The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-04-02

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~. LOUIS, March 23.-The rumor that
tho Missouri Pacific would resume ~
freight tranlc to-day was followed this
morning BY IN attempt 70 send out
freight train, which. resulted, however,
In miserable failure. In anticipation Of
On enjoyable time, large number Of the
striking knights gathered - the Ewing
Avenue crossing early mis- morning and
waited patiently for the train 20 appear.
A. about $40 o'clock switch engine No.
s25. Billy Study, engineer. and with Fire.
man Nelson on hoard, left the shops at
Ewing avenue and proceeded down 10
the depot. A. Ewing avenue cross
ing Fireman Nelson jumped on. This
action WAS greeted with cheers. The
engine was manned by several police,
uniformed and ununiformed. About ten
minutes before the. engine started, Fur
long and ten Of his satellites SCARED down
the track 20 the Seventeenth street yard,
where the train Was 10 be made up. They
were greeted with jeers and Kisses AS
they passed. The greater part Of the
crowd followed the engine down 70 the
yard. The crowd began 70 augment rap
Idly. There must have been At least 500
persons In Il. Sergeants Campbell, Bree
and Young, with about dozen police, ar
rived on the scene with the Intention ~
preserve order. Trainmaster Clark was
helping 70 make up the train. The freight
train to be sent out was . special, and
was 70 consist Of eleven cars. The en-
gineer had already succeeded In getting
together four cars. and backed up to take
on the rest, when the person II the switch
threw Il wrong and the four
cars scraped up against two cars
which stood where the switch ended.
The two cars that collided were
then tilted slightly. This master
effort At switching was greeted with loud
cheers by the strikers. II Is claimed by
many that Trainmaster Clark was the
culprit. The crowd was q good-natured
one, and contenscd itself with laughing,
shouting and poking fun IT the detectives
and police. An effort was made TO have
Engineer Study leave the train, but Study
would not leave. An attempt was then
made 10 start forward with the four cars.
when the crowd suddenly surged around
them and the next moment the coupling
from their places to be found later beneath
| the cars. The engine. which was also
| uncoupled, started ahead without its bur-
| den. The crowd cheered again, but the
| cheering turned into jcers when detail
| Of about twenty specials stalked up the
| track after everything was over. During
| the excitement, Furlong man, standing
4 on the locomotive, put his hand on his
| hip-pocket a. II TO draw his revolv-
| er. This motion was at once noticed
| by the crowd, which manifested it, dis
| pleasure by kissing and giving utterance
/ 10 some uncompIimentary remarks No
| further attempt was made TO take ont this
train, and after as many Furlong men GOT
| on the engine As room would permit, Il
proceeded back 70 the shops followed BY
the triumphant cries OF the crowd. A.
the engine crossed Ewing avenue u was
again greeted with vigorous cheers BY
the strikers who had remained at the
crossing.
Notwithstanding this signal failure, Il
IA said that another attempt 90 run freights
will be made. II Il certain, though, that
they will not get very far-some say not
even out IL st. Louis. II Is difficult to
see how the frcights are 70 be sent out.
Everything the Knights do Is done good
naturally and In Q quiet, peaceful way.
Their great number makes u impossible
for the police 70 see who the parties tam
pering with the couplings are.
The executive committee Of the knights
were In session this morning at Light
stones Hall, and Its members were 80
busily engaged in sending and receiving
kilograms from the affected points that
they had but little time for other Dusi-
ness. From the tone Of these tclegrams
80. - HAT nj
has be en- said about disadcction among
the knights. and that some OF them were
getting dissatisfied with the condition o.
things. was the veriest nonsense. One Of
| the committee said:
n 1--WE are more and more satisfied that
| none Of the men will 60 back 20 work
until our demands are acceded TO- we
are getting down TO nard-pan and prepar-
ing for long siege. Some 81 the men
/ are getting themselves into trim 20 live
on bread and water for six months, u u
Is necessary, and you can bet that they
can do IT,"
II SrpAuA. Mo-, March 24.-At 70
! o'clock yesterday afternoon q freigh
I train was gotten out 81 the yards unde'
| strong police guard, and when the city
| limits were reached the sheriff and NJ
deputies took charge Of Il. When aDou,
| three miles from the CITY ZIG e"%h"> ""N
six cars were ditched from some cause
as yet unknown.
the engineer and fireman jumped from
| the engine before the train left the
, track, and escaped unhurt. One deputy
/ sheriff and citizen Of Sedalia, who hat
volunteered 10 act as . guard, who were
upon top of the train. were caught In the
} wreck and fatally injured. Three othel
, special officers were also seriously hurt
DExisox, Tex, March 2t.-At ont
) O'Clock yesterday switch engine wa
: brought out Of the Missouri Pacin'
! ! round-housc for the purpose Of switch
, Ing freight cars 70 be unloadcd. Severa
: cars Of beer, Ice and oil were coupled q
/. to. and were switched TO the unloading
, | tracks. Fully one thousand strikers am
) | citizens had assembled 20 see what wouI'
\ Ne done. The strikers made move Y
{ disable the engine, but a. u 3.
e | magic 4 force Of deputy sherihs ap
9 pearcd armed with Winchester rines
q | They ordered TO strikers 70 STAN
hack. and stood ready 70 Or
Q At the nrst man that made break. IT.
. strikers made no attempt 70 stop N
4 work. but remained standing around
= Five ~ The leading Knights were arrcstc