Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-11
STRIKERS DISCHARGED.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad Issues
Circular to It's Former Employees.

| The Missouri Pacific Railroad Issues n
Circular to It's Former Employees.
ST. LOUIS, March 10.-The Missouri
Pacific Railroad to-day issued the follow
ing circular to the strikers:
You are hereby notified that your action in
/ withdra ing from the employment of the
Missouri Pacidc Railway Company was
| vol iniary abandonment Of the service of the
! cOmpanV, and that Won are no longer IN its
/ employment, aud thar your names have been
/ trcSen from its rolls. All such who are
/ now out the companY's premises are here
/ by notified that they must I'm medi ately leave
/ the same. to the end that this company may
| resume it's traffic. WV. kERKIGAN,
General superintendent.
This order includes the delegation Of
men appointed by the Knights to guard
the cOmpany's property.
Not pound OF freight has passed over
the great bridge IN or out of 81. Louis
since the employees of the Bridge and Tun-
mel Company struck at the command of
the Knights of Labor, except over the ST.
Louis and San Francisco line, and it's
trains can penetrate the city only as far
as the Grand avenue depot, for from
thence TO the Union depot, a distance
of about two miles they are obliged to
use the Missouri Pacific tracks if any,
and this the strikers will not allow. Out
SIDE merchants are now beginning to I'M
QtIslhuu tue Sti lpu~heSh Oh Tue SITUATION
and at points along the Gould system
shipments have entirely closed, or in very
urgent cases orders are filled by express.
THROUGH FREIGHT DIVERTED.
All through freight from the west and
southwest is also diverted from the city
for it is impossible to transfer any from
this the east side of the river or vice
versa. The effect of ali this on business
interests has already become apparent
and many prominent business men ex-
press the opinion that the diVerting of
trade from this city on account OF the
strike is not only temporary but will be
permanent. The grOcers complain that
! they are unable to fill one-half OF their or
| ders and fear that il the strike continues
much longer their customers
will seek other markets. These same
statements are made by nearly all the
wholesale dealers. Passenger traffic has
not been interferred with, excepting SUI
burban travel. which has been almost
entirely suspended.
THE EFFECT IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, March 10.-The wholesale
merchants here state that the Southwest
ern railroad strike mas not had as vet any
perceptible effect upon the shipment Of
goods from this city.
NO CHANGE AT GALVESTON.
GALVESTON, March lO.-rhe situation
OF the Mallory boycott is not materially
changed. The Knights Of Labor employed
at the Gulf City compress struck this al
ternoou. but the management had antIci-
pated the strike, and other workman took
The place Of the strikers. The Knights
are now out at the Taylor and Calf City
presses. and It is expected they will TO-
morrow withdraw from other compress
ing establishments.
ENGINES DISABLED.
BAIRD. TEX, March l0.-This morning
party OF masked men arrived with Dis-
tois, entered the round house here, aud
after placing the men IN the building I'M
der guard. disabled all the freight engines
In the house.