Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-07
LABOR TROUBLES.
THE STRIKER IN THE VEST.
Mallory Steamship Company BoSe'" Ia Tex
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by telegraph to the Dispatch.l
ST. LOUIS, March 6.-An the
Knights Of Labor at this place, to the
number of 400, employed on the Gould
system Of railroads, struck this morn
ing, and it is understood that all the
Knights upon the entire system will
follow their example before this evening.
Adyices from Sedalia, Mo-, where the
headquarters Of the Knights Of Labor
District Assembly, No. 100, are located,
are 20 the effect that 700 Of the Gould
employees at that place have gone out,
and this will confirm the expectation
that the strike would become general.
The officials Of the Missouri Pacific rail.
road are very reticent, and positively
decline to make any statement other
than that they do not anticipate the
possibility of supplying the places OF
the strikers. Master Workman Nc
Geary, of this District Assembly, re-
fuses TO state the direct cause of the
difficulty, and is as retcent as the rail-
road officials.
The order calling upon the knights OF
Labor to strike on the Gould south
western system applies to shop-men
entirely, and does not affect in the least
train-men. All the trains to and from
this city are running on time, and no
serious trouble is anticipated.
ST.. LOUIS, March 6.-The running
force Of the Gould system, including
shipmen. trackmen, and trainmen, is
1900. OF these 5000 are claimed to
be Knights of Labor, but up to this
afternoon only those employed in the
machine-shops had struck. 1t is esti-
mated that at the present time from
$500 to 1900 men have gone out, but
it is thought probable that if the mana
gers DO not accede promptly to the de-
mands Of the strikers all the remaining
knights on the system will be ordered
out.
THE STRIKE AT SEDALIA, NO.
ST. LOUIS, March "a special
from Sedalia, Mo-, to the Post DIS
paf+h states that the order for gene
raj strike on the Gould Southwestern
system reached that place at 1890
O'Clock this morning, and every man IN
the Missouri Pacific shops put up his
tools and walked out. The employees
there numbered about 700. The men are
determined to support to the end the
| demands Of the Texas strikers. Every
thing is quiet, and no trouble Of yio-
lent nature is anticipated. Trains are
running on time, and no effort has been
made to interfere with them except to
carry out the boycott instituted against
the Texas and Pacific cars, which are
side.tracked as soon as they reach this
place.
AN ARKANSAS STRIKE.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, March g.
The trouble with the operatives Of the
Texas and Pacific railroad has extended
to Little Rock. This morning all the
workmen in the St. Louis and Iron
Mountain railroad machine-shops, over
300 in all, stopped work, and bushes,
is at a stand-still. The men are quiet
and good order prevails.
TIE MALLORY FREIGHT.
GALVESTON, March G.-The knight,
Of Labor at the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe freight depot, who refused tC
handle the Mallory freight, were dis
placed this morning by colored labor
ers. At the Missouri Pacific yard very
few Knights observed the boycott ant
none were discharged. Both compa-
MES have a number Of cOlor"d men Sc
lected with a view to replacing th'
Knights as fast as the latte, drop out
Such changes will be permanent. Ru
mors Of an impending general strike o
the Knights throughout Texas are cur.
rent here and elsewhere in the State.
The indications point to an under
standing on the part of the knights to
quit work generally on Monday on al
the railroads carrying Mallory freight
There is considerable dissatisfaction il
the ranks Of tie local knights, espe
cially those employed in the great com
press establishments.
Master Workman Golden, Of this ltht
Seventy -eighth) District Assembly o
Knights of Labor, ha, been impeachec
for a violation Of his pledge to abstain
from liquor, and is superseded to-day
by William A. Farmer. Of Mineola
Texas.
STRIKE OK THE PHILADELPHIA
AND READING RAILROAD.
READING. Pa, March G.-All tn
blacksmiths' fires in the Philadelphia anC
Reading railroad car-shops were extin
guiShel to-day, and the blacksmith,
and their hclpers-seyenty in ali-toob
their dinner. kettles and left. some
time ago several men who were WORK.
iug by the day were ordered to do con
tract work, which would have the eGect
Of reducing their wages. Upon theil
refusal to do this work they were dis
charged and new men put in theiI
places-whereupon the old hands ceased
work in body.
ST. LOUIS Stow AND TIN-DEALERS
BOYCOTT.
ST. Louis. March 6.-Eighty-fye o.
the one hundred retail stove and tin.
ware dealers of the city organized al
association last night and adopted a
boycott as a means of protecting
their business from the encroachments
Of large mercantile houses here which
are beginning to include stoves and tin
ware IN their large stocks, and, it is
claimed, are in this way greatly in
uring the trade Of the exclusive stove
merchants Of these eighty-fye dealers
Of the recognized St. Louis Stove
Dealers Association, and after adopt
a resolution to patrOnile in no way
any manufacturer selling stoves and
tu-ware to anybody but themselves
aud other stockholders, they signed an
agreement to that effect.
THE DEMAND or TEXAs KNIGHTS.
MARSHALL, Ten, March G.-The
action Of the Texas Pacific officials in
dischargiDg the foreman Of the shops at
Marshall for his activity in organ
izing the knights of Labor Assembly