The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-03-13
THE LABOR QUESTION.
Present Condition Of the Shoe Boy
colt in Chicago
The Beverly, Mass, Lockout causes
Loss of 500, 900 Thus Far.
Desperate Struggle by the Railroads
to Keep Their Freight Moving.
Another "Tie Up" on the New York
Surface Roads Imminent.
Operations in the Largest cordage
Works in the Country Strike.
An Exciting Chase After Strikers on
the Iron Mountain Railroad.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 12.-The Mis-
souri, Pacific Company will publish here to-
day an advertisement for men to work in its
shops, yards and roundhouses at st. Louis
and other points, without reference to their
past or present relations to the company, or
to any society or secret organization. Those
accepting will be paid wages at the schedule
rates adopted a year ago. Application is to
be made to officials at st. Louis, Sedalia, At
Gibson, Kansas City, Palestine or Denison,
Tex.
FORT WORTH Tex, March 12.-An official
order has been issued to all points on the
Texas & Pacific, stating that all classes of
freight including live stock, will be received
for all points on the Texas & Pacific Rail-
| road and points beyond, except on the Mis-
souri, Pacific lines. The feeling against the
strikers is growing stronger here. Freight
1 is moving on the Texas & Pacific and Santa
| Fe roads. The strikers are very quiet and no
| trouble is feared.
BAIRD, Tex, March H. 12-Everything pass
| ed off quietly Wednesday night; no disturb
| ance was made by any one. Railroad Agent
| Yonge says every place has been filled, and
| that he has turned away applicants Tor EN-
| ployment. Orders were received to receive
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| goods, for all points West, California and
| New Mexico included Seventeen section
| men received their time yesterday morning.
BIG SPRING, Tex, March 12.--All trains
| were moving regularly yesterday and there
was no interference by the strikers. A few
| men are at work in the shops and more are
| expected in day or two.
A despatch from Sherman, Tex, to-day
| says: Three freight trains were pulled off
on account of the lack OF business. The
l yard crew here and a number OF laborers at
| the freight depots were laid off.
| DALLAS, Tex, March 12.-Receiyer Brown
| of the Texas Pacific Railway sent the follow
| ing supplemental telegraph to Mr.. Powderly
| last night:
omitted to say in my despatch this morning
| that the United States circuit court for the east
ern district of Louisiana, under orders OF which
| we hold our appointments is open and entirely
accessible any day to any employee for imaginary
grievances since the receivers were appointed
| The court will hear and entertain With impartial
JOHN G. BROWN
The news arrived late last night that
| three strikers had been arrested at Big
| Springs by virtue of warrants issued by the
| United States court The men are charged
with interference with the property in the
| hands of the court.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 12-About
| 1880 freight train run by switch engine
| left the Iron Mountain depot and reached
| Benton, % miles south, at noon. The pas
senger train which was to take the ST. Louis
| train south was captured at the round house
| by masked strikers and sent after the freight
train, when the freight train was. overtaken
| at Benton and disabled. Then the strikers
senger engine. At Mablevale, ten miles
| south of this city, they waited on a side
track for the passenger train to go by, and
| when the last car had passed they threw
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rection of Little Rock. United States
Marshal Fletcher and several Of his
| deputies, were on the passenger train,
| accompanied by Supt. Wheedon.. The
| track was cleared for the switch engine, the
| officers then got aboard and pursued the
| strikers, both reaching and dashing past the
1 depot under full headway. While crossing
| the bridge the pursuing engine caught up
| and made fast to the. strikers engine, and
the officers began climbing aboard and or
| dering the strikers to stop. They, however,
| refused, and on reaching the north side of
| the bridge several strikers jumped off, when
| the officers began firing at them. About so
| shots were fired, and one striker named Sui
| Ivan was shot in the leg severely and was
| captured. Seven others besides Sullivan
| were also captured, and the officers are now
in pursuit of the rest of the fugitives, about
| IS in number The captured strikers were
4 released ON bond and tonight everything IS
quiet, although considerable excitement pre-
| walls.
FORT WORTH, Texas, March 12.-The
| Texas g. Pacific road is open tonight from
| New Orleans to Ell Paso, much to the chagrin
| and discontinue of the striking employees.
| 1t is understood here that an effort will be
| made to buy off the men working for that
| road with money furnished by knights Of
| Labor in the Eastern States.
500, 900 Lost by the Beverly, Mass,
| Lockout.
SALEM, March 12-The Beverly troubles
/ remain unsettled, and it is estimated that al
i ready 100000 in wages has been lost to the
town by the lockout. One prominent manu-
facturer has gone to Florida, and he told his
4 engineer that there should be no starting up
| until his return
Another Serious Strike,
ELIZABETH, n. j., March 12.-The en-
numbering 600 struck to-day because the
| company insisted upon their signing an
| agreement binding them to work until July
| 1st at the present rate of wages. These
country and have heavy orders on hand to be
filled by July 1st If the strike continues
these orders will have to be completed in
Europe.
The New York Surface Roads.
NEW YORK, March 12.-This morning there
was every prospect of another general "tie
up" on all the surface roads, owing to re-
fusal on the part of Jake Sharp to fulfil his
agreements made recently in conjunction
with the other roads, but later in the day the
| employees decided not to strike and gave
him until Monday to come to a satisfactory
| agreement
The Chicago Shoe Boycott.
CHICAGO, March 12.-George Rodgers, Of
the State executive board of the knights OF
Labor, sent long telegram TO the chairman
| of the board last night relative to the pres
ent condition of the shoe boycott in this city
against convict labor. The telegram. advised
the immediate convening of the board In
this city ostensibly for the purpose OF con-
Guiding truce with the wholesale shoe
Wells & Co. Henderson & Co. have 250 con-
| VictS employed at the Riverside Penitentiary
in Pennsylvania and 140 at Jefferson City,
Mo. Wells & Co. have 300 men at Waupun,
Wis. Both firms are anxious to settle with
the Knights on the latter's terms. There
are more weighty matters, however, to be
considered. 1t is contemplated to take an
other and advanced step against convict
labor, which in a certain sense is only simple
justice to the shoe firms that have given in
under boycott. In Chicago, besides the FIVE
manufacturing houses employing convict
labor, are a number OF firms handling by
wholesale or retail prison made shoes. The
board which will c0nyone in this city will
take action concerning them, and make out a
list to be boycotted, This, besides being
Knights of Labor policy, is part OF the un-
derStanding with the firms which have
agreed to make no more shoes by convict
labor.
Agitating for Eight Hours.
CHICAGO, March 12.-The trade and labor
unions, Knights of Labor, the international
group and the socialists are harmoniously
agitating the question of eight hours as a
days work. Diverse views are expressed by
the business men, while the laboring men
are strongly in favor of the movement. 1t is
hoped to make it universal and compulsory
No question of wages is raised.
GENERAL NEWS.
John Murphy and Patrick Ford were
hanged in New Orleans, La, yesterday
morning for the cold-blooded murder il
\ December last of Capt. Murphy.
The business failures throughout the
country during the last seven days number
for the United States 214, and for Canada %
or a total of 239 failures as compared with
246 last week.
An unknown man committed suicide al
Niagara Falls yesterday by deliberately