Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-10

the wool and cotton trades being
the greatest sufferers. AS re
CARDS the settlement Of .he strik,
neither side is willing to make def
mite statement. The officials Of the rail
roads say their men have no grievance:
with them, and that it is impossible to re.
instate the discharged foreman ClIalD al
Marshall, Texas, as they have no au-
thority there. The Knights Of Labor
state that they have no cause to call a
conference Of the officers Of the rail-
roads at this point, as they are striking
now simply in support of the action
taken by their brethren in Texas, and
that the matter must be settled with
the receiver Of the Texas Pacific. and
then, and not until then, can any Of the
striking Knights return to work.
RELIEVED FROM DUTY.
ST. LOUIS, March 9.-The managers
Of the Missouri Pacific railroad offices
in this city to-day notified their clerks
that they had decided to relieve them
from duty indefinitely. This action has
been taken by the company in order to
curtail as much as possible their ex-
penses during the continuance Of the
Knights-of-Labor strike upon their
road. The order affects sixty tele-
graph-operators and 200 ofiice-clerks.
TIE swITCHMEN's STRIKE.
ST. LOUIS, March 9.-The signii-
canoe Of the strike Of the switchmen OF
the Bridge and Tunnel Company can be
better understood when it is known
that 225 men are employed in the
handling Of the traffic which passes
over the bridge, and that it is not pos
sible for four men at each end Of the
bridge to throw their switches and
perform the other duties incidental
to the business. a labyrinth of
tracks converge at the entrance to the
bridge and the tunnel on both sides of
the river, and the switches are worked by
an automatic and complicated system
of levers which can only be managed
by men trained to their use. The
places of the labOrers about the yards
might be readily supplied, but switch
men skilful in the manipulation q the
switching cOntriyances and possessing
knowledge Of the trains from long ex-
perience are now employed, and their
places cannot be supplied by green
hands.
THE STRIKE IN TEXAS.
GALVESTON, March "a special
to the heWs from Waco says a commit
tee Of the Knights of Labor from Alya-
RADIO came to this city yesterday and
captured the engine which has been
pulling the local freight train between
Waco, Taylor, and Grand View. The
crew were not Knights, and refused to
obey the order to strike. The Knights
took the engine to AlyaradO, where it
was run into the roundhOuSe and dis
abled. Two of the strikers who assisted
in killing" the engine were arrested
by Sheriff Harrison on charge Of ma
licous mischief. They gave bonds in
the sum Of $3.50 each for their appear
ance before the grand jury.
A special from Paris, Texas, says
that no freight trains were run yester-
day, the walk-out at Texarkana having
put an embargo on all further freight
traffic on the trains of the Continental
divisions. The merchants are very
blue over the situation. but the knights
remain firm and confident.
TIE ILLINOIS LABOR STRIKE.
CAIRO, Ill. March 9.-On the
IrOn-Mountain railroad no freight is
being handled here or at Birds Point.
Only one swtchman has remained at
work in the yards at Birds Point. a
passenger train carrying the mail will
be run from here as usual. About
eighty men, including bridge-carpen-
tiers, struck last night.
WAGES INCREASED.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, March 9.-The
section-men Of the Reading Railroad
Company employed at Bridgeport were
notified this morning that their wages
have been advanced per cent, be-
ginning with the 18th Of the present
month The shop-laborers have been
notified Of a similar increase.
SUCCESSFUL NEW YORK CARPENTERS
NEW YORK, March 1.-The carpen-
ters' strike for uniform wages Of $3.50
per Daytime hours work and eight
hours on Saturday-has been almost
entirely successful. Not over 100 men
remain out. The membership Of the
Carpenters and Joiners' Union is over
1900.
SHOEMAEING ARBITRATION.
WoBURN, Mass, March flames
Skinner y Co. have agreed to submit
to arbitration the demands Of their
workmen. The price-lst settled upon
by the arbitrators will doubtless be
accepted by the other shoe.manufac.
turers here. thereby ayertlng q strike Of
their 2,oo0 employees.
AGREED TO REFER.
TROY, y. Y, March 9.-The Knights
Of Labor and the streetrailroad company
have agreed to refer the matter to the
Railroad Commissioner for decision and
investigation. Meanwhile operations will
be resumed on the road as before the
strike.
DEMAND CONCEDED.
PITTSBURGH, March 9.-The
miners at the LOyal-lIanna Coal Com
pany's works at Lati jbe, Pa, who
struck yesterday for an increase Of Is
per cent. resumed work to-day, the
company concediDg to the advance.
DEPOT TO BE CLEARED or FREIGHT.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, March D.
This morning the Iron Mountain rail-
road managers discharged twenty-five
truckers. all freight-clerks, and notified
the Transfer Company to clear the
depot Of all freight.
SUBMITTING TO ARBITRATION.
CLEAEFIELD, Pa, March at a
mass convention Of the striking coal
miners OF Cearfeld district this after
noon it was decided by a majority Of
nearly 600 to submit the question Of
wages to board of arbitration.