Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-08

RI0Tous DENOMINATIONS IN EAST
ST. LouIs-woRK STOPPED.
The Situation Last Night At All Dis
turbed Points on the Gould System
The Troubles Elsewhere.
IBy tel. graph TO the Dispatch. J

bis LOOlSs htiii n INV Ds"oN
out in East st. Louis to-day. A large
crowd of strikers, numbering over one
thousand men, formed about noon at
the Relay depot, and, headed by lead
ers Of the strikers in that city, marched
to the Ohio and Mississippi railroad
depot, where . number Of platform-men
were at work. No guard Of police or
deputy sheriffs had been stationed
there, and the employees were easily
forced from their positions. Thence the
mob advanced upon the Vandalia yards.
Here few deputies on duty ordered
the men back. They refused and made
rush, bearing the officers down and
swarmed through the gates into the
yards and forced all the employees at
work out Of the yards. From this
place they marched to the Chicago, Bur-
liDgton and Quincy yards, where a
similar scene was enacted and all the
employ ees forced out. The men then
rushed on to the Chicago and
Alton yards, and upon arriving
there were met by strong force
Of deputy marshals armed with
Winchester repeating-rihes. They or
dered the mob back, and called upon
them to dispense. This the crowd re-
fused to do, and upon attempting to
rush through the gates the marshals
brought their rifles to their shoulders
and threatened to fire il the crowd adj
vanced. This cooled their ardor some
what, and they turned back none the
less determined, however, that there
should be no work done in that city
while the knights Of Labor are still on
their strike. The deputies remained
on guard at the Alton yards, fearing a
second attack upon that point,
while the strikers proceeded to
the Cairo Short-Line yards. Upon
arriving there the mob found their way
unobstructed, and by the same means
employed at the other yards forced the
men at work to leave their positions.
The mob then dispersed, having ac-
complished their object, but not before
calling a meeting of all the strikers to
take place at 2:30 o'clock at Flanna-
gan's Hall, where resolutions will be
adopted declaring that no one will be
allowed to I'll the strikers places. All
the yards are now deserted, and no
business is being done in any one of
them.
orrrEr AKIN ORpERIy AT CT IOIrIS
ST. LOUIS, April AT the Iron
Mountain yards to-day all is quiet and
orderly. Five switch-engines are at
work with crews selected from the road
force of brakemen. They are some
what awkward in their new positions,
but no serious difficulty is experienced
in getting freights started. Twenty of
the switchmen employ ed in these yards
returned to work yesterday, but went
out again when requested to do so by
the committee from the Knights Of La
Dor. The yard.master sent to De Soto
for new men, twenty of whom ar
rived this morning and are now at
work.
THE SITUATION AT FORT WORTH.
A Globe. Democrat special from Fort
Worth says: Yesterday was q day Of
activity among the civil officers and
rangers. Systematic search is being
made for the men who attacked the
train Saturday by four squads Of SOL
diers, and others are engaged in pro.
tectipg the company's property here,
and still others guarding trains to
johnson county line south and Denton
county north. Eleven freights moved
on the Missouri Pacific to-day
from this point. COPYRIGHT has been
made captain Of the company selected
by him, who are in the service of the
company, and 200 armed citizens are
now organized into four companies,
provided with the best arms, and well
Offered. In addition to these forces
a military company forty.eight strong
was fully organized yesterday by citi-
zens known as the League for Law.
1t is understood that the grand jury
indicted Thomas Mace, the wounded
striker, for murder in the first degree.
Every man in the ambushing party
who is known six was a knight of
Labor.
CHIEF ARTHUR'S VISIT.
ST.. LOUIS, April 7.-0ne Of the
members of the Executive Committee
of District Assembly No. l0l said to.
day that the presence Of Chief Arthur,
of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engi-
neers, is not viewed in favorable light
by some OF the leading Knights. In
the absence of any positive Information
concerning the object of his visit here
they argue that if there was any truth
in the reports that the engineers con.
templated joining the strikers some
of his prominent lieutenants would have
intimated as much to the members
of one Of the two Executive Committees
now in session. So far nothing Of that
nature has been done. Neither Arthur
nor any of his men have called upon or
held any conversation with Bailey,
Hayes, or the other committeeman, and
have carefully refrained from aflliating
with them in any manner, official or
otherwise.
The general impression appears to be
that Chief Arthur is endeavoring to
stiffen the backbone of local engineers
assemblies, and is doing his best to pre-
vail upon his men to stand by theroads.
Matters have been very quiet at the
Union depot to-day. There were
goodly number of strikers congregating
about the platform conversing among
themselves, but they had little to do
or say to outsiders. Nearly all the
men who had gone to work in the yards
ofths Missouri Pacific, Bridge and-Tun-
mel and Union-Dep6t companies have
quit again in the last few days, and
this morning scarcely any body was at
work in these yards. There were four
crews all told working in the Bridge
and-Tunnel yards. 1t is the intention
Of the Bridge-and-Tunnel and Union
Depot companies to put more men to
work, however, and a number Of their
old hands have agreed to 60 back. One
of the officers Of the road says he will
employ oil the new hands he can secure
and set them to work as soon as posi-
HE The old hands who are going