The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-03-16
FROM OTHER POINTS.
Deve,opment i'm st. Louis.

St Louis, March ll.-lSpeSiaiJ-Cne
freight train on the Iron Mountain rali-
road. composed of shout twenty cars, Ieit
the city to-day and proceeded as lar rs De-
Soto where IL was side tracked Another
train came in over the Iron Mountain raii-
way. Not a wheel was Turned on the Mis-
souri, Pacific. This includes the entire MS
tory Of the day, which was regarded as
critical from the fact that the ofhcials oil
the Missouri Pacific announced with
flourish of their trumpet that they would
assume control of their property and WOULD
resume the traffic of the country. Inc
progress made in the way OF resumption
of traffic is not sufficient, SO lar, to produce
any decided change in the situation. lhe
blockade in the yard still exists
| WILL SHUT DOWN.
| The mills are all closing on accOunt OF
Iact of raw material, lack OF coal and the
impossibility of moving the manufactured
products.
The merchants are unable to receive or
TO ship goods and the day closes with the
conditions of business practically as they
were yesterday.
THE OFFICIALS BAFFLED.
The officials of the Missouri Pacific en-
oaged a force of men Yesterday Tor the
9urpose.of starting work tod y and kept
the force, which consisted OF about nifty
men. strongly guarded in their shops, but
: 70 no avail, for not n wheel could be
turned to-day.
> The officials continued their efforts tc
secure help today, but with light success
= only q few men having been secured. II
is expected that train will De started GU
: on the Missouri Pacific late this afternoon
The day with the strisers and with / I
|, public has been one OF quiet anxiety anC
u expectancy. The Knights OF Labor hav,
s resorted TO no violence, have not attempted
10 obstruct the railroads by force and have
4 conducted themselves In a dlgnihed an'
Iorderly manner. The events OF the strus
ole have been conferences between tn
? Knights and The firemen and engineers an
e between the railway officials and the en-
, gineers and fremen with reference to TN
N attitude of these employees.
N RESULT OF CONFERENCES.
n The result of the conference between tn
\ of6c.rs and the engineers and hremen, va
The derision of the latter that they woul
Dt take the engines il asked to do so. The
q oil agreed that IL the engines were run OF
from the round house ready Tor servle
&C. thew would take charge, and would ooe
=, orders IL Tie matter of coupling, swltchln
!! and running cars, but would do no mo-
Is than actually required by astrict constru
II lion of their duties.
ne The brakemen, on the other hand, ha'
taken a decided stand in favor OF the en-
nloves who are out, and refused to touch
" car. or to aid the railroad col
many in any way TO resun
IS onerations. This step on the part oil q
en- hrakemen is the most important develo
ce ment in the local fight. :,
ofl The executive committee OF the hnigh
of Isbor. with Martin Irons rs chalrma
re- Which moved from Marshall, Texas, TO
daI;a. owing to the dans erous illness
he Mrs Irons. and in order to be nearer I
ial center of the struggl, will remove to u
w, CITY as soon as the condition oil the wne
The chairman warrants his leaving Sedal
Dy and the headquarters of the strikers "
ely thereafter be at this place. Mrs Ire
w. died at 70. m, yesterday.-ED.
,ss- Governor Marmaduke and Labor 70
missioner Kochtitzky- are in the city
i, present and are ready to do
nto ad;ust;ng the difficulties betw,
,ert The strikers and the railroad ofici;
to hut as vet have not been called uPoI
act Just before o'clock Chief of POI
Harrigan and Capt. Thomas Frutche'
re- the Fifth district police, arrived at the
:, l ci6c yards at Ewing avenue and are S.i q
uld ing a conference with General Sgpel
airs tendent Kerrigsn, of the Missouri Pac
and in regard to the running OF the frei
90 train at 40 p. m.
AN UNSUCCESSFUL STRIKE
iose ST. Louis, March 1l.-As stated \
lem previous dispatch the engineers bel.
will meeting this afternoon and alter
or session they decided to go to work and