The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR
Beginning Of the Strike on the Southwestern
Railroads.
The Mallory BoycOtt-The New York Street
Car Strike-TrOuble Anticipated at
Kentucky Coal Mine-Discharged
Employees Reinstated.

ST. LOUIS, March Cat 10 O'Clock this morning
an order was issued by the Executive Board Of
the Knights OF Labor, District Assembly 1Ol, in
session at Marshall, Tex. ordering a strike of
machine shop men employed on the Missouri Pa
cifc or Gould Southwestern system of railroads,
In compliance with the order the man struck at
Sedaiia De Soto, St Louis and it is expected like
action will follow at various other points. Seven
hundred men quit work at the Sedalia shops, $40
at the works at De Soto. and between 200 and 500
at the shops in this city. The running force of
the Gould system, including shop men, trackmen
and trainmen, is $1,000. OF these, 1000 are
claimed to be Knights of Labor. but up to this
afternoon, only those employed IN the machine
SHOPS R9 tiIo sT f IS e., esatea tnas at tne
out, but it is thought probable that If the man
ayers do not aceede promptly to the demands of
the strikers, that all the remaining Knights on
the system will be ordered out
The cause of the strike has been very difficult
prehensible and perhaps as accurate, as has yet
been made, On the 18th of last month District
Assembly 101, of the knights of Labor, held gen
eral business convention at Marshall, Tex.
Among the delegates to that meeting was Mr.. c.
A. Hall foreman OF the woodworkers of the Texas
is alleged, leave of absence for the purpose of at
tending the convention from his immediate supe-
mission il is said, was witnessed by J. ]. McGeary
of st. Louis, and John Thronburn, of De Soto,
of Missouri, visiting Knights The convention,
with Ball as delegate, sat four days, and on the
18th adjourned. At noon of that day Mr.. Hall
resumed his work as usual, On quitting his duty
in the evening he received note from Mr.. Cosby
stating that his services were no longer required,
and. it is said, assigning the cause of his dis
charge that he had been absent from his business
without leave. The Local Grievance Committee
OF the Knights at once considered the matter
His reinstatement was demanded and either re-
fused or neglected. strike was then ordered by
this local committee, and upon the failure of the
men to obey the order meeting of the Execu-
tive Board of the Knights was called. The EX-
eeutive Board ratified the action OF the local
committee and issued a general order, upon
which the men quit work at Fort Worth, Marshall
and Dallas.
This action OF the Executive Board. it is
claimed. was not so much in the interest of the
ope man Hall. as a strike for the principle in
vOlved. One year ago there was an agreement
made between the Knights and the managers OF
without due notice and investigation. This con-
tract, the Knights contend, has been violated in
this instance Of Halls discharge. The Texas Pa
cic Railway is one OF tIYe roads in the States of
Missouri kan>as, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana
which comprise the Southwestern Gould system.
The Knights OF Labor employed on these FIVE
roads are under the immediate direction of Dis
trict Assembly lOl: When the local strike in
the ds1AS Executive ssf Board of the Knights
of this southwestern system, in session at
Marshall, and in communication with Receiver
Brown and other officers OF the Texas Pacific
Railroad since March l, when the first lot of men
by the reinstatement of Hall and some Others
who were subsequently discharged. With this
request the board gave notice that refusal to
Could system. The railroad has failed to do as
desired and to-day the Executive Board gave the
word for a general strike of shopmen.
when Master Mechanic Bartlett was informed
by a committee of the order that had
been issued and that the men in his shop
would go out Immediately, he asked them If the
men were dissatisfied with anything, or if they
had any grievance, but they would only reply,
eve have been ordered 10 quit work and leave
the shops" and they obeyed the order at once.
About 200 men were employed in the shop:
az tne once OF 1ne 1ad1 ~ was
the handling OF the engines. Locomotives are
fred and made ready for the road by the shop
men, and are not touched by the engineers or the
fremen until ready to go out 1t was thought
probable that if the strike continued the engines
other roads, as was done during the last strike on
the Gould system, and have them got ready for
The Giobe-Demoerats sedalia (MoJ special
says that of the men who struck there, $50 were
from the Missouri Pacific shops and l50 from the
shops of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. No
morning.
Ata meeting of Knights held this noon, a COM
mittee was appointed TO look after the property
Of the company, and to see that all passenger en-
sines are ready for work. but on the arrival OF
freight trains the cars are slde-tracked and the
engines taken 10 the round house and KILLED"
Frank Page, prominent member of District
Assembly 1Ol, and Chairman of the meeting held
to-day. said tonight that all trainmen and
bridgemen will co operate with the strikers, but
IT Is not known what the track and section men
viii do. Engineers and firemen held a special
meeting this afternoon, but nothing is known OF
their proceedings.
afternoon in charge of the Missouri Pacific West
bound passenger train. said that Governor Marina
duke came from st. Louis 10 jefferson City with
him. and was emphatic IN his declaration that he
would stand by the Missouri Pacific officials in
their present trouble. He claims that Vice Presi-
dent HOxie has lived up TO the contract entered
into year ago with the Knights of Labor, and
says the latter have no cause for striking. The
Governor was anxious that this information
should be conveyed to the strikers, and said that
sho' ID the trouble continue he would probably
Wis. Sedalia.
ing. and from the TACT that General Superin-
ndent Sibley is making no attempt to send out
freight trains. 1t is thought the company will pur-
sue the policy of abandoning all trains and sus-
pending business in every department except pas
senger traffic.
says $50 International and Great Northern shop
men quit work at 10 O'Clock this morning. They
have no special grievance but say they walked out
in obedienee TO orders from headquarters OF the
Knights Ofck-f6or. After holding meeting the
S3en Elur4ed Htthe shop and yards and killed
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