Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-10
THE COULD SYSTEM SHUT DOWN.

Nearly Every Man Suspended by tine
 Management-A Bitter War Begun
 and a Bark Outlook Ahead.
 SEDALIA, Mo-, March 9.-The railway sit uation is virtually unchanged to-day. No trains other than passenger trains are nov ing. The strikers and Knights of Labor who are not employed by the railroad are in ses- sion at Smiths Hall, but no information can be obtained as to the object of the meeting. The railway officials have suspended many agents, operators, clerks and other employees, and large number of night telegraph offices have been closed. Expenses are being re- duced in every quarter, which leads many to believe that the struggle is to be a prolonged one. The strikers, however, claim that this action on the part of the officials is game of bluff which does not frighten them in the least. There no signs of w eakening. The men say they feel assured of ultimate victory E. A. Carpenter, of the Sedalia la bor union, was seen to-day and interrogated in regard to the utterances accredited to him in dispatch sent from this city on Sunday, in which he is alleged to have asserted that a strike was inevitable on the Missouri Pacific
 
 though there had been no trouble on the Texas and Pacific, as the local men have grievances which would have resulted in their striking May 1, but the strike was hastened two months by the Texas Pacific diff ferences. "What I said, replied MT. Car penter, twas that the employees here had their grievances, and unless they were set tied by May 1 a strike was certain" When asked the nature of the grievan ces, MT. Car penter replied: "Well, one thing is the low wages paid for unski1led labor; for instance, section men only get $1.15 per day and they should be paid $1.5O Another is in con- nection with the bridge men. In case a squad of them ordered to proceed dis tance of one hundred or one hundred and fifty miles they are compelled to do so on their own time without remuneration. This is all wrong and is one of the matters that had to be settled" The outlook is discour- aging in the extreme and is causing no small amount of grumbling on the part of the business men of this city.
 The candy factory of Charles Walker and company, giving employment to sew veral travelling salesmen, closed to-day owing to fill orders because of the suspension of freight traffic. The supply of coal in the city is rap idly diminishing. There is no probability of
 
 business outlook is indeed gloomy.
 HOUSTON, Texas, March 9.-Telegraph re- ports from various points on the Missouri Pacific and Texas Pacific this morning where the strikers are most numerous show that the situation is practically unchanged. At Marshall the strikers have full possession of the yards and seem to be very sanguine of success. At Tyler the business of freight traffic is at ssandstill. The officials have | ordered all employees suspended except tick | at agents and passenger trainm en. The ord CT applies to the stations in the Tyler divi- l sion. At Palestine the situation is unchang- | ed. At Taylor. the Knights have just been | officially notified to go out and two hundred and fifty men complied. The freight busi- | ness there is now entirely suspended. It is | thought that every member of the order in | Texas will be ordered out if necessary to ac- complish their purpose. The result no one | can foretell
 | ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 9.-The situation about the system" yards, including the Un ion depot. is unchanged Not frieght cal has crossed the St. Louis bridge since o'clock last night and only passenger traini carrying the mails are running. Vice Presi dent Hoxie in published address to his employees claims that his com pany is not responsible for the presen trouble and ends by saying the compan, finds it necessary to despense with the ser vices of all persons in various department who have no work to do because of tn