The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-03-13
LABOR'S BIG UPRISING.
The Strike OIL the Gould Railroads
Becoming Ve4 Serious.
5000 EMPLOYEES DISCHARGED.
All Freight Trains Have Been Stopped
and Both Sides Are Defiant.

Great Injury to Perishable Freight street
Car Men in Troy Force the Companies
to Arbitrate Their Differences -Th"us-
anis of Miners Knock on Work in the
Hituminuus Coal Regions.
81. LOUIS, March 0.-The railroad
situation is serious, but it IS likely to
grow more alarming in its aspect and
extent There is no present hope of
solution.
To-day over 5000 clerks. telegram
operators, yard watchmen, and others
were laid of all along the Gould sys-
TEN, and information from important
points on the line say the gravest APP
prehensions exists among these EN-
ployees, as they have no idea that the
trouble will soon be at an end. At
Little Rock and other points orders
have been issued by the railroad officials
to transfer companies, who are asked
to clear the yards of freight as soon as
possible, that they may be locked up.
These movements, coupled with the
further assertion, though not authenu-
Gated, that the brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers and the Benevolent
Order of Railway Conductors are in
sympathy with the railroads, and will
stand by them, and that engineer and
locomotive firemen who are not Knights
of Labor will receive half pay at least
during their suspension and while the
strike lasts, indicate that the railroads
are getting themselves in shape to make
a long fight. On the other hand, the
growth of the strike continues, and
traffic, as far as Missouri, Arkansas,
Kansas, and Texas are concerned, is at
4 stand still.
The most important report is that
the employees of the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy road at St Joe will
inaugurate the strike on that road, and
that the Wabash men may also be eN-
pected to join the throng Of strikers.
and before the trouble ends all the rail
road systems of the country will be in
volved.
At the Union Depot matters are
about the same as yesterday, only that
! all accommodation trains on the Mis-
sour Pacific road have been abandoned.
Assistant Superintendent Stillwell of the
Bridge and Tunnel Company, with the
assistant of three yard masters, was
making up the passenger trains which
leave the depot. MI passenger trains
were running except the Missouri Pacific
accommodation. The kirkwood &C
commodation came in promptly on
time this morning at s o clock, but did
not return, the locomotives being turned
into the shop. The Jefferson City
train of the Missouri Pacific did not
! leave either, and the first train and the
only one to so out on the Pacific was
! the mail, which left shortly after Q
/ o clock. 1t look out very large load
| of passengers. There is no intention
/ to run any more accommodation trains
tor the present
! On Change to-day there WAS 2 feel
ing of gloom. The effect of the block
ade on trade is to paralyze buyers and
shippers. Very little trading was done
to-day. The effect was particularly
noticed IN the flour, grain, and pork
corners. Purchases were made for
shipment only to river points. !. H.
NJ. HoXie, First Vice President OF the
Missouri Pacific Railway Company, has
made a statement regarding the strike
to the companys employees.