Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-04-17
THE LABOR TROUBLES.
Mr. PoWderly's Order Is Revoked, and the
Strikers continue their war against the
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M row 1GEAN OI4GE Is revoked ana EEIE
Strikers continue their war against the
Missouri Pacific.
NEW YORK, April On an interview con
corning the strike, Jay Gould says; tIhe
backbone is broken. / have been astonished
at much of the revelation that has come
through these recent disturbances. but moth
ing mas been so surprising as the proof that
have had OF the weakness of the Knights
OF Labor. They have no such organization
as supposed. Their demonstrations
and assertions led me to believe them
not only formidable, but prac-
ideally uncOnquerable. Their recent
history proved this idea all false. They are
not strong, they are weak. They are not the
sort or an organization that wins victories
They are not what they lead the public to be
leVe them TO be. They are readily over
ONE. 80 great was my apprehension as TO
he strength Of the Knights of Labor, and so
great was my fear OF the outcome of fight
by them that for a year we have been carry
ing hundreds OF men on the Missouri Pacific
payroll for whom we really had no need.
We were paying them their wages only
because we were apprehensive of an eZ-
treme emergency to follow the strike by
the Knights of Labor. Now we find that
the money spent in this way is practically
wasted. We can get all the men we want
without having to call on a single striker
In fact, labor is OYer-abundant in ali the
strike districts. The Missouri Pacific com
pany has applications on tile from thousands
OF men anxious for It's services. There is no
lack anywhere Of material for trainmen.
Our minds are made up to bring the whole
business to an end right away. Public pa
thence is worn out. We can not at
ford to be thought guilty of trihing IN the
situation"
April 5.-The prospect for a settlement of
the strike seems hay and distant. The re-
vocation by the national executive commit
tee of their order to the Knights of Labor to
return to work, had no effect upon the bust
ness of the Missouri Pacific or the Iron Noun
tain railroads, other than making it ueces-
sary for the officials of those roads to pro
cure new men to fill the places made vacant
The system Is open from one end to the
other and no difficulty is experienced
in sending out freight trains. At Fort
Worth, Tex, and Parsons, Kan, all was
quiet.
The situation of the Missouri Pacific strike
Is about the same to-day as heretofore. The
order of the general executive board declar-
ing the strike still in force had the effect of
taking few men away but not enough to
cripple business. The railway officials claim
that the continuance OF their regular bust
ness which they say now has been fully re-
cation, and the freight blockade has been
permanently raised. They also claim to
have employed a sufficient number of new
men to render them entirely Independent Of
the Knights of Labor. The general eLecu-
tive board, however, claim that they are
confident Of the success OF the strike for
says the secretary, the roads cannot be Ope-
rated without the Knights, for skilled and
unsk1lied labor in the United States is CON
trOlled by our organization, and the com
pany cannot supply itself without railroad
men, mechanics and labor, if We attempt to
prevent 1t. If they employ them they
being at work little while.
AT Ottawa, Kan, the following circular was
distributed among the parents of the boys
comprising the militia company at that
lr
railroad property from the violence of the
strikers.
''Now, YOU Christian fathers and moth
ers, # you have piOusly trained up your boys
for the religious task of Strengthening their
fellows, you have only fastened their frail
form to feed maggOts5 and 1t VIII be a mat
ter of economy to purchase their collins and
hire their masses IN the slack of the market,
for as sure as God Is God, she tdat sheddeth
mans blood, by man shall his blood be
shed and ''there is no respect of persons
with God" This matter has been frequent
ly limited at before, but you have laZlly
closed your religious ears and shut your
dr0Wsy eyes IN scOrn; wherefore know and
understand this ill-starred fact, that while
this Is a free country, it's a free country for
all! And Just as surely as you send your
boys to slaughter strikers, just so surely viii
strikers slaughter your boys! Have not
your blind guides appEised you Of this Iacts
We presume not; they have been so busily
scheming to keep you asleep. Ottawa, Aas.,
April =, 1886.
TIE Knights ADDRESS TO THE WORLD.
ST. LOUIS No, April 6.-The Joint execu-
tive board of assemblies lOl, SO and IL,
Knights OF Labor this afternoon issued the
following address:
To the 1TOrkiHgHleIt OFT World.
FRIENDS AND BROuHERs:-Hear us, Tor We
plead for our rights. Men of equity look
upon US, for we struggle against giants of
wrong, mad with frenzy of pride and self
adulation, begOtten as pit is of the success Of
outrage and 1n1amy. There stands before
us giant OF aggregated and incorporated
wealth, every dollar of which is built upon
blood, injustice and outrage. Could the
giant neud. Gould, the money monarch IS
dancing, as he claims, over the grave of our
order; over the ruin of our homes, and the
blight of our lives. Before him the world
has smiled in beauty, but his wake is a grave
yard Of hope, a cyclones path of devastation
and death.
Brother worlrmen, this monster heud has
compelled some of rs to toll in cold and
rain for five and fifty cents a day. Others
have been compelled to yield their time to
him for seventeen and thlrty-siL weary
hours for the pittance of nine hours pay.
Others who have dared to assert their man
hood andIrebel against his tyranny are black
listed and bOycOtted all over the land He
breaks our limbs and mains our bodies,
and then demands that we shall release him
from every claim OF damages, or be
BLACK-LIsrED FOREVER.
He goes to our grocers and persuades them
not to give us credit, because we refuse to be
ground IN his human MILL BE turns upon
us a herd Of laWless things, who shoot
among our wives and children with deadly
intent, and then ne hOWls for government
help when he gets his pay in coin alike.
The circular then goes on TO state that
Gould must be overthrow and the working
men must be relied on to do It.
APRIL THE situation to-day is un
changed. A mob gathered IN East st. Louis
and descended upon the yards and com
PEELED men 70 quit work. They met with
resistance from officers, but they succeeded
in overcoming it. After they had succeeded
IN taking the men from their work a meet
ing was held and resolutions We're adopted
to the effect that no men would be allowed
to fill the positions vacated by strikers The
governor of Illinois has been apprlsed OF the
situation and the end may be that the Hi
nois MALTA viii be called out. The Kansas
MALTA returned from Parsons to Ottawa
where they were met by a band and ten
dered a grand reception. In the evening a
banquet was held.
SIX STRIKES EHOT DEAD
81. LOUIS. No, April "A crowd of
strikers formed at the relay depot, in East
st. Louis, at 1:45 this afternoon and ad-
vanced in the direction of the railroad yards
TO stop the work by the new men employed
there. They were met by a guard of de
puties, who ordered them to disperze- The
mob refused, and made a rush to the yards,