Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-12

1tAdS % 1dCIuC FdllEOdQ mas extended
to Little Rock. This morning all the
workmen in the ST.. Louis & Iron
Mountain railroad machine shops, over
300 in all, stopped work and business
is at a stand still. The men are quiet
and good order prevails.
SEDAL1A, Mo-, March 6.-The EN-
ployes of the Missouri Pacific and Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad shops
struck this morning at 1880 O'Clock.
Everything around and in the shops
is in a state Of chaos, and it is impossi-
BILE to ascertain the cause or extent Of
the strike. 1t is supposed, however,
that the order came from the Texas
Knights of Labor. 1t is also reported
that every man but one in the shop
here belong to the knights Of Labor,
but he too went out with the others.
GALVESTON, March 6-The Knights
of Labor al the Gulf, Colorado s. Santa
Fe railroad depot refused to handle
Mallory freight, and were displaced
this morning by colored laborers. At
the Missouri Pacific yard very few
Knights observed the boycott and none
were discharged. Both companies
have a number Of colored men
selected with a view Of replacing
the Knights as fast as they depart.
Such changes will be permanent. Ru-
mors Of an impending general strike
Of the Knights throughout Texas are
current here and elsewhere in the State.
Indications point to an understanding
on the part of the knights to quit work
generally on Monday morning on all
railroads carrying Mallory freight
There is considerable dissatisfaction in
the ranks of the local knights
especially those employed in the great
compress establishments. Master
Workman Golden. Of the seventy
eighth district assembly Knights O.
Labor, has been %impearhed for viola
ton of the pledge to abstain from
liquor and is superseded to-day by
William A. Farmer, Of Mineola
Texas.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, March g.
There is yet no movement TOWARD
going out on the part of the Knight
of Labor at the Wabash shops in thi'
city and none is anticipated by the au
thorities in Chicago.
KANSAS CITY, March 6.-The men il
the Missouri Pacific freight yards qui
work today stopping business in tn
yards. About forty men have gon
out. There is no trouble in the WI
bash yards.
ST. LOUIS, March 6.-At l o'cloc
this morning an order was issued b
the executive board Of the knights {
Labor district assembly 101, in sessio
at Marshall, Tex, ordering a strike c
the machine shop men employed o
Missouri Pacific or Gould Southwest
ern system Of railroads. In complianc
with the order, the men strucl
at Sedalia, DeSoto, St. Louis, and it i
expected that like action will fol
low at various other points. Sevel
hundred men quit work at the Sedalii
shops, 300 at the docks at De Soto an,
bet ween 200 and 800 at the shops il
this city,
The running force Of the Gould sys
tenn, including shopsmen, trackmeI
and train men, is $4,000. OF thes
5000 are claimed by the Knights o
Labor, but up to this afternoon onl,
those employed in the machine shop
had struck.
1t is estimated that at the presen
time from 2,500t to 5000 men have gon
out, but it is thought probably that i
the managers do not acced
promptly to the demands Of tn
strikers, that all the remainin.
knights on the system will b
ordered out. The cause of the strik
has been very difficult to get AT, but tn
following statement is as comprehen
sive and perhaps as accurate as has ye
been made:
On the 18th of last month the dis
trict assembly l0l Of the knights O
Labor held a general business conven
tion at Marshall, Texas. Among tn
delegates to that meeting was MIR. {
A. Hall. foreman of the wood worker
of the Texas Pacific car shops a
Marshall. He had secured, 1t is allege(
a lease Of absence for the purpose @
attending the convention from hi
immediate superior, Mr.. j. A.. Coole!
the master car builder. This permits
sion, it is said, was witnessed by j. ,
McGeary, Of st. Louis, and job
Thornborn, Of DeSoto, Missouri, Wis
ting knights. The convention, wit
Mr.. Hall as a delegate, sat four days
and on the nineteenth adjourned i
noon. On that day Mr.. Hall resume
his work as usual. On quitting hi
duty in the evening he received a not
from Mr.. Cooley, stating that his SCI
vices were no longer required, and
is said, assigning as the cause Of h
discharge that he had been al
sent from his business withou
leave. The local grievance con
mittee Of the Knights at once col
sidered the matter. His Reinstatement
was demanded and either refused {
neglected. A strike was then ordere
by this local committee and upon Il
failure Of the men to obey the ord,
a meeting Of the executive board
the Knights was called. The ex
cutive board ratified the action Of Il
local committee and issued a gener