The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-11

mer, but the coming OF the strike
brought with it a feeling of uncer-
tainty which was certainly depressing.
Witness did not believe the strike was
anticipated by any one. and he had
never heard of the Missouri Pacifc's
employees having any grievances. Mr..
AnIes said he paid his men from SIPS
10 $3.50 per day, and it was his opin-
ion that wages were regulated wholly
by the law OF supply and demand.
He denied that he had any man in
his employ who was receiving only 10
cents day at the time of the strike
MAJOR MoREY.
a. p. MOrey said he was real
estate dealer, but with the Inaugural
ton of the strike all business in his
line came to an abrupt termination.
Nothing was done in the way of trad
ing, rs everyone entertained feeling
of uncertainty. Since the trouble
had been settled confidence was being
restored. This, he thought, was
caused by the organ zation of a Law
and Order League and the additional
fact that the country people were
known to be unanimously opposed TO
the strike.
Col. Burnes asked if witness knew
of anybody having made any money
out of the strike, to which he replied:
81 have heard it said that Martin
Irons made a pretty good thing out
of it"
Burnes you remember who
you heard make such Il remark
Morey sir, | do not. | have
read such reports in the newspapers
and heard it talked of on the streets.
Witness concluded by saying that
the strike had caused many houses to
become vacant and rents had de-
creased.
ID. II. SMITH
testified that he was engaged in the
wholesale and retail hardware business.
For six weeks after the strike he did
virtually nothing, and he considered
that his trade had been irreparably
injured. During the strike two yesrs
ago ne lost customers that he had had
for years, and he had never been able
to get them back. as they now made
their purchases in Kansas City and
st. Louis. He felt satisfied that the
last strike would work the same hard
ship upon him. The experience of
the citizens committee when it called
upon the Knights OF Labor committee
was also related by MIR. Smith.
Mr.. j. G.. Parmerlee, wholesale
saddlery goods, related precisely the
same experience, and felt satisfied that
he had lost customers who would now
continue dealing elsewhere.
COL. sIBLEY's PATIENCE.
Col. +. X. Sibley, ex-superintend-
ent of the Missouri Pacific, was exam
ined at a greater length than any of
the other witnesses, and his testimony
was the reverse of complimentary to
the course pursued by the Knights of
Labor. He had before him numerou.
bundles of papers and documents, and
as he progressed with his testimony
those papers were frequently referred
to and the original letters, kilograms,
ETC., produced ir substantiatiOn of his
statement. He began by stating that
at the time of the strike he was SUI
perintendent of the Missouri Pacific
and The NJ, K. IL t. north of Deni-
son, together with the branches of
both roads-in all about 1000 miles.
He had been with the Pa
cifc company since 1869 in various
capacities, and held the position of SUI
perintendent from and after June 10,
1885, until April 3, 1886. As the
question OF grievances on the part of
the company's employees had been
brought up many times, he asked per-
mission to read the agreement of
March ID, 1885, as recommended by
Cows. Marmaduke and Martin, and
which has heretofore been published
in the BAzoo. Witness then read
circulars issued by Mr.. HOxie to
his suDOrdinates, instructing them
to live up to the agree
ment in every particular, which
witness claimed had been done. Mr..
Sibley then referred to grievances pre-
sented May %, 1885, by j. w. Fitz-
simmons, n. NJ. Loven, VIM.
QuarIes, Robert Harrison and ID. g.
johnson, and which are familiar to
The public. This trouble was settled
by the company making the conces-
sions asked for.
THE WABASH BOYCOTT.
The first trouble he had after COM
ing to Sedalia, witness stated, was