St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-23

in this strike. There were two trains that
started out over the Chicago Il Alton
road but men from the surrounding
grounds jumped aboard the cars and
applied the brakes. stopped the train
in the lower yards and no attempt was
made TO get them farther. A meeting of
the representatives of all the roads is being
this afternoon TO consideration the situa-
ton. 1t is reported that the most of the
packlng-houses will close tomorrow.
observation-disclosures discharged one-fourth
or their force to-day. The great smelling
works of Argentine will also be compelled
10 smut down. Large qantities of perish
apie freight are now on the trains in the
yards awaiting transfer or shipment and
the loss Will be great if they do not speedily
move 1t. As nearly as can be ascertained
the strike was ordered by the Switchmen's
union because of complaints that the agree
ment made last week was not kept by some
OF the roads. One of the local members of
the executive committee, Knights of Labor,
who appears to be well informed, declares
that the Missouri Pacific trouble has moth
ing 10 do with the present difficulty. The
striking yardmen, he SAYS, have gone out
by the order of the Switchmen's union, re-
gardleSS of the fact whether or not they be-
long TO the Knights of Labor.
The following statement will be pub
lished tomorrow morning 10y the commit
tee of the Switchmen's union:
Kansas City, Mo-, March 22.-To the mer-
chants and citizens of Kansas City and vicin-
ity: The Swtchmen of the various yards of
this city and vicinity deem IL dne 10 you as
citizens ana friends, TO make brief eNplana-
ton Of our walkout this morning, and the
reason therefor. We sent a request 10 our
superintendentS on the 9th day of March ask
ing them TO pay Us the standard wages paid
switchmen in Chicago. They met us i'm ses-
sion at the union depot on Saturday, the 18th,
aud we and they made verbal contract that
was published, or at least part OF it, in the
daily morning papers, March Il, Since that
time the switchmen have lived up
TO their part of the contract. But some OF
our superntendents have violated and evaded
the spirit OF that contract and as we treated
with them as a body of the whole. we eX-
pect them to live up to their contract as
whole, but as ore or more violated il, we
claim they ali did so. Now we come out TO
demand that the standard wages paid switch
men in Chicago. ILL.,, and the signature OF the
various superin' endents TO such an agree
ment We are sorry il we cause you loss or
trouble, bur we feel that we are right and
will not agree 10 go to work until we have
settled our differences with our employers.
Respectfully, The Committee.
There are $50 switchmen out. which
enfOrceS idlenesS upon $50 engineers and as
many liremen. The roads involved are the
Chicago IL Alton, Rock Island, Wabash,
Missouri Pacific, Hannibal d st. Joe,
Kansas City, St Joe * Council Bluffs, the
Burlington & Missouri River. Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe, Union Pacific and
Kansas City, Ft Scott & Gulf. The pack
ing houses are expected to close tomorrow.
One Thousand of their employees had already.
been laid OFF on account of the Missouri
Pacific strike and general closing down
will cut off the daily income OF /, 900 men.