Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-02
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New YORK, April l.
Notwithstanding the ordering of strikers
back TO work by the local assemblies, an ami
cable adjustment of their grievances has not
been attained and murmurs of dissent are
heard all along the line of the Missouri Pa
citic. A special from ST. Louis published in
Chicago Thursday morning, SAYS: After a
long sesNon last night, lasting until after
midnight, the local assembly of X. of L.. No.
5000, decided not TO return to work until il
nnds out which OF its members are to be dis
erlminated against, ih the taking back process.
| This applies 10 all the members of the assem-
bly, and includes shopmen aud yardmen of
the Missouri Pacific and the yardmen of the
Iron Mountain railroads. There is a feeling
that the executive committee and large
number of other Knights will not be taken
back, and until the New York committee
arrives, the strike will continue.
1t is not by any means certain that the
knights OF Labor of the Gould Southw estern
system OF those in East st. LOUIS will return
to work today, in obedience to an order is
sued by the officers of their assemblies
Chairman Irons has obeyed the instructions
OF the general executive BOARD by an order to
the 5000 knights of his district assemb, TO
| resume work, but neutralized it with an ap
pended notice that the time at which they
should apply for their positions would be
telegraphed TO them lat,r. At late hour
last night he said he had not seen any tele-
gram announcing any hour for the resump-
ton OF work, and refused to explain why the
difficulty in sending back to work the East
st. Louis Knights of Labor came from local
assemblies, and not from the executive COM
mittee, which intended to have ordered them
to resume work yesterday, but met with a
protest from the Knights themselves, based
on individual grievances. which they demand
shall be adjusted before they seek reemploy-
ment The executive committees, however,
have issued orders so worded as to throw the
responsibility OF their action today upon their
own lodges, so unless the three committees
take decided action today, and issue precise
orders for the resumption of work, the gen
eral executive committee when it reaches
| here tomorrow will find that its orders have
not caused the effect intended. Notwith-
standing the failure of the knights on the
Missouri Pacific railroad to return to work
freight traffic on that road has assumed very
nearly its normal condition.
ST. LOUIS, April /.
Governor Oglesby and Adjutant General
Vance arrived in East St. Louis, Wednesday
evening. Soon after the governor arrived
he received delegation of Knights of Labor
who presented their side of the trouble to
him. They told the governor that they were
willing to resume work when their grievances
shall have been remedied, and deprecated al
acts of violence. They explained the stop
page of the Vandalis train, after the adjutan,
general had been told that all trains could be
moved without interference, with the state
meDt that they had not had sufficient time Ia
notify railroad men of the promise they had
given. They said that the companies were
willing to pay the wages asked them indlvld-
uallv, but refused To deal with the Knights ui
Labor, anc they could not understand why il
the companies recognize the brotherhood OF
locomotive engineers and tiremen, they could
REFUSE to deal with them, and that yesterday
morning they offered to couple up train on
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
which had been cut III two, but their service,
were refused. All they had done was to per
suade men not to run their trains and had no
intmidated them. There have not been any
orders issued for state militia.
The effect of the strike has been to reduc,
: some Of the families to state of actual star
walton, and for several days past they coul,
hardly be kept in line. 1t is virtually a vic
tory for the contractors.
!. Transfer wagons and trucks are arriving il
!. great numbers, deDositng their loads fo
shipment to all points on the Gould system
, and others are departing heavily laden. In tn
railroad yard the usual activity prevails il
marked contrast to the dulness which ha
existed during the strike. Freight trains ar
being made up preparatory to starting with
; out any interference from the striking Knight
of Labor. Thursday, the first of the month
clerks who were temporarily suspended dur
, ing the strike resumed work.
The executive committee of the district As
sembly has not yet ordered the men to returl
to work and at 10 o'clock the strike still con
tinnes.
The places Of the strikers are being file,
by new men and there is every indication tina
freight traffic v i'll be resumed today.
EAST ST. LOUIS. ILL.,, April ].
Owing to the absence OF any definite order
!, from the executive committee as to the exac
time when they shall return to work, tn
-, strike of the yardmen and switchme still
! continues. The strikers assembled in grea
numbers, Thursday morning, IN the raiiroa
wards and around the relay depot, bat o.
serious disturbances are anticipated. Th
presence Of United States marshals has a re
straining influence upon the more demonstra
tive members of the crowd, and the efforts o
|, the Wabash road, which is under the contro
of the United States Court, to start out freigh
trains are not interfered with.
committee of local assembly $3.50 waite
!, upon Master Mechanic Bartlett last evening
at the Missouri Pacific shops, and tendere
the services Of the old shop employees. Th
men, they said, were ready to go to work thi
morning, and they desired to find out if al
: would be taken back and list of 81 name
were handed Bartlett, who after scanning il
checked off l6 of them as men who he woul
employ. He said he would not take the 9th
ers back.
The executive board of district assemble
l01, 80 and IL, today issued an address t
the public setting forth the above in detail
and stating that committees representing tn
employees had made an application, and the
were refused recognition by the railroad Off
cials.
The address says that "in this country, po
sition makes no man king or a slave, and
refusal on the part of one citizen to confe
with other citizens with whom he may hav
business connections, is not only mistak
; but crime against the public. If we canno
be allow ed to return TO work the strike mus
go on"
ANOTHE Err CAUGHT.