The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-11
GREAT STRIKE.
5000 MEN OUT 49, ENTIRE
SOUTHWESTERN GOULD
SYSTEM INVOLVED
CAUSE OF THE WHOLE TROUBLE
JAY GOULD THREATENS
GOV. BROWN.

Sedala this morning states that 40 employees OF
the Missouri Pacific railway company at that place
have struck This statement caused great alarm.
II IL supposed 10 be the inaugural step OF the great
strike on the Gould system contemplated by the
Knights OF Labor
EXTENDED TO LITTLE ROCK
LITTLE Rock March G.--Trouble with the oper-
atiyes of the Texas a Pacific railroad has extended
20 Little Rock All workmen in the st Louis a
Iron Mountain railways machine shops, over
three hundred In number stopped work, and bus
iness il at a standstll. All is quiet and orderly
ALL WE'RE KNIGHTS.
SEDAIIA, March G-The Missouri Pacific and
Missouri, Kansas a Texas shops struck at 1880
to-day. All is chaos, ana 1t il impossible to hnd
out but little IL il supposed that the order came
from the Texas knights II Is reported that every
man but one in the shops here belongs 20 the
Knights Of Labor, and he went out with the bal
ance.
THE IRON MOUNTAIN.
LITTLE Rock Ark March C.-The strike on the
Iron Mountain railroad here ordered by the
Knights Of Labor, who ordered the men In all de
departments to quit on account of the strike on the
Texas Pacific road no interference i MN pas
large crowd il about the depot this side and the
shops In Argenta all the afternoon. Everybody Is
in good humor, ana no disturbances OF any
kind.
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
ST. Lour-, March G-Alll the Knights of Labor
employed In the railroad shops in this city, OF the
Gould southwest system. struck this morning, in
accordance with AN order issued by district as
sembly No. l0l, of knights OF Labor. This action
was taken "a means Of forcing the railroad To ac
cede 10 the demands OF the strikers at Marshall,
Texas, who recently ceased work because, rs they
ate, one Of their men was discharged without
cause.
STRIKE or NEW YORK CAR MEN.
New YoHR, March G.-The strike on Blcecker
street and Twentythird street. cross town railroad,
Of the employees, continued to-day, the situation
being unchanged, Knots of men stood on the cor
ner OF the avenue and vicinity Of BlceCkcr street
stables and discussed the situation, but most of the
men directly concerned assembled in the hall on
West Ihirty-fOurth street. They say the employees
Of the Beecker street lines were not able to present
their claims at the hearing before Commissioner
ODonne yesterday. some of the men, 1t is said,
are obliged 10 work fifteen and sixteen hours day,
ana others have been discharged without any ap-
parent cause. The men demand of the company
Sg2j per day Of twelve hours per day, sufficient
reason for discharge, forty minutes for dinner md
railroad men who now receive Sl3' per day to be
paid some 81 per day.
Another general eup IL threatened by the EN-,
pire association unless the company complies with
the request before o'clock to-day
Police Superintendent Murray this afternoon
had conference with number of police inspect
ors and captains, and ordered detail OF 800 men
To be concentrated at Twenty-third street railroad
depot About o'clock the superintendent, with
Police Inspector Steers and President French, of
the police board, started for the depot in a coach.
ENGINEERS STRIKE.
NEW YsRK March S.-'The strike of engineers
In the New York Steam Heating company con
unuee. This morning the coal bins were nearly
empty, and the company sent word to the United
States Office and pOstOtCe that they could not per
form the contract To furnish heat TO the various
Departments unless perfect protection was offered
by the authorities. lie was referred to Snperin.
tendent hurry, who ordered Captains Gsstin and
BerghOld 10 furnish all necessary police. The
company had five boat loads at pier No B, North
river, which lOngshOremen refused To handle.
Police were placed along the route from the dock
TO the company structure, and number of Swedes
employed 10 handle and cart coal.
The Brotherhood of Engineers Issued orders
that no member shall haul coal for the steam heat
Ing company.
At PARSONS.
PARSONS, Kan, March 6.-Al the men EN-
ployed in the Missouri Pacific shops in this place,
struck to-day and freight trains are not permitted
10 run The cause of the strike II said to he VIC
latiOn Of the agreement entered into last fall, and
the Knights Of Labor have several other grev-
ances which are not made public No disturbance
Is anticipated
At KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS 0ITY, March G,-rhc men in the Mis-
souri, Pacific freight yards quit work to-day, stop
ping business in the yard. About forty men have |
gone out, No trouble in the Wabash yards.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. I.oUIs, March G.-rhe knights of Labor, or |
more particularly, this branch of that order has |
been In pretty continuous secret session all day |
and night Their proceedings are not known, but |
on of the speakers at the meeting said to IA re-
porter tonight, II IL their purpose to stOD every |
wheel on the Gould system II Cahi is not rein
stated in his position in the shops at Marshall.
The executive committee state that II Is pretty
certain Governor Brown, receiver of the Texas 4
Pacific, will yield when he sees that the knights
are determined. lie will call upon them for con
ference by Monday. There are now 5000 men out
but the committee have not ordered out switch.
men or brakemen, who number about 1900. IL |
nothing Is heard from Gov. Brown Monday these
men will be ordered out. Then will come en-
gineers, hremen and conductors. They do not be-
na huI RaV hNtN NJ n,,N.
think the striks has gone far enough now 10 show
the Texas Pacific receivers what they have 10 deal
with, and II is likely they will be asked by the
other four roads In the system, which are ncon-
venienced by the strike, To confer with the com
mittee as soon as possible, and arrange the diff
Guilty.
SITUATION At sEDALIA
ST. LOUIS March 6.--The Globe Democrats Sc
daa, Mo, special says, that of the men who struck
there 200 were from the Missouri Pacific shops 100
from the shops Of the Missouri, Kansas n Texas
No freight train left since II o'clock this morning
At "A meeting of knights held this afternoon a com |
mittee was appointed to look after the property of
the company and 10 see that all passenger engines
were ready for work, but tbs arrival of freight
trains the cars are side tracked and the locomotive
taken TO the roundhouse and "killed.' Fred Page
prominent member of the district assembly No
lOl and chairman of the meeting held to-day, said
tonight that all train and bridge men will cooper
ate with the strikers Engineers and fremen held
a special meeting this afternoon, but nothing is
known of their proceedings.
Conductor King, VINO passed through here this
afternoon, in charge of the Missouri Pacific west,
bound passenger train, said that Gov. Marmaduke
had come from St Louis to jefferson city. lie was
emphatic in the declaration that he wonld stand by
Pacific officials in the present troubles
lie claims that Vice President luNie lived up Ia
the contract entered into year ago with the
knights of Labor aud SAYS the latter have no cause
for striking The governor is anxious that this in
formation SHOULD be conveyed TO the strikers II
is said that should the trouble continue, he would
probably visit Sedaa.
AZ the freight depot nothing Is doing and from
the fact that Gen. Supt. Sibley IL making no at
tempt 20 send ont freights, II is thought the
company will pursue policy of abandoning all
trains and suspend business In every department ,
except passenger traffic. \
THOUSAND MEN srRUCK
SovTH BEND, Ind, March 6.-About 1000 men
employed in the Studehaker wagon works laid
down their tools and quit work this afternoon !
They had asked for increased wages two weeks
ago, aud as IL was not granted all marched quietly
to the Knights of Labor hall, where they are now
in secret session ,
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