Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-03-17
BUSINESS MEN ALARMED.
Trade Crippled by tho 6Hits
Between 0ould and
His Men
Strikers on tho Gould Lines Ordsrol
to Lsavs the Company's
Premises.

tsA Louis NO, ssleeram-l
General Superintendent Kerigan. Of ths
Missouri Pacific Railway, this morning T.
sued an order sxpelling from the Missouri
Pacific yards al Knights Of Labor. This
order includes the delegation OF men ap-
pointed BY the knights TO guard the COM
pany's property. The order IL = follows:
@You are hereby notified that your acsicn 4
IN Withdrawing from the services a -
voluntary abandounept ef ~ ssrsices se
10 company, "a tn ypa xxeHc lcnn =
IT. employment, and tllAt y0ur nssnss hksvo
been stricken from IT. rolls. All such Who
arc now about the oompany's premises aSs
hereby notified that they must Immediately
leave tho same, to the end that this COM
pany may resume the traiac Of the country.
aWILLIAM KERRIGAN.~
simultaneously with tho appearance Of
the above order in the Missouri Pacific
yards in this city twenty Pinkerton detect
ives and about the same number in the en-
ploy Of the railroad company marched into
the yards under the command OF Thomas
Furlong, and ordered the knights who
have been guarding the property to Ieave
at once. The order was obeyed and the
freight turned over to the detectives. At
Carondelet, where the bulk Of the Iron
Mountain freight II abandoned, the yards
are still in possession Of the Knights Of
Labor. The company is engaging all the
men it can to act as watchMcn, but the ap-
plications are few, and the number now 10
its employ is not large enough to
watch all the freight. The most inn
portant rumor Of the day was that the
Missouri Pacific would attempt to resume
business morrow. The officials Of the
road were questioned about It, but refuse to
say where they are going to get men. To-
night it is stated that an order will be issued
calling on the men to return to work, but
they cannot return a. Knights Of Labor.
"Thero are two sides 10 the question:
said prominent commission merchant.
@The one-man power in the milroad must
be met by organization on the part OF en-
ployes, but it 10 unfortunate that Just 1t the
opening Of the spring trade this terrible
blow should come on the city and country.
There il but one opinion on the subject
Of interference with business, and that u,
that In one way or another the embargo on
trade should b lifted. The question of
whether the railroad could not be held 70.
sponsible and be made 10 carry freight,
even if this did Involve paying little high
Or wages than usual. received considerable
attention. In addition to the actual stop
page OF the movement Of commodities,
one OF the chief elements operating -
check and depress trade II fear. The deal
err are afraid 10 move one way or another
and prefer to await Developments. Tmds
II, therefore, practically at . standstill. and
scarcely anything was done to-day. Tho
spectators, OF course, have free swing, but
even they are very cautious In their opera
tionS. The commission men can do little
OF nothing but wait until shipments can b
made. This state Of affairs II working mp
The feelings Of the merchants to high
pitch.
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ino IN the ertreme. Nnt . ncnnd 81 freicht
from m, of the Eastsrn trrnk lines IN -
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sult Il thst the trscts n, ira East cide -
ali blocksded vith dsIsvrd fre;rht TIA
bridce Is CROWDED VIII t.sms h.niins
freiS6t to the citv. The numhsr 81 isdes
coaI c.rs nov - n. ys,a. 81 - ths v.r;cre
rosds across the r;ver = enormous. and ~
there Il no vav of eating fha coal acroes
the river except 81 hsnline II = wscons 81
shipnin0 Il ~ ~ ssries. ihe hlocfsde 4
rion: m;nss thrcrchcrt ths S;stric4 snA =
49,. 49,. Au m ;rs .,t ~ - s.s'.,c..,s -.
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sonri Paci6c rhich 80 shendonad Snn-
~ when th. .;sn.I ~ r;ver q s4s,&
Is: nrarnsn on ~. s10;r. sssr.,sd "a s,,d
refused "a Are. No other mar conld Sc 81.
cnred. ana Snr.,ir, er6.rt Kerr;can inm,,e.3
on ths encinc h;msclf and fred her vk,ls
the run vi mede 10 Kirkvood. twelve