The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

morning This is an important point. as the river
terminus of the lockwood branch of the Mis-
souri, Pacific road and large quantities of
freight, and grain destined for the East are
transferred across the river here. The Iron
Mountain road also passes through the place,
and the yards of the roads are quite extensive.
Now everything is still, the transfer boats are
tied up, and the yards and shops deserted. over
500 freight cars, many of them laden, stand on
the tracks. The men are holding meetings and
discussing the situation.
The Brotherhood of Brakemen here have noti-
fed Superintendent Dickinson, of the Union
Depot and Tunnel Company. that they are willing
to continue work if they are not required to
handle cars belonging to the Missouri Pacific
road. Many of this order also Knights of
Labor, and all those employed on the Missouri
Pacific went out with the other men, Superin-
tendent Dickinson accented their services under
the condition named 1t has been stated in ref
erence to the transportation of the mails that
the Knights of Labor would permit only an en-
gine q postal car and one coach to be run, but 1t
is now stated that they have abandoned this
position and will allow full passenger trains to
run.
A report comes from Dallas Tex, that the re-
ceivers of the Texas & Pacific have in contempla-
tion the arrest of leading Knights of Labor and
strikers at Marshall, Denson and Longview, Fort
Worth and other places
dispatch from Sedalia. Mo-. says there are
two hundred cars laden with pershable freight
in the yards there, and that there are several
hundred carloads of California oranges side
tracked along the road between there and Fort
Worth.
The Missouri Pacific shopmen employed at
Atchison, Kan, $50 in number, went out to-day
on orders from Sedalia. All central branch
freight trains were stopped, though train of
livestock was permitted to come through.
Patrol committees guard the companys prop
erty and permit only passenger trains to run.
The strikers prepared Il schedule OF grievances
this morning, which simply incorporates the de-
mands made by the Texas strikers. They make
local demand for themselves, but set forth
that the company is discriminating in grain rates
rates be given to all Missouri river points. Gov
ernor Martin has been in the city all day, endeav
oring to adjust the trouble, but the men refuse
to act except upon orders from Sedala. f. ID.
Belton Commissioner of Labor Statistics, arrived
this evening.
A special from San Antonio, Tex, states that
the local differences between the Knights of La
Dor and their employers on the Southern Pacific
railway have been settled, and that the strike
there is at an end
A special from Sedala states that the central
committee of the Knights of Labor will order
that after to-day, all members of the organiza-
ton employed upon passenger trains on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway shall cease work, but that
the mail cars must not be interfered with.
notice was posted at the Missouri Pacific railway
depot this morning, announcing the suspension
of all brakemen and conductors on the St Louis
& Kansas City and the Lawrence 81 Kansas
branches of that road. The brakemen are now
holding meeting at which their future course
will be determined upon Their discussions
held in strict secrecy, and nothing can be learned
as to their nature.
A special from Marshall, Tex, states that
work is being done by the mechanics of the
Texas Pacific railroad in the shops at that point
A special guard has been appointed by the
knights of Labor to guard the companys prop
erty from acts of violence. The fight at Mar
shall now consists of the demand by the knights
of Labor that the organization De recognized oy
the railroad officials All other grievances have
been practically settled. A rulnor is current
that 16, 900 additional Knights of Labor will be
ordered out to morrow, and this will absolutely
stop all passenger and freight traffic on the
Gould Southwestern system.
The Swltchmen of the Bridge and Tunnel Com
pany went out at o'clock to night. This will
greatly disturb traffic between the Union Depot
in this city and the relay depot in East St Louis
across the bridge, the system of tracks on
both sides of the river is quite complicated, and.
requires very skillful men TO handle it.
A special from Pilot Knob, Mo-, says that,
owing to the refusal of the Iron Mountain rail
road to receive freight the ore and steel COM
pany shut down to-day, throwing 400 men out
of work The miners have a strong Knights of
Labor assembly there, but they have no griev-
ances, their employers having voluntarily ad-
vanced their wages 10 per cent. on the 1st of
March They sympathize with the railroad
strikers, however, and take their enforced idle
ness good naturedly. AT the Graniteville stone
auarres, five miles from Pilot Knob, 800 men
were laid off for the same reason.
special from Vinita Ind. T., says all Knights
of Labor have gone out. They by no NEAR
enthusiastic, and very few trainmen have muvn
sympathy with the strike
All the employees in the Wabash shops at Chi
cago quit this afternoon. They are mostly all
union men. The men say they have had no in
structions as yet to 60 out, but they are expect
ing to receive such an order.
The situation at the Union Depo. to night is as
follows: All the men of the Bridge and Tunnel
Company except the engineers and fremeu of
whom the Knights OF Labor have no control and
four men whom the Knights allow to remain for
the sole purpose Of switching mail trains, have
been ordered out. The immediate effect of this
action cannot be known until tomorrow, but in
all likelihood it will very seriously cripple gen
eral movements at the Union Depot and greatly
interfere with the traffic of all roads.