Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-07
TEE seUTHwEsrERs STRIKE
me Ahtxhfs sf Labor Iaaaxsrafe .
Gererai strike on the Gosid
sIslem.
OSLI TIE sEoPzES.

system.
oSLT TIE ssoPxEs.
81. LoCIs. March chs order call
ing On toe knights Of I.4b1r - strike
90 tie GJ1ld >oQtb~ e-t system Supti-s
70 sEopsaen only and does 10. affect
traiorseu IN tie least.
CAUSE OF TzE STRIKE.
81. LoVTs, March 6-OfHeers OF the
d isso1u Paclh kIllxa4 are very reti-
cent, and positively decline t. make
suy staten at farther .sso tnst they do
not antIcipais the po-sl bliIty nf sssply
ing the 3 ases OF strikers. u ster
Horkrn N deG sry. o, t1Is Assembly.
rrfu-ss 10 state the direct s41s- Of tae
[ d nrul'y, sHd - as Ee.ic.nl ~ the rail
( rod officials Is II stated heF- tbat the
action II tue Texas PsclEs OH ,lais IN
/ d'srhArging the foreman Of tbs shops
I II Marsh a, Texas, for his activity an
engaging IL organ zlug kliQats Of
L$oor Assembly ~ Lna; place IL tie
ezase Of tue present tr-uaie. The
| Knights there OBJECTED 60 this action.
/ md refused to work for tse company,
<nich ? sisIysiy refu ed to rsin-sat-
I The foreman. Nj 4l;srs remained IN this
state for some time. eac1 reUa ming
/ arm In their Intention - defeat toe
/ other. Today a general strike on tie
< entire system Vas ordered by the Cen
| trai Con mittee OF shs knights az Labor.
| TINS - the latest move By tbs SOrkmen
I 10 force the company 10 acsede 10 th.Ir
/ demands.
TIE STRIKE Al ST. LOUIS.
| ST LOUIS. March 6.-Aii she Kuio +
/ of Labor ON tae Gould system center
| ing IN this city, went out ana struck
this morning 81 IL o'ciock. No p4rsIcn
lars sre knsgn at present, but tbs
strike - supposed to have been ordered
| By tue q, ntTal Committee OF ths kaizhts
OF Labor, at to- suggestion of toe Tx
a. Assembly OF that orxau'z .tion. In
| formation from Des1to. Missouri, IS t.
| the efect fzat ths men 81 that point
have also gone ont.
| ST. LOUIS, March 6.-At 10 o'eiosk this
morning al order was issued oy the
executive board Of the Knigsts or Labor
of District Assembly No. I0l. IN session
AZ Marshall, Texas. ordering a strike
OF tbs machine shop men employed gu
tue Missouri Pacific or Gould south
western system of railroads In oom-
pllance with this order the men struck
At Ssd.lls, Dssoto aud st. Louis, and Il
10 expected that like action Will follow
At various other points. Seven hundred
men quit work AZ toe Sedslia shops. $40
at De-oto and between 200 aud 80 at
the shops 10 this city.
The roaming force Of the Gould sys-
tsn, Including shopmsn, tracsnen and
trainmen, Is 1900. OF these, 900 srs
claI9ed 10 be Knights of Labor, bat up
| 4 ~ nnlxy thn.a arny,lnv..d
in the machise shops Tad struck. 1t Is
estimated that st the present time from
| 300 to 1900 men have gone out, but 1t Is
thought probable that II tue managers
do not aocsds promptly 10 the demands
of the strl1efs, all the remaining
knights of Labor on the system will be
| ordered out.
The cause of the strike has been very
dithcult 10 get at, but the following
statement IL comprehensive and per
| naps As accurate as has yet been made:
On the 18th of last month District As
semOly lOl, knights Of Labor, held
| general business eonventlsn at Mar
saail, Texas. Among the delegates to
tnat meeting WAS @. A. Hall, foreman of
the wOodw0rkers of the Texas Pacific
car Shops At Marshall. He had scared.
It is alleged, leave Of absence 10 attend
this convention from bis Immediate
superior, Mr.. j. A. Corby, master car
builder. Inis permission, it 10 sad,
was witnessed by J. j. McGsary
Of St. Louis and John Thorubers
Of Desoto, Missouri, visiting Knights
The convention, with Mr.. Hall as del
egate, sat four days, aud on the 1850
adjourned At noon. Ga that day Mr..
| Hail resumed Dis WORK as usual. "a
qaittlng his duty la tue egsnlug he re-
ceived note from Mr.. CJrsy stating
toat hi5 services we're no longer 70
qalred, and 1t IL SAID, assigning as the
cause of MS discharge that he had
been absent from his bnsioess without
ieave. Foe Local Grisvases COmnI
tee of the kuIgnts OF LAber al once in-
yestigated the matter. HIS reinstate
neut was demanded, and either refused
or neglected. A strike was thsn ordered
oy this local committee, and on the
failure of the men to oOey tue order,
meeting OF the executive board OF the
| hnlgats WAS called. The executive
| board ratified tue action OF the local
| committee, aud issued gsneraI order,
apon which the men quit work at Fort
| Morta, Marshall aud Dallas.
Tins action of tue Executive Board,
| II " claimed, was bot 50 much IN tue
interest Of one msn-HAil-as strike
fOf the principle involved. Oae year
ago tsere was aa agreement made by
tue kuIghts aud the managers of tn
| system, that NO man should be dis
charged without due notice and invest
cation. Tbs contract, the Knights
contend, has been vioi,ted in TINS III
-tarce IN Halls discharge. The Texas
| Pacific Railroad Is one of the rive roads
IN tns States of Missouri, Kansas. Tex
as, Arkansas aud Louisiana which com
prise the South western Il 1uld system.
me Knights of Labor employed on
tnese five roads are under tue immedi
Ate direction of District Assembly l0l
When toe LEGAL strike in Texas failes
Of the desired result, the Executive
Bsard Of the Knights of the southwest
eTn system. IN session At Marsh all and
In com uuication with Rseeiysr Brown
aud other officers of tue iexas Pacific
Railroad, asked an adjustment of the
trouble by the reinstatement of Hail
aud some others VINO were subsequent
liz discharged. Vita this request the
Board gave notice that q refusal to eoIn-
ply would be followed by q strike ON
the Gould system. The railroad re
fused to do as desired, and today the
Executive Board gave the word for a
general strike.
when Master Mechanic Bartlett was
informed By the committee of the or
der that had been issued aud that men
in his shop would 20 out immediately,
be asked tue men II they we're dissatis
lied At anything aud II they had any
grievance, bus they would only reply,
We have been ordered to gut work
and leave the ssops," and they obeysd
the order at once. About 10 men we're
employed in the shop. At the office of
the yard superintendent 1t WAS ascer-
tanned thst some trouble was anilci-
psted in handling the engines. The To-
eomotIves are fired and made ready for
the road BY the sbopmen, and sre not
toAohed by the engineers or tremea Hn-
I'll ready TO 20 out. IL was thought
probable that II the strike continued the
engines would have to be run into the
round houses Of other roads, as was
done darias the las; strike on the Gould
system, and got ready for work IN that
way.
| AN AcT OF yANDALIsM.