Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-27
THE LABOR TROUBLES,
Gould Declines PoWderly's In
vitation to Arbitrate.
Serious Discussions In the
Counsels OF the knights
of Labor.
The Chaplain of Congress Utters a
Timely Prayer.
Secretary Manning's Condition
Still Considered Serious.
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THE HOUSE p1y1pEp.

Il HOUSE DIVIDED.
st. Louis, March 27-Chairman Irons,
II the executive committee of district
assembly 101, when shown the state.
nents Of Powderly and Tarner tele-
from New York and Philadel-
ohia, said:
ut is not necessary for me to give any
authority for anything I havs said. We
don't have to be guided by what Pow
DERBY says, the general committee has no
power here, and cannot come here to
settle trouble unless We request IT."
When Turner'S statement, in which he
declared that Irons was one OF the men
who were dong the order great injustice
was shown him he said: Il have nothing
to say about that, and I will not bs
drawn into q newspaper controversy
with Powderly or Turner, and they have
no right to denounce me in this matter.
In relation to the statements of Irons
complained of: "What / sa1d,' replied
Irons, "was that if the strike was not
settled 1t might extend all over the
country; l will tell you more that l said,
and that is that it may extend to all
knights all over the country.
TROOPS FOR EAST S LOUIS.
st. Louis, March PIN addition to
the dispatch from Plttsburg received
jhaco tne4 pi~bt n fho oTonG @bok, oa~
pany of United States infantry had
passed through that city en- route from
New York to this city, new was received
here this morning that two companies
had loft Columbus, Ohio, destined for
st. Louis.
1t is understood that the Columbus
detachment will be placed in a position
to afford protection to east st. Louis
interests, if their services should become
necessary, and this action is taken rs a
precautionary measure, based on inform
alton that the destruction OF property
had been threatened. The mayor of
that city had already been called on TO
furnish protection for the property OF
railroad companies, and has signified his
inability to do so, six men being all he
had at his disposal. The county au.
thorities will be applied to to-day and il
necessary the governor OF Illinois VII
be asked to protect the company's prop.
erty in this state.
H COURTS INTERFERE.
A. A. Talmage, general manager o.
the Wabash railroad, received a Telegram
from Springfield, Ills. yesterday, stat.
ing that his application to the United
States circuit court for the protection O.
the property OF the Wabash railroad ha6
been granted, and last night Marsha,
| Weber and a force of deputies arrivee
at East st. Lonis to take charge of the
yards and property, and protect it's EN-,
| ployes in the operation of trains which
| With their aid, will be run to-day on
regular schedule time.
DESTRUCTION OF RAILROAD PROPERTY.
At 1850 this morning, a fire started in
two box cars, standing upon the tracks
in the Iron Mountain yards near the
depot. The alarm was Immediately
turned on, but bsfore the fire depart.
ment arrived the cars had been burned
and the fire communicated to the depot
which was also destroyed. Loss
amounts to $4,000. Nothing is known
of the origin of the fire, but is supposed
to be incendiary.
RUNNING A SWITCH BLOCKADE.
At 1870 this afternoon the vandalis
road in east ST. Louis succeeded IL
masking up q freight train of eleven cars
A large crowd of about one hundred
men were standing around the depot
and upon a movement made by an Ohio
and Missouri freight train as if to start
out, made a rush to interrupt its
progress and thus left the
tracks around the depot
clear. The Vandalia engineer, who was
already to start, saw his chance, and
under o full head of steam started
One of the crowd saw the move
and running ahead turned the switch
signal across the track, expecting the
engineer would step when he saw the
track blocked; but the engineer tnrced
on steam, and crashing through the sig
nal, the train was off and in a few min
ntes was ont OF sight.
At 1o:45 this morning, a freight train
of twenty cars, made up in the Missouri
Pacific yards, and under The protection
of the squad Of police, made its way
westward through the city uninterrupt-
eddy by any violence from the strikers.
No crowd had gathered at the yards
and none to any extent at any OF the
crossings.
DESERTED HIS POST.
No attempt to run freight trains ON n
of tho roads in esq. st. Louis, except the
Burlington were made. The officials of
this road tried to start a train oyer their
bat the engineer. at the request
Of The strikers deserted his post. aud the
was run back into the round
house. There was no excitement attend
ing the attempt and no demonstrations
Of any kind,occured.
After accompanying the trains as far as
the city limits. the police returned to-
Missouri Pacific wards. and undsr