The semi-weekly miner., 1886-04-10
STRIKERS WAR RESUMED.
Rlotous Demonstrations in
East st. Louis Yesterday.
JAY GOULD rALxa
About the Knights Of Labor Address
General Quiet Prevails. But
aDeep Undercurrent.

II New York, April THE interest in tn,
Southwestern strikers among the unio,
q men i'll this city continues to grow. tn,
= action OF the General Executive Board il
recalling the order to resume work and ir
e pledsing the support Of the entir organixa
: ton to the strike meets with the approval
OF majority Of the Knights in this region,
+ From large number of local and district
: assemblies resolutions fAvoring this course.
ami pledging themselves to furnish their
, quota OF necessary funds. were sent to Sec-
, retary Turner.
MORE MOB Law.
: ST. LOUIS, April THE quiet state of
affairs which has existed in East st. Louis
for the past week was suddenly broken to.
day by riot. A large crowd of strikers.
numbering over thousand, formed about
noon at the railway depot and headed bv the
leaders OF the strikers in that city, marched
to the Ohio & Mississippi depot where a
NUMBER OF platform men were at work. No
guard OF police or deputy sheriffs had been
stationed there, and the employees were
easily forced from their position. Thence
the mob advanced upon the Vandalia
yards. Here a few deputies were on duty
who ordered them back. They refused.
and made rush, driving the officers, and
| swarmed through the gates into the yards
and forced all OF the employees at work out |
OF the yards. From this place they marchrd |
to the Burlington yards, where similar
scene was enacted and all the employees |
were forced out. The men then rushed on |
the Chicago Alton yards. Upcn arriving |
there they we're met by a strong force Of |
deputies armed with
WINCHESTER REPEATING RIFLES.
They ordered the mob back and called
upon them to disperse This the crowd re-
FUSED to do, and upon attempting to rush
through the gates the Marshals brought /
thlr rifles to their shoulders and threatened
to hire ii the crowd advanced. This cooled
their ardor somewhat and: d::theyiturned back,
none none the lees determined, however,
in that city while the Knights uf
Labor are still on their strike. The depu.
ties remained on guard at the Alton yards,
tearing second attack upon that point
while the strikers proceeded to the Cairo /.
Short Lire yards, whittier they are now I
(l2:3O p. N.Y. marching.
THEY DIsPERsE.
Two o'clock p. Nippon arriving there I
the mob found it's way unobstructed and /
by the same means employed at the other
yards forced the men at work there to '
leave their positions. The mob then dis 9
persed, having accomplished it's object, but
not before calling meeting of all strikers
to take place at Brannigan's hall, where
were adopted declaring that no
one be allowed to til strikers positions.
TIE IRON MOUNTAIN.
ST. LOUIS, April 7.-At the Iron Noun.
;ain yards to-day all is quiet and orderly.
Five switch engines are at work with crews
elected from the road force of brakemen.
twenty OF the switchmen employed in these
'ards returned to work yesterday, but
vent out again when requested to do so by
he committee from the Knights. The yard. ei
master sent to Desota for new men, twenty II
i whom arrived this morning and are now
t work.
CHIEF ARTHUR TO BE BULLDOzED. ~
Sf. LOUIS, April THE engineers EN-. in
loyed upon the railroads centering in East IN
t. Louis decline to state the cause of Chief LEI
rthur's presence in this city or it's proba- III
ie effect upon the OK tension OF the strike to
ther departments of the roads than those
ow involved. A prominent member of
,e knights OF Labor, however, said, when i'm
as to whether the engineers
ould support the strikers, "That is Just tn
hat they are going to do, you can depend
pom it. Arthur, to be sure, is opposed to M
rikes, but such pressure will be brought WI
} bear that he cannot resist" It is de- he
AIRED that the engineers on all roads Gen. bo
ring in East st. Louis, except those on
al and passenger trains, will 60 out to aid
e Knights in their fight. 4.l
ENGINEERS DEBATING. "
ST. LOUIS, April THE Executive Board
the Brotherhood of Engineers are hold
g a meeting in East St. Louis to- lay, Ar
lief Arthur being present, and are &C.
'usly considering the question whether
not it will be advisable to strike in sup
'rt of the Knights of Labor. ha,
AN OFFICIAL LOCKER ON. no,
ST. LOUIS, April 7.-Adiutant- General of
Ince was a spectator of the action of the h-,
ob in forcing the men employed in the Wv
lst st. Louis Railroad y ards to quit work !n no
d he has telegraphed the situation to the mn lml
.norurp srp,pr abl
1-1''' '''-> his
sr. LOUIS. April 1905 p. m.-Twenty p.
the firemen employed upon the engines ito
day in support of the Knights Of Labor. att
lis, unless Others can be found to I'll Irie
cir positions, will stop the transfer of all que
light and passenger trains over the Mr.
dge. sim
GOULD ON THE MANIFESTO. Ure
New YORK, April with reference to 70, 70.
manifesto of the Knights OF Labor pub r.
ned this morning, Mr.. Gould's repre-. 70
ltative said: "These people seem to for Tht
that coal was made 25 per cent. ho,
eaper throughout the southwest by Mr.. INV
uld when he opened the railway system
ire. The people through that country on
} in favor Of the company, which shows on
1T the statementa made this morning are val
surd. The Knights, because the Kansas ing
y Journal denounced the acts of the the
ikers, demanded that the Union News sea-
Inpany should not deliver any Of the OF
pers OF the Journal, and Mr.. Hoxie then to
tilted the News Company that no other iroi
ners should he carried il it did not de- test
er the Journal as usual. The News LAM
mpany therefore decided to pay no at We
tion to the order of the Knights OF The
bor." Mr.. Gould said that that the the
.nifesto of the Knights would not have LED
ch effect on the people, especially the Tor
,ple of the southwest, and he did not Uls1
IN at all disturbed. eno
the