The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-11
NO GRIEVANCES.
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distasteful to the Knights. Irons
asked that the new man be bounced
and the place given to Martin Scow,
who is now under Indictment for train
wrecking and certain of going to the
penitentiary. Not recognizing the
business of this demand, the change
was not made.
AFTER NEW.
Witness next recited number of
charges which were preferred by the
Knights against w. 7. New, assistan,
master mechanic at Kansas City, the
same gentleman who was dischargedat
Sedalia at the instigatiOn of Knights.
1t was claimed that he was over
bearing, incorporate and attempted
to extort money from the men under
him. The charges were not sustained
except as to Mr.. New being somewhat
overbearing, but he was removed to
avoid trouble, as Irons had threatened
TO call out every man on the system
if it was not done.
A minor grievance with the fire
men at St. Louis, which was quickly
and amicably settled, was next re-
ferred to, which brought the witness
up to the
TEXAS e. PACIFIC BOYCOTT.
The Knights of Labor instructed
the Pacific people not to handle
Texas & Pacific cars or freight, and
the demand was acceded to, notwith-
standing it worked a great hard
ship and loss upon the Missouri Pacific.
When this was done witness felt salts
fed there was no possible chance for a
strike on the road of which he was
superintendent, but he learned better
the next day, March Eth, when the
men walked out of The shops all over
the system. As to the cause of the
strike, witness knew nothing. He
then related in detail his experience
In attempting to move trains and the
violent acts committed by the strikers
in their efforts to prevent resump-
ton of business When witness asked
why the men had struck, the univer-
sal reply was that they did not know,
but they were obeying orders issued
by Martin Irons. The strikers
took possession of the shops,
put in their own guards, and allowed
only passenger trains to run. Efforts
would be made to get freight trains
out, but engines would be killed aud
the trains captured by the strikers.
THE WRECK.
On March %, witness continued,
they succeeded in sending a freight
train east, through the assistance of
the city and county authorities, and
at point three miles east of the city
it was ditched, owing to the fact that
rail had been misplaced. The in
jury to limb and property was recited
at length, nothing whatever being
left unsaid. On the 18th a i
freight train succeeded in get |
ting through to Chamois,
and on the following day trains were
sent out in all directions, from which |
time no further trouble was expert
enced in resuming traffic.
Witness cited the ditching of a pas
senger train three miles south of Par
sons on the 25th of March, and the
subsequent wrecking of two freight
trains near Kansas City. The men
employed here had never presented
any grievances to witness. and if any
existed he was not aware of them.
Nothing in the shape of grievance
was ever called to his attention that
he did not investigate thoroughly, |
and if the men were in the right he
granted their demands.
Mr.. Sibley was on the witness
stand for more than an hour, and his
statement from beginning to close
showed that he had done everything |
In his power to prevent a strike, and
the men had been most unreasonable
in their demands.
WELLER ON THE STAND.
Master Mechanic Weller was the
next witness. He stated
that he knew no cause
for the strike-the only reason
that had ever been assigned to bin
being the discharge of a man named
Hall, in Texas. There were men in
the shops to present grievances, but
none had ever been presented to him
He knew of no man having worked
Overtime for which he was not paid
kxtraD Wipers in the round houses
were paid from s125 to s1.50 per
day; night hostlers $40 per month
ana day hostlers $50. A wipers days
work was of zen hours duration, al