Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-30
The Labor Troubles.

| PALESTINE, Tex, March 3O.-At 10 o'clock
yesterday morning, Sheriff Davis with two
hundred deputies including dcputized con-
ductors, engineers, and train men, took
possession Of the railway yards, and with
| Yardmaster Tanning and his assistants, be-
gan to make up trains. While the force oil
strikers ut this place lined Spring street,
from the post office corner to the hotel, not
the slightest attempt was made to resist the
work Of making up or running trains. Be-
tween 10 and IL o'clock yesterday, three
freight trains arrived from the South, under
guard of citizens from Elkhart, and Sheriff.
Balm, of Houston county. These arc the
first trains, with the exception of the regu-
lar passenger trains, that have arrived here
in three weeks. At - o'clock tho first
freight train TO leave here in three weeks
started out for Houston, and since then
eight long trains have como north, south,
and west. Except for trivial olltnscs no
arrests have been made, and no violence is
anticipated Trains are still being made
up, and yesterday it was expected that by
this morning tho yards would be entirely
cleared. All trains are run in charge oil
armed guards.
FoIr WORTH, Tex, March 30.-Suprrin-
tendent Herrin, and Assistant Master Me-
chanic Woods, have received about two
hundred applications for work, mostly from
men ut other points. Ten Knights Of Labor
were Mt work yesterday, hut none of them
has been prominently connected with lhp
strike. Judge Williams will ,l;:;poSe of the
cases Of the persons charged with disobcy-
ing the injunction. Adjutant General King
is here.
ST LOUIS, March 30-Thc situation in
East st. Louis, this morning. so far "a the
strike of the switchmen and yard mon il
concerned, remains unchanged. The crowds
congregatcd around the relay depot arc
not 50 large, %i,l no serious disturbance in
that quarter has occurred, owing TO the fact
that mono Of the companies have attempted
TO start out freight trains to-day, for the
strikers insist that such attempts will &c
strongly resisted by thom. Tncy say that
t!iay will not return to work until the pre-.
| liminary negotiations looking toward q
settlement of the strike, by arbitration
shall have been satiSEacticEally arranged
and they arc ordered b. their local exccll-
! tive committee to resume their duties
Three hundred and fifty men employed by
| h. I 1
for duty at the regular hour this morning
and when about to begin their duties of the
day, were told by superintendent Of the
company, that it had been decided TO fur
nish them protection i'll performing their
duties by detailing squard Of United
States NIarshalls, to accompany them during
the day, and guard them from molestalion
By the strikers.
NEW YORK, Mar. 80 1890 a. MIR.
Goald is in his Office this morning ready to
meet the committee ofthe Knights Of Labor,
but, notwithstanding tbs fact that Mr.. Pow
derby last night asked for a conference this
morning at ten o'clock, no members Of the
committee have IA yet appeared, nor have
| they sent any communication. Iii thought
That Mr.. Powderly's illness has caused the
| delay and that the committee Of knights
will be on hand somc TINA this morning.
Mr.. Gould expresses himself as pei fccty
willing to do all he consistently can to bring
about satisfactory agreement with Mr.
Powdcrly.
LATER.
At 1885 o'clock this morning Mr.. Pow.
derby, accompanied by Messrs. Turner, Bal
ley, Hayes and Mcdowell, walked from
their hotel 10 Mr.. Gould's Office, where they
met MIR. Jay Gould, George Gould and Vice
President Hopkins. They are now in con-
ference
Destructive Tornado &.
HELENA, Ark, Mar. 30.-A tornado of
unusual violence swept through this section
last evening, doing considerable damage.
In this city quite number ofbuildngs were
blown down and turned over. Tho Atlantic
beer garden was blown down, anil on to the