The Portland daily press., 1886-03-09
opnosed to Kniehts of Lahor.
Grand Master Workman PomderIy on
Strikes.

PHILADELPHIA, March S.-Grand Master
Workman j. V. Powderly, the head of the
Knights of Labor, who is in this city attend
ing a meeting of the general executive board
said tonight to a reporter of the Associated
Press that he had received no summons to
st. Louis to settle the difficulties between
the strikers and the Gould system of rail
roads west. Mr.. PoWderly said there is no
significance in the fact that so many strikes
are now in progress in the United States by
Assemblies of the Knights of Labor. ut is
a coincidence, said he, ''and there is no
concerted action contemplated by the order
as has been suggested, the strikes being in
cidental and / think chiefly owing to the fact
that this is just the beginning of spring trade
and the opening Of period of prosperity in
business
On the Railroads.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 8.-The strike of a
part of .the knights Of Labor on the Gould
system of southwestern railroads on Satur-
day, was followed yesterday at various
points along the line by a general suspension
of work by all the Knights employed in any
position by the railroads. The whole num-
Der on the strike reached between 5000 and
10000, and included shopmen, switchmen,
trainmen, brakenen and tiremen. No freight
or passenger trains went out OF st. Louis, or
the Missouri Pacific road yesterday, and its
business in every department is at a com
plete StandStill.
Tie knights have been holding quiet and
orderly meetings III bil6IT Hall, Wulle blltlI
executive committee were in session today,
waiting to hear from the railroad authorities
to whom they were looking for proposition
for conference, at which they hoped to ar
range their differences. 1t was probable
that unless some proposition of this kind
was made today, the strike would assume
greater proportions, and would InJure the
road more than it has already. The strikers
are exercising great care that delays OF the
mails shall not be attributed to them. Iney
have appointed delegates from their number
to prepare the mail cars for their trips.
switch them into position, and attach them
to engines. This precaution makes 1t lmpos-
sible for the United States government to
prefer charges against them for delaying the
mails, and thus the government can ma no
preteXt for interfering unless violence is re-
sorted to.
ATCHIsoN, Kan, March S.-The Missouri
Pacific shopmen employed here, 250 in mum,
Der, went out today, and all the central
branch freight trains were stopped
ST. LOUIS. March S-All the men employ
ed at Carondelet quit work this morning;
This is the river terminus OF the KlrkWo0d
branch of the Missouri-Pacific road, and
large quantities of freight, live stock and
grain destined for the east are transferred
across the river there. Over 800 freight cars,
many OF them laden, stand on the tracks
Report comes from Dallas, Texas, that the
ofhclals OF the Texas & Pacific have in con-
GliO eliSob VI UllG lAhl9hOo
OF Labor and strikers at Marshall, Dennison
and other points. A despatch from Sedalia
says there are 200 cars laden with freight in
the yards there, and that there are several
hundred car loads of California oranges side
tracked along the road between there and
Fort Worth.
The switchmen of the Bridge & Tunnel
Company went out at O'Clock tonight. This
will greatly disturb the traffic between the
union depot in this city and the relay depot
in East st. Louis
All reports tonight indicate that the strike
on the Gould system has become general.
Traffic is at an absolute standstill, nearly all
of the shops have been closed, and all classes
of wOrkmen have joined the movement
Other Strikes.
FALL RIVER, March S-Five weavers went
to work in the Barnabee gingham mills this
morning, four of them being learners. The
| strikers say all those at work today cannot
run 13 looms between them, and that nc
more will go back. They are still confident
| OF gaining their demand for an advance
They meet again tomorrow afternoon.