New-York tribune., 1886-03-08
THE SOUTHWESTERN STRIKE
NINE THOUSAND MEN HAVE QUIT WORK.
ONLY MAIL TRAINS ALLOWED TO RUN On ihN
GOULD SYSTEM OF RAILROADS


GOULD SYSTEM OF RAILROADS =
CT J.oIr,s March 7 (SpecidD.- call on
,be switchnep aud brakemen Of the Gould southwest
system to stop work made late last hisn'' ""u
day traffic is entirely suspended on 6ooo mies VI
Three passenger accommodation trains arc vi VI" 80
ule 10 leave this city regularly on suhu"y ino'9 t
the Missouri Pacific This morning they ala not 70
IT,, ra,used 70 handle the engines ana the
,orp,nop about the roundhouse perempi0rly reius0u
10 take out any OF the Missouri RACINE io'' io', -
The brakemen abandoned the trains as 'ho! ~, W ..
sbe city and squads of police hau 10 po 0"'i'N
turn the engines IN the roundhouses' INC ~
miles through the city are crowded WITH io"uo 49,
that oucbt to have gone east this morning i"o
bridge and tunnel employees refuse 10 n""uio ''
Pacific cars and as result no lreiehV lioi VI" Ta
.vsem IL tran ,ferrod tho bridge. Az tnc ii
Mountain wards the same condition OF things preVs'
All the big breweres ship their product soa'h oS ~
,,na and NJ the Iemp 4 Anheuser Busch Establishments
more than fifty cars which loaded two days ago
were unloaded to-day and the beer taken oacA - ~"
vaults. Not engine or car IS moving III 'ho S r
the tracks are choked with delayed freight frou "
Ionis TO Caroadole distance Of ten miles, tram atcI
,a,n 4. living abandoned Many ofthem are loaded with
nerishable freight No violence has occurred III
fac. the stnkers are not to be seen
about tho yards. The mail trans are ~.
running on time ana the Knights o'
Labor have formed committee whose duty IL Is W S'
tnat the nail trains not interfered WITH
"but for principle, ana no interference WI"
with the mail trains"
Both passenger and freight traffic on the 're'e D"u,
branch of the Missouri Pacific have been aoahdoheu "
the peope living the towns OF this track are prdcl
cay isolated The regular mail trains for the West iet
the Union Depot time tonight, but only TOOK one
coach each No could be found to handle
the suburban accommodations and all were abandoned
The St. Louis and Francisco roads the only line 'a
shows any signs life and since the beginning oil so
its business has been increasing rapidly
The dispatches received here by the railway authorizes
from the principal points along the lines show thaV tho
strike ia general The Union Depot here was crowded
tonight with indignant passengers who ntehueu u eo
West but were kept back by the strikers allowing Only
one coach on the regular mail trains The returns no"
show that 5000 knights OF Labor are out and TINS In
cludes all the employees of the system except 3'ooo
men, The latter are chiefly engineers ana
conductors aud in sympathy with the Knights lney
cannot work If their engines and trains are not ar
ranged for them and will embrace any excuse 10 stop
Not a wheel is expected to turn Tomorrow morhhG OK
cept under the regular mail trains
Two large mass meetings were held to-day by the
strikers and Executive Board OF the Local Assembly
WAS In session all day Frederick Turner Is here but
Grand Master Powdery has not yet arrived Ehere was
no conference to-day between the railroad anthores
aud strikers at th. point and 1t is said that the matter
can only be settled in Texas between Receiver brOwn
and the Texas Pacific Knights. Another meeung was
held night and the issues were discussed in all 'ne
bearings .. 80 ,ror,
In Fort Worth. Tex, the few men who went 10 WORK
last were interfered with, but the Doauug
houses and hotels refused them 1000 or IOhelnH
In fact they had place to lay their heads Inc com
pany's talked about renting mouse ior tne W
Sleep and board The people generally express tue III
selves strongly in favor OF the strikers Oh the points VI
the demand increase of wages Tor the common
labOrers and the hostility recently eVlnced toWaVu tnc
Chinese The Knights OF Labor in other lines or WORK
were standing by their brethren and money snd PoV
sons guaranteed support the strikers Ior months
At DenlSOn, Dallas. TeXa.kana, NeatherOru' ApHene'
Baird Toyah, Paris sherman and all Texas ana racine
points The men joined the strike aud freight traic was
paralyzed. The strikers kept sober anu quiet ~, ~.
A dispatch Dallas dated Mdrch 20 me NeWS
SAYS: OF the strike at tins Oiht Is pac
ticlly unchanged. The general public have not YET
been FULLY Informed the cause OF the dsaueclOh
among the Knights OF Labor Briefly stated the entre
trouble the outgrowth of the alleged violation IN many
minor particulars by the Texas Pacific Company OF ne
ST. Louis agreement made just after the strike last year
About three weeks ago Texas Pachc onelals were
warned that if these grievances were not ADJUSTED and
the contract fairly observed there would be strike
This notice was givon before Hall was dlscnarged az
Marshall his discharge construed INTO uenihce
of the knights preciptated the strike The mecha-
Ics southwest lines OF the Gould system were
y SdeTed out to-day , ,-
Grain receivers here are much alarmed and fear
shutting on of receipts that Will pdrayze business
Considerable has been purchased along the HOuiu
lines for shipment this week, but the purchasers say
that they do believe they will be able to move IL.
o. the present demand Tor export c0rn hey cay
this will make hardship that cannot be estimated