The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-06
Threatened Quitting Of Work
Of Railroad Hands
on THE TEXAS & PACIFIC R. R.
The Boycott in Texas-The Education
Bill Passed-A Necktie Picnic
Cholera
The Texas 6 Pacific Strike

OF the shops along the line of the Texas
& Pacific Railroad in Texas have beer ]
strike for some days. This afternoon
receivers of the road fled petition in
the United States circuit court, setting
forth that last night party of armed,
mashed and disguised men entered and
took possession of the shop and rouI d
house at Big Springs, Texas, took
the locomotives to pieces and
committed other depredations on the
property of said railroad company. !"
and asking for instructions and pro-
lection. The petition further says 1.-The
employees in the shops along the line
of said road in Texas, are on a strike,
and the object of the parties appears to
be to prevent the operation of the road
until The demand of the strikers is COM
piled with" Jude Pardee issued an
order directing the receiver to stop any
and all traffic on the road at any and
ali points where its continl ance would
leopard re the safety of property, and
if necessary, to apply to the Federal
court for protection by the United States
marshal of the district.
FoRT WORTH. Tex, March 5.-The
time given to the strikers of the Texas &
Pacific road to return to work or
suffer discharge, expired at 10 o'clock
this money. None of the men went
back. New forces are being organized
In every department, and the places OF
nearly all the strikers have been filled.
Freight offices were opened to-day, and
are receiving all shipments except live
stock. The strikers are discouraged and
think the movement has been badly
handled. The state executive board OF
the Knights OF Labor is here and will
discuss means of assisting the striker s.
The Indications now are that an effort
will be made to inaugurate a general
strike on the Gould lines, which is re
garded as tn, only chance OF success.
A committee of Knights has fur
for publication. II gives as caus, o
tract between the Gould system ana
the Knights of Labor made al ST. Louis
on March 10, 1885, the discharge OF en-
ployee Hale at Marshall, ;.Ieeing
that prejudice against the order was the
cause of the discharge; employment OF
coolie and convict labor by the Texas &
Pacific Company; and lastly a desire
for an increase in the wages of trackmen
from $l.l5 to $3.50 per day.
GALVESTON, March 5.-The meeting
OF local trade assemblies adjourned af-
| ter midnight last night. 1t was deter
mined that the Mallory boycott sho' Id
be Immediately enforced against the
Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe and Missouri
Pacific road. The order will at once
be issued that every Knight of Labor
working on any Of these lines must re
fuse to handle freight consigned to OF
from the Mallory Company. This will
bring matters to a crisis, as the roads
will ne compelled to discharge the men
who refuse to handle the boycotted
freight. and then general strike Will
probably follow.
A special to the Ners. from Dallas
says: The strike on the L. Xas & Pacific
Railroad at this point. thus far,
has no appreciate effect on bust
ness. The attempt made by the
citizens committee at Marshall TO
completely failed. The three days al
lowed by Receivers Brown and Sheldon
for the strikers to resume work, ex-
pired yesterday and t e :ceiyers have
prepaI ed circular which will beissued
to-day, notifying the men who refused
to return to work, that they are no
longer in the employ of the company
and warning the strikers not to con-
gregate about the station warehouses,
and trying to intimidate those who are
willing to work. The circular says if the
men persist in such intimidation the
receivers will ask help from the United
States Court.
DEsoTo, Missouri, March ga
general order, by the executive
board of knights of Labor
of the Gould southwest system
hiss been issued, boycotting all Texas &
Pacific and New Orleans and Pacific
companies, on account of the troubles
at Fort Worth, and the order is put
into effect her. No violence or intimi-
daiion is Used, but as the cars come in
train men are requested rot to handle
t. EN- fur her, III the request is i'm
m. diately complied with, and they are
side track d.
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