The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-04-09
The STRIKE STILL ON.


Knights of Labor Accuse Gould and Hox1o
of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES With Trains at
Par~Ons, Kan, and Fort Worth, Tex.
ST LOUIS, April 2.-ContraTy to the gem
eraI expectation yesterday that the execu-
tive committee of assembly 1O1 wOu4d des-
ignate the hour of ten o'clock in the morn
ing as the time when the striking Knights
of Labor should return TO work, no order to
that effect was issued and at ten O'Clock the
strike was continued. None of the strikers
applied to the Missouri Pacific officials for
work and they say they will not do so until
ordered by their executive committee.
The following address was issued in the
afternoon by the executive board of the
district:
To the Public:
As showing the sincerity of the railroad
managers in their treatment of the knights
of Labor we respectfully state that pursuant
to the order of our general executive board
we this day sent committee to the managers
of the several roads Offering to return the
be received or treated with, each official in
turn either refusing them hearing or evad-
ing them with specious subterfuges for direct
answers or refusing them employment.
HoXte agreed TO receive a committee Of
employees to adjust any grievances which ex-
fst. He refuses personally and through his
subordinates TO recognize any of us en-
ployes and refuses to receive any but such
Gould have conveyed the impression to the
world that they were willing to settle they
Now we appeal to the suffering public on
whom is falling all the weight of this great
affiiction, if we have not been deceived
enough. How much is long suffering labor
to bear? This great strike never would have
been had Hoxie cOndescended months ago
to hear our complaints. We do not claim to
be more than human. 1t should not be ex-
pected of us to be more than human.
In this country pos ton makes no king or
slave. Imperious refusal on the part of one
citizen to confer with other citizens with
whom he may have business connections,
when such refusal begets great bus ness and
social revolution, is not only mistake but
crime against the public. Gould is invoking
the law against the little criminals who are
made desperate by his policy of duplicity and
oppress on. and yet the terrorized public
criminal of the land. If we can not be al
lowed to return to work the strike must go
on BY order of executive boards district as
semblies 10l, 93, II.
PARSONS, Kan, April 2.-The strikers
still hold the key to the situation here, and
affairs are tied up in the same old knot
After the strikers had killed the engine in
front of Adiutant General Campbell We'd
nesday, he mounted another engine that
had previously been disabled by the strik-
ers and made them IL speech, giving them
good advice, and closed by telling them he
would make final attempt to move train
at nine o'clock next morning, and implOTed
them, under the name of the State
of Kansas, not to make any resistance,
and that if they did their action
would be on their own heads and
that they would have to abide by the con-
sequences. Yesterday morning about 800
people assembled at the yards to witness
what was supposed to be the final attempt of
the Adjutant to move a train before calling
out the militia. The first train made up was a
wreckng train, consisting of a derrick,
wrecking car and cabOose, sent south to
clear up Monday nights wreck. This the
strikers allowed to 20 out unmolested, but
as soon as an engineer came down 10 take
out a freight it was boarded by the strikers
and killed. This was the last attempt that
will be made.
FORT WORTH, Tex, April 2.-Fort
Worth is in the hands OF q mob. The citi-
Zens' posse summoned by the sheriff to
assemble this morning at the Missouri Pa
ciic yards met, some 800 strong according
to orders. About 400 strikers, armed and
desperate and ready for bloOdshed, were on
the scene. Fifty well armed officers were
also on hand. A freight train was made
up and a Missouri Pacific engine came
along to pull out the train. A grand rush
was made by the strikers for the engine.
Arms were presented on both sides.
The engine was not mOleSted, but
all the cars were uncOupled and
even the nuts were taken out of the draw
heads. Some of the Knights were arrested
and the engine sent back to the round
abandoned. The citizens lacked Organiza-
tion. They had no leader while every man
in the ranks of the strikers was a leader
Mayor Smith addressed the mob bat the
strikers cried "RatsI |" mo more Peter
Smith for mayor again." The sheriff is
summOning citizens to go armed to the Mis-
souri, Pacific yards. The strikers places
are all filled here. They are hungry and
bloodthirsty. The most conservative citi-
zens anticipate grave trouble n restoring law
and order.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April "A special
to tho Journal from Topeka says: A tele-
gram came to Governor Martin this after
noon from Adjutant General Campbell, who
is at Parsons, stating that affairs in that
city were particularly bad and the mob ele-
ment apparently in the ascendancy. He
stated he could do nothing without
aid. Governor Martin authorized aim
to call out the First Kansas National
Guard under Colonel Patrick or as much of
it as was needed. A later dispatch from
General Campbell indicated that the Ottawa
company, the Ganett company and prob
ably another would be started for Parsons
in the afternoon. Governor Martin tele-
graphed General Carroll, of PaOla, to pro-
ceed to Parsons and assume command. Sew
eral members of the Ottawa company are
in this city and are making every effort to
Join their command.