, however, seems
to be that they will remain about two or
three weeks longer. The condition of the
men is good, and none are seriously ill.
A few have suffered from slight indispo-
sition, but have been speedily relieved.
The commissary department is eXcellently
managed, and, altogether, the boys have
nothing to complain of.
There was intense excitement among
the different companies yesterday, over
the rumor that portion of them were
to be sent to Collinsville to keep orde..
during an impending strike among the
coal miners. 1t was understood that
some of the operators of COllinsville
were very anxious to have the protection
of the military, and that General Reece
had signifed his Willingness to send a
good-sized force up there. The boys
say they do not propose to go into the
coal mining business, nor did they
understand that there would be
any additional service required OF
them than keeping order in
East st. Louis when they left home.
SMALL RIOT IN BELLEvILLE.
BELLEvILLE, Ill.,, April 14.-Several
coupling pins were removed from freight
cars standing in the Cairo Short line
yards here on Monday afternoon, by men
supposed to be friends of the railroad
strikers, and one of them was caught in
the act. but no arrest was made at the
time. On Tuesday morning, however, a
warrant was sworn out for the
arrest of "Shorty'' Oil, and placed
in the hands of Deputy Hill.
Late last evening two trains met at
the depot, and large crowd con-
gregated on the platform, among
whom was OIL. Deputy Hill, who was
on duty at the depot, arrested Oil and
took him inside the depot, from where he
soon escaped, and was chased by the
deputy and Conductor Whalen, the latter
iring after him but missing him. Oil
was soon recaptured and taken up Illi-
nois street toward the Jail. When about
block above the depot the crowd came
up with them and assaulted Hill and
Whalen. Hill escaped with slight in
juries.
Whalen was attended by DR.. Rayhill,
the cOmpany's surgeon, and was taken
South on the Short Line train last night.
During the melee Oil escaped. The
scene attracted an immense crowd, and
Mayor Refs addressed them, asking them
to go quietly to their homes. The mayor
afterwards issued a proclamation order
ing all saloons closed, which was almost
universally obeyed.
The sheriff swore in a posse of about
thirty-five citizens, and general quiet and
order now prevails.
HELP FOR THE STRIKERS.
SCRANTON, Pa, April 14.-Mr. Pow
DERBY showed letter to-day from gen.
tleman who is at Mr.. Gould's right elbow,
but is in sympathy with the Knights of
Labor, which relates to the ability of
Messrs. Gould and Hoxie to handle
freight since the strike. The writer
draws attention to the fact that when the
strike was first ordered word was sent
East to receive no shipments of freight
for points along the line of the strike,
and says the order was reissued again last
Friday, not because the previous order
had been revoked for it remained
in force all the time, but
simply to emphasize the fact that they
were unable to handle freight that might
be forwarded to them. Commenting on
this letter, Mr.. Powderly asked if that
looked as if Mr.. Hoxie is moving all the
trains he claims. AS to the statement
that an assessment was to be ordered for
the benefit of the Southwestern strikers,
Mr. .Powderly furnished the correspondent
a COPY of the following letter to General
Secretary Turner, at Philadelphia:
SCRANTON. Pa, April -
A spirited circular should go out at once
to the order, asking them to turn over every
dollar they can raise into the hands of the
Southwest in support of their fight against
the Gould system. No matter whether they
acted wisely or not, they should have the
sympathy of the order, and that which is
more substantial than mere words OF
sympathy-dollars. If you think ]
do then telegraph the members OF
the proper party to take charge of the funds.
Then let me know, and will draw up the
circular. There is no use IN ordering any
more men out on strike along these roads.
money they so much need to provide them
selves and families with the necessaries of
life. This, it seems to me, to be the need OF
the hour.
[signedI T. v. PowDERLY.
G. NJ. W.
A reply from Mr.. Turner was received,
saying that he had communicated with
ST. Louis, and would send the name OF
the party appointed to receive the funds
as soon as collected. Mr.. 'Powderly
finished his circular in time for it to be
sent out to-day. 1t means a vigorous
prosecution of the strike on the part OF
the knights of Labor. The circular will
allow of contributions by parties outside
of the order.
Philadelphia Capitalists to be Arrested.
PHILADELPHIA, April 14.-Rumors are
current here that Messrs. Kembfe, Wed
ener and Elkins, the Philadelphia pur-
,h,.orS of tho IF ha Rrosduav