Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-11
The Great Railroad Strike.


The Great Railroad Strike.
ST. LOUIS, March lOth.-The situation
remains unchanged in East ST Louis this |
morning. The Knights of Labor there |
have not struck as yet, but large numbers |
OF that organization from this city are |
there attempting, 1t is supposed, to per-
shade them to Join the movement. The |
effect of the strike in st. Louis upon the |
cattle trade is especially severe. No stock
ears can cross the bridge and, therefore. |
the receipts are materially lessened as the |
strike proceeds. General Superintendent |
kerrigan of the Missouri-Pacific this morn |
ing issued an order expelling from the |
Missouri Pacific yards all Knights of Labor |
Tnis order includes the del cation of men |
appointed by the Knights to guard the |
company property.
The circular issued 10 the strikers order |
ing them off the companys premises. is as |
follows
You are hereby notified that your action in |
withdrawing from the employment of the Mis-
souri-Pacific was the voluntary abandonment |
of the service of the company, and that you are |
no longer in lis employment, and that your |
names have been stricken from its rolls All |
such who are ROW about the company's prem
ises are hereby notified that they must imrnedi- |
ate1y leave the same to the end that this COM |
pany may 1eSume the traffic of the company.
WM. KERRIGAN.
Although the officials will make no state
ment concerning the affair, it is generally !
believed that they are now employing new
men to take the places of the strikers, and |
that the movement of freight trains will
be attempted 10 night. Should this prove
true, the knights of Labor will undoubt-
edly offer resistance.
QUIET WITHDRAWAL OF THE STRIKERS.
ST. LOUIS, March I0th-2:3O p. Mt is
now authoritively stated that the Missouri
Railway Company will attempt tomorrow,
instead of tonight, as stated in previous
dispatch. to resume freight traffic upon its
road The order issued this morning by
Superintendent Kerrigan applies not only
| to the men formerly in its employ in this
city, but to all the strikers on the system,
| and they have all along the line of the road
| Withdrawn quietly from the company's
premises
TIE FIRST TROUBLE.
ST. LOUIS, March 10th-A special from
| Fort Worth, Tex, to the Post Dispatch,
states that the first trouble there between
| the Knights and non-knights occurred this
| morning, when the new men employed by
| the railroad TO run its engines were at
| tackled while performing their duty. and
] forced to vacate their cabs. The strikers
| then killed the engines Quiet now
prevails, but it is thought there that this is
| the beginning of serious trouble.
| STATEMENT OF GRIEVANCES.
| ST. LOUIS March 1Oth-The Knights of
Labor have furnished the Associated Press
with a copy of a lengthy letter addressed to
| H. NJ. Hoxie, e-President of the
Missouri-Pacitic Railway. The substance
of the letter is as follows: a short time
ago the Texas and Pacific Company en-
| ployed some seventy men to work in the
machine shops of the company, on con-
| dition that when the company was through
| with their services, in thirty or ninety
days, the men would be discharged. In
stead of discharging the men as agreed
| upon, the old employees were discharged,
| IN our opinion on account of their promi-
nent part in the organization of the
knights of Labor. The company refused
| to hear and adjust the grievances of Con-
ductor Bissett, and dismissed him without
sufficient cause. Bssett was au earnest
worker in the cause of the Knights of Labor.
The next grievance mentioned is the dis
! charge of c. IL. Hall, already referred to in
these dispatches. Hall was charged by the
| company with neglect of duty in being alb
sent several days without cause. The let
ter states that Hall was absent to serve as a
| delegate at a meeting Of Knights of Labor
| at Marshall, Texas, by permission of his |
superior officer, notwithstanding the pres
ent denial Of the latter When Hall re-
| turned fom the meeting he found letter
announcing his discharge. committee |
| was appointed and waited ON Mr.. Crosby, |
Halls superior, to ascertain why Hall was !
| discharged. Crosby said it was because of
his incompetency, and denied shat Hall |
! had ever asked his permission to be alb
sent. After repeated ove,tures to the Re
celyerS for a hearing on the matter, the
Executive Board first submitted the cues
uon 10 the different locals on the system
for their action, which was that MIR Hall
be renstated. Therefore, it is plain that
action taken on this strike was voluntary
! on the part of each acd every man belong
ing to the Knights oI Labor The letter is
signed by i. j. Nolan, ti2irrlGn; John A. |
Williams, Vice President, by order of the |
Local Executive Committee.
SERVICES OF UNNECESSARY EMPLOYEES DIS
PENsED WITH.
Sr. LOTS, March 10lh-An or,:er has
been issued by IL N. Hoxie. First Vice
President Of The Missouri Pacific road, to
the heads of ali departments of Ike road. to |
at once dispense with the services of every |
employe not positively necessary to the |
company in its present crippled condition |
This means that many telegraph operators
l 800 freght-house hands, 800 clerks. $50 |
crossing watchmen 100 to $50 fremen. and |
many other employees on the Missouri |
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quietly understood that the engineers will |
| receive at least half pay, and that the FIRE
men who are not on the strike Will be |
treated likewise. Conductors will receive |
pay only when they run, and this is equal |
to suspending nearly 400 freight conduct |
ors and others necessary to running local |
and through freight. All told, it was stated |
that nearly 5000 persons not interested in |
the present strike will suffer the loss of |
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work. 1t is stated, on the authority of a |
high official, that individual rotices are
being sent by the company to all strikers |
that their names are stricken from the paw |
roll, and they are discharged from the sery- |
ice OF the company.
The Rate Contest.
New YORK, March 10Th. = The open |
freight rate on all classes is now by all tie |
lines at war 40 cents per leo pounds from |
San Francisco, and from points taking San |
Francisco rates TO Chicago. and to points |
taking Chicago rates. This rate is said to |
be so low that every pound of freight car
ried means loss to the roads. c. P. |
Huntington said yesterday, speaking of the |
situation There eare no present indications |
OF the harmonious settlement CT the exist |
ing differences. All the roads were fighting, |
and each one was waiting for some other |
to express desire for settlement 1t is |
generally thought there has been some Sc
cret conference of the representatives of the |
roads forming the Transcontinental Asso- |
citation, and il was found nothing could |
be accomplished. The local agents of the
lires denied that any such conference had |
been held. 1t is freely said by well-in-
formed railroad men that settlement is |
further off than ever.
THE LATEST PHASE OF THE RATE WAR
New YORK March 10th.-The new phase |