New-York tribune., 1886-03-11
THE KNIGHTS DRIVEN OUT.
.RETALIATING BY THE MISSOURI PACIFIC
srp,KrRs WARNED THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER IN
eERvICE-sEEKING NEW MEN.
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; CT IorIs. March 1O.-The struggle between
,n Knchts of Labor and the Gould Southwest system
was further embittered this morning by the posting VI
the following order 10 the yards Of the principa c
along the line Of the Missouri Pacific Railway ConPan!
10 all who ,ccre an the employ Of ms Company """ "'0
hdre gut pOrk since March D, 1856:
You are hereby notified at year action as statet
above was voluntary abandonment OF the sol VIZ oi
this company, and that you are no onser in III
ment your naues havingsbeen stricken from iuo & 70 70
Ali snch who are no on about the conpnys prem.
Ises are hereby notified that tney must @ a
leave tue same TO the end tnat thiS eoDPan' mag ~
the tram, OF the country. <,,
This order is signed by William Kerrlsan' "enoi"i
Superintendent. simultaneously win tne an o"
f this order in the Missouri Pacinc yarus III '"9 oiS
,wen,y Pnkerton detectives and about the same numoer
n, boSe in the employ OF the railroad company archeo
,. ,ho ,ords under the command OF Thomas turlong
nd ordered the Knights who have been guarding the
rronerty TO leave the yards at orce Inc order was
obeved and the freight turned over to the detectives
Al Carondeet, where the bulk OF tho IRON Mountain
fecht Is abandoned the yards are still in the possession
of the Knights of Labor. The company Is engaging all
The men 1t can to act watchmen, but tie applications
are few and the number its employ is not large
enough to atch all the freight
The most important rumOr OF the day was that tue
Nssouri Pacific would attempt TO resume business to-
morrow The officials Of the read we're questioned apoa'
st. hut refused say where they are going To gel tue
men Tonight 1t was stated that order will be Issued
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that they cannot return as Knights OF Labor
A meeting OF the merchants was held to-day. While
many of tue merchants sympsthize with the railroad
empoyes they question the wisdom of striking at this
time and for the causes which have been given
Tnere are undoubtedly two sides to the question
said a prominent commission merchant, The one man
mower in the railroad must be met by organization on
the mart of employees bnt unfortunate tina; just at
the openng OF the spring trade this terrible blow should
come on the CITY aud country"
There only opinion on the subject o! interference
with business and that is, that ia way or another
the embargo trade should he raised. The question
whether the railroad lie held responsible and be
made to carry freight II this did involve Taying
little higher wages than usual received considerable
attention In addition 10 the actual stoppaGe of the
movement OF commodities one OF the chief elements
operating check and depress trade is fear The dealers
are afraid one way or another aud prefer to
await developments The specustors free, but
they cautious in their OpcrOs. This delay work
nc up the feeling OF tue merchants to high pt9h.
The situation in East ST Louis Is alarming; NOT
mound OF freight from any Of the eastern trunk lines can
be brought the river by r ana the result Is that
tie rask- the east side are all Dockaded Wlth delayed
freight The bridge Is crowded with teams haullhg
I'M I'D. ~ of tho yaTios roads On the east side of the
river is enormous and there way OF getting the
coal across the except by hauling IL In wagons, or
SHINING il on be ferries the blockade is hkov To cause
cessation work at the various mines throughout the
district When coal is mined, II is immediately drawn
be shipped. evi lent that If the blockade lasts
couple days longer the 1000 or more miners Ill TINS
district VIII he thrown out Of work
This afternoon an attempt ade TO stat the Kirk
wood assenger train on the Missouri Pacific When the
rigna was given to start the Hreman the engine
stepped and refused 20 fire. No other could bo
secured and superintendent Kcrrisan jumped on the
engine himself and made the 10 KrkwOOd, twelve
miles out. More OF the employees in the Missouri
Pacific offices susI ended 10 day account OF the
stagnatiOn OF business.
The orderly conduct Of the Knights I'm st. Louis Is
cduaed by the conduct OF the strikers in VarOd towns
along the AL systcm Fort Worth Tex, Is the only
place where a disturbance occurred and that was
tunng At Sedalia, Kansas City, De soto, all Is quiet
At Palestine Tex the strikers handling local freight
for the merchants. At Marshal, Tex, the foreman
engineer and train dispatcher have out warrants
charsiug OF the knights, whose names are at
present unknown with Obstructng the business of the
road Tlceo warrants have bcen sent to Receiver
Blown who viii probably deliver them to the United
States marshal and thus arrests to follow. No
signs are apparent az any understanding reached
by tho strikers and the railroad officials AMI IL mpOs
eble % predict when the strike VIII terminate. The be
lief is eene a that only inception aud that it is
more likely to spread tnan to he quickly settled.