The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-15

Chase with an Engine After Strikers
Cincinnati Street Car Men-Ten Thou
sand Idle Miners Labor News.
LITTLE Rock, Ars., March 15-At 1850
a. IN. Friday morning a freight train run by
a swift h engine left the Iron Mountain de
pot and reay he'd Benton, twenty five miles
south. The passenger engine whi h was to
taxi the st Louis train south WAS captured
at the round house by maskel strikers and
sent after ths freight train, The freight
train was overtaken at Benton
and disabled, aud the strikers started back
toward Little Koak with the passen-
geo engine. At Mablevale, ten miles
south ot this city, they waited on a size
track for the passenger train to 90 by The
train came along, and when the last car
had passed they threw the switch open and
dashed out in the direction of Little Rock
United States Marshal Fletcher and several
deputies were on the passenger train, ac-
companied by Superintendent Wheeling
The track was cleared for switch-engine,
and the officers got aboard and pursued the
strikers, both reaching and dashing past the
depot under fun headway While
crossing the bridge the pursuing engine
caught and made fast to the str kers' en-
gine and the officers began climbing
aboard, ordering the strikers to stop They
refused, and on reaching the north side of
the bridge several strikers iumpe off, and
the officers began firing. About fifty shots
were fired, and one striker named Sullivan,
was shot in the leg, wounded severely, and
captured Seven othsrs besides Sullivan
we're captured, and the officers are i'll pur-
suit of the fugitives, about eighteen in num-
ber The captured strikers Were released
on bond, and everything is quiet, although
considerable excitement prevails
ST Louis, March l5 the railway
strike there was but little change to note
Saturday morning, except that all accom-
notation trans which have heretofore been
running irregularly have been abandoned,
the engineer, and firemen all refusing to 60
out The bio ,kade therefore becomes more
effective than it has yet been since the in
auguration of the strike.
New YORK, March ) The Herald's St
Louis correspondent telegraphS: "!nforma
ton has reached me from an authoritative
source that MIR Hoxe is in communication
with the executive commit oe of the Knights
of Labor at Sedalia and that ne Lotatlons for
a settlement OF the strike are progressing
privately"
FL PAso, Tex, March IL j. A. Wilson,
local passenger agent of the Texas Il
| Pacific road received instructions Friday
| night to receive all classes of freight in
| Guiding live stock for points on and boy ond
the Texas Pacific, except the point. reachei
by Missouri Pacific, the International q
| Great Northern, the Missouri, Kansas a
| Texas and the Iron Mountain road
Ed Walker and j. Humes arrived here
| Friday in charge of Deputy United States
Marshals Morning and Duval The men
were heavily ironed and placed in Jail.
| They are the men charged with robbing
engines at Big Springs and were arrested on
bench warrant issued by Judge Turner OF
| San Antonio.
| PALESTINE, Texas March ia sheriff,
| guard has now charge of the railway shop:
here. The company has discharged all the
men. The Howard Oil mills has been com
PEELED to shut down on account of the
| strike