Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

Switchmen Stfike-An Eug,neer and
Fireman Severely Beaten.
LINN, April II.
The Knights of Labor and Keene Rro.
nave settled their controversy. The follow
ing wss issued today:
OFFIcE OF Executive BOARD,
ID. A. n, K of L.,
IT, LYNN, April II.
Inc trouble between the firm OF Keene
nros.'snoe manufacturers in Lynn and Skow-
negan: Me-, and the Knights Of Labor of dis
1fict ~ has been satisfactorily settled.
EXECUTIVE BOARD, d. A. n.
The knights of Labor will 90 back to work
but this settlement has nothing to do with
the lasters.wh no won't return until their prices
are arranged. The joint board of arbitration
Is now at work on price list for edge.mak-
ers.
ST. LOUIS, April II.
Martin Irons, A. c. Coughln and George
jackson, for whose arrests bench warrants
were issued yesterday, voluntarily appeared
before the criminal court this morning and
gave bonds in $500 each
Messrs McGary and Chase, the three strik-
ers who were tried a few days ago for inter-
ferlng with the Missouri Pacific railroad and
oostructing trains, and acquitted, were in
dlcted today for the same offense.
Ihe members of the citizens committee,
appointed to make arrang, ments for the ar
duration of the southwestern labor troubles,
nave written letters similar to that addressed
10 Mr. HOxle, to the resident directors of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, and are
now awaiting replies. The members of the
committee all say they expect the directors
will take the same views of the matter as that
taken by Mr.. Hoxie in his answer to DR..
O'Reilly, and then efforts at arbitration will
be fruitless. Should this be the case the
committee will make no further attempts to
settle the strike.
CHICAGO, April II.
AT P. M. today, the switchmen employed
in the various yards of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railway, throughout the
city and suburbs, carried out their threat to
strike if the company refused to discharge
eight men who accepted work from the road
during the strike of 1881. The strikers num-
Der "A men. meeting of them and their
sympathisers was in session near the Forty
third street yards when messenger arrived
from the general yardmaster with commu-
nication stating that he had been instructed
to say the company declined to accede to the
demand for displacement of the eight So
called scabs. Immediately, news of the COM
pany's action was spread, and all the union
swltchmen promptly ceased work. With
equal promptness, Advertisements by Lake
Shore officials were issued in all the morning
papers, calling for so switchmen to apply at
the company's offices for work.
1t Is not known whether or not the strike
is begun by the authority of the Switchmen's
Union. A feature of the strike Is that, un-
like the Missouri Pacific strikers, the men
who have gone out do not claim to be any
longer employees of the Lake Shore road
They cay they have ''gone out for good" All
disclaim any intentions of interfering with
the operations of the road.
CHICAGO, April Is.
Late last night, the Lake Shore officials
attempted to take out freight train from the
yard at Forty-third street. There were large
crowds of people in the vicinity and the sight
of moving the train quickly excited their ire.
A rush was made for the engine and before
any protection could be offered, the engineer
and fireman were both dragged from their
places. Each was given q terrible beating
before allowed to escape. In addition to
maltreatlng the fireman and engineer, the
time it was feared the mob would be led to
commit much more serious depredations.
The officers of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road had consultation with committee
of the striking switchmen and an arrange
ment was made whereby the freight blockade
on that road will end at Z o'clock tomorrow
morning
The strikers modified the demand that the
men be discharged, into request that they
be transferred to some other point, the
men re ferred to, announcing their willingness
to be transferred. The company agreed to a
settlement of the difficulties on this basis.
The strikers will return to work in the morn
ing.
At we'll attended meeting of the strikers
tonight, circulars were issued denying that
the Switchmen's Benevolent Association was
in any wav responsible for the strike. A
committee of 80 members, composed wholly
of strikers, was appointed to guard three of
the principal points where the mob. should
one gather, would be most likely to do injury
to the company's property. While they dis
claim any intention to create any disturbance
the strikers are determined to prevent the
moving of freight trains.
New YORK, April Is.
Twenty-Five new men were hired by the
Third Avenue Railroad Co. to replace the
strikers and the drilling of the new drivers
have gone forward all day in the depot. The
company officials are thoroughly confident
that the company now has enough men to
run the cars of the Third Avenue main line
from end to end and also the 125th street
line. The strikers were in session all day
and they say they initiated 25 of the COM
pany's newly hired men of Saturday.
ST. LOUIS, April IS.
The resident directors of the Missouri Pa
cifc Railroad Co., who were communicated
with by Thomas O'ReIlly, president of the
committee, have replied to that gentleman S
letter, but the correspondence cannot be OBJ
tanned. 1t is understood, however, that the
directory decline to serve as one committee
and will have nothing to do with the matter.
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