St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-06
IN THE SOUTHWEST.
BOycotts Ordered and a. General
Strike Prepared For.


Colorado q Sante Fe, and Missouri Pacific
roads. An order will at once be issued that
every Knight of Labor working OH either
of these lines would refuse to handle freight
consigned to il from the Mallory company.
This will bring matters 10 crisis, as the
roads will be compelled To discharge the
men who will refuse to handle the boy
cotted freight, and then a general strike
will probably follow. 1t is the general be-
lief among a large number of the wOrRmen
that there will be a strike this evening or
tomorrow morning. The cotton presses,
railroads and the business community gen.
orally are greatly disgusted with the attl-
tude and the course pursued by the Knights
of Labor. There is much talk of the in
auguration of a boycott against them sini-
lar TO that started by the East Street Reaper
works of Springfield, o. A great many
large business houses here express their
willingness to close up their shops rather
than to submit to the dictatiOn of the
Knights. The situation in North Texas,
along the line of the Texas Pacific railroad,
is not materially changed. Late dispatches
say that Judge Pardee's order TO the receiver
to call on the United States marshal in
case of obstruction, has had a marked effect
in clearing the yards of strikers. The local
dSSeinDly VI tie hulSnlS VI l-dOOi az aiSo-
tine, Tex, has issued a circular calling on
everybody that is friendly TO the order TO
boycott the Texas Pacific company.
ALL READY AT sEDALIA.
SEDALIA, Mo-, March 5.-There is moth
ing talked of among the citizens of this
city but the impending strike. Conflicting
rumors are abroad, but nothing definite
can be learned as to when it will come.
Prominent men in labor organizations ex-
press themselves as confident that strike
will be ordered soon. and that it may come
at any moment. The railroad company
have ordered all freight stopped going
south, and are evidently preparing for a
struggle. AT the shops all is quiet but the
men say they are ready TO lay down their
tools and walk out when the order comes.
The Knights of Labor are evidently prepared
for fight. Martin Irons, chairman of the
executive board of district assembly No.
101. is now in Texas looking after the in
terest of the men. Latest dispatches from
him show no improvement in the condition
of affairs there. In an interview last even
ing one of the members of the organization
in the CITY said there was no doubt that a
strike would be ordered, and he expected a
notice at any minute. He said, I'VE don't
want to strike, but it's forced upon us. The
men here will go out to man. and the
shops will be closed" This seems TO be the
general feeling among the Knights of Labor
and while they deplOre the necessity for a
strike, they are ready to obey the call.
A ROUND HOUSE RAIDED.
NEW ORLEANS, March 5. Gov
Sheldon this afternoon received dispatch
from Gov. Brown from Dallas, Tex, noti-
flying him that last night about a hundred
masked men again raided the round house
at Big Springs. and disabled several en-
gines, removing from them portions of the
machinery which they secreted; that all
traffic west of Colorado had been discon-
tinued; that at Fort Worth the COM
pany had succeeded in supplying the
places of the strikers to such an
extent as to enable them to resume traffic
at that point and that they are applying for
writs of assistance at Fort Worth and
Toyah in accordance with the order of
Judge Pardee. Col. L. B. WheelOck,
manager of the New Orleans division of
the road, states that the company are now
employing skilled mechanics to 90 to
Marshall for the purpose of obtaining
sufficient number of men to keep the
engines in repair. He further says that
there has been no dissatisfaction expressed
by the employees of his division and that no
line.
THE STRIKE ORDERED.
GALVESTON, March 5.-The impending
labor troubles here is the all-absorbing
theme. Che Knights of Labor employed
at the Gulf, Colorado 81 Santa Fe freight
house this afternoon refused TO handle
freight received from the Mallery line.
The knights are not discharged openly, as
that would force the issue sought for by
the executive board, but were told this
evenining to ask for their time or recede
from their refusal to handle Mallory freight.
Orders for general strike over the Santa
Fe line extending from Galveston to Fort
Worth have been secretly sent
out. A number of men EMPLOYED
at the shippers compress quit work this
afternoon because cotton was being COM
pressed for shipment by the Mallary line.
The railroads are working night and day
getting clear of freight, so as to be pre-
pared for the tie-up. 1t is thought
by tomorrow night every compress will be
locked up. There is no talk of arbitration,
and the outlook is gloomy, as the Knights
seem determined to force the Mallory COM
pany to employ organized labor.
MARSHALL, Tex, March 5.-There is a
rumor here tonight that the employees of
the whole Gould system have been ordered
out by the executive committee of the
Knights of Labor
SEDALIA, Mo-, March 5.-The situation
here tonight is considered more critical
than at any time since the Texas & Pacific
strike was inaugurated. Orders have been
received to boycott the Texas & Pacific.