The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-02
A Mob in the Ascendancy at Parsons,
Kansas.
Governor Martin Appealed To for
Troops.
A Continuation of the Strike Now
Seems Probable.
New York CIoakmakers Return to
Work in Starving Condition.
Trouble between Coal Aeavers and
Stevedores in Bath.

Trouble between Coal Aeavers and
Stevedores in Bath.
BATH, April 1.-The coal beavers are
having trouble with the stevedores over
wages. The coal beavers get 10 cents ton,
and want more. An attempt to settle the
matter by arbitration has failed, and the
coal beavers now propose to organize as
stevedores, purchase the necessary equip
ments and unload vessels themselves.
Advancing Wages in Maine Mills.
WINTHROP, April 1.-The Winthrop Mills
Company, manufacturers of woolen and
cotton goods, running two mills and employ
ing about 300 hands, decreased the hours of
labor today, and also increased wages 10 per
cent This restores the reduction Of several
months ago.
c. NJ Bailey, Sons & Co., oil cloth manu-
facturers, have also reduced the time of
labor one hour per diem, and will pay month
ly. They previously paid quarterly.
Adopted Weekly Payments.
BRUNSWICK, April 1.-The Bowdoin Paper
Company have adopted weekly payments.
The New York Cloak Makers Beaten.
NEW YORK, April 1.-The cloak makers
strike is ended and today nearly $4,000 of the
strikers were permitted to return to work.
They were not asked any questions, but re-
| turned at the old rates. The effect of the
strike has been to reduce some of the fami-
| lies of the strikers to state of actual starva-
| ton, and for several days past they could
| hardly be kept in line. 1t is virtually VIC
| tory for the contractors.
The Railroads.
ST. LOUIS, April Lit was by no means
certain this morning that the Knights of
Labor of the Gould Southwestern system or
those in East st. Louis would return to work
| today in obedience to the order issued by the
| officers of their assemblies Chairman Irons
had obeyed the instructions of the general
executive board by an order to the 5000
Knights of his District Assembly to resume
work, but he neutralized it with an append
ed notice that the time at which they should
apply for their positions would be tele-
graphed to them later. At late hour last
night he said that he had not sent any tele
gram announcing any hour for the resump-
tion of work, and refused to explain why the
difficulty in sending back to work the East
st. Louis Knights of Labor came from the
local assemblies and not from the executive
committee. This committee intended to
have ordered them to resume yesterday, but
met with protest from the Knights them
selves. The protest was based on individual
grievances which they demanded should be
adjusted before they should seek re-employ-
ment.
Three executive committees in the Mis-
souri, Pacific, however, instead of doing as
Irons did, have issued orders so worded as
to throw the responsibility of action upon
the various lodges of the order. So, unless
these three committees take decided action
and issue precise orders at once for the re-
sumption of work, the general executive
committee, when it reaches St Louis to-
morrow, will find that its order has not
caused the effect intended.
An amicable adjustment of grievances has
not been obtained, and murmurs of dissent
are heard all along the line of the railroad.
A special despatch from st. Louis published
in Chicago this morning, said that after
long session last night, lasting until after
midnight, Local Assembly of the Knights OF
Labor No. $3.50, of st. Louis, decided not to
return to work until it should find out which
of its members were to be Disseminated
against when the company begins to take
back its employees. This applied to all mem
bers of the assembly and included shopmen
and yardmen of the Missouri Pacific and
yardmen of the Iron Mountain road. There
was feeling that the executive committee
and a large number of other Knights would
not be taken back: and, until the New York
committee arrived theastrikers decided to
remain out
Notwithstanding the failure of the Knights
on the Missouri Pacific railroad to return to
work, the freight traffic on that road has as
sumed very nearly its normal condition.
Transfer wagons and trucks are arriving at
the depots in ST. Louis in great number, de-
posting their loads for shipment to all points
on the Gould SYSTEM and others are depart
ing heavily laden. In the railroad yards the
usual activity prevails, in marked contrast
to the dullness which has existed during the
strike. Freight trains are made up prepara-
tory to starting without any interference
from the striking Knights of Labor To-day
being the first OF the month, the clerks who
were temporarily suspended during the
strike, have reSumad work.
The strikers assembled this forenoon in
great numbers in the railroad yards and
around the relay depot, but no serious dis
turbances were anticipated from them. The
presence of deputy United States marshals
had restraining influence upon the more
demonstrative members of the crowd
and the efforts of the Wabash road
which is under the control of the United
States court to start out freight trains were
not interfered with.
Governor Oglesby of Illinois, and Adjutant
General Vance arrived in East ST. Louis last
evening. Soon after the governors arrival
he received delegation Of the knights OF
Labor, who presented their SIDE OF the
trouble to him. They told the governor that
they We're willing to resume work when
their grievances were adjusted, and depre-
Gated all of the acts OF violence. They eX-
planned the stoppage of a Vandalia train al
ter the attorney general had been told that
all trains could be moved without interfer-
ence, by stating that they had not had sutti-
cient time to notify the railroad men of the
promise which they had given. They said
that the companies were willing to pay the
fused to deal with the Knights of Labor;
and they could not understand why, if the
company recognized the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Engineers and Firemen,, they
should refuse to deal with the Knights of
Labor. The delegation said that yesterday |
morning they offered to couple up trains ON
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
which had been cut in two, but their servi-
persuade men not to run their trains, and
they had not intimidated them. There has
not been any order issued to the State militia
to take any action.
The executive committee of the district as |
sembly has not yet ordered the men to re- |
turn to work and at 10 O'Clock the strike still |
continues.
EAST ST. LOUIS, April 1.-The places are |
being filled by new men and there is every |
indication that freight traffic will be resumed |
today.
The Latest.
ST. LOUIS, April la committee from |
Local Assembly No. $3.50, waited upon Mas |
ter Mechanic Bartlett last evening, at the |
Missouri Pacific shops, and rendered the SER
vices of all the shop employees. The men, |
they said, were ready to go to work this |
morning, and they desired to find out if they |
all would be taken back A list of ffty-two |
names were handed Bartlett, who after scan |
ming it checked off seventeen of them as the |
names of men whom he would employ. The |
others, he said, he would not take back. At
tempts of a similar nature, and with like re-
suits. were made by committees of the strik-
ers at prominent points all over the Gould
claimed, that they did not require, the ser
vices of all their old employees, that they
would not take them all back and would use
their own discretion. in selecting the men
they wanted.
The executive board of District Assemblies
1O1, 49, and II, today issued an address to the
public setting forth the above in detail, and
Stating that committees representing en-
ployes had made application, and they were
refused recognition by the railroad officials.
The address says:
"In this country position makes no man king
OF a slave, and the imperious refusal on the part
Of aaftt ofh nj ctNifh