Western Kansas world., 1886-05-01

ed by the Missouri Pacific company who are
not members of that order but are members
of other organizations which deal with III
directly. After the strike in 1885 we termin.
ated our relations with the order of the
Knights of Labor.
| WORK OF STRIKERS
FoRT WORTH, Tex, April pa Missouri
Pacific freight train was wrecked some dis
tance below this city yesterday. Two rails
had been torn up, and the engine and four
cars left the track, going over an embank-
ment eighteen feet high, being completely
wrecked. Robert Barrett, engineer, and
fireman John Burns and brakeman were
seriously, and Burns fatally injured. The
state has offered reward Of $500 for the ar
rest of any men engaged in the dastardly
work. The railroad company supplemented
this by Offering $500 for each man caught,
who had hand in it. 1t is claimed by
many that the strikers had hand in the
outrage.
New BRUNSWICK, N. j., April 23.-John
w. Hays, member of the general executive
board of the Kr lights of Labor, returned to
this city last evening. He says that no pro-
gress has been made towards settlement
of the differences between the strikers or the
Gould system and the railroad officials. He
says IIc TcpOTtS 5cut Oub ny lilo Id1lIOdu
that they are handling all the freight they
want to every day, are untrue. The roads
are all blocked up, and what freight is run
out goes under the protection of deputy
sheriffs and the militia. The railroads
claim, and Mr.. Hays admits, that they have
now men to do all the work they have to do,
which is very little, on account of the block
ade. There have been, he says, 1900 load
ed cars standing in the yards for four weeks
Mr.. Hays says that the uncalled for mas
sacre of innocent people by the deputy sher-
ifs was instigated by the railroad authorities.
They knew they could not get the help of
the state militia until some act of violence
was committed. They therefore got togeth-
er gang of roughs, who brought on the
trouble, and the governor then ordered the
militia on the scene. He further says that
the lawyers employed by the Knights of
Labor have now in their possession ample
evidence to convict the prominent officials
of the Louisville & Nashville road of insti-
eating this riot. The whole spirit and in
tention of the order, says Mr.. Hays, is op-
posed to strikes and boycotts which have
arisen because of the want of laws to pre-
vent them. 1t is in view of the great sue
cess of strikes and boycotts that the general
executive board have just called a special
session of the general assembly to meet in
Cleveland on May 25th to take action on the
great question brought up by the recent
strikes and boycotts.
DEVILS WORK.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, April 26,-This morn
ing about 4:3O o'clock, as the Missouri Paci-
fic freight train No. IS was rounding the
curve southwest of the Wyandotte bridge,
the engine and four cars suddenly left the
track aud fell over the bank towards the
river. The engine turned upside down and
landed in the mud, close to the river, two
cars rolled down the embankment and two
remained on the road bed, but all four were
completely wrecked. In short time the
had been turned IN and the fire department.
arrived in time to prevent the fire spreading.
There were on the engine at the time of
the accident, j. H. Fowler, engineer, Ben
Horton, fireman, and George Carlisle, head
brakeman. Fowler was thrown into the
river and escaped with slight injuries. but
Horton and Carlisle were crushed and scald-
ed to death in the wrecked engine. IT was
impossible to reach their bodies and they
were not removed from the wreck till near
ly four hours after. The lower portion of
Carlisle's body was crushed in a frightful
manner, and the flesh was cooked. Horton,
too, had evidently been crushed to death.
Both men must have died almost instantly,
as they could not have survived a minute in
the fearful steam bath, even if life had not
been crushed out.
The accident was the result of malicious
tampering with the rails, and the work was
doubtless perpetrated but a few minutes be-
fore the train passed under the bridge. The
spikes had been drawn and the fish plates
taken from three rails in the most dangerous
part of the curve. Fowler said that, feeling
there would be danger at the bridge, he shut
off steam and advanced at a slow speed
probably not over six miles an hour. Just
as they passed under the bridge they noticed
number of men standing on the bank, as
and he started for his rifle just as the engine
struck the rail and pitched him high in the
air.
The Missouri Pacific company offered re-
ward of $1,000 for information that would
lead to the capture aid conviction af all the
men who ditched the train, and 81 ,0OOfor in
formation leading to the conviction of any
one of them