Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-14
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LOUIS AND RAILROAD WORK INCREASING
DAY BY DAY
st. Louis, April 1.-THE situation in
East st. Louis is unchanged, with the
exception that the various roads are in
better shape to do business and are
doing more. Switch engines in the
various yards are busy and q resump-
ton of business seems more probable
than at any time since the beginning OF
tho strike.
The. great drawback to the various COM
panies fully tesuming is the inability of
the st. Lonis bridge company and belt
line to afford sufficient transferring IA
~cilities across the bridge and river from
the levee to the various yards. The
bridge company employed a few more
men yesterday and q few
moro this morning. The belt
line and the bridge company require
sixteen switchmen on each side of the
river and the number Of men now en-
ployed is inadequate. The officials say
this state of affairs is not because men
do not desire to return to work, but be.
cause they are afraid to do so for fear OF
the consequences after the militia il
ordered away.
THE INCREASING BUSINESS
OF tbs various roads yesterday exceeded
that OF any previous day since the strike
and from appearances to day the pre-
dlction is made of q still more complete
resumption Of freight traffic.
The Chicago, Burlington & QUINCY
and Chicago & Alton roads seem to b.
in the best condition, SO far as then
ability is concerned to handle freigh'
and the men in their yards have beer
busy all the morning making up trains
Fifty men, eight of which are OLE
hands, returned to work this morning
giving this road q full force of platform
men. One freight train was sent on
over this road this morning.
At the Burlington & Quincy yard
and freight depot the condition OF e!
fairs Is much the same as at the Alto
yards and depot and freight trains o.
that road were sent out this morning.
The men in the othe
yards, excepting the Louisville 6 Nash
vile and the Cairo Short Line, are al
busy making up trains and it is expect
ed that they will succeed in sendinI
them out later in the day.
ADIsPArcH TO GOULD.
New York, April IA dispatch wa
received at the Missouri Pacific Office tc
day, from Hoxis, at st. Louis which say
the following dispatch was received thi
morning:
Springfield, ILL.,, April 14-There is Ii.
tie or no probability of the coal miner
lmaking any trouble, as they are anxiou
to work. Among the persons killed q
East st. Louis last Friday was the ring
leader of the last strike at the Sprinp
field iron works and the leader OF til,
riot In which three iron workmen wer,
killed.
THE KNIGHTS WANT MONEY.
Scranton, Pa, April 4-Powderly ha
written to Turner, Of the knights @
labor, saying u spirited circular shout
go out at once to the order, asking then
to turn every dollar they can raise int
the hands of the southwest in sur
port OF the fight against the Gould sys
tenn.
ANOTHER VICTIM.
st. Louis, April 14-Cass Jones, tn
man who was shot through the hip las
Friday, died shortly before midnieh
last night from the effects of his wound
This is the ninth death SO far.
PRICES OF FURNITURE TO BE ADVANCED
Pittsburg, Pa, April 1.-THE furni
ture manufacturers have received forma
notice chat cabinet makers and uphol
~sterers demand an advance of 20 ne
cent on all piece work and q reduotio,
of daily labor to eight hours per da,
after May lat. Ths movement is genera
throughout the country snd the de
mands must be granted and the price O
furniture be advanced.
IRON WORKERS STRIFE.
Kittanning, Pa, April 1.-the EN-
ployees of the Kittanning iron compan,
Rebecca furnace have struck for an ad
vance Of 10 per cent in wages.
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