The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-12
THE BIG STRIKE.

ST. LOUIS, March 7.-BeEween ten and
eleven O'Clock yesterday morning the
Knights Of Labor began the general strike
along the five lines of the Gould system
of railroads, which they claim will end
only in the granting of their demands by
railroad officials, or the suspension Of
work by 13, 900 men and the stoppage of
every wheel on the Southwestern system
of railways within four days. Five thou
sand Of the railway employees are now
out, 1900 more will be called out Monday
if the companies involved make no pro-
position by that time to the Knights for
an adjustment of their grievances, and the
1000 remaining employees of the roads
who are directly concerned in their
mechanical operation, but who are not
Knights of Labor, will be forced to join
the strike, it is expected, by the force of
the tremendous pressure brought upon
them by their organized brethren This
appearance of the situation can be
changed in a day by eX-Governors
]. G. Brown and Lionel A. Shell
lOn, receivers of the Texas Pacific,
with an order reinstating in his former
position G. A. Hall, late foreman of the
wood-WOrkers in the Texas Pacific car
shops at Marshall, whose discharge for
attending a Knights of Labor meeting
caused The strike, and in whose case the
Knights intend to make a second test of
their strength on the Gould lines. The
strike on the four roads connected with
the Texas Pacific was ordered yesteaday
by Chairman Martin Irons and his eXecu-
tive committee in session in Marshall, and
was intended to bring out only the shop
men and local switchmen. Fifteen hun
F,aY~F Fr@EA
noon and left their work, st. Louis, Sc
dalia, Little Rock and DeSoto turning out
the largest bodies of men. All of them
left their stations quietly and have been
employed since principally in holding
meetings and initiating new members.
J. V. POwderly, Grand Master Work
man of the knights of Labor, is on his way
to ST. Louis from Scranton, Pa, and A. A.
Talmage, general manager of the Wabash,
St. Louis & Pacific, who has been away
from the city on vacation, is expected
to return tomorrow.
THE STRIKE IN ST. LOUIS.
The programme the Knights of Labor
have determined upon has been COM
municated to only a few of the most
prominent members of the order in st.
Louis, the remainder knowing generally
that it is to ''stop every wheel on the
Gould SYSTEM if c.. A. Hall is not given
back his position in the car shops at Mar
shall. The details of the plan of the eX-
ecutive committee were given to a re.
porter last evening by one of the Euterpe
Hall speakers. "The executive commit.
tee," said he, els pretty certain that
Governor Brown will yield when he sees
that the Knights are determined, and will
call upon them for conference by Monday.
There are now 5000 men out altogether,
but the committee has not ordered out
its sWitchmen, yardmen or brakemen,
who number about four thousand. II
nothing IS heard from Governor Brown
Monday these will be ordered out. Then
will come the engineers, ffremcn and con-
ductors. They don't belong to US, but
We can bring them ont. But we think
that the strike has gone far enough now
to show the Texas Pacific receivers what
they have to deal with, and it is likely
that they will be asked by four other
roads in the system, which are inconveni-
enced by the strike, to confer with the
committee as soon rs possible and arrange
the difficulty"
"Where would this conference be
hcld2"
cat Dallas, probably"
CHOW would the strike be declared at
an end?"
'Just as it was declared begun. If the
executive committee receives a satsfacto-
ry proposition from Governor Brown and
accedes to it, an order will be issued an
nouncing to the men that the Knights of
Labor have won another victory, and that
the strike is off. This will be followed
by a resumption of work all along the
lines"
The Knights of Labor have made it a
point of honor that during one of their
strikes property, both private and corpo-
ration, shall be protected. Yesterday
afternoon committee from the strikers,
lust after the men had abandoned work at
the shops, waited upon Master Mechanic
Bartlett and Master Carpenter Hodge and
offered to station watchmen over the rail
road property in the yards and shops dur
ing the continuance of the strike. The
offer was accepted and the knights placed
nine men on guard over each of the five
departments of the shops, who will keel
alternate watches of eight hours, with
three men in watch, until the strike is
over. These men will be paid from the
District Assembly treasury.
Although the Gould lines may not be
able to carry a pound of freight oven
their rails If the strike is made cOmpre-
henSive, the United States mails viii not
be delayed, and the trains carrying them
will not only be allowed to run, b ut VIII
be operated with the strikers assistance.
"We are making no war ON the people,
anu We KNOW TOO IDuCH 10 interfere WIbIl
the mails,'' said a striking knight yester-
day. ''If the strike stops the trains we
will either have knights detached to run
the mail trains OF hire other men-I don't
know which the executive committee
considers the better plan. We're sorry
for the merchants whose freight is being
delayed, but we can't help that. Being
put to trouble and expense by the strike,
they become our allies and hope to see Us
get what we ASK
The Knights at Sedalia, Hannibal, Kan
sas City, DeSota and other points in Mis-
souri,, at Argenta, Ark, Dallas, and Pales-
tine, Tex, were also ordered out and
promptly responded, in every instance
in an orderly and quiet manner, but all
expressing determination to remain out
until the Texas Pacific trouble is settled.
No passenger or mail trains are molested
or in any way delayed, and the men will
see in every case that the railway prop
erty is protected from any aggressive
element from outside their ranks.
The Presidents Reception.
WAsHINGTON, March 7.-The PrRsi
dents reception next Tuesday night to
Congress, the diplomatic corps, the army
and navy, the judiciary and the gentle
men of the press, will undoubtedly be
the grandest event and the biggest crush
of the winter. This reception, the third
and last of its kind, win mark the end Of
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