New-York tribune., 1886-03-10
TRAFFIC STILL BLOCKED.
RAILROADS DETERMINED NOT TO YIELD.
THREATENING TO STOP ALL PASSENGER TRAINS ON
THE GOULD sYsTEM-MAsKED MEN CAPTURE
A FREIGHT TRAIN AND sIDE-TRACK IT
THE TROUBLE SPREADING.

THE TROUBLE SPREADING.
lBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNE
CT. LorIs. March 9.-The strike to-mghV
Reached serious stage The manner IN whicn u"'"0
has been throttled through the Northwestern o'a'o
severe blow I St Louis and Kansas CITY ine ou' 1
element is up in and for the trst uine sino0 ~
trouble ia yocing its protest ana calling FORA
g, o,,d of froicht wa. moved the Iron Mountain
Missouri Pacific or Missouri. Kansas and Texas roaus
today The last freight train TO cross tue DIG oruso
one OF nine cars OF live stock, which went over W
st. Louis at 81 Last night. This morning not eik
crew in the brilce company's employ was y" U'''
Every hour kilograms are received at Tue hcauq"
NJ tho KuiebS OF Labor announcing the urther extern
sjon o; the strike At Pacific Mo-, to-day all tue men !"
the wards and shops OF the Missouri Pacinc qu' "o
The same story from Cairo, Ill. one "i tue ter
mini of the Iron Mountain. dispatch from Little ko'k
states that last night O'Clock fifteen MASKED men
boarded the local freight loaded with perishaoIcs ION
Little Rock and Texas at point mile norm ol At
cen,a and compelled the engineer to leave the ""i"'
which wa side tracked and the engine "kiieu u! uh
known persons. Deputy -sherhs appointed itom tue
ranks Of the Knights of Labor assert that they nave no
idea who did the and deny that any one III inc
order Is guilty.
The Iron Mountain Railroad issued an order toaythat
10 more freight shall be received twenty-five ein-
ployes IN the freight offices were discharged ana 'ne
transfer companies told to clear the depots OF
on hand. On Change the effect OF tho blocKaue OH
trade ia TO paralyze buyers shippers Little trading
was done to-day the effect was particularly notceu I'D
the four grain aud pork corners Purchases were hue
for shipment only to river points Instead OF purcha
ing dealers are dev1tng their attention to taking care OF
what they have The grain men are putting as mucu
grain as possible into the elevators and the Hour ana
pruce men are storing their stock. Prices produce
rook tumble. the first influence OF the strike sending
vegetables down TO a considerable extent some snip
plug firms, notably r. S. Mccormick Co.. wlthure"
from the market altogether The lead men have con-
no VIII
hence they are debarred from any dealing The eleva
tors are among the suf rers The three cehUal
ones have 100 Of grain locked up In the yards III
sight, and altogether there probably 200 cars IN the
fix. RednOhd, Cleary CO. nave healy 1'VVV0 0ais
at various points.
The railroad men themselves say that they want
TO settle the strike once. 1t is declared
positively that they will not yield. but Will hnd
out by the settlement solution TO which this strike
comes just whether capital is in the future TO control
labor or labor capital They declare that they appre
cate the seriousness of the conflict and will If neces
sary push thf situation to point where some solution
must be had Tue Mis- ouri Pacific is not trying to en-
pOy any to take the places OF the srSers ahd ooes
appear be great hurry TO have the men re-
sumo work. The other roads hold the same attitude
The inclination of the road managers TO be IN
favor of letting the strike settle itself As an earnest OF
their intenton they dseharging employees who' by
reason of the strike. have nothing to do ana neces
sary, it said. they will stop the runnng of all pas
sunerngs which the people already called upon TO
endure. To dsy 5000 clerks, telegraph operators
yard wstchmen and others were laid off all along the
Gould systom. aud information from nnpor-
tant points on the line says the great
est apprehension exists among the employees
as they idea that the trouble VIII be soon at an
end These movements, coupled with the further
tOn-thOugh not authenticated-thtt the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers aud the Benevolent Order Of
Railway Conductors are in sympathy with the railroads
aud will stand by them aud that engineers and lOcOn0
rreaen WIN not Knights of Labor will receive
half pay during their suspension while the strike lasts
indicates that the railroads are getting themselves III
shape to make lasting fight The most important ru-
NOR is that the employees of the Chicago Burlington and
Quincy aud St. Joe will begin the strike that road,
and that the Wabash will join tuem, and before the
trouble ends all the railroad systeus OF the country will
be involved and the dispute will finally be reduced to
fight railroad corporations and organized labor
Judge-AdvOcate McGarry, of tho knights, said to-day
"Mr Hoxie say that Knights OF Labor put on
guard duty without PERMISSION and that persons hay
Ing right on the premises were kept OIL Now is a
fact permission guard the property asked by
the Knights aud granted by the railroad officials having
authority, and no oil ,ia who I'll right to enter
the premises, and known to our pairolman,
MED that right. II is wrougiuily dis
charged we can't take the into court
and obtain redress That Is all We ap-
peal to the whose capital ls involved The majority
Of the capital ia Jay Goulds. suppose strike! lie
close up the Texas and Pacific aud still live. Then
our strike without avail. To his attention we
strike all his roads until his pocket and,
quently, his conscience is reached. That the
doesn't recognize Mr. Hoxies control OF the Texas and
Pacific sign that the doesn't that
aud the Missouri Pacific, Mr.. HOxie says that lie
has had 10 demand made upon him and consequently
does know what to do. We don't want Nj. HOEe TO
do anything. We're Cunning for bigger game. and Ms
eSOiism shouldn't lead him TO think he is in the fight
except far he Out his supcriors Instructions
Nr. Gould reads the papers lie knows what We want
ami that's Mr. Hoxe's effort To manufacture
public opinion Is thin" The knights held three big
meetings to-day. but the only conclusion arrived
10 stay out.
ATTITUDE OF ENGINEERS
CLLVELAND, OHIO, March 8 (SpecidD Chief !
Arthur. OF the Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
invited his afternoon to make extended state
nen about the probable action engineers
tue strike on the Gould system. Mr.. Arthur |
extremely cautious in his reply. He SAID: You may
tuat the locomotive engineers on the Gould system
have made complaint To me, and as far as know
gong to take any action ON the strike"