Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09

ton Telegrephed the Governor.
ST. LOUIS, April THE state of af-
fairs which has existed in East st.
Louis for the past week was suddenly
broken to-day by a riot. A large crowd
OF strikers, numbering 1000 men,
formed about noon, at the Relay depot,
and headed by the leaders of the strike
in that city, marched to the Ohio &
Mississippi railway depot, where a
number of platform-men were at work.
No guard of police or deputy sheriffs
had been stationed there, and the EN-.
ployes were easily forced from their
position. Thence the mob advanced
upon the Vandalia yards here. A few
deputies were on duty who ordered the
men back. They refused and made a
rush, bearing the officers down and
Swarmed through the gates into the
yards, and forced all the employees at
work out of the yards. From this
place they marched to the c., B. g.
q. yards, where a similar scene was
enacted, and all the employees forced
out. The men then rushed on to the
Chicago & Alton yards, and upon ar
irving there were met by a strong
force of deputy marshals, armed with
Winchester rifles. They ordered the
mob back, and called upon them to
disperse. This the crowd refused to
do, and upon attempting to rush
through the gates, the marshals
brought their rifles to their shoulders
and threatened to fire If the crowd ad-
Vanced. This cooled their ardor some.
what, and they turned back, none the
less determined, however, that there
should be no work done in that city
while the Knights of Labor are still
on their strike. The deputies remain
ed on guard at the Alton yards, fear
ing a second attack upon that point,
while the strikers proceeded to the
Cairo Short Line yards, whittier they
are now (l2:3O pm. marching.
Adjutant-G General Vahce was a spec
taUor Of the actions of the mob this
morning in forcing the men employed
in the yards to quit, and he has tele-
graphed the situation to the governor.
1t is generally thought that the situa-
ton has become serious enough to
warrant the ordering out of the
militia to enable the railroads to carry
on their business.
SOMEWHAT AWKWARD IN THEIR NEW
POSITIONS.
ST. LOUIS, April 6.-At the Iron
Mountain yards today all is quiet and
orderly. Five switch engines are at
work with crews selected from the
road force of brakemen. They are
somewhat awkward in their new posi-
tons, but no serious difficulty is expe-
rienced in getting the freight trains
started. Twenty of the switchmen
employed in these yards returned to
work yesterday, but went out again
when requested to do so by a commit
tee from the Knights of Labor. The
yardmaster sent to DeSoto for new
men, twenty of whom arrived this
morning and are now at work.
CHIEF AITHUR's VISIT NOT VIEWED
FAvoRABLY.
One OF the members of the execu-
tive committee of District Assembly
No. lOl said to-day that the presence
Of Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of
Engineers is not viewed in
favorable light by some of the lead.
ng knights. In the absence of any
positive information concerning the
of his visit here, they argue that
t there were any truth in the reports
hat the engineers contemplated join
ng the strikers in aggressive action
the railroads Arthur or some
" his prominent lieutenants would
AVE intimated as much to the mem
'ers of one of the two executive COM.
now in session. So far moth
ng OF that nature has been done.
Nelther Arthur or any of his men have
allied upon or held any conversation
With Messrs. Bailey, Hays or the other
ommitteemen, and have carefully re.
rained from atiliating with them in
ny manner, officially or otherwise.
he general impression appears to be
hat Arthur is endeavoring to stiffen
he backbone of the local engineers
and doing his best to pre-.
all upon his men to stand by :he
Dads.
NUMBER OF OLD HANDS AGREE TO
GO BACK TO WORK.
Nearly all the men who had gone TO
'ork in the yards of the Missouri
'acific Bridge and Tunnel and Union
'epot companies quit again in the last
wv days, and this morning scarcely
1ybody was at work in these Yards.
are four crews all told working
the bridge and tunnel yards. 1t is
intention of the Bridge and Tun-
and Union Depot companies to put
ore men to work, however, and a
lmber of their old hands have agreed
go back. One of the officers Of the
says he will employ all the new
he can secure and set them to
ork as soon as possible. The old
lnds who are going back are not
embers of the Knights of Labor, the !
en- of that organization all remain =
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