Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-09

grades OF freight at 81 per ton to San Fran
cisco for the steamer which sails March
Goth. Ticket agents continue to sell round
trip tickets to San Francisco, good for
ninety days, at the rates quoted last week
Rumors OF negotiations for settlement of
the trouble, which is predicted for the 18th
inst, were in circulation, but nothing def
mite was obtainable on the subject
The Railroad Strike.
MARSHALL Texas, March sth. No
work is being done by the mechanics of
the Texas Pacific Railroad at the shops
here. A special guard has been appointed
by the Knights of Labor TO guard the COM
pany's property from acts of violence The
fight at this point now consists of de-
mand by the Knights that the organization
be recognized by the railroad officials. All
other grievances have been practically set
tied. A rumor is current here that addi-
tional knights will be ordered out to-mor-
row, and this will absolutely stop all pas
senger and freight on the Gould southwest
ern system.
TILE stgssaTIoN AT sr. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, March sth.-lt is learned from
the railroad officials that there will prob
ably be no further trouble in making up
passenger trains at this point, and that an
effort will be made TO keep the passenger
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larly and promptly.
NO LATE DEVELOPMENTS.
ST. LOUIS, March Sth-3:15P P. M-There are
no late developments regarding the strike
Powderly, Grand Master Workman of the
Knights of Labor, has not as yet arrived
Up to this hour the bridgemen have not
gone out. All is quiet.
MORE MEN QUIT WORK.
ST. LOUIS, March Sth.-All the men en-
ployed at Carondalet, below here, quit
work this morning. This is an important
point, as it is the river terminus of the
Kirkwood branch of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad, and large quantities of freight for
the East are transferred across the river
there. The Iron Mountain road also passes
through the place, and the yards of the two
roads are quite extensive.
AT ATcHfsos.
ATcHIsoN (Ks.), March sth.-The Missouri
Pacific shopmen employed here $50 in
number, went out to-day on orders from
Sedalia. All the central branch freight
trains We're stopped. although trains of
live stock were permitted to come through.
Patrol committees guard the companies
yard, and permit only passenger trains to
| run. The strikers have prepared schedule
of grievances, which simply INCORPORATES
the demands made by the Texas strikers.
CALIFORNIA ORANGES sIDE-TRAcKED.
ST. LOUIS, March Sth.-A dispatch from
| Sedalia, Mo-, says there are 200 cars laden
with perishable freight in the yards there,
and that there are several hundred car
loads of California oranges side-tracked
along the road between there and Fort
| Worth.
MASS MEETING OF KNIGHTS.
| Fort WORTH (Tex.) March Sth.-A mass
/ meeting of the knights of Labor was held
here tonight. at which the pending strike
| was discussed. The situation grows graver
/ each hour. Passenger trains on the CONT
| mental division of the Texas and Pacific
| will, it is thought, be discontinued, owing
| to the bad condition of the road The cat
tie men are losing large sums by the pres
ent freight blockade.
MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK PREVENTED.
GALVESTON, March Sth-The Ne,cs spe-
| cial from Palestine, Texas, says The rail-
road officials attempted to take through
| four carloads of live stock, but they failed,
as the strikers had tampered with the
engine. The locomotive engineers held a
| meeting to-day, and adopte a resolution
| to faithfully observe their contracts with
the company. unless prevented by force.
A special from Austin says that Governor
| Ireland has not vet received official infor-
nation of the labor troubles throughout
| the State.
ALL QUIET AT GALVESTON AND HOUSTON.
| GALVESTON, March Sth.-The day passed
without further disturbing developments
in the Mallory boycott troubles About 2
o'clock this afternoon the men employed
at the Taylor compress quit work,
but on the solicitation of the Su-
perintendent again resumed This action
confirms the rHmor that the Knights en-
| ployed III the large cotton presses are
undecided and reluctant about striking
| The troubles on the Gould system have
not vet reached here or Houston, but no
| freight is being sent out for points north of
Houston. The District Executive Com
mittee of the Knights of Labor convenes
here Wednesday. 1t is believed that un-
| til then matters here will remain in statu
QUO.
| War Declared Against the knights of
Labor.
| PHILADELPHIA, March Sth- Gerkes d
| Plumb, manufacturers of edge tools in
| Frankfort, this morning locked out all
| their employees, as an initial step in their
contest with the Knights of Labor. The
| firm made objection to their men Joining
| the knights, and on Saturday posted
up notice requiring all their men
/, to renounce that organization. This
morning a committee of employees
consulted with the firm, and the trouble
was thought to be ended; but subsequently
| the proprietofs changed their minds, and
shut down has resulted The firm say
| they will sell the works before they will
| submit to the interference of the organiza-
| ton. The men held a meeting this after
| noon, but no action was taken.
| Terrible Colliery Catastrophe.
PITTsBURG, March Sth.-A terrible mine
| disaster has Just occurred at Reeds col
liery, near Dunbar, Pa. Fifteen men are
| reported killed
| ONLY FIVE MEN MISSING.
PITTsBURe, March sth. = Reeds coal
| works, near Dunbar, Pa, in the Connels-
vile region was the scene of terrible ex-
plosion of gas this afternoon at about 3
o'clock. At the time of the explosion, six
| teen men were at work Eleven have been
taken out badly burned. The others are
still in the mine, and are believed to be
dead. Those taken out are seriously in
! iured, but physicians are of the opinion
| that some of them may recover.
| DETAILS OF THE DIsATER.
| CoNNELLsvLLE (Pa), March sth. =
| Shortly after noon to-day a series of explo-
sions took place in the Uniondale mine at
| Dunbar, four miles from here, by which
| two men were killed and twelve others re-
ceived injuries which will prove fatal in at
| least four cases. The cause of the expIo-
sion was rire-damp. There were % men in
the pit. The first explosion occurred at
about 1870 this afternoon. 1t was terrific,
| and was followed by two others in Quick
succession. The first explosion caused the
death Of two men and injured three The
rest ran toward the mouth of the pit and
before they reached it another explosion
| occurred. The lights were blown
out, the dust blinded the men, and
| the passage ways were blocked up and cut
off all escape, The pit was on fire, and a
horrible death awaited the imprisoned min
ers. Nine of them who had been working
in another entry managed to make their
way out before most of the pit was choked
up. The force of the shock can be imag-
ined, as il forced the men in the Morrill,
mine, adjoining, to drop their tools and
rush panic stricken to the top The ground
rolled and quaked so that many fell down.
and those in the Morrill, mine were
| thrown violently against the walls
and seriously injured Everybody rushed
| to the wall of the Hondaie mine Colum-
bus Shay, of the Mahoning works, and
Jack Henderson, of the Calvin mine,
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