The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-18
The Gay Deceiver. A. C. McCOmas,
Of Ottawa. Kansas,
Who ElOped with Miss Fannie Rees
Last Friday Night.
The Railway Strike Assuming
Rather Anti-K. Of L. Aspect.
Representative Hahn of Louisiana
Dies Suddenly ut Washington.
News Notes, Both Ferelgn and Do.
nestle, as Wired to the "NeWs."
LABOR TROUBLES.
AT ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS. March 15-The effect of
the injunction granted by the
courts, restraining the strikers
from trespAss upon the companYss
gFound and IntimidatIng its employees Is
seen this morning in the regular and un>
INSTRUCTED movement of suburban trains.
The engineers have already expressed
their willingness and determination
to stand at their posts and run trains ex-
cept in the face OF imminent peril, but
the position of the firemen has not been
F. P. Sargent OF Chicago.
grand master of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, came
here and Lad consultation with the
firemen, and TO day announced that the
position of the fireman is identical with
that of the engineers. The point
now turns upoR whether the strikers
will use violence in preventing the move
ment of freight trains. If they do not,
and they say its not their intention to
do so, there seems to be no good reason
why traffic should not be quickly re
stored
ST. Louis, March 15-The first ser
iOus act of violence by the strikers oc-
CURED this morning, when q party OF
five men approached w. w. Stanton,
the new switchmGn hired by the Miss
ourI Pacific company, who was tending
q switch IN the company's yard. and
asked him why he was occupying the
place of one of the strikers. He repeat
ed that he was being paid the wages de
manded by the strikers and that when
the man whose position he was then fill.
ing should return he would surrender
the place. This served to anger the men
anu one of them struck Stanton on the
temple with q pair of brass knuckles
and another hurled q rock at him which
also struck him on the head and knocked
him senseless. The sssailants then dis.
Dersed, but not before one of them, Pat
O'Hern, was arrested. Stanton il Is
thought IS not dangerously wounded.
A special from Atkinson, Kas., to the
Post Dispatch states that the officials of
the Missouri Pacific Railway company
at that place have advlces from Downs,
Kas., on the central branch of the Union
Pacific road to the effect the striking
Knights OF Labor have accepted the
company's terms and have gone to work.
AT LITTLE ROCK.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 15-To-
day bill was filed by the attorneys OF
the st. Louis & Iron Mountain railroad
against L. Delay and others represent
ing the Knights of Labor alleging the
seizure and mutilation of properly and
obstruction of the business OF the rail.
road company and asking for an order
restraining all parties from interference
with the property and business of the
company. Chancellor Carroll granted
a temporary restraining order.
OPEN FROM END TO END.
DALLAS, Tex, March 15.-Receivers
Brown and Sheldon have received no
tee from the United States .marshals
that the Texas Pacific railway is now
open from end to end. At Big Springs,
work in The car shops, meet
ing with no opposition. At
Marshall notice has been given that the
company Will put men to work this
morning. All trains are moving on the
Trans Continental division. II Is re-
ported that the Texas Central road will
to day resume the running of freight
trains which were Withdrawn few days
ago There are no new Developments
IN the strike. The feeling against the
strikers grows stronger every day.
THE ENGINEERS REQUEST.
CHICAGO, Ill, March ia statement
is made here this morning that the G. B.
s. Q. engineers have q grievance which
may result In general strike along the
line. What the men chiefly want is q
revision of the schedule of wages. The
claim is not so much fora an advance of
wages as for q better classification Of
them. Men who work over time want
more definite statement as to their rate
of pay. The men don't expect to be
compelled to strike, believing that their
demands are reasonable and that they
will be readily granted.
STRIKING MINERS.
PITTsBURG, Pa, March 15.-Several
hundred striking miners at Irwin dis
trict assembled at Irwin at O'Clock
this morning headed by q brass band,
and marched to the Manor Valley mines,
operated by Coulter, Huff g Co., and
pursuaded the working GOLFERS TO jun
in the strike. They made no resistance.
Nothing serious has occurred. All
the mines are now idle and everything
Is quiet.