Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-17
ARBITRATION TALK.
THE CITIZENS TAKE HOLD.
"A Joint Committee to Arbitrate the
Railroad Strike.-Teamsters
Return to Work.

General Vance returned from East
st. Louis and reports that quite a num-
Der of the strikers are returning to work,
and that no further trouble is apprehended.
He was unable to state as to how long the
militia would remain in the field to protect
railroad property.
The whole force of strikers of the st. Louis
Transfer company, confident of protection by
the militia, have returned to their old places
and scores of transfer wagons together with
private trucks and other vehicles are busy
hauling freight to the various depots of the
railroads centering in East st. Louis. The
force Of switch and yardmen who returned to
work was increased and many more awaiting
themselves of the military protection to Sc
cure employment. Most of the roads noy
have full crews Of switch and yard men, and
it is expected that in few days the resump-
ton of operations by large naj rity of the
roads will be complete. The bridge COM
pany had not been able to secure a suffi ,ient
number of men to handle all the frei ght that
the roads were Offering, but several more of
the men resumed their old positions, and
that company is doing bu ,iness almost as
large as it was before the strike.
The Ohio & Mississippi are operating three
switch engines and claim to have all the
men necessary for handling their freight.
At the Chicago & Alton freight depot one
freight train was sent OUT and three received
during the morning They are receiving all
the freight brought to them. The Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy claim that all their cd
employees, excepting three, had returned
to work. They sent out enc freight.
All these roads have company or
more OF militia to protect their prop
erty and guard against any possible at.
tack. In most cases the sentinels let strang-
ers through their lines. II there is anything
suspicious in their acts the challenge them.
and if they IN proiuc, no p,ss refuse them
admittance to the yards. The Louisville and
Nashville company is still in b I'd condition to
do effective work. AT the R ,lay depot ey-
eryihing is quiet The militia are in good
spirits, and spend most of their time making
conquest with the east st. Louis beauties,
writing letters, singing or getting photo>
graphed. The saloons In the city are closed
in accordance with a strict order to that ef>
feet. The strikers are scattered about in the
vicinity Of the depot, but far enough away to
prevent their being interrupted by the SOL
diers, or required by them to move on
A mass meeting convened by prominent
citiz ms of st. Louis was held at
which resolutions were adopted favoring the
settlement of the strike by arbitration.
Jay Goud does not seem to be disturbed
about the prospect of a boycott on him by
the Central Labor Union of Nav York. He
says he has already worn the suit of clothes
he has on for two winters and can get along
in it for while longer if the talors decline
his orders. and as he raises nearly everything
he eats at his country place he don't think he
would starve even if the bu Cher baker and
green grocer shut their doors on him.
A brakeman named Foster, one of the new
employees on the branch road connecting
Kirkwood on the Missouri Plciti,, with
Carondalet on the Iron Mountain, was as,
saulted near General G ants farm by fur
men supposed to be strk rs T zero is a deep
gra e at this point and the engins generally
takes up halt the train to the top of the hill
and then goes back for the other half. While
the first half was at the top of the hill. four
men who had been hiding in one of the empty
box cars near the rear end of the train
climbed upon box car where Foster was
braking an l hit him with club and knocked
him off the top of the car. When the engi,
neer and conductor called for ths car they
found Foster lying at the side of the track
with big hole in his head and in an uncon-
scious condition. His assailants have es-
capped.