Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-03-26
The Strikers Threaten to Stop
all Freight Traffic at st.
Louis and Chicago.
The Business Men and Manu-
facturers will Organize for
Mutual Protection.
A Desperate Fight Occurs i'm
Madagascar Between the
H0yaS and French.
The Railroad Strike.
THE WORST YET no COME

THE WORST YET no COME.
ST. LOUIS, March a4.-The Knights
OF Labor say that they will accept no
terms from the company unless offer
ed TO them as members of that orsau-
ration. \ member of the executives
committee said at late hour last
night: The worst is vet TO come.
| dread 1t but there is no help for it.
Ii we were TO submit now and re.
turn to work without being rec
ognized as Knights of Labor
1t would be a defeat not
only for us but also for the labor
unions, the trades assemblies and
for every labor organization in the
country. We will wait three or fosr
days in hopes that some way TO-
wards settlement may be opened
and then If the situation remains uu-
changed every freight train on every
road running out of ST. Louis and
every freight train running out of
Chicago will be stopped.
THE SITUATION AT KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, March a The situs-
ton this morning is one of quiet but
ANXIOUS expectancy. No freight
trains have been moved, and there has
been no attempt made to start them.
passenger trains are not interferad
with. The railroad superintepdents
OF the various roads have arrived here
AID will hold meeting early this
afternoon. The strikers are also en-
gsged III secret counciling. Grand
Master Monogan, of the switchmens
ASSOCIATION, is here i'll conference with
them. A stock train. consisting Of
thirteen cars of cattle and five cars OF
hogs, came in this morning over the
Atchlson, Topeka & Santa Fe, and
was delivered by the train men. No
other business has been done as far as
reported. A report received from
Atchison, says that party of masked
men visited the Missouri Pacific round
house last night and inundated the
guard and killed all the engines in
the house.
NO MARKET FOR CATTLE.
KANSAS CITY, March 24.-The
swltchmen's strike still continues.
But one train of live stock was re-
celved here to-day, and that on the
ANhsiaAhn'hs ioPtha ~ Dduka ft ttats
There is practically no market for
cattle, owing 10 the fact that ship
ments east cannot be made, and the
supply on hand is i'll excess of the de
mand from local butchers, as their
wants have been anticipated.
DEPREDATIONs OF THE STRIKERS.
ATCHIsoN, Ks, March 2I -At12:45
th &c thn 10,
the Missouri Pacific round house were
surprised by the appearance of thirty
five or forty masked men. The guards
were correlIed in the oil room by a
detachment of the visitors who stood
guard with pistols drawn while the
rest of the force seriously disabled
twelve locomotives which stood in tho
stalls. They held possession of the
house about 6fly minutes and upon
taking leave notified the imprisoned
men they must not leave the room
until the expiration of twenty minu-
tes. AT noon there was another ex-
citing evert when a large number
OF the strikers and other seized
freight train below town bound for
Kansas City. They climbed upon it
in scores and tightened the brakes TO
prevent its further progress, uncoupled
the cars and threw the links and pins
into the river and killed the engine.
STRIKERS DERAIL A TRAIN
KANSAS CITY, March PA megre
report has been received of the derail-
ing of a freight train by the strikers.
near Sedalia, and injuring several
men.
FREIGHT TRAIN DITCHED.
KANsAT, CITY, Mo, March "a
The Journals Sedalia special says:
Shortly before 3 O'Clock the Missouri
Pacific people succeeded in getting
out freight train composed of an en-
gine and ten cars. As the train passed
the stock yards il was running ten or
fifteen miles an hour, when some
torpedoes exploded and several
men jumped aboard. When the train
was three miles out and going at good
speed, the rails suddenly spread
and the engine and four cars went in
to the ditch. Police Officer Mason who
was on the train bad an arm broken,
and Special Policeman Teal had leg
broken. Division Superintendent
Frey, who had charge of the train,
was severely bruised. The track was
torn up for distance o. 200 yards,
and will block the road un-
til workmen can be sent out
and repair it. An examination OF the
rails showed that the fsh-piates had
been removed and thrown upon an
embankment. The Knights of Labor
deny all knowledge of the work.
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