The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-03-16

but soon received others which con-
WINGED me o. the true state of alta rs,
and L made known to the remainder
OF the committee my intention of leav-
ing for home Even under those cir.
cumstances they were 10th to consent,
as there was great amount of bust
ness to be attended to. | at last
started and arrived here yesterday,
but too late. Had / reached here
week sooner might have saved her
life"
Out of respect of the feelings of the
heart broken man the reporter at this
juncture bids him adieu.
Last Nights Meeting.
The much talked of citizens meet
ing, which took place at Smiths hall
last night, was dismal failure so far
a. the objects sought to be attained by
the project rs of the scheme were ac-
cOmplished. At an early hour there
was quite large crowd present, and
long before the meeting was called to
order the hall was packed to its utmost
capacity. 1t was 3 o'clock when Col.
b. ID. Dean, of the citizens committee,
raped the meeting to order. James
A. Montgomery officiated as secretary.
Col Dean said that this meeting had
been called in pursuance of resolu-
ton adopted by a meeting of
cit zens held Wednesday afternoon.
He then read the call of the
citizens committee as published
in the dai y papers. The chairman
then asked the pleasure of the meet
ing. There was
PAINFUL SILENCE
for some moments, there not seeming
to be many who cared to take part N
the proceedings. A glance over the
large assemblage revealed the fact that
Knights of 1 abor and those in SYM
pathy with them were largely in the
m 'jority. Finally ex Mayor Stevens .
moved that the chair appoint a COM
mittee of seven N resolutions. the
motion was adopted and the following
named gentlemen appointed as the
commit ee p. G. Stafford, Ira Hins-
tale. A. w. Perry, DIR. HI. w.
Wood, DIR. August Fleischman,
Louis Deutsch and John F.
Antes. The committee at once
retired and ex-Mayor Stevens
suggested that there be full aud free
expression of opinion OF those present.
Mr.. w. S. Mackey was cal ed for but
did not respond Calls were also
made for Major Beck, B. G. Wilker-
son d others, but without having
the effect of bringing those gentlemen
to the front.
Ex-Mayor Stevens said that he had
not come to the meeting for the pur-
pose ut making a speech, that was
the last thing he was able to do, but
that he was there for the purpose of
giving full expression of his opinion
on this matt r, Is to the evil it is
working and the effect it is having on
the commerce of the country. II
am engage in the horse and niue
trade. We now have $50
mules in our pen and We
cannot --.p them. l receive
letters every day from contractors
who desire to buy mules, but we can
not ship a mule. | had an oppor-
tunity the other day to sell couple
of car loads of mules to a gentleman
in Marshall, but owing to this trouble
it was more convenient for him to
purchase in Kansas City, and thus
we are
LOSING OUR Wholesale TRADE,
Kansas City is getting it, and our
wholesale men who have spent the
better part of their lives in building
up business are compelled to sit and
see their trade diverted from them.
/ am not here as an agitator, but it
does EN- to me that the business
men of Sedalia are afraid to express
their honest sentiments
ga year ago when the strike oe-
Cured all of the business men were in
with you, bat it is different
now. | tell you that we had all bet
ter 90 down in our pockets and send
Hall, the cause of the trouble, to
Saratoga. Let him have a coach and
four and live in style. / say that
would be much cheaper for US.
II do not want to be understood
as talking against laboring men. I
would do all in my power for them.
If I only had SO and one of them
came to me in dis. ress he could have
half of it. But why is all the money, /
ask, being put into government bonds.
1t is because men with large capital
are afraid to invest it on account
Of the unsettled state of labor. They