Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-07

Is the latter drop eat Such changes
vlli BE Permanent.
kanors Of 81 impending general
strike 81 Knights ;hrosza Texas are ear
reu; here. and everywhere N Ehe State
the Indications point TO AZ understand
iaR on tie psr. % the Knights 70 stop
: ork geaeraIly on Monday morning on
al rueds carrying Mallory freight
Iesrs - considerable dissatisfaction in
tie r8Ess Of tie local haizats of Labor,
esp-cI ais those employed IN the Il. at
empress esiablis meats.
TER SITUATION AZ sEDkLIA.
SCALA. Mo. March 6-Tne en-
pluys- Of the Missouri Paeii, and she
AIsso1ri, hsnSas i Iexss railroad
sh9os s.rsek tbs morning At 1879.
Everything around and IN the Shops l.
IN state Of caaOs. and II Is impossible
80 Ascertain toe caGse or extent Of tie
strike. Ii IL sspFOsed, hoEevsr. thst
= order c.ue from tue Te14s knights
Of L thGr. Is i also reported that every
fuaa but oaa IN the 50 ps here belongs -
haiRbts Of Ltoor, bat ns, too, vent out
With the others.
he sTETKE Al PAEsoSs.
PARsOSs Kansas. March 6-Au the
men eLsplos ed IN sic Missouri Pacific
shops 1t this pi4ce struck tedav, and
freight trans are not permitted to run.
1 The eau IF toe stri5s J. said 10 De a
violation oy the Missouri z C rs II the
.greemsut entered into las. f4li, and the
haiShts of Labor hsys several other
grievances xGIta have not been made
paolIc. No disturbances Is AnIlsipated.
. xyn..x
LITTLE Rock, Ars, March ct be
TT 4uOi- With the operatives Of the Tex Is
i Pacific Railroad nAs extended 10 LIT
/ tie Rpck. his morning all the work
Hea IA the 81. LOUIS & Iron Mountain
Gsschms shops, over 80 IN all. stopped
/ york and business Is at staudstill
The men are qaiet asd good order pre-
V .ils.
LITTLE ROCK Ark }, March Ga
strlse of toe employees OF the Iron
| Mountain X silroad at this point wa.
| ordered by tRe Central com nIttee of
| tue Knights of Labor, wso ordered the
! men t. cease work Oh account of tae
strike on the Texas Paeitic Railroad
! There has been no interference with
/ the passenger trains, bat no freight Is
oein2 banded here. Large crowds of
| strikers oonRTe2Atei ab)at the depot IN
this city and the shops, bat everybody
was in good huRor, and No disturbance
| occurred.
THE SITUATION WORSE.
FoRT Worth (Fex.), March 6.-The
| situation IN consec.lon With the striker.
| Is worse here. The executive board oil
| District No. 70 was IN session from
o'clock till night, aud among the frs
| things done was the ordering of a Strike
| of al the Knights of Labor on tbs Mis-
souri, Pacific, Texas Il Pacific and tn,
International and Great Northern roads
At 4 o'clock the strike Was TO 90 into
effect. and the executive committee il
meeting with GO enthusiastic KAight.
| began TO receive kilograms at q O'CLOCK
a. to how II was going. Place aftel
| place was heard from and all were oil
the same tenor: I'VE are out" ChseI
after cheer greeted the reading of these
| kilograms.
The Texas Paeifis yards here ara nov
nearly blocked. twenty one locomo
tives and over 400 cars of freight art
| sidetracked here. Ihe company SAY
they viii move some of tais tonight
bns the Knights claim that the train.
l.
| Missouri Pacific Is completely blocked
| Not wheel Is turning except on pas
| senger trains.
lhe few men who have gone to WORK
| here are not interfered with, but the
| boarding houses and hotels refuse &C
| feed them or give them lodging. The
| company Is talking of Zen Ing houses
for them to sleep ia and furnishing
| them with board. Toe comnity Is with
tue strikers strongly on two poInts-the
| demand for Increased wages for labor
| ors and the anlI-Uainese move
| The knights of Labor III other lice,
| of work are sanding by the /
orethrea, ana money aud provisions AFT
guaranteed - 81 ppoEt them for N Dnths
fusre Ii one fseiIng only among the
| knights-they must win this hgnt, OF
tDey are gone. Iney do not speak OF
losing. iue railroad officials are taci
turn. bat say they are irm IN theII
stand. rhe men are quiet, sober anu
| enthusiastic. Tue opinion is that the
| strikers will win.