Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-03-21


esaeral Labor News From Every
where.
y Louis March 2O.-The refusal Of
Nh Hoxie. First Vice President OF the
Ms..ouri Pacific Railway, TO confer with
r. Povdesly, looking to q settlement OF
,hs strike, lessons the chances Of speedy
ss;ns,msnt of the existing difficulties be-
,vsen the company ard its employees and
and all eyes are now turned upon the pro-
,,,.a5 conference between Governors Mar
4, and Marmaduke and the railroad OH
r;.ls The result Of this conference Is
..r;oY,lv awaited, for it will determine, as
nspv think, the future policy OF the Exec ,
u,;ve Committee of the Knights OF Labor.
No extension Of the present strike to other
,.arosds besides the Gould southwest sys-
san is expected, ualess the efforts Of the
cosarnors to bling lb)ut a settlement
hn.
WILL EXTEND THE STRIKE.
lis that event some Of the members OF
tSe committee express the opinion that its
polcy will be gradually to extend the
sse;ke 10 the other various departments OF
- roads now involved until the company
IN remedy their employees grievances.
Iftbis shall fail then, says member OF the
c,rn mi,tse the strike will be extended to
s,lhs- roais. MANY are hopeful, however,
hslievipy in the ability Of Governors Mar
- and Msrmaiuke to effect q settlement.
ETbs suonissioa 10 the United States
ceDrt If N, Halls case. the discharged
ysxas Pacific employe u also anxlously
loosed for. 1t 10 the prevalent OPINION
sks, the decision in his case will settle the
froubles in the South and will remove one
r;evsnee trom the Missouri P.cih2 strik-
ws list.
Tbs LOCAL SITUATION
tSs morning remaius about unchanged.
No attempts ha-e been made to move
issi Pit but suburban trains sre runnlng
r,rularly. The strikers are quiet, no dis,
tm5ances having IS yet ocl'rrsa. All
lssrs Of q strike in East ST. Loul- nave
bsen sl!ayad. All the roads running in
fha, city have now either complied with the
reuue,ts Of their sgitchmen to- an advance
id wages or have promised them that ad-
Rsnce 1
N CONFERENCE. II
Goyeruor Marmaduke, Of Missouri, and
Governor Martin, Of Kansas, arrived in
tks city this mOrGing from Kansas City,
sDd almost Immediately proceeded 70 the
cf ce of Mr.. Hoxie FIRST Vice President
o he Missouri Pacific railroad. They are
now conterring with the latter upon mat
fers regarding the strike IL is understood
tkat the Governors have formulated bs.
is OF settlement Of the present difficulties,
already approved Dy toe Knights Of Labor
cpnmittee. which they will present to Mr..
Hoxis for his consideration. Ii is ex-
pected that some arrangement will be
made at the conference through which an
amica5le sttlsment ot the difficulties shall
be arrived st
RECESS.
The conference between Governors
harmaduke and Martin aud Wee President |
Boxie took o recess q few minutes before
: clock and w,, meet agaIn this after
boon. Ali tho parties to the conference
say there Is ~ present. LhiOlIteiy nothing |
70 give to the puoGc aud AL Of them de-
elinei positively 20 'slk They would not I
even inuma,e probability Of the result.
AL,sr OF GRIEVANCES.
The men employed 10 the Wabash yards
in Eas, S. Louis today presented list Of
grievances 10 the officers OF that road which
lhey desire to have remedied. They also
presented a demand ,hs. their wages be
faised 10 the amounts paid in Chicago, and ,
requesr tha, the officials send them an an l
swsr before G o clock this evening.
DenounciDG the strikers.
GALVESTON, TENAs, March 20. "A
special to the News from Tyler Weather
tord, Plano Mckinney and Hubbard City,
in North Texas, repOr: that largely attend
ed meetings Of business men aud citizens
were held st each Of The above named
points yesterday afternoon and last night.
Resolutions similar 10 those adopted by the
citizens OF Dallas, Sherman and Green.
vile regarding the attitude and serious
ness OF the strike on the Texas sn1 Pacific
and Missouri Pacific system. The resolu-
tions in every instance deDounee the
strikers Tor their unlawful interference
with traffic sad tender support to the rail
roads IN their determined stand against
the strikers
a Bad Trip.
LITTLE Rock, March lO.-Ths engine
on the lion Mountain Railroad which took
the freight train north 10 Newport yestei
day, started last night on lts return trip
pulling two disabled engines At Jackson
vile some unknoEn person had broken the
switch board and in consequence one OF
the engines and the csboose was derailed
and turned over. Engineer Lsngtous
ankle Was sp7s'ned, but no one else was in
Jured.
Co operative X. of l.. Colony.
NINNEAPOLIS, MINI, March 20 The
Minnesota Knights Of Labor have pur-
CHASED 800 acres Of land in Northern .
wing county IN will establish co-opera-
tive colony, Three families go out OF
once and others will follow rapidly. The
land ls TO be held in common forever, but
the products are to be divided yearly /
among the workers In this latter feature 1
Tue community will be wholly unique The
ooJsct Is to orgsnizs agriculture and fur
nisa refuge where members Of the order |
are forced out Of employment in the cities |
'ney esn be supported without expense.
Companies Likely to Agree.
PITTsBCRG. March 2O.-This morning. |
at 10 o'clock the street car employees Of |.
the different lines in the city formally pre-
sented their demands to the various CON-
Panies; Ga and after Monday the 29th
INST, they ask that twelve hours shall con-
stitute days work, exclusive of an hour
Iof meals. The committee stated to the
presidents OF the various roads that thew
would expect an answer By 10 o'clock .on
iuesGaY morning next Itis pretty certain
tost the reduction in hours will hs grantsd