The examiner., 1886-03-27
STILL UNSETTLED.
PROBABLY NEARING A FINAL
 STRUGGLE.
A TRAIN WRECKED AND MEN FA- TALLY INJURED.
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Calling on the Police for Protection A Strong Mob of Strikers 1n Texas-Arrests for Carry-
 ing Concealed { Weapons.
Weapons.

ST. LOUIS, March 24--A special meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners was called by request of the Missouri Pacific officials and it was resolved to furnish the Tailroad company with sufficient pr0tec- ton to enable 1t to run trains. Superin- tendent Kerrigan called at the office of the Chief Of Police and made arrange ments for large detail of policemen. An other feature that developed, and one that will probably prevent the company from carrying out it's plans is the determination of the.Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers not to run an engine If there was any policeman or detective on the cab, no one but railroad officials being allowed on the locomotive. The engineers have pro- tested against the placing of policemen in freight shall be moved, and both sides are anxiously= awaiting immediate events
 In the morning the company attempted 10 send out train of twenty cars. Pins were pulled out and the train cut into half dozen sections One of the detec- tiNes on top of a car saw q man about to head ordered him to stop. The man walked deliberately between the cars, pulled the pin and then escaped. By this lime q crowd of 8 thousand persons had congregated on Tryon Avenue Bridge, cheering tht strikers and hooting the police. Tie attempt was abandoned and no arrests were made.
 At Seda1ia in the afternoon E. K. Sib1ey,~ Division Superintendent of the Missouri Pacific. atteml ted to move freight train. A large detail Of police was in the yards and no resistenee was offered until the train reached the city limits and Sheriff Murray took charge, The local police stepped of the train and . few deputy sheriffs stepped on The bell was rung and he train started east with 3 full head of ste ann About three miles from the city while going at he rate of twenty miles an hour the engine and five cars were ditched and half dozen other cars wrecked and destroyed. The engineer and fireman appear to have been on guard and jumped off before the en- zine left the rails. An officer, one Mason, and man who had volunteered to go along as a guard, were caught in the wreck and fatally injured. Others, who were on the tender and the cars next to the engine were dangerously injured. The wounded were quickly carried away. It is charged that strikers or their synpa- thizers caused the accident Vice Presi- dent Hoxie was at once informed by tele- graph of what had occurred.
 Mir. Hoxie received from Palestine, Tex, telegram stating that Q strong mob of strikers had gathered there to-day and acted eatingly. On being ordered to disperse and refusing, the Sheriff and posse arrested four of the ringleaders.
 Chairman Irons and the Executive Board were in session. He could not say when the order would be given to extend the strike, but hoped that the difficulty would be settled by the merchants before the order would be issued. The Board is making no attemptt to communicate with MT. Hoxie. If. the police go out with trains the Chief says they will leave the cars at the city limits. Two men in the employ of thecompany were arrested for carrying concealed weppous and firing at strikers. The company is out with post CTS offering large rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any one destroying it's property.