The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-20
road on the 18th and traffic has been


resumed.
Master Workman Powderly. on the
11th, telegraphed an offer TO send &c
81. Louis a delegation from thegenera
executive board Of the Knights OF La.
Dor, with a view 10 settling the diff
Cultles OF the Missouri Pacific road
Receiver Brown answered that the
company had no differences 10 settle
with the Knights Of Labor
The Missouri Pacific road succeeded
IN getting a freight train out Of St
Louis, On the 18th.
The engines IN the round house al
De Soto, Mo, have been completely
disabled, supposedly by strikers. They
obstructed the track in front OF a pas
senger train, but on discovering that
II was not a freight the obstrucuons
were removed.
The street-car troubles al Toronto
are assuming an alarming phase. Al
attempt was made on the 18th 10 rur
number Of cars, but the strikers OBJ
structed the track and assaulted the
drivers. II Was only by the aid Of 6
strong police guard that the trip was
made. ThemOb and the police collideC
a number Of times, and the latter used
their clubs freely. Many sore head:
resulted, but no one was seriously
hurt. One car was completely wrecked
The Missouri Pacific Road ISSUED
orders TO its agents on the 18TH tC
accept all freight except perishabl,
goods and cattle for all points OF
Texas Pacific lines.
Receiver Brown OF the Texas Pacific
Road, was hanged In ethgy at Alvora
do, Tex, on the night Of the 18th.
The Birmingham, Conn, Corset
Works shut down on the 18th. Tht
reason assigned Is the non-arrival O
goods, owing TO the blockade on TIT
Gould system IN the West.
Cincinnati street-car drivers and con
duCtOrs have renewed their demand:
for more pay and fewer hours. Unless
their demands are acceded to they vii
strike.
Reports that the Kanawha VALLEY
miners have resumed work at the ?
cent rate are pronounced false. Tn.
operators are being assisted by othe,
miners IN the valley, and say they vii
not yield.
1t Is believed that the Mallory boy
cott IN Galveston viii soon be amica
bly, adjusted. officials OF the MALLORY
Line and the Knights Of Labor are Il
conference trying to arrive at an agree
m6nT.
Three mills at COhoes, Y. Y, whert
the spinners did not strike, have beer
shut down, the manufacturers sayin.
they prefer to fight the threatened
trouble now than to have their affair
unsettled all summer.
The officers OF the Missouri Pacift
Road on the 18th made several un
successful attempts to run freigh'
trains out OF St. Louis, and latein tn
afternoon they applied to the stat
circuit court for iulunCtionst to restrain
leading strikers from entering on th
property Of the road. An attorney
and several deputy sherifs undertook
to run the gauntlet at Parsons, kas.
but a strong engine, run by strikers
coupled on behind and pulled the off
cial locomotive back into the yards
Two thousand persons stood IN tn
yards at Sedalia for three hours II
hear the mayor read the riot act ant
see engineers and hremen refuse Il
take out trains. At night ten prom
inent Knights Of Labor were arrested
on state warrants for disabling an en
gine.
The employees Of various street rail
ways in Cincinnati struck on the 13tl
for Gu increase OF wages to 81 70
twelve hours. At noon cars were run
ming on only two lines. An hour late
/ the Walnut HUI conductors ant
/ drivers accepted the offer Of PTesiden
kerfer, and resumed work at 81 S5fO
twelve hours.
Two hundred laborers at the At
lantic Iron Works, Sharon, Pa, hav
been granted an advance Of 10 pc
| cent. in wages.
The Cabot Company cotton mill g
New Brunswick, Ne, closed its door
on account OF d strike, throwing 70t
hands out OF employment.
A large number Of Italian laborer
on the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad
threw down their tools on the l3tl
and demanded more pay.
The miners OF the Clearteld PA
regions came out on the 18th, and al
the pits have suspended operations
/ The Clearfel3 COlieTs favored a settle
uent OF the wages dispute by arbltra
ton, but they were persuaded to com
out by a committee OF strikers iron
the Cumberland district. The strik
in the soft coal regions OF Eastern
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia anC
West Virginia Is now general and be
tween 10000 and 10000 men ar
idle.
The strike Of ship carpenters at De
troit ended on the 18Th, the men &C
/ cepting the terms offered by the en-
ployers. About 400 men were inter
esJed.
The Chicago Knights Of Labor, at {
meeting on the l4tb, determined K
sustain the striking employees OF tn
Mccormick Reaper Works, and a boy