St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-24
THE WAR JUST BEGUN.
Indications Point to an Extension Rather
Than Cessation of the Great
Southwestern Strike.
Under Certain Conditions the Strike Will
Embrace Every Large Industry
in the Country.
ness seriously Retarded All Over
the Southwest.
Proposed New Order, to Be Known as
the knights of Industry--Other
Labor News.
The Stubborn Struggle Continues

AaDOr NeWSs
The Stubborn Struggle Continues.
Special to the Globe.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 23.-Martin
Irons, chairman of District Assembly No.
101, which ordered the strike on the Mis-
souri, Pacific road. said to-day, when asked
II the strike would be extended to Chicago
and Eastern roads:
can give no information on that point
only after the men are ordered out. This
strike may-recollect don't say that it will
Spread all over the country.
The Republican this morning prints an
interview with a member of the executive
committee of the Knights of Labor, in
Wnlcn ne says:
I'm afraid the worst is to come yet.
dread it, but there is no help for it."
what do you mean?'
1T would not be proper for me to talk Of
hcially, but as a friend to ST. Louis and
there Is dark future ahead for
the business men of st. Louis.
We are driven to IL. If we were 10
submit now, and return to work without
recognition for the Knights of Labor, it would
be the
MOST IMPORTANT VICTORY.
won this century by capital over labor, by the
large corporations over the labor organiza-
tons. II would be defeat not only for the
knights of Labor, but also for the labor
unions, for the trades assemblies,
and for every labor organization, not
country. Next week some other labor
organization would be denied recognition by
the corporation that is most directly con-
nected with it. The Gould system in this
light is receiving the backing of the Eastern
road corporation and every large corpora
north and south is watching this fight and
siding with Jay Gould. We dread the fight
but 1t must come. We dread it not for our
selves, but our families and the families of
the working people throughout the country.
We feel that the issues must be met,
and better now than later after we
had been weakened by defeat and robbed of
our manhood"
THE knights of Labor throughout the
country are to be called out?''
WHAT MAY COME.
mo, not quite so bad yet. hope it will
never come to that. The present fight
is only against the railroads. We will
wait couple of days, perhaps
three or four, in hope that
way OF escape from the conflict NAV show
itself, and then, if the situation remains un-
changed the better, every freight train on
every road running out of st. Louis and
every freight train on every road running
out OF Chicago will be stopped.
Sone o,OOO men now employed In
roads centering in Chicago will
stop work. They will have no brakemen, no
firemen, no switchmen, no yard helpers, no
freight handlers in the freight houses, and
with engineers and conductors alone they
cannot move their freight. evil leave the
trackmen and enough men 10 run the mail
trains and few accommodation trains, but
NOT AiwHEEL
of a single freight car can be turned until the
X nights of Labor, the great labor organiza-
ton of the country, is recognized. 1t is q
matter of necessity to US. If we
fail after calling out the Knights on
the roads centering in St. Louis and Chicago
the order will be extended to all Eastern and
Southern roads, embracing the entire coun-
try, aud, if it comes to the worst, the strike
will be made to embrace every large manu-
factory and every large industry in the
country Defeat means enslavement,
and death is preferable. don't
mean to say that all the wrong in this fight
has been on the side of the railroad company
and all the right on our side. Not at ALL To tell
the truth, think it was grave mistake TO
order that strike against the Missouri Pacific
without first laying our grievances before
the company and asking that they be
heard and righted. That was a serious mis-
take, almost an objectionable blunder, but
the mistake once made, and the matter hav-
ing been carried so far, an issue having been
made against the knights of Labor, we cam
end"
MERCHANTS MAY INTERCEDE.
ST.. LOUIS, Marh 23.-The appeal of the
strikers to the merchants of this city to aid
in opening negotiations between the Mis-
souri, Pacific and its employees has not yet
received an answer, but several business
men state that such a course would be
gladly pursued By them if both sides would
agree to abide faithfully by their decision
Late last night member of the executive
committee of the Knights of Labor repeated
the threat that unless this trouble was soon
adjusted a general strike on the railways of
the country would ensue, and, if it comes
TO the worst, that the strike will be made to
embrace every large mandatory and every
extensive business industry in the country
At 1890 this morning, with the protection
of large force of police, the Missouri
Pacific company undertook to run out
freight train, but the strikers prevented it
by uncoupling cars and miSplacing switches.
No arrests were made. At Sedalia a train
was started out, but torpedo was exploded
under the engine, and the engineer refused
to go any further with a train. William
Freeland. clerk recently laid off was ar
rested and placed under bonds in S10O for
trespassing. The 200 switchmen at Kansas
City are still out. No attempt has been
made to run freight trains there. The strike
is interfering with packing houses, and
they will close down il the strike continues
day or two longer. At Atchson strikers
intimidated the guard and killed all the
engines in the round house. At Palestine,
Tex, two passenger engines were killed
without any Interference by officers of the
law.