Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-10
ANOTHER MOVE.

ANOTHER MOVE.
The Strikers Will Cut or the Coal Suppl
from the Roads.
ST. LOUIS, April 9.-From certain sign
and symptoms it has been evident tha
during the last few days another move il
the great strike was being planned by th'
General Executive Board and its associ
Stes That the key Of this move is alread!
the much mooted question Of the coal SUI
ply is to!erabIy certain nov that the bu !
of the Knights employed by the Gould sys
tenn are out and that there is little hope o
securing cooperation fcom the engine era
slow at the source of supply that fur
nishes the motive power itself is suggested
Tne shutting of of tie coal supply that
caused so much cons;ernsuon in
St. Louis short time ago was probably
an incident of the strike rather than the
result of q precOucerte1 idea, for On at,
tempt was not only made to stop coal bui
everything else from crossing the river.
The real reason why the embargo on coal
was raised was in the chaps of the follow,
ibg, which was generally circulated among
the strikers at Esst st. Louis:
STRIKERS arc booming Gould's Coal
Company By shutting of the East st. Louis
coal supply from all routes except the
Wabash, which Is protected BY Unitod
States Msrshsls, and stopping teamsters
from hauling coal from other yards, the
strikers have driven an immense trade to
the Wabash tracks, where Jay Goulds
company is rcsping harvest"
The Executive Committee then ordered
tie Knights not to interfere with the move
ment OF coal. and the blockade was raised
The present
PLAN OF THE sTRlEERs
which has been decided upon aims, first al
the Ellsworth mine, owned by jay Gould.
The company employs very large num-
Der Of miners at Mt. Olive, Sraunton and
Warden, where the shafts are located. A
great proportion of these are knights Of
Lsbor. 10 their Assemblies word has
been sent to mako upon notification, a de-.
msnd upon the company to cease to load
coal for the Missouri Pacific or any OF its
branches. Should this demand not be
conceded cessation Of work is next on
the programme Mr. Bailey, Of the Gen
ersl Executive Board Of the Knights Of
Labor. was seen and questioned concern
ing THE plan. He ives rellctant to gay
anything, but finally admitted tba. the
story was in substance true.
"Will the order for q strike, il one ID
given. come from the General BoaId?'
"Yes, l suppose it will.
"Wt en- will the demand be made upon
the Ellsworth company not 10 load for the
Missouri PacifcY'
"Well, it is liable TO be done at any mo
ment now"
Suppose, Mr.. Bailey, they refuse, there
is strike aud the Missouri Pacific simply
get its coal from some other point, whsr
then%
"Tbe same programme will be repeated
at that other point, and from place t6
place until, If necessary, there is genera
stoppags Of coal mining all over Illinois.
"Will not that cause immense Suffering
among innocent people|
Probably. So does war cause immense
suffering among Innocent people. II tn,
coal company refuses to sccede TO our de
mand, it is they who are responsible for tbt
consequences, not We.
The Firemen May Strike.
ST. LoUts, April 9-Msster Mechanic
Bartlett, of the Missouri Pacific railroad
! yesterday sent to twenty-three OF the FIRE
men who left their engines during TIE frs
part Of the strike and have been out since
q notice that their services we're no Longer
required by the company and requested
them to call for their pay ct bis Office
This action may possibly result in agits
ton among the Gremen that viii cause III,
case Of these discharged 4ea TO be tsksI
up BY the Brotherhood, and if that is don
the t~enty,.bree men will either be rein
stated by the company or ther
will 10 q strike Of the Brotherhoo'
along the entirs system. Th
Brotherhood has a very carefully draw
contract With the company, and in this th
circumstances under which 6remen may b
discharged are plainly related. The fire
| men 10 the strike have persistently elaine
that they were on stfiRe. out had lei
their engines because they thought it safe
to do so than TO stay on them.
YsE Men in Place of the Strikers.
| sr. Louis, April s.-Tae foreman os Il
) Wabash yards in North st. Louis Vhel
the men went out yesterday on strike j
' support Of the Knights of Labor telegraph
ed to EoSerly last night for new men
gil the places OF the strikers, and th
: morning there arrived from that city eigl
3 teen swischmen and yardmen They wei
{ Immediately put TO work moving the bloc
r sded freight in the Wabash yards, ar
4 everything is now moving along there |
+ smoothly ss i there bad never been
J. strike.
J. The Texas Situation.
8 LAREDO, TExLs, April 9-At daylig
yesterday morning the Federal troo
withdrew from the city, nc 6isturban
whatever having occurred daring the uisl
!; By 8 .. p. the city had apparently sssum
J, its usual business aspect and the d
n passed quietly. Since the dispersion
y the rioters on Wednesday evening bT
e United States troops. nct 81 armed citiz
has been seen on tee streets. 4 Bit
feeling, however, exists between the t
9 political parties snd the least over {
would fan it into q fame. Following i